October
2006
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Available
from 2 October 2006 |
| That
Mitchell & Webb Sound: Series One
More sketches from the inside-out world of David Mitchell and
Robert Webb, including what James Bond is really like as a party
guest, and the rather too exciting world of Rabbit Newsnight.
Their distinctive and lopsided view of the world includes the
worst possible name for a dry cleaning shop; the brave and dangerous
work of Hairdressers Sans Frontiers; and the tragic consequences
when a stray piece of ham goes unchecked. Mitchell and Webb's
gallery of peculiar characters is populated by misfits, eccentrics,
the occasional talking animal and a few stray Radio 4 arts programme
presenters.
3 CDs, 3hrs, ISBN 1405 676809 £15.99
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| Dad's
Army
Diehard Dad’s Army fan Phill Jupitus has chosen
four more of his favourite episodes from the much-loved radio
series, starring Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier and Clive Dunn.
‘There are episodes here you will be familiar with and some
you may never have heard, but what I can promise is that they
are all achingly funny,' says Jupitus. The episodes are: Fallen
Idol (3 June 1975), The Royal Train (22 June 1976),
No Spring for Frazer (3 June 1974), and The Deadly Attachment
(4 May 1976). Providing stalwart support to the stars are
John Laurie, James Beck, Arnold Ridley, Ian Lavender and Bill
Pertwee.
2 CDs, 2hrs, ISBN 0563 504331 £12.99
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| Douglas Adams
The
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
5.1 Surround: Tertiary Phase
A first in audio publishing, this DVD presents six episodes of
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in 5.1 Dolby surround
sound. Enjoy listening to these full-cast dramatisations as the
special effects, music and vocals come towards you from every
corner of the room. Additional features include behind-the-scenes
video footage, interviews with the cast and crew, a photo gallery,
the original Radio 4 series trailers, the full-length Krikkit
Song, plus 20 minutes of material not heard before on BBC Radio
4.
1 DVD, 3hrs 10mins, ISBN 0563 504579 £19.99
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| John
Peel Remembered
Michael Angelis and Carolyn Pickles read the BBC Radio 4 Book
of the Week serialisation of Peel's part-written autobiography
Margrave of the Marshes, completed by his wife, Sheila
Ravenscroft. Also included is a special tribute edition of Home
Truths in which Tom Robinson visits Peel Acres to meet John's
wife and four children.
2 CDs, 2hrs, ISBN 1846 071917 £12.99
2 cassettes,
2hrs, ISBN 1846 071925 £10.99
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| Just
a Minute: The Best of 2006
Four of the best recent episodes of the much-loved, long-running
comedy panel game with Nicholas Parsons in the chairman's seat
and regulars Paul Merton and Clement Freud. Joining the team are
special guests Stephen Fry, Liza Tarbuck, Pauline McLynn, Julian
Clary and Graham Norton who attempt to speak for one minute on
topics including: how to be irresistible to the opposite sex,
digital radio, mushrooming, Greenwich Mean Time, illusionists,
American slang and my tactics for winning Just a Minute.
2 CDs, 2hrs, ISBN 1846 07052x £12.99
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| Ladies
of Letters Biscuit Tin
The complete letters of Vera Small (Patricia Routledge) and Irene
Spencer (Prunella Scales), close friends and the best of enemies.
When Irene meets Vera at her daughter’s wedding reception,
it is the start of a long and candid correspondence between the
two. Join the intrepid grandmothers as they discover email, are
reunited with long-lost relatives, become presenters on cable
television and go round the world, in these hilarious missives.
Contains all six Ladies of Letters CDs, plus Vera's exclusive
tea-time brownie recipe and a poem from Irene.
10 CDs, 10hrs, ISBN 1846 071402 £50.00
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| Monty
Python's Flying Circus
This release features 19 of the best sketches and songs from the
television series including Nudge Nudge Wink Wink, Dead
Parrot, Barber Shop, Lumberjack Song, Mr
Hitler, Albatross, Crunchy Frog and The North Minehead
By-Election.
1 CD, 55mins, ISBN 0563 558200 £8.99
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| The
News Quiz - Hold the Front Page
Four of the best episodes of the comedy news show, including appearances
by the late Linda Smith, as well as Simon Hoggart's final edition
as Chairman. The team wade through the biggest news stories (and
some of the smallest) and face questions on topics as diverse
as David Cameron, giant Japanese jellyfish, loans for peerages,
Blue Peter badges and rollerblading policemen.
2 CDs, 2hrs, ISBN 1846 070511 £12.99
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| Francis Durbridge
Paul
Temple and the Sullivan Mystery
A brand new eight-part recording of a lost archive Paul Temple
mystery, starring Crawford Logan and Gerda Stevenson. In a thrilling
case that takes Paul and Steve to exotic Egypt, Paul Temple is
called in to investigate a mysterious murder. The twisting trail
takes them from London to the back streets and nightclubs of Cairo.
4 CDs, 4hrs, ISBN 1846 070341 £17.99
4 cassettes,
4hrs, ISBN 1846 070333 £15.99
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| Jill Tomlinson
The Penguin
Who Wanted to Find Out
Maureen Lipman reads this classic children's story about a little
penguin with a very important job to do. Otto is a penguin chick
living on his father's feet at the bottom of the world. But Otto
isn't an ordinary penguin - he is the first penguin chick to be
born that year, which means it is his job to look after all the
other young penguins. But out in the snow and ice of Antarctica
there is an awful lot to learn, and Otto has to discover for himself
how to swim, dive and catch fish before he can teach anyone else.
And how will he do that when all the grown-ups are too busy to
help?
1 CD, 50mins, ISBN 1846 071801 £5.99
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| Jacqueline Wilson
Starring
Tracy Beaker
Dani Harmer, star of the acclaimed TV series, reads the third
novel in the phenomenally successful Tracy Beaker series. Tracy
Beaker is back and she's desperate for a role in the school play
A Christmas Carol. For one extremely worrying moment,
the irrepressible Tracy thinks she might not even get a part as
a street urchin, but then she's cast for the main role. Can she
manage to act grumpy, difficult and sulky enough to play Ebeneezer
Scrooge? Well, she does have a bit of help on that front from
Justine Pain-In-The-Bum Littlewood. As Tracy prepares for her
big moment, Cam is the one helping her learn her lines. But all
Tracy really wants to know is if her film-star mum will make it
back from Hollywood in time to watch her in her starring role?
2 CDs, 2hr 40mins, ISBN 1846 070163 £9.99
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Available
from 16 October 2006 |
| Geraldine McCaughrean
Peter Pan in Scarlet
This sequel to JM Barrie's original is set in the 1930s and reveals
what happened to the boy who never grew up. It promises readers
"high adventure, and swashbuckling danger". London's
Great Ormond Street Hospital, which owns the copyright to the
story, commissioned McCaughrean after a worldwide search. McCaughrean,
54, has won the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year three times
for reinterpreting classics such as Noah's Ark, Moby
Dick and The Canterbury Tales for younger readers.
2 CDs, 90mins, ISBN 1846 071909 £12.99
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