January
2006

Available from 9 January 2006

Agatha Christie
Appointment with Death
Among the towering red cliffs of Petra, like some monstrous swollen Buddha, sat the corpse of Mrs Boynton. A tiny puncture mark on her wrist was the only sign of the fatal injection that had killed her. With only 24 hours available to solve the mystery, Hercule Poirot recalled a chance remark he had overheard back in Jerusalem: 'You see, don't you, that she's got to be killed?' This BBC Radio 4 dramatisation stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot, Jill Balcon and Miriam Karlin.
2 CDs, 1hr 30mins, ISBN 0563 536497 £12.99

Agatha Christie
Cards on the Table
Hercule Poirot, along with three other famous detectives, is invited to a party hosted by Dr Shaitana. The flamboyant socialite has also invited four members of what he calls his Black Museum — murderers who have successfully gotten away with it. After an elegant dinner the group settle down for a game of bridge. But as the guests prepare to leave, they make a terrible discovery. Shaitana is dead in his armchair, stabbed in the chest. Working together and independently the sleuths delve into the history of the Black Museum to see which among them is the most likely killer. John Moffatt stars in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation.
2 CDs, 1hr 30mins, ISBN 0563 536489 £12.99

Agatha Christie
Death on the Nile
In one of her most popular mysteries, Agatha Christie leads us into a maze of cunning as labyrinthine as the ancient tombs of the Pharaohs. Linnet Ridgeway has led a charmed life. Blessed with beauty, enormous wealth and a devoted husband, she has everything anyone could wish for. But as the happy couple set out on an idyllic honeymoon cruise on the Nile, storm clouds gather. When Linnet's former friend, Jacqueline de Bellefort begins stalking the couple, Linnet senses she is in danger. Soon her fears are proved correct. John Moffatt stars along with Rosemary Leach, Donald Sinden and Robert Daws in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation.
2 CDs, 2hrs 20mins, ISBN 0563 536713 £12.99

Agatha Christie
Five Little Pigs
Carla Lemarchant was just five years old when her mother was convicted of killing her father. Now, 16 years later, Carla has discovered her family history when she reads a letter written by her mother denying the murder. But if she wasn't guilty, who was? Carla hires the best detective money can buy, none other than Hercule Poirot. But with nothing to go on except five suspects who fit strangely into the pattern of a children's nursery rhyme, the great Belgian detective has his work cut out. John Moffatt stars with Derek Waring and Suzy Aitchison in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast production.
2 CDs, 1hr 30mins, ISBN 1846 070430 £12.99

Agatha Christie
Hallowe'en Party
Famous crime novelist Ariadne Oliver and her friend Judith Butler are invited to a Halloween party put on for the local teenagers. During the preparations, conversation turns to Ariadne's grisly novels. A young girl boasts to the author that she once witnessed a murder, though at the time she didn't realise what she'd seen. It seems the girl is just trying to attract attention, but when she is found drowned in an apple-bobbing tub, suspicion mounts. Ariadne decides to call in her old friend Hercule Poirot. But does he have one death to investigate — or two? This BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation stars John Moffatt, Stephanie Cole and Sian Jenkins.
2 CDs, 1hr 30mins, ISBN 1846 070414 £12.99

Agatha Christie
The Moving Finger
Lymstock is a town with more than its share of shameful secrets, but an outbreak of hate mail spares no one, not even strangers Jerry Burton and his sister, Joanna. Suspicion is rife but when one of the recipients of the notes, Mrs Symmington, commits suicide something must be done. With the whole village in shock, the vicar's wife decides to bring down an old friend with considerable experience of the darker side of human nature. Miss Marple questions the coroner's verdict of suicide. Was Mrs Symmington's death really the work of a poison-pen? Or a poisoner? June Whitfield stars as Miss Marple with Clare Corbett and Nicholas Boultan.
2 CDs, 1hr 30mins, ISBN 0563 524146 £12.99

Agatha Christie
Murder at the Vicarage
June Whitfield stars as Jane Marple, Agatha Christie’s spinster sleuth with a razor sharp mind and an intuitive understanding of criminal behaviour. Everyone in the quiet country village of St Mary Mead wants Colonel Protheroe dead. The local magistrate and landowner is despised by everyone from his own wife to the local vicar. And soon the arrogant man is found shot in the head in the vicar's own study. Faced with plenty of suspects, Miss Marple sets to work unravelling a tangle of clues.
2 CDs, 2hrs 20mins, ISBN 0563 494220 £12.99

Agatha Christie
The Mystery of the Blue Train
Despite her father's protests, young Ruth Kettering decides to board the luxurious Blue Train to the French Riviera with her 'Heart of Fire' — one of the world's legendary jewels that once adorned the crown of the Tsars, but is reputed to cause death to its owner. In a few days, the legend proves true and Ruth is found dead and the gem missing. The suspects line up: Ruth's weak and greedy husband, Derek; her former lover the Comte de la Roche; and the beautiful but tempestuous dancer Mirelle, Derek's expensive mistress. Only Hercule Poirot can unravel the mystery and find the truth. Stars Maurice Denham as Poirot with Anthony Smee and Judy Buxton.
2 CDs, 2hrs 35mins, ISBN 1846 07035X £12.99

Agatha Christie
Sleeping Murder
Gwenda Reed has found the perfect house for herself and her husband. But as she begins the renovations, strange things happen. Wanting porch stairs, she hires a builder only to find some old steps covered by bushes. She decides on a connecting doorway between rooms then discovers one already there, plastered over. Opening the painted-over doors of an old cupboard, she finds the very same wallpaper she imagined. Is she going mad? It takes Miss Marple to realise that an unsolved murder is behind Gwenda's apparent intuition. But even she does not suspect the murderer will strike again.
2 CDs, 1hr 30mins, ISBN 1846 070392 £12.99

