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Bedtime Songs & Lullabies Children CD

Emma — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Bedtime Songs and Lullabies for Children. Single CD, running time approx 1 hour.

You’re a Bad Man, Mr Gum

Emma — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Mr Gum is a truly nasty old man, who hates children, animals, fun and corn on the cob. But this audiobook is not just about him. There is also a girl called Polly, a stinky butcher, heroes and sweets and stuff, and Jake the dog.

Gaudy Night

Emma — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0000

A full-cast dramatisation specially recorded for BBC Audiobooks, starring Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter Wimsey. When Harriet Vane attends her Oxford reunion, known as the ‘Gaudy’, the prim academic setting is haunted by a rash of bizarre pranks: scrawled obscenities, burnt effigies and poison-pen letters – including one that says, ‘Ask your boyfriend with the title if he likes arsenic in his soup.’ Some of the notes threaten murder and one of them involves a long Latin quotation, which makes Harriet suspect that the perpetrator is probably a member of the Senior Common Room. But which of the apparently rational, respectable dons could be committing such crazed acts? When a desperate undergraduate, at her wits’ end after receiving a series of particularly savage letters, attempts to drown herself, Harriet decides that it is time to ask Lord Peter Wimsey for help. As his investigation draws near to uncovering the culprit, Harriet’s life comes under threat. And when the mystery is finally solved, she is faced with an agonising decision: should she, after five years of rejecting his proposals, finally agree to marry Lord Peter? ‘ solid entertainment throughout’ – Eastern Daily Press

Bomber

Emma — Mon, 19 Apr 2004 00:00:00 +0000

Just William 04 CD

Emma — Mon, 19 Apr 2004 00:00:00 +0000

Just William 3

Emma — Mon, 02 Jun 2003 00:00:00 +0000

Described by the Daily Telegraph as ‘the wizard of the talking book’, Martin Jarvis has made the voices of William and his gang of outlaws his own in these marvellous readings. Roar with laughter as the lovable rogue, hampered by the loathsome Violet Elizabeth, wreaks havoc in this ever-popular series of stories. This selection includes: ‘William Holds the Stage’; ‘William and the School Report’; ‘All the News’; ‘Aunt Arabelle in Charge’; ‘William’s Goodbye Present’; ‘William – The Salvage Collector’; ‘William’s Day Off’; ‘Entertainment Provided’; ‘William and the Brains Trust’ and ‘William and the Bomb’. ‘There’s nothing to touch them’ – Independent on Sunday.

3 CDs. 2 hrs 30 mins.

Five Red Herrings Cd

Emma — Mon, 05 May 2003 00:00:00 +0000

The elegant, intelligent amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey is one of detective literature’s most popular creations. Ian Carmichael is the personification of Dorothy L. Sayers’ charming investigator in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation. When Sandy Campbell’s body is found at the foot of a cliff near the small town of Kircdubright, the local constabulary are convinced that the argumentative painter is the victim of a tragic accident. But when Lord Peter Wimsey turns up, the hunt begins for an ingenious killer. Faced with six men, all of whom have a motive for murder, the aristocratic amateur sleuth must deduce which are the five red herrings and which has blood on his hands.

Wind in the willows

Emma — Mon, 05 Aug 2002 00:00:00 +0000

‘There is nothing, absolutely nothing, half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.’ When the Water Rat invites the unassuming Mole to spend his first day ever in a boat on the river, and wise Badger comes along for the ride as well, so begins a marvellous season of adventure for the three friends. Mr Toad (he of Toad Hall) completes a happy foursome, but his tendency to get into hot water leads him into some rather hair-raising scrapes of his own. From an idyllic riverside picnic to a snowy encounter in the Wild Woods, and from poop-pooping in Toad’s shiny new motor car to fighting against the massed ranks of Stoats, Weasels and Ferrets in a battle for Toad Hall, there’s never a dull moment when they are all together! In his own inimitable style, Alan Bennett gives voice to each and every character in Kenneth Grahame’s beguiling novel.

3 CDs. 3 hrs.

Death On The Nile CD

Emma — Mon, 06 May 2002 00:00:00 +0000

Linnet Ridgeway has led a charmed life. Blessed with beauty, enormous wealth and a devoted husband, she has everything anyone could wish for. But as the happy couple set out on an idyllic honeymoon cruise on the Nile, storm clouds are gathering… Linnet’s former friend, Jacqueline de Bellefort, follows her and Simon wherever they go and Linnet senses she is in danger. At first her fears seem groundless. But an attempt is made first on her life and then on her husband’s. Eventually the killer is successful, and Linnet is found horribly murdered. With an obvious suspect who cannot possibly have committed the crime, it is up to Hercule Poirot to probe the depths of a remarkable criminal mind and discover the dark secret behind what is only the first in a series of inexplicable deaths.

2 CDs. 2 hrs 20 mins.