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Maeve Binchy: A BBC Radio Collection: 11 Full-Cast Dramatisations and 13 Readings
"A BBC Radio collection of dramatisations and readings of Maeve Binchy’s sparkling stories Irish writer Maeve Binchy was one the best-loved and most successful authors of her time. Her bestselling books sold over 40 million copies worldwide, and were translated into 37 languages. This comprehensive anthology of her finest fiction, as heard on BBC Radio, demonstrates all the warmth, wit and compassion that made her so popular. It opens with Firefly Summer, her moving, humorous novel about a sleepy Irish town facing monumental change. No Nightingales, No Snakes comprises five short plays: ‘The Night the People Came Over for Something That Was No Trouble’, ‘The Stepson’, ‘Decisions at Sea’, ‘The Answer Machine’ and ‘By the Time We Get to Clifden’. Following these are five short stories exclusively created for BBC Radio – ‘The Garden Party’, ‘Home Coming’, ‘Telling Stories’ ‘Needy’, and ‘The Interview’. First published in the short story collections Central Line and Victoria Line, London Transports features four full-cast dramas set on London’s Tube: ‘Brixton’, ‘Green Park’, ‘Holland Park’ and ‘Lancaster Gate’. Full of wry humour, irony and empathy. Concluding this compilation is a dramatisation of ‘Taxi Men Are Invisible’, and readings of eight more short stories. Specially commissioned for Radio 4, ‘The Special Sale’, ‘The Sensible Celebration’, ‘Love in the Afternoon’, ’The White Trolley’ and its counterpart story ‘The Feast of Stephen’ . ‘Euston’, a seasonal tale taken from Victoria Line followed by ‘Dolly’s Mother’ and ‘Christmas Present’ – both originally written for radio. Text copyright © Maeve Binchy 1978 (Central Line), 1980 (Victoria Line), 1987 (Firefly Summer), 1989 (‘Dolly’s Mother’), 1990 (‘The Sensible Celebration’), 1992 (‘Telling Stories’, ‘The Interview’), 1995 (‘The Garden Party’, ‘Christmas Present’), 1997 (‘Needy’, ‘Euston’), 1998 (‘The White Trolley’, ‘The Feast of Stephen’), 1999 (‘Taxi Men are Invisible’), 2000 (‘The Special Sale’), 2001 (‘Home Coming’), 2007 (No Nightingales, No Snakes), 2008 (‘Love in the Afternoon’) Cast and credits Written by Maeve Binchy Firefly Summer - Drama No Nightingales, No Snakes - 5 Dramas The Garden Party The Homecoming Telling Stories Needy The Interview London Transports - 4 Dramas Brixton Green Park Holland Park Lancaster Gate Taxi Men Are Invisible - Drama The Sensible Celebration Love in the Afternoon Euston Dolly’s Mother The Special Sale The White Trolley The Feast of Stephen Christmas Present Copyright © 2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd"
Maeve Binchy (Author), Adjoa Andoh, Anna Healy, David Soul, Dervla Kirwan, Frances Tomelty, Full Cast, Hannah Gordon, Jane Gurnett, Jenny Agutter, Kate Binchy, Mark Drewry, Niamh Cusack, Patricia Hodge, Sean Campion, Stella McCusker (Narrator)
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E. Nesbit: A BBC Radio Collection: The Railway Children, Five Children and It, The Phoenix and the C
"A BBC Radio collection of dramatisations of E. Nesbit's finest children's books with extra magical readings plus an original drama by Martin Jameson E Nesbit is widely regarded as the first modern children's writer. Her ground-breaking novels have influenced authors from Oscar Wilde to Jacqueline Wilson, and over 100 years after their first publication, they remain perennially popular. This wide-ranging collection comprises some of her very best children's fiction, commencing with her timeless tale The Railway Children. Starring Victoria Carling, Daniel Eyssen and Kate McEnery, Frances Jeater this enchanting dramatisation tells the story of three suburban children forced to move to the countryside after their father is mysteriously taken away. Martin Jameson's sequel Roberta, Peter and Phyllis revisits them 13 years later, in 1919, to reveal how their lives have changed. Fiona Clarke, James Alper and Emma Hughes-Jones star as the titular siblings. Also included is Nesbit's classic 'Psammead' trilogy. In Five Children and It, Five children are granted a series of wishes by a sand fairy - but inevitably, things do not