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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/54483 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Street Gang Author: Michael Davis Narrator: Caroll Spinney Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 21 minutes Release date: April 27, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: In advance of the 40th anniversary of Sesame Street, comes Street Gang, Michael Davis's compelling--and often comical--story of the creation and history of the media masterpiece and pop culture landmark, told with the cooperation of one of the show's cofounders, Joan Ganz Cooney. Sesame Street was born as a result of a discussion at Cooney's home about the poor quality of children's programming, and hit the air as a big bang of creative fusion from Jim Henson and company, quickly rocketing to success. Street Gang, traces the evolution of the show from its inspiration in the civil rights movement through its many ups and downs--from Nixon trying to cut off its funding to the rise of Elmo--via the remarkable personalities who have contributed to it, and reveals how it has taught millions of children not only their letters and numbers, but cooperation and fair play, tolerance and self-respect, conflict resolution, and the importance of listening. This is the unforgettable story of five decades of social and cultural change, and the miraculous creative efforts, passion and commitment of writers, producers, directors, animators and puppeteers who have created one of the most influential shows in the history of television.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/60520 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Doctor Who at the BBC: A Legend Reborn Author: Various Authors Narrator: Elisabeth Sladen, Various Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 36 minutes Release date: January 1, 2010 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: In 2005, after sixteen years off-air, Doctor Who returned to BBC Television – and soon became more popular than ever before. In this special anthology of clips and interviews, featuring newly-released material, Elisabeth Sladen journeys back to the recent past to delve into the show’s dazzling success. With the help of extracts from radio programmes as diverse as Go 4 It, Jo Whiley, PM, Newsbeat and The Now Show, she explores the run-up to the launch of Series 1 and follows the programme’s progress right up to 2009, with the impending departure of David Tennant. Featuring the voices of David Tennant, Catherine Tate, Christopher Eccleston, Kylie Minogue, Freema Agyeman, Russell T Davies and many others, this is an absorbing retrospective look at how Doctor Who returned to our screens to capture the hearts of millions of fans.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/60077 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We'll Be Here For the Rest of Our Lives: A Swingin' Showbiz Saga Author: Paul Shaffer, David Ritz Narrator: Paul Shaffer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 53 minutes Release date: October 6, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: From Paul Shaffer, lifelong music junkie, hipster, and longtime leader of David Letterman's band, comes a candid, endearing, hilarious, and star-studded memoir of a life in-and love of-show business.How does a kid go from a remote Canadian town at the tip of Lake Superior to the bright lights of Broadway and a gig leading the band on Letterman? This book is Paul Shaffer's answer to that question. From playing seedy strip joints in Toronto, to his first legitimate job out of college-which found him working with future stars (and friends) Gilda Radner, Martin Short, and Eugene Levy-to being first musical director of the nascent Saturday Night Live and helping to form the Blues Brothers, to being onstage every night with Dave and playing with the greatest musicians of our time, Shaffer has lived the ultimate showbiz life. Now, in this hilarious, entertaining, and candid memoir-in which he dishes on everyone from John Belushi and Jerry Lewis to Mel Gibson and Britney Spears-Paul gives us the full behind-the-scenes story of his life, from banging out pop tunes on the piano at the age of twelve to leading the band every night at the Sullivan Theater.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/59687 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 3rd & Bird: The Muffin Express & Other Stories Author: Josh Selig Narrator: Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 47 minutes Release date: October 1, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Five episodes from the hugely popular animated series featuring Samuel, Rudy and Muffin – as seen on BBC TV. ‘A Chorus for Us’, ‘Rolling Along’, ‘To Play or Not to Play’, ‘The Muffin Express’ and ‘Samuel’s Dance’.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/59564 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Time of My Life Author: Lisa Niemi Swayze, Patrick Swayze Narrator: Patrick Swayze Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 31 minutes Release date: September 29, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.34 of Total 58 Ratings of Narrator: 4.8 of Total 20 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: 2010 Audie Award Finalist for Narration by the Author Now in paperback, the internationally bestselling heartfelt memoir from movie legend Patrick Swayze and his wife of over thirty years, Lisa Niemi, about Patrick’s remarkable career and brave battle against pancreatic cancer. An entertaining and inspiring behind-the-scenes look at a Hollywood life and a remarkable love, told in the words of beloved actor Patrick Swayze and his wife, Lisa Niemi, shortly before he passed away. In a career spanning more than thirty years, Patrick Swayze made a name for himself on the stage and screen with his versatility, passion, and fearlessness. Always a fighter, Patrick refused to let the diagnosis of stage IV pancreatic cancer in February 2008 defeat him. Patrick and Lisa’s bravery inspired legions of fans, cancer patients, and their loved ones, yet this memoir, written with wisdom and heart, recounts so much more. Revealed in vivid detail is Patrick’s Texas upbringing, his personal struggles, his rise to fame, and how his soul mate Lisa stood by his side through it all. The Time of My Life opens the door for families, individuals, and husbands and wives to grow, bond, and discover entirely new levels of love and sharing, proving that life shouldn’t be lived as a series of endings, but rather as the beginning of greater strength and love.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/59636 to listen full audiobooks. Title: High On Arrival Author: Mackenzie Phillips Narrator: Mackenzie Phillips Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 50 minutes Release date: September 23, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.09 of Total 35 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 5 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Mackenzie Phillips shares “a raw glimpse” (Entertainment Weekly) into her lifelong battle with personal demons and near-fatal addictions—and reveals the shattering truth behind her complex, secretive, and damaging history with her father, the legendary John Phillips of The Mamas & the Papas. Not long before her fiftieth birthday, Mackenzie Phillips made headlines with her arrest for drug possession at Los Angeles International Airport; the actor-musician-mother had been on her way to a reunion of One Day at a Time, the hugely popular ’70s sitcom on which she once starred as the lovable rebel Julie Cooper. Born into rock-and-roll royalty, flying in Learjets to the Virgin Islands at five, making pot brownies with Donovan at eleven, Mackenzie grew up in an all-access kingdom of hippie freedom and heroin cool. As a rising Hollywood star herself, she joined the nonstop party in the hedonistic pleasure dome of her father’s making, and a rapt TV audience watched as Julie Cooper wasted away before their eyes. By the time Mackenzie discovered how deep and dark her father’s trip was going, it was too late. As an adult, she has paid dearly for a lifetime of excess, working tirelessly to reconcile her wonderful, terrible past and the pull of her magnetic father. By sharing her journey toward redemption and peace, the star who turned up High on Arrival has finally come back down to earth—to stay.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58514 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Torchwood The Sin Eaters Author: Brian Minchin Narrator: Gareth David-Lloyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 11 minutes Release date: July 6, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Searching for the source of a bizarre Rift reading, Gwen, Jack and Ianto find a corpse on the beach, his face covered in hundreds of tiny cuts. Watching from the shadows is a man in black... The Reverend Hayward thinks he has found a way to take away people’s sins. The trouble is his special baptisms tend to take away their lives, too, for the creatures he collects and puts in his church font are nightmarish parasites, feeding on their hosts’ negative emotions before consuming them. It is up to Torchwood to track them down and destroy them... Written especially for audio by Brian Minchin, The Sin Eaters features Captain Jack Harkness, Gwen Cooper and Ianto Jones, as played by John Barrowman, Eve Myles and Gareth David-Lloyd in the hit series from BBC Television. Contains adult themes and language.