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Anthony
Anthony Member Since 2009

Viet vet, currently RN. Popular and trendy are not necessarily great. Time weeds the path to the garden of great classics

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  • The Noël Coward Collection (Dramatized)

    "Bravo Mr. Coward"

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    If you could sum up The Noël Coward Collection (Dramatized) in three words, what would they be?

    This is 1930


    What about the narrators’s performance did you like?

    Expert radio play performance, Stunning cast


    Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

    No each story was a pearl in the necklace


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    The Noël Coward Collection (Dramatized)

    • ORIGINAL (10 hrs and 10 mins)
    • By Noël Coward
    • Narrated By Annette Bening, Joe Mantegna, Eric Stoltz, and others
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    Six phenomenally sophisticated Noël Coward comedies: Fallen Angels, Hay Fever, Private Lives, Design for Living, Blithe Spirit, Present Laughter.

    Anthony says: "Bravo Mr. Coward"
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A Peek at Rebecca's Bookshelf

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  • Blithe Spirit (Dramatized)
    Blithe Spirit (Dramatized)

    "Be careful what you wish for"

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    Fun screwball comedy about a writer who invites a medium over to get information for his book. During the séance he unwittingly calls back his dead wife. He's the only one who can see her, causing chaos.

    I watched the movie shortly after listening to this performance. Listen to this, and skip the movie.

Marius
Marius Irene, South Africa 04-08-05 Member Since 2004
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  • The Goon Show, Volume 1: Moriarity, Where Are You?

    "Goon with the wind"

    6 of 6 helpful votes

    No apologies, just a straight 5 stars. If you're a Goon fan, you don't need my opinion. If you've never heard them, please do yourself a favour and try one of the audiobooks. You wont regret it. Anarchic humour at its best.

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    The Goon Show, Volume 1: Moriarity, Where Are You?

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    • By The Goons
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    Here's a crazy quartet of cult comedy classics from those wireless wizards Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan, and Harry Secombe. This collection features "The Dreaded Batter Pudding Hurler of Bexhill-on-Sea", "The Histories of Pliny the Elder", "The Jet Propelled Guided Naafi", and "The Evils of Bushy Spon".

    Marius says: "Goon with the wind"

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    I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, Volume 3
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    I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, Volume 3

    • ORIGINAL (1 hr and 57 mins)
    • Narrated By Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer, Willie Rushton, and others
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    Sorry I Haven't a Clue has Radio Four's highest listening figures for light entertainment and won the 1998 Voice of the Listener and Viewer for top radio show.

  • 4.9 (25 ratings)
    I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, Volume 6
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    I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, Volume 6

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    • Narrated By Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer, Willie Rushton, and others
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    Another helping of inspired ad-libbery from the multi award-winning BBC Radio 4 series.

    Linda says: "Unbeatable comedy!"
  • 4.8 (18 ratings)
    I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, Volume 7
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    • Tim Brooke-Taylor, Willie Rushton, Graeme Garden,

    I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, Volume 7

    • ORIGINAL (2 hrs and 7 mins)
    • By Tim Brooke-Taylor, Willie Rushton, Graeme Garden,
    • Narrated By Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer, Willie Rushton, and others
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    Another helping of inspired ad-libbery from the multi award-winning BBC Radio 4 series.

    Linda says: "How do they do it? Hysterically funny."
  • 4.3 (109 ratings)
    Fawlty Towers, Volume 1: Basil the Rat
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    Fawlty Towers, Volume 1: Basil the Rat

    • ORIGINAL (2 hrs and 4 mins)
    • By John Cleese, Connie Booth
    • Narrated By John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Andrew Sachs, and others
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    Four classic BBC TV episodes featuring a newly-added interview with John Cleese.

    Donald says: "The Greatest !"
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    Blackadder II
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    • Richard Curtis , Ben Elton

    Blackadder II

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    • By Richard Curtis, Ben Elton
    • Narrated By Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Full Cast
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    England 1558-1603. The filthy genes of the Blackadder dynasty bubble to the surface of history's melting pot as Lord Edmund, arrogant peer-about-town, swaggers with a big head and small beard in search of grace and favour from the stark raving mad Queen Bess.

    Gwendolyn says: "Hilarious as always"
  • 4.7 (75 ratings)
    Fawlty Towers, Volume 2: The Germans
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    • John Cleese , Connie Booth

    Fawlty Towers, Volume 2: The Germans

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    • By John Cleese, Connie Booth
    • Narrated By John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Andrew Sachs, and others
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    Four classic BBC TV episodes featuring a newly-added interview with John Cleese.

