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Blockade Runners, The |
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| From Jules Verne comes this radio production about an English Blockade Runner in the American Civil War, and its attempt to free a prisoner held by the Confederates. |
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Macbeth |
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| BBC Radio has a unique heritage when it comes to Shakespeare. Since 1923, when the newly formed company broadcast its first full-length play, generations of actors and producers have honed and perfected the craft of making Shakespeare to be heard. The poetic richness of the language in "the Scottish play" is enhanced through the medium of radio to bring new depths of anguish to the tortured reasonings of Macbeth and his wife. |
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| One of the best gagsters in the business, Bob Monkhouse had audiences hooting at his amazing verbal dexterity for over fifty years. From his classic stand-up routines to his role as the avuncular, wise-cracking host of numerous game shows, he was loved by the public and paid the sincere compliment of being imitated by countless impressionists. |
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A Scandal in Bohemia - The
King of Bohemia seeks the return of a compromising
photograph but the woman who has it proves more than a match
for the great detective. The Red-Headed League - Holmes and Doyle move into top gear in one of the finest stories in the canon. Why should a pawnbroker have to copy out the Encyclopaedia Britannica and what bearing can the knees of a man's trousers have on the case? |
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Little Big Horn |
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The real story of Custer
and his famous last battle against the Sioux. Lt. Col. George A. Custer leads his 7th Cavalry into the Valley of the Little Big Horn, and into eternity in this truly spectacular audio dramatization. It is our heartfelt hope that we have done justice to the events of June 25th 1876. It was a horrific battle, which saw no true victors. Custer's command lost their lives. The Plains Indians lost their way of life. |
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War Of The Worlds, The |
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When a Martian spacecraft
lands on Woking Common, mankind is terrorised by aliens in
tall, armoured capsules which stalk the countryside on three
legs. The machines wreak havoc on London and the Southern Counties, and survivors are driven underground. |
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Flight of the Conchords
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| 'Hello, I'm Rob Brydon . join me on an exciting musical journey in the company of a band who have come to mean an awful lot to me. They're probably my fourth, or maybe even third, favourite novelty music act - Flight of the Conchords . ' |