go to plan... Cast includes Julia McKenzie, Simon Carter, James Richard, Justyn Towler. Patricia Hodge reads the second book in the series, The Phoenix and the Carpet, in which the discovery of a mysterious egg in an old carpet heralds the start of a magical adventure. And in The Story of the Amulet, a full-cast dramatisation the children voyage through history on a quest for an ancient lucky charm. Featuring the same cast as Five Children and It Penelope Keith stars as E Nesbit in The House of Arden, a time-travelling fantasy tale about the hunt for a lost family treasure; Other cast includes Timothy Spall and Kelly Bright. Prunella Scales reads five stories from Nesbit's delightful compendium The Book of Dragons: 'Last of the Dragons', 'Kind Little Edmond', 'The Deliverers of their Country', 'The Book of Beasts' and 'The Dragon Tamers'. Concluding this anthology are two fantastic feline fables from Cat Tales, co-written by Nesbit and her adopted daughter Rosamund E Bland: 'The White Cat', read by Jenny Agutter, and 'Too Clever by Half', read by Helen Clapp. Cast and credits Written by E Nesbit Cat Tales written by E Nesbit and Rosamund E Bland Roberta, Peter and Phyllis written by Martin Jameson First published 1901 (The Book of Dragons), 1902 (Five Children and It), 1904 (The Phoenix and the Carpet, Cat Tales), 1906 (The Story of the Amulet, The Railway Children), 1908 (The House of Arden) The Railway Children Dramatised by Marcy Kahan. Produced by John Taylor First broadcast BBC Radio 5, 3-24 January 1991 Roberta, Peter and Phyllis Produced and directed by Gary Brown First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 4 January 2005 Five Children and It Dramatised by Malcolm McKee. Directed by Rosemary Watts First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 31 August 1998 The Phoenix and the Carpet Abridged by Penny Leicester. Produced by Marion Nancarrow First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 28 March-1 April 1994 The Story of the Amulet Dramatised by Malcolm McKee. Directed by Rosemary Watts First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 30 August 1999 The House of Arden Dramatised by Chris Curry. Produced by Mary Kalemkarian First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 23 April-25 June 1989 The Book of Dragons First broadcast BBC Radio 5, 7-11 December 1992 Cat Tales The White Cat First broadcast BBC Radio 3, 3 January 2000 Too Clever by Half First broadcast BBC Sounds, 23 July 2019 © 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P) 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd"
Edith Nesbit, Martin Jameson, Rosamund E. Nesbit Bland (Author), Frances Jeater, Full Cast, Jenny Agutter, Julia Mckenzie, Patricia Hodge, Paul Copley, Penelope Keith, Prunella Scales, Timothy Spall, Victoria Carling (Narrator)
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Northanger Abbey: A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation
"In this BBC radio full-cast dramatisation of one of Jane Austen's most beloved works, Catherine Morland's overactive imagination makes her life more complicated than she would have wished... Catherine is obsessed with Gothic novels, often getting swept up by her taste for the dramatic and tragic. Did Mrs Tilney really die nine years previously, or has she been murdered or imprisoned in her chambers this whole time? Meanwhile she is torn between two suitors, the handsome and clever Henry Tilney and the arrogant John Thorpe.... Published over 200 years ago, Northanger Abbey remains one of the British nation's favourite novels. Among the star cast in this radio production are Amanda Root, David Harewood, Julia McKenzie, and Jenny Agutter. This title is part of the BBC's Jane Austen collection. © 2020 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (p) 2020 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd"
Jane Austen (Author), Amanda Root, David Harewood, Full Cast, Jenny Agutter, Julia Mckenzie (Narrator)
