Audiobooks by James Hilton

Lost Horizon & Goodbye Mr Chips: Two BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatisations

"Full-cast adaptations of James Hilton’s two most famous novels English author and screenwriter James Hilton is best remembered for his hugely successful novels Lost Horizon – which gave the world the term ‘Shangri-La’ – and Goodbye, Mr Chips. The books made him a household name, and were both adapted as Oscar-winning films. Now, those two classic stories have been brought together on audio, dramatised with full casts including Derek Jacobi, Carol Marsh and John Church. Lost Horizon – May, 1931. Evacuated from war-torn Baskul, four passengers are plunged into adventure when their plane is hijacked and subsequently crash-lands in the Himalayan mountains. Out of the Tibetan wilderness, a man approaches, and leads British consul Hugh Conway and his fellow travellers to the hidden lamasery of Shangri-La. There, they find an idyllic haven, lost to the outside world – but this mystical utopia is hiding an astonishing secret... Goodbye Mr Chips – Ensconced in comfortable retirement at Mrs Wickett's, gentle old headmaster Mr Chipping has a thousand tangled memories of his long tenure at his beloved Brookfield School. Looking back, he recalls his arrival as a shy, nervous novice; how he won the respect and adoration of his pupils; and how he found – and lost – his one great love, the beautiful, kind-hearted Kathie. Spanning over 60 years, from the Franco-Prussian War to the rise of Hitler, this is a touching, nostalgic tale of a life well-lived. Text copyright James Hilton 1933 (Lost Horizon), 1934 (Goodbye, Mr Chips) Cast and credits Written by James Hilton Produced by Graham Gauld Lost Horizon Hugh Conway – Derek Jacobi Mallinson – Andrew Branch Barnard – Alan Tilvern Miss Brinklow – Carol Marsh Rutherford – John Livesey Wyland – Sion Probert Hilton – Alaric Cotter Sanders – Gary Cady Doctor – John Bull Chang – Garard Green High Lama – Alan Wheatley Lo-Tsen – Pik-Sen Lim American – Crawford Logan Dramatised by Barry Campbell Goodbye Mr Chips Mr Chipping – John Church Mrs Wickett – Katherine Parr Kathie – Lolly Cockerell Dr Merivale – Lewis Stringer Wetherby – Godfrey Kenton Lucy – Hilda Schroder Rowden – Alaric Cotter Barker – John Bott Whitby – John McAndrew Meldrum – John Forbes-Robertson Bryce – Haydn Wood Brookfield boys – Adrian Breeze, Matthew Emerson, Ian Land, Adam Bass & Adam Landor Mission boys – Paul Beardshaw, Colin McDonagh & Stuart Sampson Sutton – Gordon Reid Ralston – Nigel Anthony Chatteris – Walter Hall Staefel – Graham Faulkner Williams – Christopher Scott Wadham – Harold Reese Deakin – John Gray Midwife – Sonia Fraser Linford – Arthur Haycraft Dramatised by Margaret Simpson © 2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd"

James Hilton (Author), Carol Marsh, Derek Jacobi, Full Cast, John Church, Katherine Parr (Narrator)

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Goodbye, Mr Chips

"Mr. Chipping, the classics master at Brookfield School since 1870, takes readers on a beguiling journey through the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Sometimes Chips, as he is affectionately known, is an old man who dreams by the fire; then he's a difficult young taskmaster schooling his students, or a middle-aged man encountering the lovely Katherine, whose 'new woman' opinions work far-reaching changes in him."

James Hilton (Author), Roger May (Narrator)

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Goodbye Mr. Chips

"'Goodbye, Mr. Chips' by James Hilton is a beloved classic that tells the touching story of Mr. Chipping, a gentle and kind-hearted schoolteacher whose long career at an English boarding school leaves an indelible mark on generations of boys. Through his memories, we witness a life filled with warmth, humor, and quiet heroism."

James Hilton (Author), Daniel Natal (Narrator)

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The Bat King

James Hilton (Author), Robert Maskell (Narrator)

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[Spanish] - Adiós, señor Chips

"«No juzgue la importancia de las cosas por el ruido que hacen». El viejo señor Chipping ha sido el profesor de griego y latín en la escuela de secundaria Brookfield desde tiempos inmemoriales. Nadie recuerda cuándo llegó, ni cómo era de joven, ni si alguna vez se casó, pero su sentido del humor, su talante convencional, su característica forma de hablar y las anécdotas que ha protagonizado lo han convertido en un emblema de la institución y en una figura muy querida por alumnos, exalumnos y profesores. Esta es la historia de su vida. Desde su publicación en 1934, «Adiós, señor Chips» ha emocionado a generaciones de lectores y se ha convertido en un clásico literario sobre la vida académica y el amor por la enseñanza. Con una sensibilidad y una sutileza excepcionales, Hilton creó en esta pequeña gran historia un personaje entrañable, cautivador y absolutamente inolvidable. «Una de las creaciones más encantadoras de la ficción moderna» – Telegraph"

James Hilton (Author), Carlos A. Acevedo (Narrator)

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[Spanish] - Adios, Mr. Chips

"El modesto profesor que nadie podia olvidar. Una de las obras preferidas de los publicos, que ha sido llevada al cine en numerosas oportunidades, es la historia de Mr. Chips, un modesto profesor en una escuela provinciana, que ve pasar generaciones enteras de alumnos y que vive una vida basada en los recuerdos y en las tradiciones escolares. La sencillez del relato, asi como lo conmovedor de esta novela la han convertido en un pequeno clasico del siglo XX. James Hilton, su autor, fue hijo de un maestro de escuela y es posible que la novela tenga ribetes autobiograficos. Hilton es muy conocido por esta popular obra y por 'Horizontes perdidos', la popular novela sobre un sitio donde nadie envejece."

James Hilton (Author), Santiago Munevar (Narrator)

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