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A specially compiled collection including interviews and ‘Letter from America’ broadcasts, charting the career of journalist Alistair Cooke. Introduced by Nick Clarke, Cooke’s biographer.
Alan Bennett stars in a radio production of his satirical comedy ‘Forty Years On’ (1968). The plot concerns a soon-to-retire headmaster who attempts to bestow his nostalgia-ridden influence on the...
Recording of a 1963 broadcast of Dylan Thomas’s radio play ‘Under Milk Wood: A Play for Voices’, with Richard Burton. This version contains several passages omitted from the first recording in 1954....
Extracts of John Gielgud’s radio performances, collected from the BBC Archive. Includes ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ with Edith Evans, ‘Arms and the Man’, ‘Richard II’, ‘Measure for...
Three two-audiocassette packs containing collected excerpts from ‘The Archers’ radio serial drama, which was first broadcast on 1 January 1951. 1 (1988): These early episodes set the scene for the...
An audio portrait of JRR Tolkein (1892-1973) examining both Tolkein the man and the worlds he created. Brian Sibley, one of the dramatists of the BBC Radio 4 production of ‘Lord of the Rings’, draws...
In 1992 British Inventor Trevor Baylis invented a clockwork radio as a response to a need for spreading healthcare information in Africa. Traces the story of his invention from rejection to mass production...
A celebration of 75 years of BBC Radio, containing programme extracts selected with a view to capturing not only the history but also the essence of the period. Includes the first-ever broadcast, the General...
Series examining obesity, using case studies and interviews with leading scientists. In 3 parts: 1) Born to Be Fat: research has established a link between obesity and the absence of leptin, a hormone that...
A reading of ‘The Highway Code’ by Martin Jarvis and Rosalind Ayres, presenting learner drivers and other road users a simple way to become familiar with the basic rules of the road.
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