November/December
2005

Available from 7 November 2005

Little Britain...On Radio (Tin)
The tin features two radio series in new jewel cases and previously unheard material from Matt Lucas' own private archive on eight disks (including a DVD). The collection includes extracts from the pilot episode of a 1996 Radio 4 series based around Lucas’s pompous character Sir Bernard Chumley, which never made it to air. There is also an extended, exclusive interview with Lucas and David Walliams. An added bonus is a two-hour DVD of previously unseen footage of the duo recording the radio series.
8 CDs, 2hrs, ISBN 0563 504145 £45.00

Doctor Who
Travels in Time and Space (Tin)
This superbly illustrated, numbered limited edition tin contains the complete and unabridged readings of the first-ever Doctor Who novelisations, each read by William Russell and enhanced with original music and special effects. This is the first and only time these readings will be available on CD.

Doctor Who and the Daleks is the Doctor's first exciting adventure with the ruthless natives of the planet Skaro, and the book in which Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright join the Doctor and Susan aboard the TARDIS. In Doctor Who and the Crusaders, the scene of adventure is the 12th Century Holy Land, where the TARDIS crew encounters Richard the Lionheart. Doctor Who and the Zarbi finds the TARDIS drawn to the remote planet Vortis, on which the Doctor and his companions encounter a host of alien creatures including the Menoptera, the Animus and the Zarbi.

Reader William Russell also talks exclusively about each of the novels and his memories playing Ian Chesterton in the original Doctor Who series.
15 CDs, 17hrs 20mins, ISBN 0563 504242 £65.00

The Goon Show 23
The Collapse of the British Railway Sandwich System
Goon but not forgotten! From 1952 to 1960 the Goons ruled the airwaves, the most celebrated and influential clowns in the history of radio. This latest collection on CD and cassette includes four fantastic episodes: The Collapse of the British Railway Sandwich System (8 March 1954), The Lost Gold Mine (of Charlotte) (5 October 1954), The Canal (2 November 1954), The House of Teeth (31 January 1956)
2 CDs, 2hrs, ISBN 0563 527978 £12.99
2 cassettes, 2hrs, ISBN 0563 527927 £10.99

Agatha Christie
Hercule Poirot's Christmas
A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation starring Peter Sallis as the great Belgian detective. Tyrannical millionaire Simeon Lee has been estranged from most of his family for years, but on Christmas Eve, he calls them all together. The children gather, wondering about their father's intentions. Does he want to clear up past misunderstandings or cause fresh mischief? Before they can find out, a deafening crash is heard overhead. Rushing upstairs, they discover a shocking sight: Simeon Lee is lying in a pool of blood, his throat cut. But it is the strangest thing - the door has been locked from the inside and there is no trace of the murderer. With so many possible suspects, it is lucky for Superintendent Sugden that the Chief Constable has his old friend Hercule Poirot staying with him. It seems to be an impossible case. But, as Poirot knows only too well, things aren’t always as they seem.
2 CDs, 1hr 20mins, ISBN 0563 535113 £12.99
2 cassettes, 1hr 20mins, ISBN 0563 382759 £10.99

Round the Horne
The Very Best Episodes: Volume 1
Lyn Took and Lauretta Feldman, the widows of Round the Horne writers Barry Took and Marty Feldman, have chosen four of their favourite episodes from Series One: Programme Five (4 April 1965), Programme Nine (2 May 1965), Programme Ten (9 May 1965), Programme Thirteen (30 May 1965). The collection also includes a specially written introduction by Lyn Took who provides fascinating insight into how each RTH episode was created.
2 CDs, 2hrs, ISBN 0563 504536 £12.99

This Sceptered Isle: Empire
Volume 1
This eagerly awaited follow-up to Christopher Lee's acclaimed BBC Radio 4 series focuses on how Britain build the biggest empire the world has ever known. At one time a quarter of the global land mass was British. Over a third of the world was insured at Lloyds. Truly, the sun never set on this historical phenomenon. The story of the British Empire is one of enormous personalities, adventure, scientific and maritime development and the building of an incredibly complex international administration. Volume One begins with the colonisation of Ireland by Henry II in 1155 and moves though the Elizabethan era of exploration and colonisation ending with the British defeat at Yorktown and the independence of the United States of America.
6 CDs, 7hrs 30mins, ISBN 0563 527471 £25.00