BBC Radio Collection

April
2003

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Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off
Comedian Marcus Brigstocke plays Hogg, an upper middle-class student ponce of Budleigh Salterton who decides to make a series of diversity-building reports while on his gap year abroad. Traveller, backpacker, fearless interviewer — Hogg has no shame in making a complete idiot of himself. As heard on BBC Radio 4.
2 CDs, 1hr 50mins, ISBN 0563 530774 £12.99

Just a Minute Anniversary Special
This double CD and cassette features the 35th anniversary edition of the programme as heard on BBC Radio 4. Taking part are host Nicholas Parsons and players Paul Merton and Clement Freud. Also included on this edition is the classic 11 September 1982 show featuring Kenneth Williams, Barry Cryer and Elaine Stritch and the 5 January 2003 JAM with Ross Noble and Linda Smith.
2 cassettes, 1hr 50mins, ISBN 0563 5528761 £10.99
2 CDs, 1hr 50mins, ISBN 0563 552877X £12.99

Favourite Funny Women
Maureen Lipman presents a compilation of the funniest women in comedy from Caroline Aherne's deadpan Denise in The Royle Family and Jennifer Saunders' misbehaving Edina in Absolutely Fabulous to the great gorgon Sybil Fawlty (Prunella Scales) and Penelope Keith in To the Manor Born. There's also Dawn French, Jan Ravens, Victoria Wood, Julie Walters and Patricia Routledge. Don't forget the pioneers of female comedy: Betty Marsden in Round the Horne, June Whitfield, Hylda Baker, Joyce Grenfell and Sheila Hancock.
2 CDs, 2hrs, ISBN 0563 530456£12.99

Alistair Cooke
Letter From America
Volume 1
Alistair Cooke's weekly sound postcards from the States are now a broadcasting institutions. Personally selected by Alistair Cooke, this volume covers the early years from 1946 to 1968 and such great events as John Glenn's journey into space and the assassination of Robert Kennedy.
2 cassettes, 2hrs 50mins, ISBN 0563 225831 £10.99
3 CDs, 3 hrs, ISBN 0563 529334 £15.99

Alistair Cooke
Letter From America
Volume 2
In this second volume, Alistair Cooke again selects his highlights but this time from the middle years covering the time 1969 to 1978. He reports back on the black revolution and 1960s counter culture, Bing Crosby, Groucho Marx and the legendary Duke Ellington.
2 cassettes, 3hrs, ISBN 0563 388587 £10.99
3 CDs, 3hrs, ISBN 0563 529334 £15.99

MP3-CDs

MP3-CDs offer the same high-quality sound as standard CDs but with the huge advantage of taking up a fraction of the disc space which means whole series are now available on a couple of CDs. All our MP3-CDs are digitally remastered for optimal sound quality.

Douglas Adams
The Complete Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Peter Jones plays the book in both series of the BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation which became a legend. Also included is a Douglas Adams's Guide to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a behind-the-scenes look at the phenomenon with clips, anecdotes and interviews. It also features a previously unbroadcast interview with Douglas Adams.
2 CDs, 7hrs 30mins, ISBN 0563 494212 £19.99

Dead Ringers: Series 1,2 & 3
The first three series are now available on just one CD. Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Phil Cornwell, Kevin Connelly, Mark Perry, Alistair McGowan and Kate Robbins are the talent who spoof a motley collection of politicians, celebs, sports figures and even a certain time traveller.
1 CD, 7hrs 35mins, ISBN 0563 494190 £19.99

Doctor Who
The Daleks' Master Plan

More than five hours of Doctor Who on 1 CD! Daleks threaten to destroy the fabric of time itself in this exclusive recording of a 'lost' adventure, starring William Hartnell with linking narration by Peter Purves. Also included is Mission to the Unknown, a single episode 'teaser', which sets the scene for the incredible 12-part adventure.
1 CD, 5hrs 20mins, ISBN 0563 494174 £19.99

Doctor Who
The Abominable Snowmen/The Web of Fear

Patrick Troughton braves a double dose of Yeti in these exclusive recordings of two classic 'lost' television adventures, with linking narration by Frazer Hines.
2 CDs, 4hrs 50mins, ISBN 0563 494182 £19.99

Fawlty Towers: Series 1 & 2
Twelve episodes from the complete first and second series of this classic comedy are now available on 1 CD.
1 CD, 6hrs 15mins, ISBN 0563 494204 £19.99

J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hobbit

This BBC Radio 4 dramatisation has become a classic in its own right, perfectly conveying Tolkien's magical fantasy and prelude to The Lord of the Rings.
1 CD, 3hrs 35mins, ISBN 0563 494387 £19.99

Giles Wemmbley Hogg

Just A Minute Anniversary

Favourite Funny Women

Letter from America

Letter from America 2

 

Hitchhiker's Guide MP3

Dead Ringers MP3

Dr Who MP3

Dr Who MP3

Fawlty Towers MP3

The Hobbit MP3