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"Heidi is the story of a five-year-old orphan who goes to live with her grandfather in the mountains. Everyone in the village is afraid of him, but Heidi soon wins his heart. She loves her life and her friendship with the young goatherd, Peter. But one terrible day her aunt takes her to the city to help take care of a sickly child, Clara. Heidi can't bear to be away from her grandfather and finally, she brings Clara back to her Alpine home, where a miracle of healing occurs. Originally published in 1881 by Swiss author Johanna Spyri, this classic story has been narrated by Jenny Agutter, complete with bespoke music and sound design. Actress Jenny Agutter is known for her roles in Call the Midwife, Avengers Assemble, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Logan's Run and The Alan Clark Diaries. She has narrated numerous audiobooks, including I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith, The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield and E Nesbit's The Railway Children, which she also starred in. © 1880; 2000 Joanna Spyri; Sally Grindley © 2000 DK Audio"
Johanna Spyri (Author), Jenny Agutter (Narrator)
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Beauty of Britain: The Complete Series 1-3
"The complete series 1-3 of the BBC Radio 4 narrative comedy featuring Beauty Oolonga's adventures as a care worker, starring Jocelyn Jee Esien. Beauty of Britain breaks the embarrassed silence about what happens to us when we get old and start to lose our faculties. It shows the process in all its chaotic tragi-comedy but it does so from the point of view of a migrant worker, Beauty, whose Zimbabwean Shona background has taught her to respect age. Beauty sees Britain at its best, its worst and also sometimes without its clothes on running the wrong way down the M6 with a toy dog shouting 'Come on!' In first series Beauty discovers the glories of Weston-super-Mare's charity shops, has a disastrous crush on worship leader Wayne and looks after the elderly Mr Easterby, who has a new girlfriend and is behaving like a love-struck teenager. In the second series, Beauty’s employer, the Featherdown Agency, sends her to provide care for those who need it - and some who don't, but all of whom have relatives with guilty consciences. In the third and final series Beauty's mother pays her a visit, finds herself on the receiving end of a surprising proposal and wonders is Stephen, a charming English gent, is just like Hugh Grant in those movies. Jocelyn Jee Esien heads up a starry cast that includes Jenny Agutter, Felix Dexter, Pippa Haywood, Paterson Joseph, Julia Mackenzie, Felicity Montagu, Geoffrey Palmer and Clive Swift. Written by Christopher Douglas and Nicola Sanderson, Produced by Tilusha Ghelani."
Christopher Douglas, Nicola Sanderson (Author), Felicity Montagu, Felix Dexter, Full Cast, Jenny Agutter, Jocelyn Jee Esien, Paterson Joseph, Pippa Haywood (Narrator)
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"Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Rain Before it Falls written by Jonathan Coe, read by Jenny Agutter. 'What I want you to have, Imogen, above all, is a sense of your own history; a sense of where you come from, and of the forces that made you.' Rosamund lies dying in her remote Shropshire home. But before she does so, she has one last task: to put on tape not just her own story but the story of the young blind girl, her cousin's granddaughter, who turned up mysteriously at her party all those years ago. This is a story of generations, of the relationships within a family - and of what goes to make a child."
Jonathan Coe (Author), Jenny Agutter (Narrator)
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"Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Railway Children by E. Nesbit, read by Jenny Agutter. When Father is taken away unexpectedly, Roberta, Peter, Phyllis and their mother have to leave their comfortable life in London to go and live in a small cottage in the country. The children seek solace in the nearby railway station, and make friends with Perks the Porter and the Station Master himself. Each day, Roberta, Peter and Phyllis run down the field to the railway track and wave at the passing London train, sending their love to Father. Little do they know that the kindly old gentleman passenger who waves back holds the key to their father's disappearance."