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58241 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Traveller: Observations from an American in Exile Author: Michael Katakis Narrator: Michael Katakis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 2, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: 'How could I have known then with no maps acquired and my bags not yet packed that my journey had already begun? ...The tools of a traveler are compass and map. They calculate distances covered and destinations sought but cannot measure the consequences of experiences on a human heart,' writes Michael Katakis in his introduction. Traveller is a collection of letters and journal entries that bring the immediacy of experience together with perceptive reflections of the author's own past. The entries in this volume are not travel guides. They are more personal, like letters from the most desirable sort of friend. The friend carries the listener with him as he meanders through the medina in Fez or into the hills of Gallipoli. His voice is such that listeners can almost smell the herbs and dusty soil of Crete, and always they are introduced to the people he meets along the way. For anyone curious about the world, and introduced with a foreword written and read by Michael Palin, Traveller is sure to delight, infuriate and, perhaps most importantly, inspire thought about the complex world around them.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/55190 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Censorship: The Threat to Silence Talk Radio Author: Brian Jennings Narrator: Jesse Boggs Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 5, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Freedom of speech. It is our most cherished privilege as Americans, guaranteed by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution since 1791. But our current presidential administration threatens to sharply curtail or silence altogether the freedom of expression that distinguishes America from the average dictatorship. What is under direct attack? Conservative talk radio. During the Reagan administration, conservative talk radio burgeoned when the FCC voted to stop enforcing the Fairness Doctrine, which required all licensed broadcasters to present 'balanced' viewpoints on controversial issues. The format was a smash hit, attracting an estimated 50 million listeners weekly. Popular, profitable, outspoken, powerful, influential—it’s what the American people wanted, and its success was the Democrats' worst nightmare. Now, the principles underlying the Fairness Doctrine threaten to be reinstated. Under cover of being 'fair,' they will be used as a means of censorship, allowing government to influence who owns our airwaves and thus controls the content, a mandate with far-reaching implications for all media—indeed, for freedom of speech for all Americans.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58018 to listen full audiobooks. Title: John Arlott's Cricketing Wides, Byes and Slips! Author: Various Narrator: Peter Baxter, John Arlott Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 9 minutes Release date: May 4, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The imagery and wit of an incomparable broadcaster is captured here in a unique collection of historic, and humorous, moments from the twentieth century. From the 1940s we hear about Bradman’s last test, from the 50s Compton’s highest Test Score, from the 60s Trueman’s 300th Test wicket and Boycott’s first ton, and then the 70s with Arlott’s ‘freaker’ (the Lord’s streaker) and finally John’s last commentary at the Lord’s centenary Test in 1980. His commentary was poetic in its elegance, and the pictures he painted with words are vintage: ‘the stroke of a man knocking a thistle top off with a walking stick’ (on Clive Lloyd in 1975) and ‘a colony of silver gulls... perched on the top of the stand as if they were vultures recruited for Lillee’ during the Centenary Test in Melbourne. Presented by Peter Baxter, here is a selection of classic clips from the very personification of cricket, brought together for the first time. ‘There’s never been a commentator like him, there never will be’ - Ian Botham.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58337 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Maltese Falcon (BBC Radio Crimes) Author: Dashiell Hammett Narrator: Tom Wilkinson, Peter Vaughan, Jane Lapotaire, Full Cast, Nickolas Grace Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 55 minutes Release date: May 4, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: It’s San Francisco, 1928, and Sam Spade is a wisecracking, womanising Private Investigator. Missing husbands and unfaithful wives are his usual stock-in-trade, but when the beautifully distressed Miss Wonderley calls he gets involved in a dangerous caper most people would run a mile from. Miss Wonderley asks Sam’s partner, Miles Archer, to shadow Floyd Thursby, whom she maintains has kidnapped her sister. But then Archer is shot dead, and Miss Wonderley’s story turns out to be a lie – just like her name, which is actually Brigid O’Shaughnessy. And Miss O’Shaughnessy keeps on lying. But one thing’s for sure: she does know about the Maltese Falcon, an ancient statuette which has attracted more than one interested party. With a bunch of heavies at his elbow and the police on his tail, Sam needs to think fast if he’s to outlive the person who killed his partner...

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/55068 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Vanished Smile: The Mysterious Theft of the Mona Lisa Author: R.A. Scotti Narrator: Kathe Mazur Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 45 minutes Release date: April 7, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: On August 21, 1911, the unfathomable happened–Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa vanished from the Louvre. More than twenty-four hours passed before museum officials realized she was gone. The prime suspects were as shocking as the crime: Pablo Picasso and Guillaume Apollinaire, young provocateurs of a new art. As French detectives using the latest methods of criminology, including fingerprinting, tried to trace the thieves, a burgeoning international media hyped news of the heist. No story captured the imagination of the world quite like this one. Thousands flocked to the Louvre to see the empty space where the painting had hung. They mourned as if Mona Lisa were a lost loved one, left flowers and notes, and set new attendance records. For more than two years, Mona Lisa’s absence haunted the art world, provoking the question: Was she lost forever? A century later, questions still linger. Part love story, part mystery, Vanished Smile reopens the case of the most audacious and perplexing art theft ever committed. R. A. Scotti’s riveting, ingeniously realized account is itself a masterly portrait of a world in transition. Combining her skills as a historian and a novelist, Scotti turns the tantalizing clues into a story of the painting’s transformation into the most familiar and lasting icon of all time.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/54921 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Priceless Memories Author: Digby Diehl, Bob Barker Narrator: Bob Barker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 10 minutes Release date: April 6, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4.25 of Total 4 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: In his first audiobook, Bob's trademark charm and charisma shine as he shares a lifetime of experiences. In front of the camera, he has been invited into the homes of millions of Americans as host of The Price Is Right, Truth or Consequences, Miss USA, Miss Universe, The Rose Parade, and many other programs and specials. He will share stories of favorite contestants, episodes, and behind-the-scenes happenings. Beyond his public persona, he will open up about his personal life. From being raised on a Native American reservation by a single mother through the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl, to training as a pilot in the Navy during World War II, through his romance with the love of his life and high school sweetheart, Dorothy Jo, and his success at retirement. His support of animal rights has always been a central part of his life. Bob delves into stories of how he has taken on Hollywood and the government in his crusade, including his anti-fur stand-off with beauty pageants, his involvement in uncovering animal abuse in movies and television, and the legislation he helped to pass. He also shares personal stories of rescuing animals, from dogs to elephants. For the innumerable fans who have welcomed Bob into their homes over the last fifty years, this will audiobook will be like catching up with a dear and familiar friend who continues to lead a full and endlessly interesting life.