Hard Times: A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation by Charles Dickens Requirements: .M4A/.M4B reader, 220MBOverview: ‘Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life.’ So says Thomas Gradgrind, a wealthy, utilitarian school board superintendent. Father to Tom and Louisa, he shapes the minds of all the young children, including his […]
BBC Audio: Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens Requirements: .M4A/.M4B reader, 281MBOverview: Following the death of his beloved father, Arthur Clennam returns to his home in London in order to reunite with his wheelchair-bound mother. Narrowly escaping from the clutches of his former fiancée, Flora Finching, Arthur finds solace in the company of his mother’s new […]
The Price of Silence A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Thriller by Stephen BarlayRequirements: .MP3 reader, 217 MBOverview: Stephen Barlay’s gripping Cold War drama about the threat of nuclear war. Laid up in a CIA hospital, recovering from a gunshot wound, British agent Maxon is about to have his peaceful convalescence shattered. As the radio DJ […]
BBC Radio Drama: Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens Requirements: .MP3 reader, 512MBOverview: A Radio 4 dramatization, first broadcast in 1984, of Dickens’s last completed novel. Conveying the murky grimness of Victorian London and the dankness of Thames-side low life, it is a satire on wealth and its corrupting power, symbolized by the inheritance of […]
A Case For Dr Morelle: Thirteen full-cast vintage BBC crime dramas collection by Ernest DudleyRequirements: .MP3 reader, 376MBOverview: Thirteen classic crime dramas featuring Dr Morelle – ‘the man you love to hate’! Psychiatrist-Detective Dr Morelle is arrogant, sarcastic and rude – but when it comes to catching criminals, he is unparalleled. Using deduction, psychological profiling […]