Philip Pullman's award-winning fantasy
trilogy is now available as BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations
on CD and cassette.
Philip Pullman
Northern
Lights
This is the first in Pullman's epic trilogy. It begins in another
world, where a young girl, Lyra, discovers her best friend Roger
has vanished amidst an epidemic of children's kidnappings. She
sets out with her shape-changing daemon Pantalaimon to find her
friend, encoutering witch-queens, armoured bears and other strange
and mysterious creatures on the way. Terence Stamp, Emma Fielding,
Bill Paterson, Kenneth Cranham and Ray Fearon star in this gripping
production.
2 cassettes,
2hrs 30mins, ISBN 0563 536950 £10.99
2 CDs, 2hrs 30mins, ISBN 0563 529024 £12.99
Phillip Pullman
The
Subtle Knife
The second instalment in the trilogy introduces Will Parry,
a young boy searching for his father. When Will finds a window
in the air near the Oxford ring road, he is transported to another
world where he meets Lyra. She is now searching for the secret
of the mystical Dust and the two join forces on a combined quest.
Travelling between worlds using the portal, they meet friends
and enemies before discovering the Subtle Knife - an object with
the incredible ability to cut portals to other worlds. But the
knife also holds deadly powers. Ray Fearon, Emma Fielding and
Jack Klaff star in his enthralling full-cast production.
2 cassettes,
2hrs 30mins, ISBN 0563 536969 £10.99
2 CDs, 2hrs 30mins, ISBN 0563 529032 £12.99
Phillip Pullman
The
Amber Spyglass
In the third and final episode, the battle between good and
evil reaches a climax with riveting results. Lyra and Will meet
Dr Mary Malone - creator of the amber spyglass and she, along
with other friends, help the pair on their perilous quest. But
as childhood slips away, Lyra and Will face new dangers from the
daemon-destorying Spectres and the world of the dead. The future
of all worlds hangs in the balance. Terence Stamp, Ray Fearon,
Emma Fielding and Philip Madoc star in this dramatisation of the
Whitbread Book of the Year 2001.
2 cassettes,
2hrs 30mins, ISBN 0563 536977 £10.99
2 CDs, 2hrs 30mins, ISBN 0563 529016 £12.99
Phillip Pullman
His
Dark Materials Trilogy
A slipcase featuring all three parts of the BBC Radio 4 dramatisation
of Philip Pullman's award-winning trilogy. Available either on
six cassettes or six CDs.
6 cassettes,
6hrs, ISBN 0563 52927X £30.00
6 CDs, 6hrss, ISBN 0563 529288 £36.00
Mark Twain
Huckelberry
Finn
Join Huckelberry Finn and the runaway slave, Jim, in their
wild adventures on the Mississippi River in this excellent BBC
Radio 4 dramatisation of Mark Twain's classic novel set in the
Deep South. This compelling adaptation was recorded with the Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation in Toronto and stars an all-North American
cast.
2 cassettes, 3hrs, ISBN 0563 536446 £9.99
Georges Simenon
Maigret:
A Man's Head
Maigret returns to tell the story of four new cases in these
Radio 4 dramatisations starring Nicholas Le Prevost as Maigret
and Julian Barnes as his creator Georges Simenon. The stories
featured are Maigret: A Man's Head, Maigret: The Bar on the
Seine, My Friend Maigret, Madame Maigret's Own Case.
2 cassettes, 3hrs, ISBN 0563 536942 £9.99
Charles Dickens
The
Old Curiosity Shop
A brand-new BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Dickens' story of
Little Nell. Nell's grandfather wishes to give her a better life
and gambles what little money he has in the hopes of winning her
a fortune. Instead, he becomes indebted to the hideous and cruel
Quilp. The pair go on the run to escape his clutches and meet
a collection of characters on their journey. Alex Jennings and
Phil Daniels star, with Julia McKenzie, Anna Massey and Sandi
Toksvig.
4 cassettes, 6hrs 10mins, ISBN 0563 536969 £15.99
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