Audiobooks narrated by John Nettles

The Legend of Robin Hood: A BBC Radio Collection: Drama, discussion and storytelling about the legendary heroic outlaw

"An epic full-cast play about Robin Hood, plus an episode of In Our Time setting him in his historical context and four dramatic interpretations of his story Robin Hood has captured the English imagination for centuries. His tale has been told in ballads, novels, plays, TV shows and films – and with each retelling, it has evolved and transformed. We know Robin today as a forest-dwelling outlaw who led a gang of merry men, loved the beautiful Maid Marian and stole from the rich to give to the poor. But there are many facets to this folkloric hero, as this collection reveals. Featuring drama, documentary and monologue, it blends fiction with fact to take a thrilling, immersive look at the man and the myth. The Legend of Robin Hood – Deep in England’s great Greenwood, a hooded master bowman and his band of faithful companions live outside the law, fighting to right wrongs and defend poor Saxon peasants against their cruel Norman lords... John Fletcher’s action-packed play draws on the original medieval ballads to chart Robin Hood’s adventures, from May Day revels in Sherwood Forest to crusading battles in the Holy Land and life-or-death struggles with sinister enemies. Starring John Nettles as Robin, with Gerry Hinks as Little John, Michael Tudor Barnes as Friar Tuck, Carolyn Backhouse as Maid Marian, Norman Rodway as the Sherriff, Peter Meakin as Will Scarlett and Tamsin Grieg as Alice. In Our Time: Robin Hood – Melvyn Bragg and guests Stephen Knight, Thomas Hahn and Juliette Wood discuss the malleable myth of this most iconic of outlaws, asking why his story has gone through so many changes and where the truth really lies. Was Robin a yeoman, an aristocrat, an anarchist – or the figment of a collective imagination? The Adventures of Robin Hood – In this quartet of tales, told from the points of view of four key characters and performed by distinguished actors, we learn how young Robin became an outlaw; how Friar Tuck’s outrage over the King and the Crusades led him to turn renegade, how a prioress’s greed led to her attempt to seize Robin’s land, and how love changed the course of Maid Marian’s life. Included are ‘Robin Hood’s Story’ by Adam Thorpe (read by James Frain), ‘Friar Tuck’s Story’ by Philippa Gregory (read by John Sessions), ‘The Prioress’s Story’ by Wally K Daly (read by Imelda Staunton) and ‘Maid Marian’s Story’ by Sara Maitland (read by Anna Massey). © 2026 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2026 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd"

Adam Thorpe, John Fletcher, Philippa Gregory, Sara Maitland, Wally K. Daly (Author), Anna Massey, Carolyn Backhouse, Full Cast, Imelda Staunton, James Frain, John L. Sessions, John Nettles, Melvyn Bragg, Michael Tudor Barnes, Norman Rodway, Peter Meakin, Stephen Knight, Tamsin Grieg (Narrator)

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The Tao Of Bergerac

"The complete BBC Radio 4 series starring comedian Will Smith and John Nettles. Will Smith is obsessed with Bergerac, the classic TV show set in Jersey, and has one guiding force: an audio book of John Nettles reading the ancient Chinese text of the Tao. This helps Will find a way through when the road seems blocked. Now Will brings the Tao of Bergerac to you. First heard on BBC Radio 4, over four episodes Will navigates the minefields of justice, individuality, love and machismo. The Tao tells Will to be himself. So why did going to the sixth form ball dressed as Gandalf make him uncool? And is it wrong to dump a woman because she doesn’t alphabetise her CDs? Each episode features guest-starring cameos from John Nettles and climaxes with Will’s tour-de-force – the ‘Six Degrees of Bergerac’ – where he links the TV show to any film suggested by the audience in six steps or less."

Roger Dew, Will Smith (Author), John Nettles (Narrator)

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The Nation's Favourite Poems

