Audiobooks Narrated by Christopher Good

Daughters and Sons: A Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisation

"A dark domestic comedy by one of English literature’s most distinctive and idiosyncratic authors Life in the Ponsonby household is an emotional battleground, where tyrannical grandmother Sabine and her equally despotic daughter Hetta struggle to control the fate of the family. Caught in the crossfire are Sabine’s son John, a self-absorbed novelist; his five children, Clare, France, Chilton, Victor and Muriel; and Muriel’s beleagured governesses. When John’s daughter, France, completes her first novel, she is persuaded by her father to publish it under a pseudonym to spare him the embarrassment of being overshadowed by his own flesh and blood. This act of selflessness sparks a series of deceptions, misunderstandings and manipulations: culminating in a family crisis which plays out across the dining-room table over the course of one hair-raising and hilarious dinner party... First published in 1937, Ivy Compton-Burnett’s deft dissection of a dysfunctional Victorian family was acclaimed by contemporary critics and admired by Virginia Woolf for its ‘bitter truth and intense originality’. This sublime adaptation, featuring an ensemble cast including Patricia Lawrence and Ann Mitchell, breathes new life into her brilliant, blackly comic tale. Production credits Written by Ivy Compton-Burnett Adapted by John Spurling Directed by Liane Aukin Piano: Martin Goldstein Cast Sabine Ponsonby – Patricia Lawrence Hetta – Ann Mitchell John – John Rowe Clare – Tessa Worsley France – Kathryn Hunter Victor – Simon Hewitt Chilton – Graham Blockey Muriel: – Pamela Moiseiwitsch Miss Bunyan – Merelina Kendall Gertrude – Narissa Knights Charity Marcon – Anne Jameson Stephen – Bernard Brown Alfred – Christopher Good Sir Rowland Seymour – Arnold Diamond Jane – Ellen McIntosh Evelyn – Daniel Webb Edith Hallam – Vivian Pickles Dr Chaucer – Robert Lang Miss Blake – Fidelis Morgan Mr Russell – John Forbes-Robertson First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 10 May-9 June 1985 © 2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd"

Ivy Compton-Burnett (Author), Ann Mitchell, Christopher Good, Full Cast, John Rowe, Patricia Lawrence, Tessa Worsley (Narrator)

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The Secret Life of Rosewood Avenue: A BBC Radio 4 comedy

"James Grout stars as a hapless vicar who discovers that life behind suburbia's net curtains is more exciting than he'd expected After being mugged by a pair of pensioners outside the Darby & Joan Club, the Reverend Timothy Carswell has had enough of his rough, tough inner-city parish. Convinced that someone so meek would be better suited somewhere quieter, the Bishop packs him off to a nice, sedate, residential neighbourhood where nothing ever seems to happen. However, unbeknownst to the vicar, his apparently respectable new parish is a hotbed of passion, paranormal experimentation and geriatric prostitution. Under the thumb of his dour Scottish housekeeper, Mrs Muir, who keeps him busy writing long, tedious sermons, he fails to notice the many crimes being committed under his very nose - including burglary, arson and even murder. But when his congregation is stolen by the charismatic American preacher, Elijah Hornblower, he finally realises that something is afoot - and he'll have to fight fire with fire if he wants to keep his flock... Written by acclaimed dramatist Stephen Sheridan, this dry, darkly funny sitcom stars James Grout as Rev Carswell, with Sarah Thomas and Elizabeth Mansfield as Mrs Muir. Production credits Written by Stephen Sheridan Produced by Lissa Evans Cast Rev Timothy Carswell - James Grout Miss Tilling - Margaret Courtenay Miss Tapp/Emily Ford - Jean Heywood Dr Warlock/Bishop - Christopher Good Mrs Muir - Sarah Thomas/Elizabeth Mansfield Mrs Knatchbull - Maxine Audley Cudlipp/Mugger/Critchley - Fraser Kerr Mugger's accomplice/Miss Shaw - Auriol Smith Edwin - Robert Lang Jeremy - Christian Robinson David - Tobias Best Mr Rainbird - David Bannerman Constable/Eric - Ian Lindsay Mrs Garland - Rosemary Martin Arnold - Cyril Shaps Captain Van Thal - Donald Pickering Hilary - Jacqueline Tong Miss Willow - Patricia Hayes Keith - Brian Bowles Maria - Sarah Souster Guy/Jehovah's Witness - Angus Wright Simon Garland - Daniel Strauss Mr Vaughan - Michael Turner Mr Shaw - Ronald Herdman Rev Hornblower - Garrick Hagon Mr Widlake - Brian Miller Mrs Widlake - Bernadine Corrigan First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 26 February-2 April 1991 © 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd"

Stephen Sheridan (Author), Christopher Good, Elizabeth Mansfield, Full Cast, James Grout, Jen Heywood, Margaret Courtenay, Sarah Thomas (Narrator)

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