May
2004

Agatha Christie
Death in the Clouds
John Moffatt plays the great Belgian detective Hercule Poirot in this full-cast BBC Radio 4 dramatisation now on CD. Poirot falls asleep on the plane from Le Bourget to Croyden after taking a sedative to calm his nerves. He's awakened when the woman behind him is found dead. A doctor on board thinks a wasp-sting was to blame, but Poirot suspects that a poisoned dart is the real cause – and a blow pipe is discovered stuffed down the back of his own seat. Clearly the murderer must be one of the passengers or crew and even Poirot is under suspicion. He must unravel the baffling mystery - if only to clear his own name.
2 CDs, 1hr 25mins, ISBN 0563 53043X £12.99

Doctor Who
The Wheel in Space
Join the Doctor in this six-part story from 1968 - only two episodes of which survive in the BBC Television Archives. When the TARDIS materialises on the seemingly deserted Silver Carrier rocket, the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) is rendered unconscious by a Servo Robot. It’s up to Jamie to contact the nearby Wheel space station but it is soon under attack from the emotionless Cybermen. This programme marks the debut of the Doctor's companion Zoe played by Wendy Padbury.
2 CDs, 2hrs 20mins, ISBN 0563 535075 £13.99

Alan Bennett
Kafka's Dick
This BBC Radio 4 version of Alan Bennett's brilliantly clever, fast-moving comedy drama explores life and art but also asks the more fundamental question: what exactly was Kafka's embarrassing little problem? The story begins when Kafka aficionado Sydney, and his wife Linda, find their lives taking a rather surreal turn - their tortoise metamorphoses into Kafka himself! Soon it becomes clear that the great writer wanted nothing more than anonymity and to get his own back on his bullying father. But soon Kafka's father joins them and demands to make peace with his son, otherwise he will reveal Kafka's secret. Starring Richard Griffiths, Alison Steadman and Peter Woodthorpe.
2 CDs, 1hr 30mins, ISBN 0563 524707 £12.99

Budd Schulberg
On the Waterfront
A BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Budd Schulberg's award-winning screenplay about corruption, the mob, and those who keep silent. A starry American cast includes Hector Elizondo, Bruce Davison, Rebecca Pidgeon and Jeffrey Donovan. This CD also features an additional 25 minutes of extra material: an exclusive interview with the author, Budd Schulberg, plus non-broadcast material.
2 CDs, 2hrs 10mins, ISBN 0563 49428X £12.99

Francis Durbridge
Paul Temple and the Margo Mystery
Peter Coke and Marjorie Westbury star in another intriguing case for BBC Radio's smoothest sleuth and his glamorous wife, Steve. The Margo Mystery is the penultimate release in BBC Radio Collection's popular range of Paul Temple dramas and begins when Steve is kidnapped and drugged while waiting for her husband at the airport. She is released without harm but in possession of a coat, bearing the label 'Margo'. With few clues to go on, the Temples nevertheless soon find themselves entering a web of lies and murder.
4 CDs, 3hrs 35mins, ISBN 0563 495790 £15.99
2 cassettes, 3hrs 35mins, ISBN 0563 495782 £10.99

Patricia Highsmith
Strangers on a Train
This highly-charged and thrilling BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of a Patricia Highsmith novel twists an ordinary encounter between two strangers into a disquieting tale of obsession and peril. When two men meet on a train, there's nothing they fear to say and both reveal their desire to kill someone close to them who is making their life a misery. Of course, they are only joking - or are they? When one of the men carries out his half of the bargain, the other is left in a nightmare world of guilt and obligation. The starry cast includes Anton Lesser, Michael Sheen, Saskia Reeves and Bill Nighy.
1 CD, 1hr, ISBN 0563 523611 £8.99

Available from 17 May 2004

Len Deighton
Bomber
This highly acclaimed BBC Radio 4 production of Len Deighton's action-packed and ultimately poignant story is now available on CD. Bomber is the story of the final mission of RAF Lancaster bomber WF183 - call sign O - Orange, which took place on a night in 1943. It is also the story of the many men and women - British and German - whose lives were irrevocably changed by that night’s bombing raid. Starring Tom Baker, Frank Windsor, Samuel West, Emma Chambers and Jack Shepherd.
3 CDs, 3hrs 40mins, ISBN 0563 523557 £15.99

Raymond Chandler
The Little Sister
Ed Bishop stars as Philip Marlowe in this atmospheric BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Raymond Chandler's novel about the cynical, world-weary, wise-cracking shamus whose honesty in a dishonest world sent him down the mean streets again and again in search of justice. In this story, Marlowe agrees to take on the case of a missing brother from a small Kansas town. It doesn't look like Marlowe's best shot at the big time, but pretty soon it turns out that this particular brother had the embarrassing habit of knowing guys who finished up on the wrong end of an ice-pick. Until, that is, he did too.
2 CDs, 1hr 30mins, ISBN 0563 524022 £12.99