"Forty-five of Britain's best-loved poems, read by John Nettles, Siobhan Redmond, Greg Wise and Emma Fielding. In a national poll conducted to discover Britain's favourite poem, Rudyard Kipling's 'If -' was voted number one. This unique anthology brings together over forty poems from the poll, including the top ten. Here is poignant war poetry (Wilfred Owen's 'Dulce et Decorum Est' and 'Anthem for Doomed Youth', Rupert Brooke's 'The Soldier' and Siegfried Sassoon's 'Everyone Sang' ); romantic verse such as Shakespeare's 'Sonnet 18: Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?' and W. B. Yeats' 'When You Are Old'; Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear's great nonsense poems 'Jabberwocky' and 'The Owl and the Pussy-Cat', and much more. Classics such as Wordsworth's 'The Daffodils' and Tennyson's 'The Lady of Shallot' sit alongside contemporary poetry like Allan Ahlberg's 'Please Mrs Butler' and Wendy Cope's 'Bloody Men'. Superbly read by John Nettles, Siobhan Redmond, Greg Wise and Emma Fielding, this popular collection includes many of the very best examples of British verse, as chosen by poetry lovers nationwide. The poems included in this collection are: 1 'If -' by Rudyard Kipling, read by John Nettles 2 'The Lady of Shallot' by Alfred Lord Tennyson, read by Siobhan Redmond 3 'The Listeners' by Walter de la Mare, read by Greg Wise 4 'Not Waving but Drowning' by Stevie Smith, read by Siobhan Redmond 5 'The Daffodils' by William Wordsworth, read by John Nettles 6 'To Autumn' by John Keats, read by Siobhan Redmond 7 'The Lake Isle of Innisfree' by William Butler Yeats, read by Emma Fielding 8 'Dulce et Decorum Est' by Wilfred Owen, read by Greg Wise 9 'Ode to a Nightingale' by John Keats, read by Siobhan Redmond 10 'He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven' by William Butler Yeats, read by John Nettles 11 'Remember' by Christina Rossetti, read by Siobhan Redmond 12 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard' by Thomas Gray, read by John Nettles 13 'Fern Hill' by Dylan Thomas, read by John Nettles 14 'Leisure' by William Henry Davies, read by Emma Fielding 15 'The Highwayman' by Alfred Noyes, read by Greg Wise 16 'To His Coy Mistress' by Andrew Marvell, read by Greg Wise 17 'Dover Beach' by Matthew Arnold, read by John Nettles 18 'The Tyger' by William Blake, read by John Nettles 19 'Adlestrop' by Edward Thomas, read by Siobhan Redmond 20 'The Soldier' by Rupert Brooke, read by Greg Wise 21 'Sea-Fever' by John Masefield, read by John Nettles 22 'Upon Westminster Bridge' by William Wordsworth, read by Greg Wise 23 'How Do I Love Thee?' by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, read by Emma Fielding 24 'Cargoes' by John Masefield, read by Greg Wise 25 'Jabberwocky' by Lewis Carroll, read by Emma Fielding 26 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, read by John Nettles 27 'Ozymandias of Egypt' by Percy Bysshe Shelley, read by Greg Wise 28 'Abou ben Adhem' by Leigh Hunt, read by John Nettles 29 'Everyone Sang' by Siegfried Sassoon, read by Greg Wise 30 'The Windhover' by Gerard Manley Hopkins, read by Siobhan Redmond 31 'Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night' by Dylan Thomas, read by John Nettles 32 'Sonnet 18: Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?' by William Shakespeare, read by Siobhan Redmond 33 'When You Are Old' by William Butler Yeats, read by Emma Fielding 34 'Lessons of the War (To Alan Mitchell): Naming of Parts' by Henry Reed, read by John Nettles 35 'The Darkling Thrush' by Thomas Hardy, read by Emma Fielding 36 'Please Mrs Butler' by Allan Ahlberg, read by Emma Fielding 37 'Kubla Khan' by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, read by John Nettles 38 'Home-Thoughts, from Abroad' by Robert Browning, read by Greg Wise 39 'High Flight (An Airman's Ecstasy)' by John Gillespie Magee, read by Greg Wise 40 'The Owl and the Pussy-Cat' by Edward Lear, read by Emma Fielding 41 'The Glory of the Garden' by Rudyard Kipling, read by Greg Wise 42 'The Road Not Taken' by Robert Frost, read by Siobhan Redmond 43 'The Way through the Woods' by Rudyard Kipling, read by Emma Fielding 44 'Anthem for Doomed Youth' by Wilfred Owen, read by Greg Wise 45 'Bloody Men' by Wendy Cope, read by Siobhan Redmond ©1998 BBC Audiobooks Ltd (P)1998 BBC Audiobooks Ltd"

Various (Author), Greg Wise, John Nettles, Siobhan Redmond (Narrator)

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Fatal Remedies

"A sudden act of vandalism had just been committed in the chill Venetian dawn. But Commissario Guido Brunetti soon finds out that the perpetrator is no petty criminal. For the culprit waiting to be apprehended at the scene of the crime is none other than Paola Brunetti, his wife. As Paola's actions provoke a crisis in the Brunetti household, Brunetti himself is under increasing pressure at work: a daring robbery with Mafia connections is linked to a suspicious death and his superiors need quick results. As his professional and personal lives clash, Brunetti's own career is under threat - and the conspiracy which Paola had risked everything to expose draws him inexorably to the brink ..."

Donna Leon (Author), John Nettles (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by John Nettles

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