Audiobooks narrated by Simon Mcburney

Audiobooks Narrated by Simon Mcburney

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Lessons: the new novel from the author of Atonement

"Brought to you by Penguin. The mesmerising new novel from Ian McEwan, the bestselling author of Atonement. The world is forever changing. But for so many of us, old wounds run deep. Lessons is an intimate yet universal story of love, regret and a restless search for answers. While the world is still counting the cost of the Second World War and the Iron Curtain has descended, young Roland Baines's life is turned upside down. Stranded at boarding school, his vulnerability attracts his piano teacher, Miriam Cornell, leaving scars as well as a memory of love that will never fade. Twenty-five years later, as the radiation from the Chernobyl disaster spreads across Europe, Roland's wife mysteriously vanishes and he is forced to confront the reality of his rootless existence and look for answers in his family history. From the fall of the Berlin Wall to the Covid pandemic and climate change, Roland sometimes rides with the tide of history but more often struggles against it. Haunted by lost opportunities, he seeks solace through every possible means - literature, travel, friendship, drugs, politics, sex and love. His journey raises important questions. Can we take full charge of the course of our lives without damage to others? How do global events beyond our control shape us and our memories? What role do chance and contingency play in our existence? And what can we learn from the traumas of the past? 'The supreme novelist of his generation' Sunday Times 'McEwan is one of the most accomplished craftsmen of plot and prose' New York Times 'A true master' Daily Telegraph © Ian McEwan 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022"

Ian McEwan (Author), Simon Mcburney (Narrator)

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Unmade Movies: Dennis Potter's The White Hotel: A BBC Radio 4 adaptation of the unproduced screenpla

"Dennis Potter's unproduced screenplay of D. M. Thomas's award-winning novel, plus bonus documentary 'Incendiary' Radio Times The annals of movie history are full of lost treasures - spectacular scripts from world-renowned writers that could have been classics, had they only been made. Now, for the first time, some of these forgotten gems have been brought to life, fully realised as vivid, cinematic radio productions. Scripted by major 20th Century writers, including Harold Pinter, Arthur Miller, Alfred Hitchcock and Dennis Potter, they star a host of A-list actors and feature richly evocative, atmospheric soundtracks. The White Hotel, one of seven 'unmade movies' available on audio, centres around circus performer Lisa, who visits famous Berlin psychoanalyst Dr Probst to discover the cause of her mysterious breast and pelvic pains. Reading her sexually-charged journal, Probst concludes that the answer lies in her past. But then Lisa reveals her unsettling premonitions - 'I see what is going to happen. And what is going to happen cannot be endured.' Is her trauma really the result of childhood memories, or a dark vision of the future? Lauded for his groundbreaking TV dramas, Dennis Potter also wrote several acclaimed screenplays, including Gorky Park. The White Hotel was taken up by numerous directors, from Bertolucci to David Lynch, with actors including Barbra Streisand and Meryl Streep slated to star - but the project defeated them all. Now, directed by Jon Amiel, who worked with Potter on The Singing Detective, this haunting, hallucinatory drama has finally found an audience. Anne-Marie Duff (His Dark Materials) stars as Lisa, with Bill Paterson (Fleabag) as Probst and Simon McBurney (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) as the narrator. It is preceded by a 15-minute documentary, The Long Road to the White Hotel, telling the story of the many failed attempts to film Thomas's novel and the making of the radio production. NB: Contains strong language and sexual scenes Production credits Written by D. M. Thomas Original screenplay by Denis Potter under licence from Briarpatch Limited L.P Directed by Jon Amiel Produced by Laurence Bowen and Peter Ettedgui Sound design: Wilfredo Acosta A Dancing Ledge production for BBC Radio 4 Cast Lisa - Anne-Marie Duff Probst - Bill Paterson Narrator - Simon McBurney The Lover - David Gyasi Victor - Nigel Lindsay Aunt Magda - Morwenna Banks Vera/Old Woman/Wife - Jasmine Jones Various - Wayne Forester Officer/Captain/Maitre d'/Old Man - Nick Underwood Koyla - Felix Jamieson Little Lisa - Tillie Murray First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 8 September 2018 The Long Road to the White Hotel With DM Thomas, Amanda Bale and Jon Amiel Produced by Philippa Geering and Geoff Bird An Overtone Production for BBC Radio 4 First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 8 September 2018 © 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (p) 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd"

D.M. Thomas, Dennis Potter (Author), Anne-Marie Duff, Bill Paterson, Full Cast, Simon Mcburney (Narrator)

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