June
2004
(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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Available
from 7 June 2004 |
| Horrible
Histories
The Savage Stone Age
Terry Deary and Martin Brown’s brilliant books about the
nastiest periods in history have now – with the help of
some astounding actors – been transformed into a series
of audio extravaganzas.
The Savage Stone Age clubs you over the head and drags
you back to the days when people lived in caves, hunted wild animals
and had never heard of table manners. Find out the truth about
Stonehenge, and what suffering scientists do with Stone Age poo.
1 CD, 1hr, ISBN 0563 523085 £7.99
1 cassette,
1hr, ISBN 0563 523034 £5.99 |
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| Horrible
Histories
The Frightful First World War
The Frightful First World War gives you dire details
of the dreadful war that affected everyone – from peace-loving
protestors (who fought even before the battles began) to the suffering
soldiers in the muddy, bloody trenches. Discover the horrors and
hardships of the war that was meant to last four months...but
ground on for four grim years.
1 CD, 1hr, ISBN 0563 523182 £7.99
1 cassette,
1hr, ISBN 0563 523131 £5.99 |
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Doctor
Who
Death Comes to Time Special Edition MP3-CD
Animation and sound combine in this special edition of the explosive
adventure starring Sylvester McCoy, Stephen Fry, John Sessions,
Sophie Aldred and Anthony Stewart Head. MP3-CD and CD-ROM elements
are used to include, for the first time, the original BBCi webcast
animation of Death Comes to Time plus the award-winning
remastered CD version. Other features include cast video interviews,
outtakes, spoofs, online character biographies, full-colour illustrations
and initial artwork ‘roughs’, a TARDIS-themed web
viewer, and excerpts from other Doctor Who CDs.
The CD release of Death Comes to Time was given a Gold
Award for Best Drama by the Spoken Word Publishers Association.
1 MP3 CD, 3hrs approx, ISBN 0563 523670 £19.99 |
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| Eyewitness
1910s
Tim Pigott-Smith presents the second volume in this unique audio
snapshot of the history of the twentieth century. Released in
ten volumes, Eyewitness provides a rare opportunity to
hear history described by those who were actually there. The voices
of servicemen, factory workers and domestic servants alternate
with those of Lord Beveridge, David Lloyd George and Nancy Astor,
to describe daily life in peace and war. Momentous events such
as Scott's doomed expedition to the South Pole, Shackleton's crossing
of the Antarctic, and the sinking of the Titanic are
vividly described. Captivating, revelatory, thought-provoking
and very often moving, these are the authentic voices of the past,
speaking to the present.
4 CDs, 5hrs, ISBN 0563 53091X £17.99 |
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| The
Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Volume 2
A second volume of brand new BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations
written by the BBC's chief radio dramatist Bert Coules. Coules
skilfully fleshes out four cases that Dr Watson has only tantalised
us with in passing. Clive Merrison stars as Holmes and Andrew
Sachs is Dr Watson in these ingenious extensions of Arthur Conan
Doyle originals: The Abergavenny Murder, The Shameful Betrayal
of Miss Emily Smith, The Tragedy of Hanbury Street, and
The Determined Client.
The CD version also features a bonus interview with writer Bert
Coules.
4 CDs, 4hrs approx, ISBN 0563 530391 £15.99
2 cassettes,
4hrs approx, ISBN 0563 530383 £10.99 |
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| Just
a Classic Minute
Volume 1
Nicholas Parsons introduces four archive episodes of the ever-popular
comedy panel game. Joining regular players Kenneth Williams, Clement
Freud, Derek Nimmo, Peter Jones and Paul Merton are a starry crew
featuring Peter Cook, Barry Took, Victoria Wood, Wendy Richard
and Stephen Fry.
