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Alistair Cooke at the BBC (1999 Audio)

aka: Alistair Cooke’s ‘Letter from America’ Vol 3

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, 2 audiocassettes. 160 min., 2001 sale: £9.99 (inclusive)

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.

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Richard II (2000 Audio)

Series

BBC Radio Collection

Richard II adapted for radio, with Samuel West as Richard II and Joss Ackland as John of Gaunt. Introduced by Richard Eyre.

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John Gielgud at the BBC (2000 Audio)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, 2 audiocassettes. 180 min., 2000 sale: £9.99 (inclusive)

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...

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Alistair Cooke’s ‘Letter from America’ (1993 Audio)

Subject

History; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, 2 audiocassettes. 170 min., 2000 sale: £9.99 (inclusive)

A collection of 12 Alistair Cooke broadcasts from 1946 to 1968. Cooke presents his opinions and reflections on topics ranging from the decisions of presidents and prime ministers to sporting triumphs,...

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Forty Years on (2000 Audio)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, 2 audiocassettes. 95 min. 2 compact discs. 95 min., 2000 sale: £9.99 (inclusive) audiocassette 2000 sale: £12.99 (inclusive) CD

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...

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Jrr Tolkein: An Audio Portrait (2001 Audio)

Subject

Literature

Distribution

Sale, 2 audiocassettes. 110 min. 2 compact discs. 110 min., 2001 audiocassette sale: £9.99 (inclusive) 2001 CD sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

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...

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Under Milk Wood (Audio-Bbc) (1963 Audio)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, 2 audiocassettes. 100 min. 2 compact discs. 100 min., 2000 audiocassette sale: £9.99 (inclusive) 2000 CD sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

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....

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Highway Code, The (2001 Audio)

Subject

Health & safety

Distribution

Sale, 2 audiocassettes. 150 min., 2001 sale: £9.99 (inclusive)

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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75 Years of the BBC (1997 Audio)

Subject

History; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, Compact disc. 110 min., 2000 sale: £12.99 (+p&p) (CD)

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...

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Alistair Cooke’s ‘Letter from America’ Vol 2 (1995 Audio)

Subject

History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, 2 audiocassettes. 180 min., 2000 sale: £9.99 (inclusive)

A selection of 12 ‘Letter from America’ broadcasts since 1969 chosen by Cooke himself. Topics include the eight-year-old girl who started the American civil rights movement, reflections on 1960s’...

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