Edith Nesbit (Author), Jenny Agutter (Narrator)
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"Gustave Flaubert's intimate portrait of Emma Bovary's passionate yearnings for love and excitement, and his scrutiny of the dull provincial world in which she is trapped, create one of the finest French novels of the 19th century. His deep exploration of Emma's emotions and motivations takes the reader inside her mind to long and suffer with her. The detailed descriptions of day to day life in Yonville-L'Abbaye provide a strong sense of authenticity - hence Madame Bovary is often termed the first 'realist' novel. 1. THREE MADAME BOVARYS. Charles Bovary, a dull man, attends medical school at his mother's wish. Passing his exams the second time, he takes a post which his mother finds for him, and at her command marries a rich, middle-age widow, Heloise. The marriage is unhappy, however, for Heloise bullies the weak-willed Charles. Very different is the beautiful young Emma Rouault, whom he meets while treating her father. When Heloise dies, Charles proposes to Emma. She knows little of the world and finds marriage to Charles a disappointment. She sinks into depression and to restore her, Charles moves them Yonville. 2. LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT. The Bovarys, arriving at Yonville, go to its inn, the Lion d'Or. There Charles talks to Homais, the self-important chemist, and Emma to the lawyer's clerk, Leon Dupuis. She thinks she has found a meeting of true minds in this sentimental young man with his limpid blue eyes and they fall in love. This meeting is far more important to Emma than the subsequent birth of her daughter, whom she neglects. But although she thinks Leon returns her love, she struggles to repress it. 3. NEW ATTRACTION. Leon, frustrated by life in Yonville, with Emma seeming aloof, decides to pursue his legal studies in Paris, his departure provokes storms of grief from everybody, expect Emma, who hides her emotions. They say goodbye calmly, Emma holding back her tears. But the memory of Leon dominates her empty life, and her health worsens again. Madame Bovary senior, on a visit, spitefully recommends manual labour for her. Then Rodolphe Boulanger, a local landowner, brings a servant to Charles for treatment. Rodolphe sees that Emma is totally bored with her narrow life and, charmed by her beauty, decides to seduce her. 4. A SEDUCATION. Rodolphe sets out to seduce Emma, cynically playing on her romantic feelings. At the agricultural show, he takes her aside to tell her how miserable he is and how mediocre he finds the provincial people around him. Emma is amazed but, instantly captivated, believes him to share her secret dreams of a more fulfilled life. Rodolphe then lets six weeks pass before next seeing her, in a calculated build-up of tension that wins her heart. They go riding together through the autumn mist and dismount in a wood. There, Rodolphe makes his amorous advances and Emma, protesting feebly at first, succumbs to his charms. 5. WILD DREAMS. All winter, Emma sees Rodolphe regularly for passionate night-time trysts. Rodolphe, although delighted by her innocence and beauty, comes to find her tiring. She begins writing him notes during the day and frets to go away, despite her child. Finally he agrees to take both her and her child abroad; Emma, vastly excited, orders may expensive things from Lheureux, the draper. But at the last minute, Rodolphe writes Emma a note breaking off the affair. 6. DEEP DESPAIR. When Emma receives Rodolphe's note, concealed in a basket of apricots, she is overwhelmed and collapses with grief. For 43 days she lies in a coma, bubbling about a letter she has dropped but which is not found. Slowly, she recovers; meanwhile, Charles is plagued by debts, but he accepts Homais' advice to take Emma to the theatre at Rouen as a distraction. There, looking beautiful, she once again meets Leon, who is now much more sophisticated. 7. ECSTASY AND ANGUISH. Leon comes to see Emma at her hotel the next day and they become lovers. As an excuse to visit Leon regularly, she feigns an interest in the piano and Charles good-heartedly spends ecstatic afternoons with Leon in bed, caring nothing for the outside world. But this, with its unpaid bills, is closing in. Lheureux, who has dishonestly doubled his bills, passes them to a third party, who calls in the bailiff. Emma calls on Rodolphe for help, but he is unmoved. In despair, she goes to the chemist and demands arsenic from the young assistant, Justin, who is besotted with her. Appalled, he watches her swallow it. 8. TWO DEATHS. Charles, appalled at the bailiff's action, has been looking everywhere for Emma. At last he finds her, lying ill in bed. When she starts vomiting, he begs for the truth. Soon Emma is convulsed with the agonies of arsenic poisoning, and she dies a terrible death, watched by Charles, Homais and the priest. After her funeral, Charles finds Rodolphe's dismissive note but does not realise Emma's infidelity until he finds all Leon's letters in a secret drawer in the attic. The next day, Charles dies of heartbreak and it is discovered that he is penniless. Homais continues his successful, thriving business."
Gustave Flaubert (Author), Jenny Agutter (Narrator)
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"North & South By Elizabeth Gaskell. This classic book is brought to you with the following track listing 1, New Lives. A move to the country is followed by a surprising proposal. 2, A Change Of Circumstances; A crisis of conscience and a fait accompli for Margaret and her Mother. 3, North Versus South; A misunderstanding, family disgrace, and a grave illness. 4, Industrial unrest; A heroine falls foul of strikers as the boss's pride is wounded. 5, Thwarted Hopes; A marriage proposal snubbed and a deathbed reunion. 6, False Conclusions; Frederick seeks justice to clear his name, and a jealous lover mistakes a stranger's identity. 7, A Friend Indeed; A death leaves Elizabeth alone but help is at hand. 8, Happy At Last; A new found fortune and a just spirit unites north and south. This production is read for you by Jenny Agutter, most famously known for her role in The Railway Children. Jenny is an accomplished and multi talented actress performing on screen, stage and TV."