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/54951 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Witness Author: Nick Warburton Narrator: Paul Hilton, Tom Goodman-Hill, Penelope Wilton, Peter Firth Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 40 minutes Release date: April 6, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Five new plays from the gospel of Luke, by award-winning writer Nick Warburton. This work presents the Gospel story as you've never heard it before. Everyone knows the story of Jesus' life, as told in the Gospels – and, perhaps because it is so familiar, we have forgotten what an extraordinary life it was. Through these five plays, the story is pieced together as if from the memories of those who were there and saw events for themselves: Jesus' mother Mary, his closest friends, the Jewish High Priest, and the Roman Governor. They recount the events they witnessed as if they had happened just the other day - and the effect on their own lives. This work discusses how James and John first encountered Jesus by the lake; the three astonishing years of his ministry; his trial and ignominious death; the wholly unexpected resurrection; and, finally, his mother Mary who looks back to his obscure birth and the portents that accompanied it. And so, the tale regains some of its freshness and even shocking nature. Each play is followed by a short interview feature, 'Witness: Behind Luke's Gospel', presented by Ernie Rea and examining the themes of Luke's Gospel. This work features Tom Goodman-Hill as Jesus, Paul Hilton as Judas, Peter Firth as Peter, and Penelope Wilton as Mary.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/54950 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Weekending With Maggie Author: Various Artists Narrator: Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 5 minutes Release date: April 6, 2009 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: A loyal tribute to 10 glorious years from BBC Radio 4's Week Ending team. From the archives of the legendary satirical radio comedy series Week Ending comes this compilation of satirical and sardonic sketches based on Margaret Thatcher's first 10 years as prime minister.First released on cassette as Ten Years With Maggie, this has now been reissued as a digital download for the first time, on the 30th anniversary of Mrs Thatcher's coming to power. Written by David Baddiel, Guy Jenkin, Rob Newman, John O'Farrell and many others, it features the vocal talents of Sally Grace, Bill Wallis, David Tate, Jon Glover and Chris Emmett. Week Ending became the nerve-centre of new writing in British comedy and was an early platform for Britain's major performers. It ran for over 1,100 episodes from 1970 to 1998 and inspired many TV and radio shows. ©2009 BBC Audiobooks Ltd (P)2009 BBC Audio

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/54949 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Willo The Wisp (Vintage Beeb) Author: Various Narrator: Kenneth Williams Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 50 minutes Release date: April 6, 2009 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: 12 stories from the BBC TV series, narrated by Kenneth Williams. Featuring Mavis Cruet, the Fat Fairy; Arthur, the Cockney Caterpillar; Evil Edna, the Wicked Witch; Carwash, the Prissy Pussy; and The Moog, the Droopy Dog. Of course, we mustn’t forget ‘the Beast’, who is really Prince Humbert the Handsome, changed into various shapes and sizes by Evil Edna’s spells. They all just happen to be in Doyley Woods when Willo the Wisp is flitting about so he can tell us (through the voice of Kenneth Williams) all the adventures and mishaps that befall them. Vintage Beeb: classic albums first available as BBC LPs, now available on CD and as downloads. This recording was previously released on LP in 1981.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/54852 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Laura Solon Talking And Not Talking - Series 2 Author: Laura Solon Narrator: Laura Solon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 48 minutes Release date: March 2, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The complete second BBC Radio 4 series by Perrier Award winner Laura Solon. Laura Solon won the Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Festival in 2005 with her sensational debut show. She now returns to Radio 4 with a new series of her bittersweet comedy show packed with characters, monologues and sketches from this extraordinary writer and performer. There will be talking, not talking, some stories, and a lion made out of china. Aided by Rosie Cavaliero, Ben Moor and Ben Willbond, Laura Solon is a remarkable talent with an astonishing eye for detail and ear for voice. ‘The writing is as fresh as a cowslip, as sharp as a kitchen-knife, and sometimes as coarse as a fishwife’ - Telegraph '... moments of twisted genius' - Observer 'Talking and Not Talking is very clever' - Times 'Solon's series stood out for its self-assurance, its unforced oddness...' - Independent 'She's a remarkable talent' - Guardian 'Laura Solon is the new Catherine Tate' - Mail on Sunday

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/46238 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Clitheroe Kid Author: Frank Roscoe, James Casey Narrator: Jimmy Clitheroe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 47 minutes Release date: March 2, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Four vintage instalments of the classic radio comedy starring Jimmy Clitheroe in 'The Clitheroe Kid'. James Robinson Clitheroe was enormously popular with the public as Jimmy in 'The Clitheroe Kid'. At the height of his popularity, the diminutive Lancastrian comic had regular audiences of over 10 million people and was a radio institution from 1958–1972. So join Jimmy, Mum, Grandad and Susan – or ‘scraggy neck’ – in these four classic episodes which show the cheeky and irrepressible schoolboy at the top of his class. 'Clitheroe and the Hound Dog' (9 February 1959) Jimmy saves Mr Higginbottom’s greyhound Lightning from being put down but, as Mum won’t allow him to keep a pet, he has to find somewhere else for the dog to stay. 'A Load of Chinese Junk' (29 December 1963) The school panto is Dick Whittington, but Jimmy much prefers to stay up late reading about the adventures of Aladdin. A tired Clitheroe Kid starts to dream of magic lamps... 'The Evils of Tomato Juice' (31 October 1965) Alfie is chosen to be best man at his friend’s wedding, but after a night of drinking Alfie tells Jimmy he is £30 richer – and has no recollection where the money has come from. 'Beware of the Neighbour' (8 October 1967) Jimmy has a new neighbour when a former ‘lumberjack’ moves in next door. However, Mr Ironside is not quite what the family expected... Guest starring Derek Nimmo.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/54094 to listen full audiobooks. Publisher's Summary: The bestselling author of Postcards from the Edge comes clean (well, sort of) in her first-ever memoir, adapted from her one-woman Broadway hit show. Fisher reveals what it was really like to grow up a product of “Hollywood in-breeding,” come of age on the set of a little movie called Star Wars, and become a cultural icon and bestselling action figure at the age of nineteen. Intimate, hilarious, and sobering, Wishful Drinking is Fisher, looking at her life as she best remembers it (what do you expect after electroshock therapy?). It’s an incredible tale: the child of Hollywood royalty—Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher—homewrecked by Elizabeth Taylor, marrying (then divorcing, then dating) Paul Simon, having her likeness merchandized on everything from Princess Leia shampoo to PEZ dispensers, learning the father of her daughter forgot to tell her he was gay, and ultimately waking up one morning and finding a friend dead beside her in bed. Wishful Drinking, the show, has been a runaway success. Entertainment Weekly declared it “drolly hysterical” and the Los Angeles Times called it a “Beverly Hills yard sale of juicy anecdotes.” This is Carrie Fisher at her best—revealing her worst. She tells her true and outrageous story of her bizarre reality with her inimitable wit, unabashed self-deprecation, and buoyant, infectious humor. Title: Wishful Drinking Author: Carrie Fisher Narrator: Carrie Fisher Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 0 minutes Release date: February 17, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.02 of Total 108 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 28 Genres: Memoirs

