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Collinsport is broken after recent events. David Collins is intent on rebuilding the town he almost helped to destroy and enlists the help of his old friend Amy Cunningham. As these two childhood companions begin to reconnect and discover feelings they never knew existed, another woman from David's past is about to make her own timely return.

Kew, 1879. On the verge of adulthood, the sudden arrival of a forbidding housekeeper makes Dorian Gray’s life a living hell.... Kew, 2012. Now converted into flats, Dorian’s family home has become a very real hell for his latest tenants, and the memories of his childhood are finally catching up with him.... Note: The Confessions of Dorian Gray contains adult material and is not suitable for younger listeners.

Noted storyteller, author and performer Milbre Burch combines personal stories with folk and fairy tales from around the world in this Grammy-nominated recording (2007). These unforgettable and moving folktales from Russia, Kazakhstan, Zimbabwe, China, Thailand and beyond remind us that the world is often saved by unlikely heroes (like the hummingbird on its back, ready to do its part to hold up a falling sky), and that healing and hope can come from unlikely sources.

È la storia di una giovane mamma, arrivata in Italia poco dopo aver scoperto di essere incinta. Eva si deve scontrare con i pregiudizi sui migranti, particolarmente odiosi perché vengono da parte delle maestre della scuola che frequenta suo figlio.

Chi ha ucciso Antonio Roveda, l'usuraio della Milano che conta? E soprattutto, dove si nasconde il suo archivio segreto? E' quello che deve scoprire il commissario di polizia Anna Bellini, coinvolta suo malgrado in un complesso caso in cui niente è come sembra. Insieme al suo collega e fidanzato Gillo De Francisci, sovrintendente di polizia, Anna Bellini da tempo proteggeva le notti di Roveda al Lovers Hotel. Il fatto che Roveda sia stato ucciso proprio al Lovers mette Anna e Gillo in una posizione molto difficile.

Mike Daisey is a fierce storyteller, one minute hilarious, the next minute sweet, with a fine-tuned ear for digression. He circles in on his uneasy subject matter, closer and closer, until he exposes the raw heart. The New York Times calls him "the master storyteller" and he has been compared to Garrison Keillor, Spalding Gray, and David Sedaris.

It's a special Un-Cabaret compilation of four deeply funny stories about the Christmas holiday. John Riggi tries desperately to create some kind of Christmas ritual with his family; Jenny Bicks wins an Emmy and discovers the limits of giving; Michael Patrick King unwraps an inspired piece about his Christmas secret; and Brent Forrester celebrates a spectacularly nightmarish New Year's Eve in Hawaii.

The World's Worst Backpacker is for anyone who has gone on a day hike, picked up a backpack, or walked for a few days in the middle of nowhere. Ken's stories are not just cautionary tales; they're the kind of tales all backpackers (and would-be backpackers) acquire if they don't stop soon enough. They're the kind of tales that leave you wondering, "Am I the worst person at this?" when you start and thankful you're not when the story ends.

Six episodes from Colonial Radio Theatre's long running comedy series, The New Dibble Show. Join Dibble and the gang from Mayham for lots of laughs and good clean comedy for the entire family. Episodes include: "Bragging Jake Part 1" - Jake tells his Aunt and Uncle from Peoria that he is the star of his own radio show. The trouble begins when they arrive in Mayham and attend the show! "Bragging Jake Part 2" - Dibble and the gang perform their version of Robin Hood, with Jake as Robin Hood and Dibble as Little John.

Nachdem der russische Spion endlich gefunden wurde, beschließen die Regierungsbeamten, ihre mysteriöse Operation "Matroschka" zu starten. Sheriff Cody traut den beiden allerdings nicht. Er setzt Deputy Landers auf sie an - und bringt seinen Kollegen damit in große Gefahr. Während die Gerüchte um den Nachtmahr immer lauter werden, fasst Cody mehr und mehr Vertrauen zu Deputy Taylor - und erzählt ihr die furchtbare Wahrheit über den Tod seiner Frau.

Mr. Chang warnt Cody vor den Leichen der Opfer, doch der hat andere Sorgen: Amy hat sich durch die Medizin verändert, und Michael leidet unter Liebeskummer. Währenddessen erzählt Taylor dem besorgten Mr. Hunter, was ihrem Dad damals in Vietnam passiert ist - und was er mit Amy vorhat. Doch sie scheint nicht die ganze Wahrheit zu kennen.

Während Mr. Miller erpresst wird, stellt der ominöse Hotelgast Mr. Marzini weiterhin seltsame Fragen. Und auch Landers steht vor einem Rätsel: Manche der ausgegrabenen Opfer weisen Veränderungen auf, die unmöglich zu erklären sind. Darunter auch der Leichnam von Freak. Landers beschließt, sich dessen Haus nochmal genauer anzusehen, und macht dabei unerwartete Beute.

Oregon, 4. Juli 1983 - Die Regierung befindet sich in höchster Alarmbereitschaft. Operation "Matroschka" ist fehlgeschlagen, der Nachtmahr konnte entkommen. Die Spur des Monsters verliert sich im Nichts. Zwei Wochen später scheint in dem kleinen Küstenstädtchen Harmony Bay wieder alles so beschaulich wie früher zu sein und die Bewohner gehen zum Alltag über. Bis auf Deputy Landers. Er kann nicht verstehen, wieso Taylor, Sheriff Cody und seine Familie wie vom Erdboden verschluckt sind.

An abridged version of Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, starring Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck. Anna (Bergman) is a wife and mother who has an affair with the handsome Count Vronsky (Peck).

From 1938 to 1969 crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist wife Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular serials. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats, a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard, usually needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case.

One of a series of plays by British screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce looking at the punk generation three decades on, with each play telling a different, but connected, story. In Parallel Lines, Julie is a singer in an ageing Blondie tribute band. An invitation to the reunion of the audience at an Adverts gig in 1977 brings some skeletons dancing from the cupboard. Starring Doon Mackichan as Julie, with Sian Reeves, Rosie Cavaliero, Ivan Kaye, Paul Viragh, Joseph Tremain, Sarah Bedi, John Rowe and Ben Crowe.

It’s now acknowledged that the Great Houses were largely responsible for creating the current shape of history, not simply by interfering in major events (although they may have dabbled) but by engineering the entire framework of history as a single definite structure. What’s less well-known is just how easy it is to access that structure’s foundations. Before the War, it was usual for Great House installations to be linked to the Houses’ “records library”, buried in the framework beneath normal time.

A Cyber War rages throughout the galaxy. The Earth-aligned worlds are fighting for survival against the cold, emotionless might of the Cyber Bloc - an alliance of planets whose inhabitants have undergone cybernetic conversion in the name of racial superiority.

L'opera fa parte del progetto "AutoreVole: audiodrammi in teatro" in cui autori di fama nazionale si sono confrontati con la drammaturgia radiofonica. Allestiti in teatro, gli audiodrammi permettono agli spettatori - dotati di radiocuffie - di "vedere la radio". In una città mai nominata di un paese immaginario quattro giovani donne - Stella, Marida, Rosa e Iris - devono recuperare l'ultimo pagamento per una di quelle cene eleganti in villa, dal Presidente, che malauguratamente sono finite sui giornali deflagrando in scandalo. Il Presidente, cuor di leone, è sparito dietro a telefonini che non suonano e centralini che non si lasciano più scavalcare. Ma il Contabile - il millimetrico ragionier Biassoni - c'è ancora.

Original comedy material from some of the best comedy writers around! These audio programs feature highlights of the onling monthly reading series "Say the Word".