An exhilarating journey into the mind and spirit of a remarkable man, a legendary teacher, and a masterful storyteller, conducted by TV journalist Bill Moyers for their acclaimed PBS series.
Lorraine says:
"A Brilliant Man"
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Primary Phase (Dramatised)
UNABRIDGED (3 hrs and 56 mins)
By Douglas Adams
Narrated By Peter Jones, Simon Jones, Geoffrey McGivern, and others
Overall
(432)
Performance
(221)
Story
(220)
A Special Edition of the original radio series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1978 and recently voted the Nation's Favourite Audiobook in a Guardian poll. Starring Peter Jones, Simon Jones, Geoffrey McGivern, Mark Wing-Davey, Susan Sheridan and Stephen Moore, these six episodes (Fit the First to Fit the Sixth) have been remastered to modern-day standards by Dirk Maggs, and for the first time feature Philip Pope's arrangement of the familiar theme tune.
Ilana says:
"Zillions of Times Better than the Book"
The Martian Chronicles: A Radio Dramatization
ORIGINAL (5 hrs and 34 mins)
By Ray Bradbury
Narrated By The Colonial Radio Players
Overall
(87)
Performance
(75)
Story
(72)
The people of Earth are preparing for war - a war that could potentially destroy the planet. Explorers are sent to Mars to find a new place for humans to colonize. Bradbury's Mars is a place of hope, dreams, and metaphor, where a fine dust settles on the great empty cities of a silently destroyed civilization. It is here the invaders have come to despoil and commercialize, to grow and to learn - first a trickle, then a torrent, rushing from a world with no future toward a promise of tomorrow. The Earthman conquers Mars... and then is conquered by it.
Dante says:
"Wonderful, Absolutley Wonderful"
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Secondary Phase (Dramatised)
UNABRIDGED (3 hrs and 50 mins)
By Douglas Adams
Narrated By Peter Jones, Simon Jones, Geoffrey McGivern, and others
Overall
(264)
Performance
(132)
Story
(131)
A Special Edition of the original radio series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1978 and recently voted the Nation's Favourite Audiobook in a Guardian poll.
Starring Peter Jones, Simon Jones, Geoffrey McGivern, Mark Wing-Davey, Susan Sheridan and Stephen Moore, these six episodes (Fit the First to Fit the Sixth) have been remastered to modern-day standards by Dirk Maggs, and for the first time feature Philip Pope's arrangement of the familiar theme tune.
Joseph Norton says:
"Another great addition from the BBC and Audible"
Cabin Pressure: The Complete Series 3
ORIGINAL (2 hrs and 49 mins)
By John Finnemore
Overall
(105)
Performance
(100)
Story
(101)
Stephanie Cole, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Roger Allam star in the first series of the hit sitcom about the tiny charter airline for whom no job is too small, but many, many jobs are too difficult.
Petra says:
"Still lots of fun"
Beacon Hill - Series 1: Episodes 1-4
ORIGINAL (3 hrs and 18 mins)
By Jerry Robbins
Narrated By Jerry Robbins, Shana Dirik, James Tallach, and others
Overall
(1)
Performance
(1)
Story
(1)
New England, 1898: The Prescott Family is Boston. In that bygone golden age, Patriarch Charles presides over both his shipping line and family with a sure and strong hand, while wife Jocelyn is feeling her authority usurped by her powerfully minded mother-in-law, Augusta. Their children, Marietta, Aurora, and Barton find themselves trying to make their way in a constantly changing world - filled with social upheaval and technological advancements. The Prescotts' house staff goes about their duties under the supervision of the taciturn butler, Williams.
Publisher's Summary
They said he was a lustful Mad Monk, a Holy Devil, who preached God's word, yet practiced every form of evil. Did he hypnotize the czar and seduce the czarina? The real truth about the rise of Grigory Rasputin is stranger and more moving than the legend of the satanic monk.
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