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/54356 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Journey into Space: Frozen in Time: The BBC Radio Sci-Fi Drama Series: #5 of Journey Into Space Author: Charles Chilton Narrator: Michael Beckley, David Jacobs, Chris Moran, Alan Marriott, Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 57 minutes Release date: January 5, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: A BBC Radio 4 sequel to Charles Chilton's iconic radio sci-fi series. Between 1953 and 1958, Journey into Space attracted millions of listeners, gripped by the mystery and promise of space exploration in weekly cliffhanging instalments. In this thrilling episode, the spaceship Ares has been heading back to Earth for 30 years, with the crew in suspended animation - except Captain Jet Morgan, whose sleeper pod failed. With the ship six months from home, Jet picks up an SOS from Mars, and wakes the others to go on a rescue mission. But when our heroes meet up with the stranded crew it becomes apparent that all is not what it first appeared. Unwittingly caught up in seismic deception, it is not only the lives of the Ares crew which are at stake - the entire future of planet Earth could be in peril... David Jacobs - from the original radio series - stars as Jet Morgan, with Michael Beckley as Mitch, Alan Marriott as Doc and Chris Moran as Lemmy. Production Credits Written by Charles Chilton. Directed by Nicholas Russ. Original music and sound design by David Chilton. Cast Jet Morgan - David Jacobs Mitch - Michael Beckley Doc/Ed - Alan Marriott Lemmy - Chris Moran Astnd - Emma Fielding Jensen - Stephen Hogan Radio operator / film voice - Kate Harbour First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 12 April 2008. ©2009 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2009 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/54164 to listen full audiobooks. Title: sTORI Telling Author: Tori Spelling Narrator: Tori Spelling Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: December 16, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The star of Beverly Hills 90210 offers a hilarious, insightful memoir about growing up on America’s favorite teen drama and her life after the show. She was television's most famous virgin—and, as Aaron Spelling's daughter, arguably its most famous case of nepotism. Portraying Donna Martin on Beverly Hills, 90210, Tori Spelling became one of the most recognizable young actresses of her generation, with a not-so-private personal life every bit as fascinating as her character's exploits. Yet years later the name Tori Spelling too often closed—and sometimes slammed—the same doors it had opened. sTORI telling is Tori's chance to finally tell her side of the tabloid-worthy life she's led, and she talks about it all: her decadent childhood birthday parties, her nose job, her fairy-tale wedding to the wrong man, her so-called feud with her mother. Tori has already revealed her flair for brilliant, self-effacing satire on her VH1 show So NoTORIous and Oxygen's Tori & Dean: Inn Love, but her memoir goes deeper, into the real life behind the rumors: her complicated relationship with her parents; her struggles as an actress after 90210; her accident-prone love life; and, ultimately, her quest to define herself on her own terms. From her over-the-top first wedding to finding new love to her much-publicized—and misunderstood—'disinheritance,' sTORI telling is a juicy, eye-opening, enthralling look at what it really means to be Tori Spelling.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/54235 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive: Series 4 Author: Jon Holmes, James Bachman, Others, Armando Iannucci Narrator: Guests, Armando Iannucci Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 46 minutes Release date: December 1, 2008 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Creator of 'The Thick of It' & 'I'm Alan Partridge', Armando Iannucci hosts the complete 4th series of his award-winning show. Series guests include Phill Jupitus, David Mitchell, Dave Gorman, Dara O'Briain, Miranda Hart and Chris Addison ('In The Loop'). Armando Iannucci and his guests pull apart the news with a heady mix of topical comedy, messed-about archive, chat and outrageous fibs, recorded in front of a live studio audience. Across the series, with Britain looking forward to the 2012 Olympics they'll be considering possible new sporting events such as Single Mumming, 4 x 100 Teenage Pregnancies & Turkey Twizzling. Plus they study some interesting animal facts such as 'Plankton always drift anti-clockwise, and form giant funny faces when no-one's looking' and 'Young adult pigs have started to emulate human behaviour by eating rubbish, drinking a lot and getting slaughtered'. Another episode sees the collapse of the financial markets and the team ask who they'd like to see collapse next?. 'I'd like to see Hallmark collapse, like a house of cards' and 'I'd like to see Damien Hirst collapse. In front of me. So I could then sell his skull at auction' are just two of the answers... And further, in the week where Barack Obama said to Sarah Palin 'You can't put lipstick on a pig' our panel realize animal metaphors are this season's must have and are hotter than a peacock on a spacehopper. Other exciting new modern maxims include 'You can't put a wig on a goldfish' and 'Too many cooks are on the telly'. 'The best comedy on radio' - The Independent.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/44144 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Oliver Twist Author: Charles Dickens Narrator: Edward Long, Tim Mcinnerny, Adjoa Andoh, Pam Ferris, Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 36 minutes Release date: December 1, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.6 of Total 10 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: Born and brought up in the appalling deprivation of the workhouse, the orphaned Oliver escapes and heads for London, only to fall into the hands of the notorious Fagin and his gang of child thieves. But Oliver is an innocent at heart, and the attempts by Fagin and the impudently witty Artful Dodger to teach him the tricks of the pick-pocket's trade lead only to his almost immediate capture. His subsequent rescue, by the kindly Mr Brownlow, is only the beginning of a series of adventures that lead him to an incredible discovery. This adaptation of Dickens' second novel is a moving tale of innocence and corruption. It features some of his most vital characters, from the diabolical Fagin to the murderous Bill Sikes and his mistress Nancy, whose love for Oliver is both her redemption and her downfall.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/53892 to listen full audiobooks. Title: John Lennon: The Life Author: Philip Norman Narrator: Graeme Malcolm Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 52 minutes Release date: October 28, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.94 of Total 18 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: For more than a quarter century, biographer Philip Norman's internationally bestselling Shout! has been unchallenged as the definitive biography of the Beatles. Now, at last, Norman turns his formidable talent to the Beatle for whom being a Beatle was never enough. Drawing on previously untapped sources, and with unprecedented access to all the major characters, Norman presents the comprehensive and most revealing portrait of John Lennon ever published. This masterly biography takes a fresh and penetrating look at every aspect of Lennon's much-chronicled life, including the songs that have turned him, posthumously, into a near-secular saint. In three years of research, Norman has turned up an extraordinary amount of new information about even the best-known episodes of Lennon folklore—his upbringing by his strict Aunt Mimi; his allegedly wasted school and student days; the evolution of his peerless creative partnership with Paul McCartney; his Beatle-busting love affair with a Japanese performance artist; his forays into painting and literature; his experiments with Transcendental Meditation, primal scream therapy, and drugs. The book's numerous key informants and interviewees include Sir Paul McCartney, Sir George Martin, Sean Lennon—whose moving reminiscence reveals his father as never seen before—and Yoko Ono, who speaks with sometimes shocking candor about the inner workings of her marriage to John. “[A] haunting, mammoth, terrific piece of work.” -New York Times Honest and unflinching, as John himself would wish, Norman gives us the whole man in all his endless contradictions—tough and cynical, hilariously funny but also naive, vulnerable and insecure—and reveals how the mother who gave him away as a toddler haunted his mind and his music for the rest of his days.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/53889 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Here's the Story Author: Maureen McCormick Narrator: Maureen McCormick Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 59 minutes Release date: October 14, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The New York Times bestseller Here’s the Story is the poignant memoir of Maureen McCormick, who starred as the beloved Marcia Brady on the hit series The Brady Bunch. Maureen tells her shocking and inspirational true story, taking readers behind the scenes of one of America’s favorite television families, and to the dark side, where she was caught up in a fast-paced, drug-fueled, star-studded Hollywood existence that ultimately led to the biggest battle of her life.