August
2003
(Please note that the prices shown are recommended
retail prices only)
For a month-by-month guide to titles
published since November 2000, take a look
at our previous releases page
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| Alan
Bennett at the BBC
A unique anthology of Alan Bennett's BBC radio and television
work that features extracts from his diaries and readings as well
as tributes to friends. Introduced and with specially recorded
links by Alan Bennett, one of Britain's best-loved authors and
story-tellers.
2 CDs, 2hrs 30mins, ISBN 0563 494719 £12.99 |
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Doctor
Who
Adventures in History
Enjoy almost five hours of Doctor Who with this quality slipcase,
which contains the soundtracks of three 'lost' BBC television
adventures: The Myth Makers, The Massacre and
The Highlanders. William Hartnell stars as the Doctor
in The Myth Makers and The Massacre, while Patrick
Troughton steps into the role for The Highlanders. Linking
narration is provided by Peter Purves and Frazer Hines.
6 CDs, 4hrs 55mins, ISBN 0563 494948 £29.99 |
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Robert Harris
Fatherland
A brand-new BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Robert Harris's bestselling
thriller. Nazi Germany has won the war. Churchill is living in
exile and King Edward and Queen Wallis are puppet monarchs of
the United Kingdom. It is 1964, a week before Hitler's 75th birthday.
Anton Lesser stars as the Berlin detective called to investigate
the suspicious death of a retired German senior civil servant.
In the course of his investigation, he stumbles upon a terrifying
secret that has so far been hidden from the world.
2 CDs, 2hrs, ISBN 0563 496169 £12.99 |
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Michael Palin
Around
the World in 80 Days
For the first time on CD, Michael Palin reads the story of his
first incredible round-the-world journey where he sets out to
follow the route of the fictional hero Phileas Fogg using only
those modes of transport available to a traveller in the 1800s.
Phileas Fogg may have bought back a Princess, but Palin brings
back a lifetime's worth of stories, humour and anecdotes.
6 CDs, 7hrs 35mins, ISBN 0563 494689 £19.99 |
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Michael Palin
Pole
to Pole
Now available on CD, Michael Palin reads his own account
of his second great adventure. In this epic, he journeys from
the North Pole to the South Pole, following the 30-degree-east
line of longitude and using air travel only as a means of last
resort. He crosses 17 countries by train, truck, ship, raft, ski-doos,
buses, barges, bicycles and balloons.
6 CDs, 5hrs 40mins, ISBN 0563 494670 £19.99 |
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Michael Palin
Full
Circle
Now on CD, Michael Palin reads about his third adventure
- this time circumnavigating the world's largest ocean, the Pacific.
Whether he's talking to head-hunters in Borneo or eating maggots
in Mexico, Palin recounts his stories in vivid and lively style,
brilliantly evoking the full colour and richness of the Pacific
Rim.
6 CDs, 6hrs 5mins, ISBN 0563 494662 £19.99 |
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Simon Schama
A
History of Britain: Volume 1
This eight-CD set contains all three parts from the first
volume of Simon Schama's award-winning history programme. Timothy
West reads from Schama's abridged book with Schama himself reading
the preface from his book. Volume 1 explores the history of Britain
from the earliest settlements in 3000BC to the death of Elizabeth
I in 1603AD.
8 CDs, 8hrs, ISBN 0563 494727 £19.99 |
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Simon Schama
A
History of Britain: Volume 2
This 12-CD set contains all three parts from the second volume
of Schama's acclaimed history series, read by Timothy West. Covering
the span 1603-1776, this period of British history was rife with
wars: Republicans and Royalists, Catholics and Protestants, Tories
and Whigs and colonialists and natives. This turbulent period
eventually led the British people to unite in imperial enterprise,
forming what Schama calls 'Britannia Incorporated'. These are
two centuries that transformed Britain.
12 CDs, 10hrs 55mins, ISBN 0563 494735 £24.99 |
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Simon Schama
A
History of Britain: Volume 3
A 12-CD set containing the three parts making up the
third and final volume of Simon Schama's sweeping history of Britain.
Timothy West reads about the accelerated societal changes that
took place from 1776-2000. Covering a variety of historical themes
- including Victorian advances in science and industry, women's
changing role in society and the British Empire - Schama reflects
on the overwhelming importance of the past in understanding not
just the present but also the future.
12 CDs, 10hrs 55mins, ISBN 0563 494743 £24.99 |
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Joyce
Grenfell Requests the Pleasure
Now on CD, comedienne Joyce Grenfell reads the story of her full
and fascinating life. Her career spanned 30 years and there's
a feast here of anecdotes and sketches from her many revues and
performances. She also has some wonderfully comic descriptions
of the many people she encountered along the way including her
aunt Nancy Astor, her madcap American mother and her husband,
Reggie. A guaranteed treat for old fans and new admirers alike.
3 CDs, 3hrs 15mins, ISBN 0563 494751 £15.99 |
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Parsons
& Naylor's Pull-Out Sections
Andy Parsons and Henry Naylor put their comic slant on
the hottest topics of the world today in this selection of highlights
from their weekly BBC Radio 2 series. Inspired by the slew of
sections that accompany newspapers these days, Pull-Out Sections
looks at the News, Culture, Sport, Finance, Media, Travel and
Lifestyle of today. Described by Time Out as, 'the
funniest double act you could ever wish to see.'
2 CDs, 2hrs, ISBN 0563 494476 £12.99 |
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Voices
of the Powerless: Volume 1
History often tells us only the story of the people
at the top: kings, generals and leaders. But in this compelling
series, Melvyn Bragg seeks out the voices of ordinary citizens
and how they were affected by history's great events. Starting
with the Norman Conquest and moving along to the Peasants' Revolt
in 1381, Henry VIII's Reformation and the Plague among others,
Bragg crosses the country, speaking to historians and experts
to uncover the lives of individuals in each period. Each of the
six programmes is illustrated with texts from the period read
by a selection of actors including Timothy West and David Horovitch.
This CD release also features previously unbroadcast material.
3 CDs, 3hrs 10mins, ISBN 0563 494697 £15.99 |
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