    Donald says: "The Best!"
  • 4.7 (69 ratings)
    Fawlty Towers, Volume 3: The Psychiatrist
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    • John Cleese , Connie Booth

    Fawlty Towers, Volume 3: The Psychiatrist

    • ORIGINAL (2 hrs and 15 mins)
    • By John Cleese, Connie Booth
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    Four classic BBC TV episodes featuring a newly-added interview with John Cleese.

    Donald says: "If You're Serious about Funny!"
  • 4.5 (63 ratings)
    Blackadder Goes Forth
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    Blackadder Goes Forth
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    • Richard Curtis , Ben Elton

    Blackadder Goes Forth

    • ORIGINAL (2 hrs and 51 mins)
    • By Richard Curtis, Ben Elton
    • Narrated By Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Full Cast
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    With a ya boo sucks to you fritzy, hot tiddly tumble, it's off to Western Front 1917. Captain Blackadder, hero of Mboto Gorge, joined the British Army when it was little more than a travel agency for gentlemen with an abnormally high sex drive.

    Marc says: "Very good Audioproduction of a TV show"
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  • 4.7 (62 ratings)
    That Mitchell and Webb Sound: Series 3
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    That Mitchell and Webb Sound: Series 3

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    • By David Mitchell, Robert Webb
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    Mitchell and Webb return to their radio roots, and this third fantastic series finds them in their finest-ever sketch-show form.

  • 4.5 (60 ratings)
    Blackadder the Third
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    Blackadder the Third

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    • By Richard Curtis, Ben Elton
    • Narrated By Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Full Cast
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    England 1760-1815. With the advent of the Regency period the Blackadder's family fortune has rather plummeted. Edmund Blackadder, butler to the Prince Regent, veers from calamity to disaster with very little in the way of constructive help from either his imbecile Lord and master the Prince Regent or the mouse-brained Baldrick.

    J. says: "crackling wit"
  • 4.4 (58 ratings)
    I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, Volume 1
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    I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, Volume 1

    • ORIGINAL (1 hr and 55 mins)
    • Narrated By Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer, Willie Rushton, and others
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    The show that grabs listeners by the waist, swirls them round in time to a Strauss waltz, and then trips over the banana skins of convention.

    Joey says: "Spectacular Gameshow"
  • 4.4 (33 ratings)
    Something Fresh
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    • By P. G. Wodehouse
    • Narrated By Jonathan Cecil
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    The one thing that could be expected to disturb the peace of life at Blandings is the incursion of imposters. Blandings has imposters like other houses have mice. On this occasion there are two of them--both intent on a dangerous enterprise.

    Beverly says: "So That's Where "Upstairs, Downstairs" Came From!"

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  • The Awful German Language
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    • Mark Twain

    The Awful German Language

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    • By Mark Twain
    • Narrated By Cathy Dobson
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    Mark Twain's classic satire on the German language. A must read for anybody learning German or living in a German-speaking country. "The Germans have another kind of parenthesis, which they make by splitting a verb in two and putting half of it at the beginning of an exciting chapter and the other half at the end of it. Can anyone conceive of anything more confusing than that?"

    Sandra says: "This is a terrific piece of writing!"
  • The Noël Coward Collection (Dramatized)
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    • Noël Coward

    The Noël Coward Collection (Dramatized)

    • ORIGINAL (10 hrs and 10 mins)
    • By Noël Coward
    • Narrated By Annette Bening, Joe Mantegna, Eric Stoltz, and others
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    (30)
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    Six phenomenally sophisticated Noël Coward comedies: Fallen Angels, Hay Fever, Private Lives, Design for Living, Blithe Spirit, Present Laughter.

    Anthony says: "Bravo Mr. Coward"
  • Dad's Army, Volume 8: My British Buddy
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    • Jimmy Perry , David Croft

    Dad's Army, Volume 8: My British Buddy

    • ORIGINAL (1 hr and 53 mins)
    • By Jimmy Perry, David Croft
    • Narrated By Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn
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    From the annals of wartime Britain come four brilliantly funny episodes with Captain Mainwaring's fully trained Home Guard platoon, ever ready to strike terror into the heart of the Wehrmacht from their unit in Walmington-on-Sea. Always prepared to fight to the finish, this endearing team of characters are at their incompetent best in these wonderfully entertaining adventures specially adapted for radio.