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/54005 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Little Dorrit Author: Charles Dickens Narrator: Ian Mckellen, Kenneth Cranham, Margaret Tyzack, Sophie Thompson, Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 45 minutes Release date: October 6, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The youngest child of debtor William Dorrit, Amy is born in Marshalsea prison. She and her father are befriended by Arthur Clennam, whose mother employs 'little Dorrit' as a seamstress. The fortunes of the Dorrits undergo an extreme change when Williams inherits a fortune, and the family move to Italy. Back in England, Arthur Clennam finds himself the victim of a massive fraud and ends up in Marshalsea. There he is found by Little Dorrit, whose fortune has had no effect on her generosity and humility. Arthur realises that she loves him, but it is not until the Dorrit fortune is lost that the two of them can be united at last. Peopled with Dickens' usual host of memorable characters, this mix of satire and genuine sentiment has made this one of his best-loved works. Hailed by George Bernard Shaw as Dickens's 'masterpiece among masterpieces' for its social indictment and sense of humanity, Little Dorrit is both an examination of Victorian England and a surprising love story. This thrilling adaptation recreates the author's mid-19th Century London, in particular the East London area of Marshalsea. Drawing upon his own father's imprisonment in Marshalsea Debtors' Prison, Dickens placed the institution firmly in the heart of the novel when telling the story of Amy Dorrit.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/53999 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Armstrong And Miller The Complete Radio Series Author: Alexander Armstrong, Ben Miller Narrator: Tony Gardner, Ben Miller, Alexander Armstrong, Samuel West Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 57 minutes Release date: October 6, 2008 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Welcome to the strange world of Armstrong and Miller, which includes some comedy sketches with tough-guy cops in 'Parsons and Lampkin' (and Lampkin’s mate Steve), and there’s an insider’s view of National Trousers Day – ‘because involvement should be as easy as a walk to the wardrobe’. More highlights include some really macho rock climbers, and the corrupt world of mountaineering: is Everest the tallest mountain, or are there others they keep quiet about so they don’t have to climb them? There’s a track from rock legends Strijka, and you can also hear how Logarythm – the world’s most successful school band – got together. Aided and abetted by Samuel West and Tony Gardner, this is the complete radio series, which contains all four episodes.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/53247 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood, and the Crime of the Century Author: Howard Blum Narrator: John H. Mayer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 33 minutes Release date: September 16, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: It was an explosion that reverberated across the country—and into the very heart of early-twentieth-century America. On the morning of October 1, 1910, the walls of the Los Angeles Times Building buckled as a thunderous detonation sent men, machinery, and mortar rocketing into the night air. When at last the wreckage had been sifted and the hospital triage units consulted, twenty-one people were declared dead and dozens more injured. But as it turned out, this was just a prelude to the devastation that was to come. In American Lightning, acclaimed author Howard Blum masterfully evokes the incredible circumstances that led to the original “crime of the century”—and an aftermath more dramatic than even the crime itself. With smoke still wafting up from the charred ruins, the city’s mayor reacts with undisguised excitement when he learns of the arrival, only that morning, of America’s greatest detective, William J. Burns, a former Secret Service man who has been likened to Sherlock Holmes. Surely Burns, already world famous for cracking unsolvable crimes and for his elaborate disguises, can run the perpetrators to ground. Through the work of many months, snowbound stakeouts, and brilliant forensic sleuthing, the great investigator finally identifies the men he believes are responsible for so much destruction. Stunningly, Burns accuses the men—labor activists with an apparent grudge against the Los Angeles Times’s fiercely anti-union owner—of not just one heinous deed but of being part of a terror wave involving hundreds of bombings. While preparation is laid for America’s highest profile trial ever—and the forces of labor and capital wage hand-to-hand combat in the streets—two other notable figures are swept into the drama: industry-shaping filmmaker D.W. Griffith, who perceives in these events the possibility of great art and who will go on to alchemize his observations into the landmark film The Birth of a Nation; and crusading lawyer Clarence Darrow, committed to lend his eloquence to the defendants, though he will be driven to thoughts of suicide before events have fully played out. Simultaneously offering the absorbing reading experience of a can’t-put-it-down thriller and the perception-altering resonance of a story whose reverberations continue even today, American Lightning is a masterpiece of narrative nonfiction.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/53988 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Madness Of George III Author: Alan Bennett Narrator: Alun Armstrong, Full Cast, Cheryl Campbell, Jim Broadbent Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 28 minutes Release date: September 1, 2008 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Oscar-winning actor Jim Broadbent stars as ‘mad’ King George III in the title role of this adaptation of Alan Bennett’s award-winning play, which co-stars Cheryl Campbell, Nicholas Farrell and Alun Armstrong. The King is losing his mind. Doctors are brought in as his eccentric behaviour becomes more bizarre and erratic, while his son, the Prince Regent, waits – and plots. Combining Jim Broadbent’s ‘heartbreaking portrayal of the batty old monarch’ (Observer) with Alan Bennett’s trademark dark humour this full-cast drama was first heard on the BBC’s World Service. The Madness of George III was filmed as the Oscar-winning The Madness of King George, starring Nigel Hawthorne and Helen Mirren.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/54750 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Meanwhile with The Bearded Ladies: The Complete First Radio Series Author: Oriane Messina, Fay Rusling Narrator: Oriane Messina, Fay Rusling, Ronnie Corbett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 51 minutes Release date: August 4, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: ‘The Bearded Ladies’ write and star in their BBC Radio 4 series, which co-stars Mark Addy and Ronnie Corbett. ‘The Bearded Ladies’ are two well-established double acts – Oriane Messina & Fay Rusling and Charlotte McDougall & Susie Donkin – who have written for TV’s ‘Green Wing’, ‘Smack the Pony’ and Radio’s ‘Dead Ringers’. 'Meanwhile with the Bearded Ladies’ sees the foursome starring in and writing their own BBC Radio 4 series about four women friends coping with life, work and men. Mel is hunting for a man – any man, and Lucy wants Kevin to help her get rid of a rat. Jo and Kevin are trying for a baby so she can be a really Yummy Mummy, and Alex is planning her wedding. But will she achieve all 154 items on her ‘To Do’ list – including writing the Best Man’s speech? Co-starring Mark Addy, with Ronnie Corbett as Guest Narrator.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/54749 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Summoned By Bells A Life In Verse Author: John Betjeman Narrator: John Betjeman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 4, 2008 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: 'For myself/ I knew as soon as I could read and write/ That I must be a poet. Even today,/ When all the way from Cambridge comes a wind/ To blow the lamps out every time they're lit/ I know that I must light mine up again.' From his earliest boyhood memories of Highgate and Archibald, his old stuffed bear, through to his undergraduate years at Oxford and his early career, John Betjeman’s unique narrative style poignantly describes the pains and pleasures of growing up. In the much-loved tones of Sir John himself, this magnificent autobiography in verse captures the voice of the late Poet Laureate. ‘Summoned by Bells can hardly help being a landmark... one seems to be living his childhood and boyhood with him’ - Stephen Spender.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/52946 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Life With My Sister Madonna Author: Christopher Ciccone Narrator: Christopher Ciccone Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 4 minutes Release date: July 14, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 4.25 of Total 4 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Now in paperback, Christopher Ciccone’s “breathless tell-all” (Time) based on his fortyseven years of growing up with, working with, and understanding one of the most famous women of our time—Madonna. Only Christopher can tell the full scale, riveting untold story behind the woman who has intrigued, scandalized, and entertained millions for half a century. In Life with My Sister, Christopher reveals the real woman behind Madonna’s carefully constructed mythology and glittering façade. From their shared Michigan childhood, which Madonna transcended to whisk Christopher to Manhattan with her in the early eighties—Christopher was with her every step of the way, experiencing all her incarnations firsthand. The spoiled daddy’s girl, the punk drummer, the raunchy Boy Toy, Material Girl, Mrs. Sean Penn, Warren Beatty’s glamorous Hollywood paramour, loving mother, Mrs. Guy Ritchie, English grande dame—Christopher witnessed and understood all of them, as his own life was inexorably entwined with that of his chameleon sister. He tangled with a cast of characters from artist Jean- Michel Basquiat, to Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Moss, Demi Moore, and, of course, Guy Ritchie, whose advent in Madonna’s life splintered the loving relationship Christopher once had with her. The mirror image of his legendary sister, with his acid Ciccone tongue, Christopher pulls no punches as he tells his astonishing story.