These four episodes were first transmitted on 28 October 1968,
29 May 1979, 24 September 1983 and 11 January 1992.
2 CDs, 2hrs, ISBN 0563 495111 £12.99
2 cassettes,
2hrs, ISBN 0563 495103 £10.99 |
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Richmal Crompton
Just William
9
Now on CD, 12 stories selected and read by Martin Jarvis:
William the Rat Lover / William the Showman / William and
the Monster / William the Persian / The New Game / William and
the Love Nest / The Cat and the Mouse / Waste Paper Wanted / William
the Globe Trotter / William and the Prize Pig / A Present from
William / A Night of Mysteries.
3 CDs, 3hrs approx, ISBN 0563 524863 £15.99
2 cassettes,
3hrs approx, ISBN 0563 524812 £10.99 |
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The
Navy Lark: Collector's Edition
Series Two, Volume 1
This handsome Collector's CD Edition is the second in a series
that will eventually cover every existing episode of The Navy
Lark, restored and remastered. Series Two, Volume 1 contains
the first 14 episodes from the second series including three episodes
previously missing from the archives. The box also contains an
illustrated booklet with detailed programme notes, cast biographies
and details of the missing episodes, and each CD is presented
in its own wallet.
6 CDs, 7hrs, ISBN 0563 52412x £50.00
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| Jo Brand
Sorting
Out Billy
Three women in a pub. One bad boyfriend. Time to sort him out.
Billy is a lad, a laugh and a boy who likes to behave badly. Sarah
is besotted with him but after another 'accident' involving his
temper and a night in A&E, Sarah's friends decide that it's
time to take action. The solutions on offer range from a contract
killing to a giant kebab skewer. Will they sort out Billy, or
will he get them first? Jo Brand, the queen of British stand-up
comedy, reads from her darkly comic debut novel.
2 CDs, 2hrs 30mins, ISBN 0563 526076 £12.99
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G.P. Taylor
Wormwood
An abridged reading of the second children's novel by
G. P. Taylor, the bestselling author of Shadowmancer.
This tale of magic, treachery and intrigue is set in 18th century
London where Dr Sabian Blake is trying to decipher a prophecy
that could prove the key to saving the city from a catastrophic
fate. But others want to get their hands on the book that holds
the prophecies and will stop at nothing to gain its power. Who
should Dr Blake trust?
4 CDs, 5hrs approx, ISBN 0563 524057 £13.99
2 cassettes,
4hrs 45mins, ISBN 0563 524006 £13.99 |
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Available from 21 June 2004
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| Dick Francis
Bonecrack
A BBC radio full-cast dramatisation of Dick Francis's thriller
novel, starring Frances Matthews, Caroline Blakiston and Mark
Colleano. The unexpected arrival of a new apprentice jockey at
his father's racing stables heralds the beginning of a series
of dark happenings for Neil Griffon. First his father suffers
a grisly accident, then Neil is brutally assaulted and abducted.
The price for his freedom will mean the betrayal and deception
of those who trust Griffon most.
2 CDs, 1hr 25mins, ISBN 0563 52376X £12.99 |
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| Richmal Crompton
Just
William 5
Now on CD, 12 stories selected and read by Martin Jarvis:
William and the Russian Prince / William’s Busy Day
/ William – The Great Actor / William and the White Elephants
/ Finding a School for William / William’s Birthday / William
Clears The Slums / Parrots for Ethel / William’s Truthful
Christmas / Boys Will Be Boys / William and the Ebony Hair-Brush
/ William and the Old Man in the Fog. This CD edition also
features a bonus interview with writer Richmal Crompton.
3 CDs, 3hrs, ISBN 0563 524227 £15.99
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| Arthur Conan
Doyle
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Volume One
Clive Merrison stars as Holmes with Michael Williams as Watson
in the first collection of stories from the unique fully dramatised
BBC Radio 4 canon.
The stories are: A Scandal in Bohemia / The Red-Headed League
/ A Case of Identity / The Boscombe Valley Mystery
4 CDs, 2hrs 55mins, ISBN 0563 524421 £15.99
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