  • I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, Anniversary Special
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    I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, Anniversary Special

    • ORIGINAL (1 hr and 53 mins)
    • Narrated By Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer, Willie Rushton, and others
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    (14)
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    (4)
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    To celebrate 30 years of the extremely popular BBC Radio 4 comedy panel game, this release brings together two special editions, I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue Anniversary Special and I'm Sorry I Haven't a Desert Island, alongside the first ever edition of the programme, originally broadcast on 11 April 1972.

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  • Blackadder the Third
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    Blackadder the Third
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    • Richard Curtis , Ben Elton

    Blackadder the Third

    • ORIGINAL (2 hrs and 50 mins)
    • By Richard Curtis, Ben Elton
    • Narrated By Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Full Cast
    Overall
    (60)
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    (15)
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    (14)

    England 1760-1815. With the advent of the Regency period the Blackadder's family fortune has rather plummeted. Edmund Blackadder, butler to the Prince Regent, veers from calamity to disaster with very little in the way of constructive help from either his imbecile Lord and master the Prince Regent or the mouse-brained Baldrick.

    J. says: "crackling wit"
  • Deep Trouble: Series 2, Episode 4
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    • Jim Field Smith , Ben Willbond

    Deep Trouble: Series 2, Episode 4

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    • By Jim Field Smith, Ben Willbond
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    Beneath and beyond the front line, these are the adventures of the HMS Goliath: A 55,000-tonne M-Class nuclear stealth submarine, prowling 5,000 metres below the surface...and manned by idiots. The hugely talented Best Newcomer Perrier winner (1999) Ben Willbond and Perrier nominee (2005) Jim Field Smith (Dutch Elm Conservatoire) have teamed up again for the second series of their sub-sea sitcom.

  • Saturday Live, Volume 1: Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie
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    • Stephen Fry , Hugh Laurie

    Saturday Live, Volume 1: Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie

    • ORIGINAL (1 hr and 42 mins)
    • By Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie
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    Based on the format of the American TV show Saturday Night Live, this home-grown comedy production was an enormous success and brought recognition and fame to a great many performers, many of whom are now household names. It was hosted by Ben Elton and Lenny Henry. In a series of sketches it introduced us to the talent and chemistry of Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie.

  • A Woman of No Importance (Dramatized)
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    • Oscar Wilde

    A Woman of No Importance (Dramatized)

    • ORIGINAL (1 hr and 34 mins)
    • By Oscar Wilde
    • Narrated By Miriam Margolyes, Samantha Mathis, Rosalind Ayres, and others
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    Devilishly attractive Lord Illingworth is notorious for his skill as a seducer. But he is still invited to all the "best" houses, while his female conquests must hide their shame in seclusion. In this devastating drawing-room comedy, Oscar Wilde uses his celebrated wit to expose English society's narrow view of everything from sexual mores to Americans.

    Cheryl says: "Pitch Perfect Performance"
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  • Blackadder II
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    • Richard Curtis , Ben Elton

    Blackadder II

    • ORIGINAL (2 hrs and 52 mins)
    • By Richard Curtis, Ben Elton
    • Narrated By Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Full Cast
    Overall
    (98)
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    (16)
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    England 1558-1603. The filthy genes of the Blackadder dynasty bubble to the surface of history's melting pot as Lord Edmund, arrogant peer-about-town, swaggers with a big head and small beard in search of grace and favour from the stark raving mad Queen Bess.

    Gwendolyn says: "Hilarious as always"
  • That Mitchell and Webb Sound: Series 3
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    • David Mitchell , Robert Webb

    That Mitchell and Webb Sound: Series 3

    • ORIGINAL (2 hrs and 48 mins)
    • By David Mitchell, Robert Webb
    • Narrated By David Mitchell, Robert Webb
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    (62)
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    (25)
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    Mitchell and Webb return to their radio roots, and this third fantastic series finds them in their finest-ever sketch-show form.

  • Not the Nine O'Clock News
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    • BBC Audiobooks

    Not the Nine O'Clock News

    • ORIGINAL (1 hr and 46 mins)
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    • Narrated By Rowan Atkinson, Griff Rhys Jones, Mel Smith, and others
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    Here's the classic TV comedy sketch show that launched the careers of Rowan Atkinson, Griff Rhys Jones, Mel Smith, and Pamela Stephenson. Written by some of Britain's finest comedy writers, including Richard Curtis, Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin, and David Renwick, the show was groundbreaking, irreverent, outrageous, innovative, and rude.