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/53251 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pollyanna Author: Eleanor H. Porter Narrator: Gayle Hunnicutt, Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 31 minutes Release date: July 2, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 5 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of the classic American tale, starring Gayle Hunnicutt. When Pollyanna's father dies, she is sent to live with her only surviving relative, the rich but stern Aunt Polly. Pollyanna's joy soon turns to disappointment when her spinster aunt gives her a cold greeting and tells her she is to stay in the attic. It's not the welcome Pollyanna expected, but she soon regains her spirits, playing the ‘glad game’ her father taught her. Nancy, the maid, is charmed by Pollyanna and soon the girl's infectious optimism wins the hearts of everyone in town from the reclusive Mr Pendleton to the shy Dr Chilton. Everyone, that is, except Aunt Polly, who refuses to succumb to her young niece's charm. It is not until a tragic accident occurs, which leaves even Pollyanna struggling to find a way to feel glad, that her maiden aunt finally unwraps her heart from years of bitterness. This BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation retains the spirit of childlike innocence and optimism that has made Pollyanna a favourite amongst generations of children and adults.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/53252 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Paul Temple And The Madison Mystery Author: Francis Durbridge Narrator: Gerda Stevenson, Crawford Logan, Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 40 minutes Release date: July 2, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: From 1938 to 1969 crime novelist and detective Paul Temple and his Fleet Street journalist wife Steve solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular serials. They inhabit a sophisticated, well-dressed world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women are chic and the men wear cravats - and where Sir Graham Forbes of Scotland Yard always needs Paul's help with a tricky case. Returning from America by ocean liner, the Temples enjoy the company of their fellow passengers, only to find one of them dead the next morning - and when Paul and Steve get home to London, Sir Graham is waiting to plunge them into one of their most thrilling and dangerous adventures, the pursuit of a ruthless international gang of counterfeiters. As knives fly and bombs explode, the key to the puzzle seems to lie in a coin on the end of a watch-chain... This new production for BBC Radio 4 uses the original scripts, vintage sound effects and much of the original incidental music from a lost archive 1949 production. As far as possible, it is a technical and stylistic replica of how that production might have sounded had its recording survived.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/52668 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 15 Minute Musical: The Complete Fourth BBC Radio Series Author: Richie Webb, David Quantick, Dave Cohen Narrator: Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 24 minutes Release date: June 2, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The complete fourth series of brief musical comedies – as heard on BBC Radio 4. These musical comedies contain some of the most foot-tapping satire you’ll ever hear... * ‘Westminster Side Story’ – Gordon Brown and David Cameron are two gang leaders with nothing to fight about. * ‘Life on Noel’ – Noel Edmonds wakes up in 2007 and is desperate to return to 1973 in this 70s glam-rock musical. * ‘How Do You Stop a Woman Like Camilla?’ – Camilla Parker Bowles leaves the convent to help look after Charles Von Windsor’s huge family of two boys. * ‘When You Wish upon a Car’ – a tornado dumps Jeremy Clarkson under the rainbow in the car-free and pedestrian-friendly Land of Oz. * ‘The Princess and the Frog Chorus’ – Ringo Starr narrates a tabloid fairytale about Heather, a young princess, and Paul, a not-so-young mega-rich pop prince. * ‘Around the World in 15 Minutes’ – Tony Phileas Blair accepts a bet from Gordon Brown that he can’t solve the world’s problems in a quarter of an hour. The complete fourth BBC Radio 4 series by Dave Cohen, David Quantick and Richie Webb.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/52670 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Betjeman's Britain Poems From The BBC Archive Author: John Betjeman Narrator: John Betjeman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 3 minutes Release date: June 2, 2008 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Sir John Betjeman was one of the best-known and loved Poet Laureates. Even after his death, his popularity continues to garner acclaim and new admirers. Fortunately, he left behind a legacy of poetry readings and performances in the BBC archives that can be enjoyed in this comprehensive collection. Selected from over thirty years of radio and television programmes, this compilation includes the very best of his performances and the most popular of his poems, among them 'Metro-land'; 'A Subaltern’s Lovesong'; 'Diary of a Church Mouse'; 'In a Bath Teashop'; 'Pot Pourri from a Surrey Garden'; 'Youth and Age on Beaulieu River'; 'Trebetherick'; 'Myfanwy at Oxford'; 'Back from Australia' and 'Death at Leamington'.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/52678 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Are Klang Author: Marek Larwood, Steve Hall, Greg Davies Narrator: Marek Larwood, Steve Hall, Greg Davies Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 52 minutes Release date: June 2, 2008 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The specially commissioned BBC radio series from the trio who were nominated for an if.comedy award. 'We Are Klang' are three stand-up comedians: Greg Davies - ‘a very fat Rik Mayall’ - Steve Hall - ‘a poor man’s David Baddiel’ - and the hairless Marek Larwood - ‘a homeless Matt Lucas’. Their sell out Edinburgh show was nominated for an if.comedy (formerly Perrier) award and this spoof radio series was specially commissioned for BBC7 and written and performed by 'We Are Klang' - we hear some tall tales in these Amazing Lives... When ‘Britain’s most ridiculous alcoholic’ sets his heart on becoming a war poet, little does he realise that his poetry will kill as many people as the Vietnam War itself. As for Max Phantasmo, well his stand-up routines are so bad he’s been banned from performing in public. Even the US President spoke out against him. ‘Travelling, meeting people, growing beards and dysentery. What does exploring mean to us?’ In one episode we meet two of the UK’s most celebrated explorers. They have stared death in the face (and it’s like waking up next to Judy Finnigan). Lastly, we hear about Gummy Monkey, the controversial Broadway musical, which ran for just three days. Likened to Monty Python, The Times declared, ‘this is stupid comedy done with great intelligence’. ‘I have seen the future of comedy and it is We Are Klang’ - Evening Standard

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/51612 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pam Ayres In Potting On Author: Christoper Thompson, Peter Reynolds, Pam Ayres Narrator: Geoffrey Whitehead, Pam Ayres, Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 48 minutes Release date: April 7, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Pam and Gordon Grant are a couple at odds running a rural garden centre. While Pam still feels young and is determined to avoid the slippery slope into middle-age, Gordon seems keen to dive in - slippers first. Pam’s ally at the garden centre is teenager Carol, a girl more than happy to speak her mind. If only, Gordon complains, there was something in her peroxide head apart from boob jobs, alco-pops, Johnny Depp and bronzed chests smothered in baby oil... Naïve deputy manager Dave, though older than Carol, is smitten. Luckily, he has Pam to advise him on the route to Carol’s heart: like pointing out that metal detecting is NOT a good idea for a hot date! And how could the garden centre survive without the ancient and, quite frankly, bizarre Roy, the highly inaccurate singer of pop songs and runner-up in the Gloucester beauty pageant? Will Pam’s last fling at life, adventure and fun overcome Gordon’s passion for comfortable trousers, caravanning and penny-pinching? Let battle among the begonias commence!

