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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
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