    Theodore M Wong says: "A classic from the BBC"
  • Round the Horne: Volume 8
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    • Kenneth Horne , more

    Round the Horne: Volume 8

    • ORIGINAL (2 hrs and 1 min)
    • By Kenneth Horne, more
    • Narrated By Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Betty Marsden, and others
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    Here are two classic episodes from 1966 and 1967, full of memorable catch phrases and colourful characters, and featuring Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden, and Bill Pertwee.

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  • The Awful German Language
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    • By Mark Twain
    • Narrated By Cathy Dobson
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    Mark Twain's classic satire on the German language. A must read for anybody learning German or living in a German-speaking country. "The Germans have another kind of parenthesis, which they make by splitting a verb in two and putting half of it at the beginning of an exciting chapter and the other half at the end of it. Can anyone conceive of anything more confusing than that?"

    Sandra says: "This is a terrific piece of writing!"
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    • By Harry Enfield
    • Narrated By Harry Enfield
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    A collection of the very best sketches from Series One and Two of Harry Enfield's Television Programme, featuring unforgettable characters such as the Slobs, the Old Gits, Mr Nice But Dim, Smashie and Nicey, Lee and Lance, and Mr Don't Wanna Do That. Starring Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse.

  • Doctor Sally
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    Doctor Sally

    • UNABRIDGED (2 hrs and 59 mins)
    • By P. G. Wodehouse
    • Narrated By Paul Shelley
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    When Bill Bannister meets Dr. Sally Smith, love blossoms immediately. Unfortunately there is just the small problem of Lottie Higginbotham, former actress, serial bride, and human fireball, with whom Bill is already involved. The well-meaning interference of Bill’s old friend, Squiffy Tidmouth, once married to Lottie, only complicates matters further, until everything is straightened out in a series of comic encounters at Bill’s ancestral home and everyone lives happily ever after.

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    • Harold Snoad , Michael Knowles

    It Sticks Out Half a Mile Continued

    • ORIGINAL (1 hr and 44 mins)
    • By Harold Snoad, Michael Knowles
    • Narrated By John Le Mesurier
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    John Le Mesurier, Ian Lavender, and Bill Pertwee star in four episodes of the radio sequel to Dad's Army, including: "Inspecting the Piles": In order to save money, Hodges, Pike, and Wilson decide to inspect the foundations of Frambourne Pier in an inflatable rubber dinghy - at night. "Pike in Love": Uncle Arthur is called in to give Pike a lesson on the birds and the bees. Also included are episodes "The Friends of Frambourne Pier" and "The First Meeting".

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  • More Ronnie Barker's Lines from My Grandfather's Forehead
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    • By Ronnie Barker
    • Narrated By Ronnie Barker
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    Ronnie Barker stars in four episodes of the comedy sketch show as heard on BBC Radio 4. Here’s a further cornucopia of clever comedy, featuring sketches, monologues, poems and songs in this sequential entertainment for radio. Here, the sketches include: a bizarre slice of Shakespeare, a poem for a man with a plan, and a forgetful actor.

  • Jennings Again!
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    Jennings Again!

    • UNABRIDGED (2 hrs and 53 mins)
    • By Anthony Buckeridge
    • Narrated By Simon Vance
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    (2)
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    Linbury goes green and Jennings and Darbishire want to do their bit for the environment. Given the simple task of distributing leaflets, what could go wrong? But when Darbishire’s shoelace refuses to stay tied, Jennings, using his usual initiative, removes the rubber band holding the leaflets together and performs an emergency shoelace repair. All seems fine, until a gust of wind hurls the leaflets over Marina Gardens.

  • Table Manners: Part One of Alan Ayckbourn's The Norman Conquests Trilogy (Dramatized)
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    • Alan Ayckbourn

    Table Manners: Part One of Alan Ayckbourn's The Norman Conquests Trilogy (Dramatized)

    • ORIGINAL (1 hr and 23 mins)
    • By Alan Ayckbourn
    • Narrated By Rosalind Ayres, Kenneth Danziger, Martin Jarvis, and others
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    In Table Manners, the action occurs in the dining room of Mother’s house, where a conventional middle-class family is attempting to have a pleasant country weekend. But they are no match for Norman, the bane of the family, who horrifies everyone by doing exactly as he likes.