Agatha Christie
They Do It With Mirrors
Miss Marple is told that her old friend, Carrie, is in danger and she goes to stay with her at Stoneygates, a home for troubled adolescents. During her stay, tragedy strikes as Carrie's stepson, Christian Gulbrandsen, is shot dead. There are at least seven suspects and two more murders follow. But the man with the obvious motive has a cast-iron alibi, as he could hardly be in two places at once — or could he? June Whitfield stars with Keith Barron and Jill Balcon in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation.
2 CDs, 2hrs 15mins, ISBN 1846 070368 £12.99

Agatha Christie
The Unexpected Guest/The Pale Horse
These two Agatha Christie stories each contain a twist in the tale. In The Unexpected Guest, a woman with a gun in her hand stands quietly surveying the dead body of her husband. It looks like a straightforward case of murder. But is it? First staged at the Duchess Theatre in London in 1958, this play ran for 604 performances and is as gripping and ingenious as you would expect from the Queen of Crime.

In The Pale Horse, Father Gorman is called to a dingy rooming house to see a woman who, before she dies, confesses a bizarre tale to him. Leaving the house he is followed and, in the fog, a fatal blow is struck. A piece of paper with nine names written on it is found in the dead priest’s shoe. The clue leads to the Pale Horse Inn, home of three women: a psychic, a medium and a witch. Can Mark Easterbrook and his crime-writer friend Ariadne Oliver unravel the occult mysteries?
2 CDs, 2hrs 35mins, ISBN 1846 070376 £12.99

Dad's Army
The Very Best Episodes: Volume 1
Dad's Army fan Phill Jupitus selects four of his favourite episodes from the classic radio series, starring Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier and Clive Dunn. As with other volumes in the Very Best Episodes range, Jupitus has also written an introductory sleeve note explaining just what makes these four episodes great.The Man and the Hour (28 January 1974) is the first episode of the series, in which Mainwaring barks out, 'Come on Adolf, we're ready for you!'; My British Buddy (18 May 1976) finds Mollie Sugden guest starring as a Walmington inhabitant besotted with the new GIs in town; Time On My Hands (3 August 1976) finds a German airman snagged by his parachute on the town hall clock; and in A Soldier's Farewell (8 April 1975) Mainwaring dreams he is Napoleon at Waterloo, with Wilson an elegant Duke of Wellington.
2 CDs, 2hrs, ISBN 0563 504188 £12.99

Doctor Who
The Invasion
Patrick Troughton's Doctor encounters the Cybermen in London in this classic soundtrack adventure, narrated by Frazer Hines who also provides a bonus interview about his experience playing Jamie in Doctor Who. Arriving on Earth in 1975, the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe discover that International Electromagnetics has a vice-like grip on the world's technology. The Doctor meets the firm's company director and realises there is something very odd about Tobias Vaughan. Vaughan is in fact in alliance with the Cybermen, and together they are masterminding an aggressive invasion of Earth. If the Doctor and his friends are to defeat them, they must risk life and limb in an adventure of epic proportions. This title was previously included in the 'Cybermen' limited edition tin.
3 CDs, 3hrs 30mins, ISBN 0563 523271 £16.99

Doctor Who
The Tenth Planet
The year is 1986, and at the South Pole the crew of the Snowcap Base have detected a new planet on their radar. The arrival of the Doctor, Ben and Polly at the Base coincides with another landing - that of a spaceship whose humanoid passengers have used cybernetics to replace their limbs and vital organs. Battling alongside the humans to save their planet, the Doctor appears to weaken and age before the eyes of his companions. His collapse appears to signal death - but then... In an exclusive bonus interview, Anneke Wills — who also narrates the story's soundtrack — recalls her memories of making The Tenth Planet. This title was previously released as part of the 'Cybermen' tin.
2 CDs, 1hr 50mins, ISBN 0563 523328 £13.99

Glenn Harrold's Ultimate Guide to Building Your Motivation
These two guided sessions combine skilled hypnotherapy techniques with high quality creative sound effects designed to help you clear away self-doubt, banish procrastination and create a powerful motivational drive to succeed in many areas of your life. It will drive you to achieve new goals in your work and personal life and will help you develop an inner determination to raise the quality of your life and express your full creative potential.
1 CD, 43mins, ISBN 1846 070570 £10.99

Glenn Harrold's Ultimate Guide to Creative Meditation
These two guided meditation sessions will lead you into the infinite creative part of your mind. You will then be given suggestions to develop the ability to make the right decisions at the right time, and to draw out and express your full creative potential. On both recordings you will hear a pleasant voice and absorbing sound effects guiding you into a deeply relaxed state. In this very receptive condition you will be given a number of post hypnotic suggestions and carefully layered affirmations. At the end of each track you will be gently brought back to full waking consciousness. There are also a number of positive subliminal suggestions that are embedded in the fade-out music and facilitate the overall effect.
1 CD, 48mins, ISBN 1846 070562 £10.99

Francis Durbridge
Paul Temple and the Curzon Case
Anthony Head gives sophisticated sleuth Paul Temple new life in this reading. An airplane passing over Dulworth Bay crashes into the cliffs. Two boys disappear from a public school in the same village. Are the two events connected? And who is the mysterious Curzon? His name first appears etched on a cricket bat owned by one of the missing Baxter boys, but nobody at the school, in the village or the boys' father has heard of him.
2 CDs, 2hrs 15mins, ISBN 0563 504773 £12.99
2 cassettes, 2hrs 15mins, ISBN 0563 504927 £10.99