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/51617 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Victoria's Empire Author: Victoria Wood Narrator: Victoria Wood Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 23 minutes Release date: April 7, 2008 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: One of Britain’s most popular writers and comedians journeys through the British Empire - as seen on BBC TV. Victoria Wood was named after Queen Victoria. So who better to take us on a journey through the British Empire? The story of the Empire is a key part of the story of Queen Victoria’s reign and the Empire was the largest the world had ever known, covering a fifth of the earth’s surface and including a quarter of its population. Victoria’s mammoth journey takes in the beauty and splendour of Hong Kong, Borneo, Ghana, Jamaica, Newfoundland, New Zealand and Australia before she finishes at the Victoria Falls in Zambia. ‘Britain used to be top country. English was top language and pink was the colour on the maps. Now when people talk about it, the Empire’s an embarrassment, something slightly regrettable.’ With those thoughts, Victoria didn’t know what she would find, or what welcome she would get from those countries that have evolved since being colonised, and that was her journey: tip-toeing round the remnants of the Empire to all those places named after the grumpy-looking monarch who never went further than the Isle of Wight. 'Victoria’s Empire' is read by Victoria Wood and Russell Boulter and is a worldwide journey of a lifetime seen through the eyes of one of our most popular celebrities.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/51608 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Complete Barchester Chronicles: The Complete Author: Anthony Trollope Narrator: Leo Mckern, Kenneth Cranham, David Haig, Simon Russell Beale, Brenda Blethyn, Amanda Root, Full Cast, Eleanor Bron, Anna Massey, Rosemary Leach, Alex Jennings, Emma Fielding Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 50 minutes Release date: April 7, 2008 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The acclaimed BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Anthony Trollope's gently satirical tales of provincial life One of the most respected, successful chroniclers of nineteenth-century life, Anthony Trollope is still widely read and much-loved today. The Barchester Chronicles - witty moral comedies with a wonderful range of characters - are among his most popular tales. The first in the series, The Warden, finds Rev. Harding forced to question the moral basis of the life he is leading; and in the sequel, Barchester Towers, the Reverend is now plain Mr Harding, bound up in a tale of intrigue, hypocrisy and ambition that will delight the listener. Dr Thorne is a gripping drama of wealth and wedlock; while Framley Parsonage tells the story of a naive, ambitious young clergyman whose unwise associations bring him to the brink of ruin. The Small House at Allington explores the power of devotion, in the form of Lily Dale’s love for self-seeking Adolphus Crosbie. Finally, The Last Chronicle of Barset sees the most popular characters from Trollope’s earlier novels, including the Proudies, Lily, Mr Harding and Archdeacon Grantly, reunited in a moving tale of honesty triumphing over hypocrisy. Nearly twenty hours of ironic, witty and wonderfully written drama is contained in this collection. With a star cast including Brenda Blethyn, Eleanor Bron, Kenneth Cranham, Anna Massey, Leo McKern, Simon Russell Beale, Amanda Root, Alex Jennings, David Haig, Rosemary Leach and Emma Fielding, it is guaranteed to appeal to all fans of Trollope’s comic masterpieces. © 2008 BBC Audiobooks Ltd (P) 2008 BBC Audiobooks Ltd

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/51621 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Animal Fair & Other Stories Author: Various, Philip Hawthorn Narrator: Various Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 12 minutes Release date: April 7, 2008 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Listen and Play encourages the pre-school child to observe the world with theirs ears! Each audiobook contains an exciting mix of songs, nursery rhymes, sound puzzles and tongue twisters and finishes with a short story. Listen and Play offers more than just songs, more than just stories, more than just rhymes. It takes a journey through sound that offers the pre-school child the opportunity to interact with the audio. Ideal for young children listening at bedtime or in the car, includes favourites such as: The Wheels On The Bus; On The Farm; and Beside the Seaside.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/59158 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Just In: What I Couldn't Tell You on TV Author: Bob Schieffer Narrator: Bob Schieffer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 15 minutes Release date: March 11, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: It has been a remarkable career for Bob Schieffer, the chief Washington correspondent for CBS News. He is trusted by countless Americans to cover the stories that matter. During his extraordinary career, he has won six Emmys. In 2002 the National Press Foundation hailed him as the Broadcaster of the Year. Now the highly respected veteran newsman shares the stories he's long kept under wraps in a book The Washington Post says 'is everything a memoir should be-candid, funny, and loaded with great stories about famous people .' Schieffer goes beyond the news everyone is familiar with to share the compelling anecdotes only his colleagues were previously privy to. Says the author, 'I want to tell you about the parts that didn't get on television or in the paper .' The result is an eye-opening glimpse behind the scenes of the news business. Whether the topic is the Nixon White House or Vietnam, the JFK assassination or the 1968 election, Schieffer has a story to tell that you simply have not heard before-but are almost certain to find fascinating. Schieffer reads his own work here, delivering a pitch-perfect narration that captures every nuance of his witty and wise insights.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/50145 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Archers Ambridge Affair: Heartache At Home Farm Author: Various Narrator: Angela Piper, Caroline Lennon, Charles Collingwood, Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 33 minutes Release date: December 3, 2007 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: An extraordinary tale of desire, betrayal and death from Britain's longest running and best loved radio serial. Wealthy, philandering gentleman farmer Brian Aldridge embarked on a casual fling with freelance translator Siobhan Hathaway, but what ensued was the most explosive affair in the history of Ambridge. After a series of secret trysts, Siobhan got pregnant, and the whole affair came out into the open. Although devastated, Brian's wife Jennifer stood by her man, and promised to forgive him as long as his mistress left Ambridge forever. Siobhan embarked on a new life in Germany taking with her baby Ruari, the son that Brian had always wanted. For a while, it seemed as though the Aldridge family could get back to normal: until Siobhan returned with devastating news that looked set to turn everyone's lives upside down... For the Archers faithful and those who are joining the residents of Ambridge for the first time, this epic saga makes for compelling listening.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/49581 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life Author: Steve Martin Narrator: Steve Martin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 3 minutes Release date: November 20, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.22 of Total 148 Ratings of Narrator: 4.81 of Total 21 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The riveting, mega-bestselling, beloved and highly acclaimed memoir of a man, a vocation, and an era named one of the ten best nonfiction titles of the year by Time and Entertainment Weekly. In the mid-seventies, Steve Martin exploded onto the comedy scene. By 1978 he was the biggest concert draw in the history of stand-up. In 1981 he quit forever. This book is, in his own words, the story of “why I did stand-up and why I walked away.” Emmy and Grammy Award–winner, author of the acclaimed New York Times bestsellers Shopgirl and The Pleasure of My Company, and a regular contributor to The New Yorker, Martin has always been a writer. His memoir of his years in stand-up is candid, spectacularly amusing, and beautifully written. At age ten Martin started his career at Disneyland, selling guidebooks in the newly opened theme park. In the decade that followed, he worked in the Disney magic shop and the Bird Cage Theatre at Knott’s Berry Farm, performing his first magic/comedy act a dozen times a week. The story of these years, during which he practiced and honed his craft, is moving and revelatory. The dedication to excellence and innovation is formed at an astonishingly early age and never wavers or wanes. Martin illuminates the sacrifice, discipline, and originality that made him an icon and informs his work to this day. To be this good, to perform so frequently, was isolating and lonely. It took Martin decades to reconnect with his parents and sister, and he tells that story with great tenderness. Martin also paints a portrait of his times—the era of free love and protests against the war in Vietnam, the heady irreverence of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour in the late sixties, and the transformative new voice of Saturday Night Live in the seventies. Throughout the text, Martin has placed photographs, many never seen before. Born Standing Up is a superb testament to the sheer tenacity, focus, and daring of one of the greatest and most iconoclastic comedians of all time.