  • Round and Round the Garden (Dramatized): Part Three of Alan Ayckbourn's The Norman Conquests trilogy
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    • Alan Ayckbourn

    Round and Round the Garden (Dramatized): Part Three of Alan Ayckbourn's The Norman Conquests trilogy

    • ORIGINAL (1 hr and 17 mins)
    • By Alan Ayckbourn
    • Narrated By Rosalind Ayres, Kenneth Danziger, Martin Jarvis, and others
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    (2)
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    (2)
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    The third “battle” of Ayckbourn’s celebrated trilogy The Norman Conquests, returns us to the same weekend in the country, but this time to the setting of Mother’s overgrown English country garden. Something more troublesome than brambles is lurking among the roses. Havoc ensues among the flora and fauna, as this cynical masterpiece makes its way to a hilarious conclusion.

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  • The Norman Conquests: The Complete Alan Ayckbourn Trilogy (Dramatized)
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    • Alan Ayckbourn

    The Norman Conquests: The Complete Alan Ayckbourn Trilogy (Dramatized)

    • ORIGINAL (4 hrs and 1 min)
    • By Alan Ayckbourn
    • Narrated By Rosalind Ayres, Kenneth Danziger, Martin Jarvis, and others
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    Ayckbourn’s celebrated triology The Norman Conquests - three hilarious and poignant plays depicting the same six characters in one house over one weekend, namely Norman and his romantic follies.

    Bohemian Bon Vivant says: "Don't Buy This "Complete' Trilogy, Missing Part 1"
  • Jennings' Diary
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    • Anthony Buckeridge

    Jennings' Diary

    • UNABRIDGED (4 hrs and 28 mins)
    • By Anthony Buckeridge
    • Narrated By Simon Vance
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    "Hah-ooh cinosrepus! ‘Selbanev, Nosnikta, Senoj-Nitram,’ said Jennings. ‘They’re the names of people, I bet you can’t guess who!’ ‘Russian agents? - Zulu tribesmen? - Ancient kings of Egypt?’ hazarded Darbishire. ‘No, no, no,’ Jennings flipped his fingers in delight and danced ungainly ballet steps round the tuck-boxes. ‘Oh, wacko! If you can’t guess, neither will anybody else, so we can use it for the code.’”

    Jason says: "Disappointing"
  • Friday Night Live, Volume 2
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    ORIGINAL
    • Dame Edna , Julian Clary , Robbie Coltrane , Harry Enfield , Ben Elton

    Friday Night Live, Volume 2

    • ORIGINAL (1 hr and 16 mins)
    • By Dame Edna, Julian Clary, Robbie Coltrane, and others
    • Narrated By Dame Edna, Julian Clary, Robbie Coltrane, and others
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    Friday Night Live was a late night programme that pushed comedy on TV to new levels. Most TV comedy at that time was a rather safe affair full of middle aged comics and impersonators. Friday Night Live brought in a new generation of comedians; some from the growing club circuit and some along the path from University. Volume 2, Another comic who got an enormous boost from Friday Night Live was Harry Enfield. He introduced two great characters--the loveable Greek kebab shop owner Stavros, and the less loveable but equally funny Loadsamoney, the plasterer who boasted about his earnings in the booming late 80’s. Included here also is his Northern cousin Buggerallmoney--ah the north south divide! Other great tracks are to be found by Robbie Coltrane, Jo Brand and the wonderful Dame Edna Everage.

  • Friday Night Live, Volume 1
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    ORIGINAL
    • Lee Evans , Hugh Laurie , Jo Brand , Harry Enfield , Julian Clary , Stephen Fry

    Friday Night Live, Volume 1

    • ORIGINAL (1 hr and 18 mins)
    • By Lee Evans, Hugh Laurie, Jo Brand, and others
    • Narrated By Lee Evans, Hugh Laurie, Jo Brand, and others
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    Friday Night Live was a late night programme that pushed comedy on TV to new levels. Most TV comedy at that time was a rather safe affair full of middle aged comics and impersonators. Friday Night Live brought in a new generation of comedians; some from the growing club circuit and some along the path from University. On Volume 1, Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie can be heard alongside Lee Evans and Jo Brand. This was her TV debut whilst Lee Evans was also just starting his own phenomenal career.