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Turf Wars-an Incident At the Border
Author: Simon Brett
Author Simon Brett
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 27m
Episode 2 of 4 of the BBC Radio 4 comedy-drama series 'Turf Wars', Nigel Planner stars in 'An Incident at the Border', Kieran Lynn's comedy about boundaries that are both territorial and personal. Directed by Peter Kavanagh and originally broadcast 16 October 2011. Arthur (Joe Kloska) and Olivia (Leah Brotherhead), take in the sun in their local pa...
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Warhorses of Letters-complete Series
Author: Robert Hudson
Author Robert Hudson
Narrator Stephen Fry
Duration 54m
Deep in the British Library tucked into the slipcover of a book on the history of Blenheim Palace a packet of extraordinary letters has been discovered. "Dear Marengo brackets Napoleon's horse close brackets, I've never written a letter like this before...." Thus begins the first passionate letter from Copenhagen, the Duke of Wellington's horse, to...
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Warhorses of Letters, Episode 1
Author: Robert Hudson
Series: Warhorses of Letters, Book 1
Author Robert Hudson
Narrator Stephen Fry
SeriesWarhorses of Letters, Book 1
Duration 13m
Two horses divided by war, united by love. Comedy starring Stephen Fry and Daniel Rigby. Episode 1 charts the early days of a romance and the early days of the Napoleonic Wars. As their love blossoms the shadow of impending combat looms over our two heroes.
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Warhorses of Letters, Episode 2
Author: Robert Hudson
Series: Warhorses of Letters, Book 2
Author Robert Hudson
Narrator Stephen Fry
SeriesWarhorses of Letters, Book 2
Duration 13m
Two horses divided by war, united by love. Comedy starring Stephen Fry and Daniel Rigby. Episode 2 sees Copenhagen becoming a warhorse, and Marengo setting out into the vast Russian Steppe as he carries Napoleon at the head of his vast army towards Moscow.
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Warhorses of Letters, Episode 3
Author: Robert Hudson
Series: Warhorses of Letters, Book 3
Author Robert Hudson
Narrator Stephen Fry
SeriesWarhorses of Letters, Book 3
Duration 13m
Two horses divided by war, united by love. Comedy starring Stephen Fry and Daniel Rigby. Episode 3 sees our heroes' fortunes fluctuate as the Napoleonic Wars get bloodier and colder making it much harder to send valentines cards.
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Warhorses of Letters, Episode 4
Author: Robert Hudson
Series: Warhorses of Letters, Book 4
Author Robert Hudson
Narrator Stephen Fry
SeriesWarhorses of Letters, Book 4
Duration 13m
Two horses divided by war, united by love. Comedy starring Stephen Fry and Daniel Rigby. Episode 4 sees the wars rage on as Copenhagen lives it up in Paris and Marengo tries to enjoy a quiet retirement.
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Author: Ian Davidson, Peter Vincent
Author Ian Davidson, Peter Vincent
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 2h 46m
Ronnie Corbett stars as granddad Sandy Hopper in Series 2 of the sitcom that reunites him with the writers of his hit comedy 'Sorry' - Ian Davidson and Peter Vincent. In this second series, Sandy is still growing old happily along with his dog Henry. His grown-up children want him to move out of the family home so they can get their hands on their...
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When the Dog Dies, Series 2, Episode 1
Author: Ian Davidson, Peter Vincent
Series: When the Dog Dies Series 2, Book 1
Author Ian Davidson, Peter Vincent
Narrator Full Cast
SeriesWhen the Dog Dies Series 2, Book 1
Duration 55m
Ronnie Corbett stars as granddad Sandy Hopper in Series 2 of the sitcom that reunites him with the writers of his hit comedy 'Sorry' - Ian Davidson and Peter Vincent. In the first episode, 'Catchment if you Can', Sandy's quiet life is shattered when his daughter and son-in-law make use of his address
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When the Dog Dies, Series 2,episode 2
Author: Ian Davidson, Peter Vincent
Series: When the Dog Dies Series 2, Book 2
Author Ian Davidson, Peter Vincent
Narrator Full Cast
SeriesWhen the Dog Dies Series 2, Book 2
Duration 55m
Ronnie Corbett stars as granddad Sandy Hopper in Series 2 of the sitcom that reunites him with the writers of his hit comedy 'Sorry' - Ian Davidson and Peter Vincent. In the second episode, 'Knock Down Ginger', Sandy goofs when lodger Dolores feels guilty over the rent and decides to be a housekeeper in Edinburgh.
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When the Dog Dies, Series 2, Episode 3
Author: Ian Davidson, Peter Vincent
Series: When the Dog Dies Series 2, Book 3
Author Ian Davidson, Peter Vincent
Narrator Full Cast
SeriesWhen the Dog Dies Series 2, Book 3
Duration 55m
Ronnie Corbett plays granddad Sandy Hopper in this sitcom which reunites him with the writers of his hit comedy 'Sorry' - Ian Davidson and Peter Vincent. In this third episode, 'Temptation', generous Sandy sponsors his son-in-law in a charity marathon, but discovers he's splashed out too much.
