Audiobooks narrated by Kieran Hodgson

Not the Secret Diary of Nigel Farage Aged 61¾

"**STRICTLY UNOFFICIAL** Unfiltered thoughts from the nation’s foremost pub bore Love him or hate him, you can’t avoid Nigel Farage. Remarkably, it looks as though this veteran rabble-rouser, gold bullion salesman and part-time MP could soon inhabit 10 Downing Street. But what does the Clacton Klaxon really think? This unconventional ‘diary’ takes you behind the scenes as Nige embarks on a chaotic odyssey of campaigning, complaining and day-drinking. Whether you regard Reform’s leader as a deranged demagogue or a noble champion of Legitimate Concerns™, one thing’s for sure: it’s going to be a bumpy ride."

Lucien Young (Author), Kieran Hodgson (Narrator)

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Denise Mina: A BBC Radio Collection: The Dead Hour, Three Fires & more

"Full-cast dramas and short stories from bestselling author Denise Mina, plus a bonus interview An acclaimed novelist, playwright and comic book writer, Denise Mina has won numerous awards, including the CWA John Creasy Dagger for Best First Crime Novel and the Theakstons Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year Award (twice). Her 'Paddy Meehan' series has been adapted for BBC TV, and she has presented numerous television and radio programmes. Included here are six of her stories, as heard on BBC Radio, plus a bonus biographical programme. The Dead Hour - Glasgow, 1984. Called out to a domestic dispute involving a female lawyer, cub reporter Paddy Meehan accepts a bribe to keep the story out of the papers. But when the woman is found dead the next day, Paddy feels compelled to investigate. Starring Amy Manson. Three Fires - Focussing on the rise and fall of fanatical Dominican preacher Girolamo Savonarola, Denise Mina turns her satirical eye on Renaissance Florence and the events leading up to the Bonfire of the Vanities. Kieran Hodgson reads this gripping historical tale. 'Squirrels are Pretty from Far Away' - Alice is disturbed by the squirrels infesting her new home, but when she is accused of a crime it is the squirrels who come to her rescue. Read by Tracy Wiles. 'In a State of Nature' - A murder under Tanzanian skies, and a beautiful young woman is left rootless after her rich, kindly lover disappears mysteriously at a roadside petrol station. Read by Emma Currie. Hurtle - Three financial dealers are trapped in a plummeting lift during a major trading scandal. But did someone deliberately cause the lift to malfunction? Starring John Kielty, Crawford Logan and Alexandra Mathie. The Meek - Baby Simone has Down's Syndrome, and her mother is convinced she has special powers. Is she traumatised, or is Simone really leading a parallel life in a world where superheroes exist and are being hunted down? Meg Fraser and Sarah Gordy star in this dark, surreal drama. Inspecting Detectives - Ex-detectives Tom Wood and Peter Ritchie give Denise Mina the 'good cop, bad cop' treatment to find out what makes her tick, grilling her on her life, her writing, and her portrayal of police work. Text copyright © Denise Mina 2002 ('Squirrels are Pretty from Far Away', 'In a State of Nature'), 2003 (Hurtle), 2006 (The Dead Hour), 2009 (The Meek), 2022 (Three Fires) All rights reserved © 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd"

Denise Mina (Author), Alexandra Mathie, Amy Manson, Crawford Logan, Emma Currie, Full Cast, John Kielty, Kieran Hodgson, Meg Fraser, Sarah Gordy, Tracy Wiles (Narrator)

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Haywire: The Best of Craig Brown

"‘Our greatest living satirist’ Sunday Times ‘The most screamingly funny living writer’ Mail on Sunday From the bestselling and award-winning author of Ma'am Darling and One Two Three Four, a selection of Craig Brown's finest writing collected together for the first time. Haywire presents a survival guide to the 21st century. The acclaimed biographer of Princess Margaret and The Beatles considers such diverse topics as gloves, outer space, the Marx Brothers, Richard Dawkins, Hitler’s hair, John Stonehouse, Katie Price, tongue-twisters, Bruce Springsteen, Harry and Meghan, Stanley Spencer, Brian Epstein, Downton Abbey, Sigmund Freud and Karl Lagerfeld’s cat. With the full battery of the humourist's armoury – clerihews, tongue twisters, whimsy, parody, farce, satire, social observation, nonsense – Brown skewers the fads and delusions of the contemporary world."

