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A collection of BBC radio full-cast dramatisations of Jane Austen's six major novels. Jane Austen is one of the finest writers in the English language, and this volume includes all six of her classic novels. Mansfield Park: on a quest to find a position in society, Fanny Price goes to live with her rich aunt and uncle. Northanger Abbey: young, naïve Catherine Morland receives an invitation to stay at the isolated Gothic mansion Northanger Abbey.

Beneath the streets of London there is another London. A subterranean labyrinth of sewers and abandoned tube stations. A somewhere that is Neverwhere....

Felicity Jones, David Tennant and Benedict Cumberbatch star in BBC Radio 4's full-cast dramatisation of the novel by Jane Austen, one of the great English classics. Seeking a position in society, young Fanny Price goes to live with her rich aunt and uncle. But her life there is not as she might wish. Felicity Jones plays Fanny, whilst David Tennant is her cousin Tom and Benedict Cumberbatch his brother Edmund.

Crowned ‘the greatest imaginative novelist of our generation’ by EM Forster, DH Lawrence has an undisputed place in England's canon of great authors. In this wide-ranging collection, dramatisations and readings of some of his major works are brought together, exploring themes such as romantic love and sexual desire, individual freedom, class division, war, the beauty of nature and the ugliness of industrialisation.

The great explorers were the celebrities of their day - the romance and danger of their daring expeditions captured the public imagination and the world's headlines to an extraordinary degree. Not all of them lived to tell the tale, of course, but those who emerged triumphant from jungle, desert, or polar wasteland were hailed as if returning from beyond the grave. Journalists vied for their stories and publishers rushed their firsthand accounts of exciting and dangerous journeys into print for a wide and voracious readership.

An ancient evil awakens in the Southern Ocean, inspiring madness in all who sense its coming. The stars are right again in this audio adaptation of the classic story by H. P. Lovecraft that has inspired millions through literature, games, movies, comics, and the horror of their own imaginations. That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons even death may die.

Come away with us now to the far off future days of AD 1985, after men have landed on the moon! When Space Marshal Rory Rammer, and his sidekick, "Skip" Sagan, guard the rule of law and the rights of the innocent from the skies of Earth to the orbit of the moon!

Miss Cordelia Marsden, having recently lost her father, finds herself unable to continue to live alone. In desperation, she writes to her Aunt Catherine. Little did she know that this would lead to the happiest days of her life, for on the train to London she meets Lord William Lynton, and before the trip is through, she finds herself...kissed by a stranger! A full-cast, fully soundscaped production of an historical romance from the Atlanta Radio Theatre Company!

Come away with us now to the far-off, future days of A.D. 1985, when men have landed on the moon! Where Space Marshal, Rory Rammer, and his sidekick, "Skip" Sagan, guard the rule of law and the rights of the innocent! From the skies of Earth to the orbit of the Moon!

Come away with us now to the far off future days of AD 1985, after men have landed on the moon! When Space Marshal Rory Rammer, and his sidekick, "Skip" Sagan, guard the rule of law and the rights of the innocent from the skies of Earth to the orbit of the moon!

A moment of drunken disrespect sets the stage for the battle for the soul of a man in this Rudyard Kipling classic! A multicast, fully soundscaped audio drama!

"Du wirst Besuch bekommen von drei Geistern!" Als der Geist des verstorbenen Jacob Marley seinem Geschäftspartner Ebenezer Scrooge diese Worte entgegenschleudert, ahnt dieser noch nicht, dass ihm eine Nacht bevorstehen wird, die er nie vergessen wird. Begleitet von den drei Geistern, die ihn nacheinander aufsuchen, macht sich Ebenezer Scrooge auf eine unglaubliche Reise durch Zeit und Raum, die aus dem bekennenden Weihnachtshasser und Menschenverächter einen neuen Menschen machen wird.

Come away with us now to the far off future days of AD 1985, after men have landed on the moon! When Space Marshal Rory Rammer, and his sidekick, "Skip" Sagan, guard the rule of law and the rights of the innocent from the skies of Earth to the orbit of the moon!

Low-budget film producer Kent Hastings thinks he has Hollywood by the hair. Little does he know that he is about to meet a girl who will change his life forever. But that's OK with Kent, because Dana is a real babe. Scream queen Brinke Stevens plays the title role in this bright comedy fantasy.

Come away with us now to the far off future days of AD 1985, after men have landed on the moon! When Space Marshal Rory Rammer, and his sidekick, "Skip" Sagan, guard the rule of law and the rights of the innocent from the skies of Earth to the orbit of the moon!

Come away with us now to the far off future days of AD 1985, after men have landed on the moon! When Space Marshal Rory Rammer and his sidekick "Skip" Sagan guard the rule of law and the rights of the innocent from the skies of Earth to the orbit of the moon!

Come away with us now to the far off future days of AD 1985, after men have landed on the moon! When Space Marshal Rory Rammer, and his sidekick "Skip" Sagan guard the rule of law and the rights of the innocent from the skies of Earth to the orbit of the moon!

It is a story told many times in the century since the Great Martian Invasion - of a devastating and irresistible assault, of mankind in panicked flight, and of humanity's miraculous salvation. Every man and woman, girl, and boy across the globe knows the tale and hears it with reverence and gratitude. And yet - is that the whole story? Did the invaders have all the advantages? All the technology? Not all the brains were on their side. Not all the guile. Certainly not all the ruthless determination.

Ever notice sounds? I mean really notice them? I do. I don't have any choice, not since I fell into The Loop. And what's The Loop? It's a world - a world of sounds and narration, of incidental music and special effects. The Loop is ambiance, implication, and the subtle - and not-so-subtle - manipulations of the Off-Mike People. But people are the same on or off The Loop, a distressing fact that always seems to add up to Blues for Johnny Raven.