June
2006

Available from 5 June 2006

Agatha Christie
Elephants Can Remember
After an enjoyable literary luncheon, celebrated crime novelist Ariadne Oliver is accosted by a formidable woman who engages her in conversation about one of her many god-daughters, whom Ariadne hasn't seen since she was a child. Suddenly the woman asks: 'What I want to know is this: did her mother kill her father, or was it the father who killed the mother?' Affronted by the assertiveness of this pushy busybody, Ariadne is nevertheless intrigued. There's only one thing for it. She must contact her old friend Hercule Poirot to unravel the mystery. John Moffatt stars as Hercule Poirot, while Julia McKenzie stars as Ariadne Oliver.
2 CDs, 7hrs, ISBN 0563 510412 £12.99
2 cassette, 1hr 30mins, ISBN 0563 510366 £10.99

Geldof in Africa
Bob Geldof first visited Africa in 1984. The following year, Live Aid inspired a generation to raise millions for the starving in Africa. Now more than 20 years on, Geldof returns to what he calls the Luminous Continent. This is his personal diary in which he celebrates the glories of Africa and its diverse peoples. Provocative, informative, funny, poignant and endlessly entertaining, Geldof supplies his own unique portrait on this extraordinary land with a mix of adventure and anecdote. His travels take him through Ghana, Benin, Mali, D. R Congo, Uganda, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Somalia.
8 CDs, 8hrs 20mins, ISBN 1846 071852 £25.00

Just a Classic Minute
Volume Three
Nicholas Parsons presents four more specially-selected archive episodes of the ever-popular comedy panel game from its early days. Just as uproariously funny - and terrifically popular - today as when it first began on BBC Radio 4 in 1968, Just a Minute challenges contestants to speak for one minute on a given subject without repetition, hesitation or deviation. Parsons, who has been at the helm of the series since it began introduces this sparkling quartet of editions and provides fascinating background information on the game.
2 CDs, 2hrs, ISBN 1846 07049x £12.99

Francis Durbridge
Paul Temple and the Tyler Mystery
Anthony Head, star of Buffy and Little Britain, reads this thrilling murder mystery featuring crime novelist and detective Paul Temple and his glamorous wife Steve. While on patrol outside Oxford, two policemen notice a stolen car parked in a layby. On further investigation, they discover the dead body of a young woman huddled in the boot, strangled with a headscarf. Paul and Steve Temple have no intention of becoming involved in the case, dubbed the Tyler Mystery, as they are planning a trip to Paris. But when Sir Graham Forbes reveals the main suspect is Harry Shelford, a man Paul put away for fraud four years previously, the Temples feel compelled to investigate.
2 CDs, 2hrs 10mins, ISBN 1846 070058 £12.99
2 cassette, 2hrs, ISBN 1846 07004x £10.99

P.G. Wodehouse
Jeeves: Joy in the Morning
Michael Hordern stars as Jeeves with Richard Briers as Bertie in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation. The rural beauty of Steeple Bumpleigh holds no attractions for Bertie, containing (as it does) the appalling Aunt Agatha. But there is man's work to be done and, with Jeeves at his side, how can Bertie fail?
3 CDs, 3hrs, ISBN 1846 071372 £15.99

P.G. Wodehouse
Right Ho, Jeeves
Michael Hordern stars as Jeeves with Richard Briers as Bertie in a BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation. Mayhem breaks out at Brinkley Court and there's a desperate need for Jeeves. But Bertie is fed up with the assumption that he is merely an addendum to his personal attendant. There are more brains in the Wooster household than just Jeeves, you know! Stand back - Bertram Wooster is on the case.
3 CDs, 3hrs 20mins, ISBN 0563 527994 £15.99

Available from 19 June 2006

This Sceptred Isle
Empire Volume 3: 1878-1947
Britain had 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. At his coronation, more than 400 million people saluted George V. The story of the British Empire is one of enormous personalities, adventure, scientific and maritime development and the building of one of the most complex international administrations the world has ever seen. The series shows the history of exploration from the 16th century, but more importantly from the mid-18th century to the period shortly before the First World War.
6 CDs, 7hrs 40mins, ISBN 0563 527579 £25.00