Craig Brown (Author), Jan Ravens, Kieran Hodgson (Narrator)

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The Evelyn Waugh BBC Radio Drama Collection: Decline and Fall, Brideshead Revisited and other full-cast dramatisations

"Evelyn Waugh is one of the pre-eminent English novelists of the 20th Century. This collection comprises six of his finest works, dramatised by award-winning writer Jeremy Front. Decline and Fall Paul Pennyfeather, an earnest, scholarly Oxford student, knows nothing of 1920's high-life - until one night he encounters The Bollinger Club... This darkly comic romp set in the early Jazz Age stars Kieran Hodgson, John Sessions, Emilia Fox and Tom Hollander. Brideshead Revisited During the Second World War, a disillusioned Captain Charles Ryder finds himself posted to Brideshead Castle: the scene of the happiest years of his life and the beginnings of his friendship with Sebastian Flyte. A classic tale of life, love and a forgotten era, starring Ben Miles, Jamie Bamber, Anne-Marie Duff and Toby Jones. Scoop Hapless journalist William Boot is mistakenly sent to report on a war in Africa, where he finds love and ends up in the middle of a revolution... Waugh's celebrated satire of newspaper life stars Rory Kinnear and Tim McInnerny. Sword of Honour (The Waugh Trilogy) This three-part dramatisation of Waugh's satirical masterpiece follows the comic adventures of Guy Crouchbank during World War II. In Men at Arms, Guy is scarred by a broken marriage and searching for a purpose to live. When war breaks out, he feels he may have at last found a cause worth fighting for. Officers and Gentlemen sees Guy sent home in disgrace following a misbegotten raid in Dakar. But his next posting takes him somewhere totally unexpected... In Unconditional Surrender, Guy is beginning to lose his idealism about the war - but his military career is revived with selection for a mission to Italy. Winner of Best Audio Drama (Adaptation) at the 2014 BBC Audio Drama Awards, this moving trilogy stars Paul Ready as Guy with Tim McInnerny as the Narrator, Tim Pigott-Smith as Brigadier Ritchie-Hook, Lee Ingleby as Trimmer and Lydia Leonard as Virginia. Text copyright © Evelyn Waugh 1928 (Decline and Fall), 1938 (Scoop), 1945 (Brideshead Revisited), 1952 (Men at Arms), 1955 (Officers and Gentlemen), 1961 (Unconditional Surrender). All rights reserved. Dramatised by Jeremy Front First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 27 October-10 November 2013 ©2020 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2020 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd"

Evelyn Waugh, Jeremy Front (Author), Anne-Marie Duff, Ben Miles, Emilia Fox, Full Cast, Kieran Hodgson, Paul Ready, Rory Kinnear, Tim Mcinnerny, Toby Jones, Tom Hollander (Narrator)

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How to Survive the Roman Empire, by Pliny and Me: The Complete Series 1-3: The BBC Radio 4 comedy drama

"Kieran Hodgson stars as Pliny the Younger in Hattie Naylor’s engaging drama charting the fortunes of a household in Ancient Rome. The Emperor Domitian has informers everywhere; no-one is safe. He rules Rome with a rod of iron, and is dangerously unstable and paranoid. In the snake-pit of Imperial Rome, all Pliny the Younger wants to do is get his letters ready for publication. Except if he, his mother Marcella, their Greek cook Doris (who narrowly missed out on becoming the next Oracle at Delphi), and Venta, their slave with secretarial skills have any chance of surveying, they are going to have to negotiate a political minefield, keep their eyes peeled for spies and, most of all, not do anything to annoy the Emperor. Easier said than done. Cast and credits Pliny the Younger………………..Kieran Hodgson Venta………………………………..Nigel Barrett Marcella……………………………Joanna Scanlan Doris the Cook…………………Mia Soteriou Regulus……………………….Matthew Gravelle Lucipor…………………………Ewan Bailey Produced by and directed for radio by Kate McAll Written by Hattie Naylor"

Hattie Naylor (Author), Ewan Bailey, Full Cast, Joanna Scanlan, Kieran Hodgson, Matthew Gravelle, Mia Soteriou, Nigel Barrett (Narrator)

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