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/50015 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Author: Douglas Adams Narrator: Harry Enfield, Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 37 minutes Release date: November 8, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Dirk Gently has an unshakeable belief in the interconnectedness of all things, but his Holistic Detective Agency mainly succeeds in tracking down missing cats for old ladies. Then Dirk stumbles upon an old friend behaving bizarrely - and is drawn into a four-billion year old mystery that must be solved if the human race is to avoid immediate extinction. Harry Enfield stars as Douglas Adams's much-loved psychic sleuth, with Billy Boyd, Andrew Sachs, Jim Carter and Olivia Colman ('Peepshow'). Considered by many Adams fans to be as funny - if darker - than The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, this adventure features everything from quantum physics to missing cats, via Coleridge, Bach and an Electric Monk. This is the first of two series adapted from the 'Dirk Gently' books, directed by Dirk Maggs, who was chosen by Douglas Adams to conclude the award-winning The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, and this release contains nearly one hour of additional unbroadcast material.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/47723 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mark Tully's India Author: Mark Tully Narrator: Mark Tully Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 33 minutes Release date: August 6, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Sir Mark Tully was the BBC’s Foreign Correspondent in India from 1972 to 1994. He has become familiar to listeners around the world for his incisive and thought-provoking reports. On this special recording, he looks back at a career that coincided with a remarkable period in Indian history. As well as the assassination of two Indian Prime Ministers - Indira Gandhi and her son Rajiv - Mark Tully reported the storming of the Sikh Golden Temple, the horrific aftermath of the Bhopal gas disaster, and the conflict between the Hindus and the Muslims after the demolition of a mosque at Ayodhya.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/47727 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Kraken Wakes, The (Classic Radio Sci-Fi) Author: John Wyndham Narrator: Saira Todd, Jonathan Cake, Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 26 minutes Release date: August 6, 2007 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: At first the fireballs seemed to be nothing more than a dazzling display of lights in the sky, plunging into the deepest oceans and disappearing without trace. But, when ships started sinking inexplicably and the sea-lanes became impassable, it seemed that the world was facing a threat of unprecedented proportions. Mike and Phyllis Watson, both radio journalists, are caught up in the centre of events, well aware that it’s not the cold war or international conflicts that are causing these events, but something infinitely more deadly – an alien invasion. And that’s not all: the sea level is rising, the ice caps are melting, London and other cities are flooding, millions of people are drowning and ecological disaster looms. And, whatever the alien beings are, they have begun to emerge from the sea... A science fiction story full of contemporary resonances, from the fear of global warming to the distrust of official information and propaganda, and the ultimate fear of a challenge to the supremacy of human beings on Earth.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/47726 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf Author: Toby Hadoke Narrator: Louise Jameson, Toby Hadoke, Colin Baker, Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 55 minutes Release date: August 6, 2007 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Actor and comedian Toby Hadoke’s hilarious and touching one-man show was a huge hit at the Edinburgh Fringe, and his nationwide tour was just as successful. This two-part adaptation, based on the stage show and starring Toby Hadoke, Louise Jameson and with a cameo by Colin Baker, is a celebration of Doctor Who for fans and novices alike. Toby Hadoke was born to love Doctor Who. To Toby – a shy, weedy kid whose dad had left home – the Doctor was a hero, and the show a lifeline he clung to throughout his childhood. He kept the faith when other boys mocked him, girlfriends dumped him and (worst of all) Doctor Who was cancelled. After living in the closet for 16 years, finally the time has arrived to come out and admit it: yes, he is a Doctor Who fan and proud of it. Climb aboard award-winning comedian Toby Hadoke’s TARDIS on a trip through time, charting the rise, fall and rise again of a television legend through his voice-overs and reminiscences. A swift, personal, satirical and razor-sharp comic odyssey from child to man, through obsession, joy and disappointment, this will thrill and delight both hardcore fans and those who wouldn’t know a Slitheen from a Silurian.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/47741 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ken Dodd Show Author: Ken Dodd Narrator: Gretchen Franklin, Jo Manning Wilson, Ken Dodd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 47 minutes Release date: July 2, 2007 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The Squire of Knotty Ash waves his tickling stick in these four inimitable BBC Radio episodes. Welcome to Doddy's world of whimsy, where the puns fly thick and fast, and the quips are as surreal as they are saucy. With mirth-quaking jokes and a juggernaut of japes, Ken Dodd gives us his own unique take on topics as diverse as the European Union, sport, the good things in life and people who have shocked the world. There are also favourite Doddy ballads, including 'Because of You', 'Morning Please Don’t Come' and 'Love Me with All of Your Heart'. In this feast of entertainment, join Doddy and just suppose what life would be like if everything were topsy-turvy, or there was no such thing as different sexes. Find out who's making history in the Brown Ale Book of Records, and examine last week's news and events with the Hindsight Team. And ponder the great questions of life with Professor Chuckabutty - like, do electricians flex their muscles? Should we be ruled by Brussels, or leeks? Is tossing the caber just a clever Scotsman's way of getting a stolen telegraph pole home? Featuring special guests including Gretchen Franklin, Jo Manning Wilson, Hugh Paddick and Talfryn Thomas, this is a star-studded extravaganza that makes 'Gone with the Wind' seem like a hiccup.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/46753 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Birds Author: Daphne du Maurier Narrator: Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 56 minutes Release date: June 4, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Here is a BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Daphne du Maurier's classic tale of horror. The idea for this famous story came to du Maurier one day when she was walking across to a farm from her house. She saw a farmer busily ploughing a field while above him the seagulls were diving and wheeling. She developed an idea about the birds becoming hostile and attacking him.In her story, the birds become hostile after a harsh winter with little food. First the seagulls, then birds of prey, and finally even small birds all turn against mankind. The nightmarish vision appealed to Alfred Hitchcock, who turned it into the celebrated film. ©2014 Audible, Inc. (P)2014 Audible, Inc.