July
2003

Blackadder the Third
Now on CD, six episodes from Richard Curtis and Ben Elton’s award-winning comedy starring Rowan Atkinson and Tony Robinson. It's the period 1760-1815 and Blackadder is reduced to serving the gormless Prince Regent. He also finds time to re-write Dr Johnson's dictionary, battle the Scarlet Pimpernel and get Baldrick elected to Parliament. Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Robbie Coltrane, Rik Mayall and Miranda Richardson are some of the guest stars joining in the fun.
3 CDs, 2hrs 50mins, ISBN 0563 494549 £15.99

Blackadder Goes Forth
Now on CD, six episodes of the final series in which Captain Blackadder, hero of Mboto Gorge, finds all manner of ways to avoid active duty in the First World War.
2 CDs, 2hrs 50mins ISBN 0563 494557 £15.99

Dead Ringers
Series 9
All four episodes from the ninth series of the hugely popular BBC Radio 4 comedy series, starring Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Kevin Connelly and Mark Perry. Eastenders Kat Slater joins Adam Ant, Scooby Doo and Nigella Lawson in this satirical celeb skewering.
2 CDs, 1hr 50mins, ISBN 0563 494514 £12.99

Doctor Who: Yeti Attack!
This 5CD set contains digitally remastered soundtracks of the complete Yeti adventures - The Abominable Snowmen and The Web of Fear. Includes the 12 episodes with additional linking narration by Frazer Hines.
5 CDs, 4hrs 50mins, ISBN 0563 495359 £29.99

Goodness Gracious Me 2
A second volume of sketches from the Sony award-winning BBC Radio 4 series which later transferred to BBC television. These four hilarious, irreverent and barrier-breaking episodes are taken from the third radio series and include such favourites as Mr Everything-comes-from-India, granny and competitive mums.
2 CDs, 1hr 50mins, ISBN 0563 530375 £12.99

Horrible Histories:
The Rotten Romans
Terry Deary and Martin Brown’s brilliant books about the nastiest periods in history have now been transformed into a series of audio extravaganzas. The Rotten Romans features beastly battles, deadly doctoring and marvellous myths – and you can even find out how to tell the future using a dead chicken!
1 cassette, 1hr approx, ISBN 0563 495154 £5.99
1 CD, 1hr approx, ISBN 0563 495162 £7.99

Horrible Histories:
The Woeful Second World War
Hear the dreadful truth about Dad’s Army and how sweet rationing drove a teacher to steal from his pupils in the new audio version of Terry Deary and Martin Brown's brilliant book. It’s packed with quizzes, sketches and jokes, as well as mini-dramas and real life re-enactments – telling you the kind of foul facts that just aren’t available from a classroom education!
1 cassette, 1hr approx, ISBN 0563 495170 £5.99
1 CD, 1hr approx, ISBN 0563 495189 £7.99

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue 2
Now on CD, the second collection of inspired ad-libbing from the popular BBC Radio 4 series. There are all the favourites plus a special programme devoted to history's most complex quiz - Everyman's Guide to Mornington Crescent. Humphrey Lyttelton presides over panellists Tim Brooke-Taylor, Willie Rushton, Graeme Garden and Barry Cryer.
2 CDs, 1hr 50mins, ISBN 0563 529695 £12.99

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue 3
Now on CD, the third collection features Mornington Crescent placed with Tudor Court Rules, Undertaker's Songbook and a specially compiled 'guests' edition with new recruits Paul Merton, Stephen Fry and Mike Harding.
2 CDs, 2hrs, ISBN 0563 529709 £12.99

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue 4
Now on CD, the fourth collection features Willie Rushton's final shows recorded in Cheltenham, Liverpool, Northampton and Cambridge plus all the rest wondrous witticism and ponderous puns you've come to expect from the team.
2 CDs, 2hrs, ISBN 0563 49462X £12.99

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue 5
Now on CD, chairman Humphrey Lyttelton and regulars Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden are joined by special guests Stephen Fry, Jeremy Hardy, Paul Merton and Sandi Toksvig for more laughs and larking about.
2 CDs, 2hrs, ISBN 0563 494638 £12.99

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue 6
Now on CD, the sixth collection ushers in the seriously silly Ecclesiastical Chat-up Lines, Fisherman's Book Club and the radio version of One Man and His Dog. Joining the regular panel are special guests Tony Hawks, Andy Hamilton, Fred MacAulay and Stephen Fry.
2 CDs, 2hrs 5mins, ISBN 0563 494646 £12.99