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When the Dogdies, Series 2, Episode 4
Author: Ian Davidson, Peter Vincent
Series: When the Dog Dies Series 2, Book 4
Author Ian Davidson, Peter Vincent
Narrator Full Cast
SeriesWhen the Dog Dies Series 2, Book 4
Duration 55m
Ronnie Corbett plays granddad Sandy Hopper in this sitcom which reunites him with the writers of his hit comedy 'Sorry' - Ian Davidson and Peter Vincent. In the fourth episode, 'The Never Ending Story', Dolores seems to be seeing a married man, but Sandy's grandfatherly duties come before his fatherly ones.
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When the Dog Dies, Series 2, Episode 5
Author: Ian Davidson, Peter Vincent
Series: When the Dog Dies Series 2, Book 5
Author Ian Davidson, Peter Vincent
Narrator Full Cast
SeriesWhen the Dog Dies Series 2, Book 5
Duration 27m
Ronnie Corbett plays granddad Sandy Hopper in this sitcom which reunites him with the writers of his hit comedy 'Sorry' - Ian Davidson and Peter Vincent. In the fifth episode, 'Tangled Web', whenever people tell porkies, they seem to come to Sandy for help. But deceiving needs practice...
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When the Dog Dies, Series 2, Episode 6
Author: Ian Davidson, Peter Vincent
Series: When the Dog Dies Series 2, Book 6
Author Ian Davidson, Peter Vincent
Narrator Full Cast
SeriesWhen the Dog Dies Series 2, Book 6
Duration 27m
Ronnie Corbett plays granddad Sandy Hopper in this sitcom which reunites him with the writers of his hit comedy 'Sorry' - Ian Davidson and Peter Vincent. In the sixth episode, 'It was a Dark and Stormy Night', Dolores rashly plunges into an oral history project and reveals the yawning chasms dividing the Hoppers.
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Author: Jacqueline Rayner
Author Jacqueline Rayner
Narrator Camille Coduri
Duration 5h 28m
Rose and the Doctor return to present-day Earth, and become intrigued by the latest craze the video game, Death to Mantodeans. Is it as harmless as it seems? And why are so many local people going on holiday and never returning? Meanwhile, on another world, an alien war is raging. The Quevvils need to find a new means of attacking the ruthless Mant...
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Author: Jon Mcgregor
Author Jon Mcgregor
Narrator Lydia Wilson
Duration 24m
While marvelling at the way in which her mind responds to the near-death experience of a sugar beet smashing through the windscreen of her car, a young woman becomes mildly irritated by the two men who have stopped to help her. The BBC National Short Story Award 2011 is managed in partnership with Booktrust.
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The Yellow Dog-series, Inspector Maigret
Author: Georges Simenon
Author Georges Simenon
Narrator Maurice Denham
Duration 44m
A full-cast dramatisation starring Nicholas Le Prevost as Inspector Maigret In 'Maigret: The Yellow Dog', the citizens of Concarneau are not happy when Maigret begins his murder investigation. But there is poison in the Pernod, a howling yellow dog and, it seems, a madman on the loose...
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Author: Doris Lessing
Author Doris Lessing
Narrator Juliet Stevenson
Duration 29h 46m
In London in the 1950s, novelist Anna Wulf struggles with writer's block. Divorced with a young child, and fearful of going mad, Anna records her experiences in four coloured notebooks: black for her writing life, red for political views, yellow for emotions, blue for everyday events. But it is a fifth notebook-the golden notebook -that finally pul...
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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Author: Rachel Joyce
Author Rachel Joyce
Narrator Jim Broadbent
Duration 10h
When Harold Fry leaves home one morning to post a letter, with his wife hoovering upstairs, he has no idea that he is about to walk from one end of the country to the other. He has no hiking boots or map, let alone a compass, waterproof or mobile phone. All he knows is that he must keep walking. To save someone else's life. CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE...
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Author: R.J. Palacio
Author R.J. Palacio
Narrator Kate Rudd, Nick Podehl
Duration 8h 5m
Wonder is the funny, sweet and incredibly moving story of Auggie Pullman. Born with a terrible facial abnormality, this shy, bright ten-year-old has been home-schooled by his parents for his whole life, in an attempt to protect him from the stares and cruelty of the outside world. Now, for the first time, Auggie is being sent to a real school - and...
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Author: Ian Mcewan
Author Ian Mcewan
Narrator Juliet Stevenson
Duration 12h
Serena Frome, the beautiful daughter of an Anglican bishop, has a brief affair with an older man during her final year at Cambridge, and finds herself being groomed for the intelligence services. The year is 1972. Britain, confronting economic disaster, is being torn apart by industrial unrest and terrorism and faces its fifth state of emergency. T...
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Author: Marian Keyes
Author Marian Keyes
Narrator Niamh Daly
Duration 15h
Helen Walsh doesn't believe in fear - it's just a thing invented by men to get all the money and good jobs - and yet she's sinking. Her work as a Private Investigator has dried up, her flat has been repossessed and now some old demons have resurfaced. Not least in the form of her charming but dodgy ex-boyfriend Jay Parker, who shows up with a missi...
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