Elizabeth Gaskell (Author), Jenny Agutter (Narrator)
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The Jane Austen BBC Radio Drama Collection: Six BBC Radio full-cast dramatisations
"A collection of BBC radio full-cast dramatisations of Jane Austen's six major novels Jane Austen is one of the finest writers in the English language, and this volume includes all six of her classic novels. Mansfield Park: On a quest to find a position in society, Fanny Price goes to live with her rich aunt and uncle. Northanger Abbey: Young, naïve Catherine Morland receives an invitation to stay at the isolated Gothic mansion Northanger Abbey. Full chapter listing: Chapters 1-10: Mansfield ParkChapters 11-13: Northanger AbbeyChapters 14 and 15: Sense and SensibilityChapters 16-18: Pride and PrejudiceChapters 19 and 20: EmmaChapters 21-23: Persuasion Sense and Sensibility: Forced to leave their family home after their father's death, Elinor and Marianne Dashwood try to forge a new life at Barton Cottage. Pride and Prejudice: Mrs Bennet is determined to get her five daughters married well, so when the wealthy Mr Bingley and his friend Mr Darcy move into the neighbourhood her hopes are raised… Emma: Emma Woodhouse declares she will never marry, but she is determined to find a match for her friend Harriet. Persuasion: Eight years ago, Anne Elliot rejected a marriage proposal from a handsome but poor naval officer. Now her former love has returned… With an all-star cast including David Tennant, Benedict Cumberbatch, Julia McKenzie, Jenny Agutter, Toby Jones, Eve Best and Juliet Stevenson, these BBC radio adaptations are full of humour, romance, love lost and love regained."
Jane Austen (Author), Benedict Cumberbatch, David Tennant, Eve Best, Full Cast, Jenny Agutter, Julia Mckenzie, Juliet Stevenson, Toby Jones (Narrator)
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The Bat Man: A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation
"A BBC Radio 4 'Afternoon Play' starring Bill Nighy as widower Christopher, originally broadcast on 20 April 2011.When his wife died three years ago, Christopher fled London for a simpler existence in Cornwall, where he has settled on bat protection as his mission. Colette and her noisy daughters rent the holiday cottage next door and disturb the peace - both his and that of his beloved bats.'The Bat Man' stars Bill Nighy, Katherine Parkinson, Jenny Agutter, Sean Baker, Lauren Mote and Georgia Groome."
Amelia Bullmore (Author), Bill Nighy, Georgia Groome, Jenny Agutter, Katherine Parkinson, Lauren Mote, Sean Baker (Narrator)
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The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips
"A heartwarming tale of courage and warmth, set against the backdrop of the second world war, about a cat who survives against the odds. 'Something's up. Something big too, very big. At school, in the village, whoever you meet, it's all anyone talks about. It's like a sudden curse has come down on us all. It makes me wonder if we'll ever see the sun again.' It's 1943, and Lily Tregenze lives on a farm, in the idyllic seaside village of Slapton. Apart from her father being away, and the 'townie' evacuees at school, her life is scarcely touched by the war. Until one day, Lily and her family, along with 3000 other villagers, are told to move out of their homes – lock, stock and barrel. Soon, the whole area is out of bounds, as the Allied forces practise their landings for D-day, preparing to invade France. But Tips, Lily's adored cat, has other ideas – barbed wire and keep-out signs mean nothing to her, nor does the danger of guns and bombs. Frantic to find her, Lily makes friends with two young American soldiers, who promise to help her. But will she ever see her cat again? Lily decides to cross the wire into the danger zone to look for Tips herself… Now, many years later, as Michael is reading his Grandma Lily's diary, he learns about The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips – and wonders how one adventurous cat could still affect their lives sixty years later."
Michael Morpurgo (Author), Jenny Agutter (Narrator)
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