The Mel and Sue Thing
Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins are out for laughs in this collection taken from their recent BBC Radio 4 comedy sketch show.
2 CDs, 1hr 50mins, ISBN 0563 496150 £12.99

The Navy Lark 15
Going on Leave to Croydon
All aboard for more marine mayhem in the newest collection on HMS Troutbridge. Includes four episodes from 1965: Admiral Pertwee's Fleet (15 August 1965), Making a Right Pig's Breakfast (29 August), The Mysterious Pudding Mind (5 Sept), Going on Leave to Croydon (3 Oct).
2 cassettes, 1hr 50mins, ISBN 0563 494581 £10.99
2 CDs, 1hr 50mins, ISBN 0563 49459X £12.99

The News Quiz
The First 25 Years
Fans of The News Quiz will be delighted with this special edition presented by Simon Hoggart and Matthew Parris. It includes two special shows: Headlines, Deadlines and Punchlines - an Archive Hour programme looking at the origins of the comedy classic - and The News Quiz 25th Anniversary Special, which looks back at a quarter century of headline news.
2 cassettes, 1hr 40mins, ISBN 0563 494018 £10.99
2 CDs, 1hr 40mins, ISBN 0563 494026 £12.99

Old Harry's Game Volume 1
Now on CD, six episodes from the first two BBC Radio 4 series of this fiendishly funny satire set in Hell. Written by Drop the Dead Donkey's Andy Hamilton, take a trip to Hell where Satan is having a hard time of it with head demon Gary, an atheist professor and a sleazy CEO.
3 CDs, 2hrs 50mins, ISBN 0563 496177 £15.99

Old Harry's Game Volume 2
Six more episodes from the third and fourth series of this award-winning BBC Radio 4 comedy. Satan may rule the underworld, but the arrival of a Health and Safety Officer is causing problems. There's also a particular poem by W.B. Yeats' that he wants amended so a visit to Hells' own Poet's Corner is scheduled. Stars Andy Hamilton, James Grout, Jimmy Mulville and Robert Duncan.
3 CDs, 3hrs approx, ISBN 0563 494441 £15.99

Poirot's Greatest Cases Box Set
A boxed set featuring 12 full-cast dramatisations of Hercule Poirot mysteries, all starring John Moffatt as Agatha Christie's canny detective. The stories included are: The ABC Murders & After the Funeral, Death on the Nile, Evil Under the Sun, Halloween Party & Five Little Pigs, Lord Edgware Dies, Murder in Mesopotamia, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd & Murder on the Links, Murder on the Orient Express and Peril at End House.
18 cassettes, 22hrs 35 mins, ISBN 0563 494654 £75.00

Steptoe & Son, Volume 11
The Piano
Four episodes from the classic radio series written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. Wilfrid Bramble stars as the eponymous junkyard owner, with Harry H. Corbett as his long-suffering son. The episodes included are: The Siege of Steptoe Street (11.06.67), The Wooden Overcoats (25.06.67), Sunday for Seven Days (02.07.67), The Piano (09.07.67)
2 cassettes, 1hr 50mins, ISBN 0563 494565 £10.99
2 CDs, 1hr 50mins, ISBN 0563 494573 £12.99

Yes Minister 1
The sustained dry wit of the dialogue and the wonderful interplay between the three main characters – Jim Hacker, Sir Humphrey and Bernard Wooley – made Jonathan Lynn and Antony Jay’s satirical comedy compulsive viewing. The strength of the writing makes these audios a joy to listen to. On this CD: Open Government, Big Brother, The Economy Drive, The Writing on the Wall.
2 CDs, 1hr 45mins, ISBN 0563 52944X £12.99

Yes Minister 2
Four more episodes of machinations and manipulation from the classic BBC political satire. On this CD: Jobs for the Boys, The Right to Know, Doing the Honours, The Devil You Know
2 CDs, 1hr 50mins, ISBN 0563 529458 £12.99

Yes Minister 3
In a clever twist, MP Jim Hacker decides in this collection that civil servants should be both civil and servants. On this CD: The Compassionate Society, The Greasy Pole, The Skeleton in the Cupboard, A Question of Loyalty.
2 CDs, 1hr 50mins, ISBN 0563 529466 £12.99

Yes Minister 4
The last collection in the radio version of this biting Whitehall satire includes: The Quality of Life, The Whisky Priest, The Death List, The Moral Dimension.
2 CDs, 1hr 50mins, ISBN 0563 529474 £12.99