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BBC Audio Books are known for their excellent quality, both the production and the editing of these audiobooks are truly first class.

Naturally, with their national author, William Shakespeare, they have a great base of pieces and books, that are well known all over the world. This paired with the best Shakespeare actors there are (or sadly were, as some are not among us anymore) helps them to create truly exceptional audios that are a great pleasure to listen to.

Shakespeare Audio Books

Also, based in the radio shows of the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation), and with the help of many excellent comedians and stand up comedy experts, they offer a great range of comedy and radio show audio books that stand heand and shoulders above the rest.

British Radio Shows

Or take the likes of Agatha Christie and her great detective stories, or Sir Conan Doyle with Sherlock Holmes, these two authors and the great narration make for cpativating listening hours anytime!

In short, if you read BBC audiobook on the label, you buy without having to think , you are sure to get only the best!

BBC Audio Books - A Brand with Tradition and Quality 

BBC AudioBooks - The Company

BBC Audio Books have a long tradition, and they are of an extremely high quality.

BBC Audiobooks was formed in 2001, with the integration of three leading audio businesses: BBC Radio Collection, Cover to Cover and Chivers Press. The main offices of BBC Audio Books are in the beautiful city of Bath, and they also operate an American business, BBC Audiobooks America, based in Rhode Island USA.

As well as audio, BBC Audiobooks also runs a Large Print Books business, which provides titles to UK and international libraries and a direct mail business, the Audiobook Collection.

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BBC - The British Broadcasting Corporation 

The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually referred to by its abbreviation "the BBC", is the world's largest broadcaster. In common with the public broadcasting organisations of many other European countries, it is funded yearly by a television licence fee. This is charged to all UK households owning a television capable of receiving broadcasts, rather than being underwritten directly by the UK Government. Formally, this is because the BBC was founded by, and is operating under, a Royal Charter granted by the British monarch.

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BBC Radio 4 

BBC Radio 4 is a domestic UK radio station that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967.History of the BBC: 1960s

Radio 4 is part of the Royal Navy's system of Last Resort Letters. In the event of a suspected catastrophic attack on the United Kingdom, submarine commanders check for a broadcast signal from Radio 4 to verify annihilation of the homeland.http://www.slate.com/id/2208219/

Audio Book Production 

An audiobook is a recording that is primarily of the spoken word as opposed to music. While it is often based on a recording of commercially available printed material, this is not always the case. It was not intended to be descriptive of the word "book" but is rather a recorded spoken program in its own right and not necessarily an audio version of a book.

Spoken audio was originally primarily available in school and public libraries and to a lesser extent in music shops. It was not until the 1980s that there began a concerted effort to attract book retailers. As book publishers entered the field of spoken-word publishing, the transition to book retailers carrying audiobooks became commonplace on bookshelves rather than in separate displays.

To put it simply, it is textual content (usually, that of a regular book) spoken and recorded onto a medium such as CDs or cassettes. This makes the content accessible to the blind or illiterate and on occasions when reading is impractical or impossible, e.g., driving or exercising.

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15 Minute Musical - BBC Radio 4 Comedy - Download 

BBC Radio 4 Comedy written by Richie Webb, David Quantick and Dave Cohen

15 Minute Musical - The third series aired from August 2006, featuring:

1. Manager Mia - A tribute to former England football manager Sven-Göran Eriksson and the songs of ABBA
2. S.S. Metaphor - Kate Moss and Pete Doherty star in an unbreakable love affair on an unsinkable ship
3. Oh! What a Lovely Blair - Field Marshal Corporal Lieutenant General Tony Blair in the trenches
4. The Court of King Michael of Parkinson - Who will take Michael Parkinson's prog rock chat show throne?
5. The Blue Brothers - Dave 'Cocaine' Cameron and Boris 'Bonkers' Johnson are on a mission - to save the Conservative Party orphange
6. The Three Smugateers - Chris Martagnan and friends make the world safe for his p'tit bébé, Pomme

15 Minute Musical - The fourth series aired from September 2007, featuring:

1. Westminster Side Story - Gordon Brown and David Cameron are the two gang leaders with nothing to fight about.
2. Life on Noel - Noel Edmonds wakes up in 2007 and is desperate to return to 1973.
3. 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.
4. When You Wish upon a Car - A tornado dumps Jeremy Clarkson under the rainbow in the Land of Oz.
5. The Princess and the Frog Chorus - A fairytale about young princess Heather (Mills) and not-so-young prince Paul (McCartney).
6. Around the World in 15 Minutes - in which Tony Phileas Blair takes a bet from Gordon Brown.
15 Minute Musical Series 3 - Dave Cohen, David Quantick & Richie Web - MP3 Audio Book - Humor Audios / Radio Shows Humor Audio Books
Download MP3 BBC Audio Book: The complete third series of musical comedies - as heard on BBC Radio 4. These musical comedies contain some of the most foot-tapping satire you'll ever hear. - Dave Cohen, David Quantick & Richie Web - Narrator: Full Cast
15 Minute Musical Series 4 - Dave Cohen, David Quantick & Richie Web - MP3 Audio Book - Humor Audios / Radio Shows Humor Audio Books
Download BBC MP3 Audio Book: The complete fourth series of brief musical comedies - as heard on BBC Radio 4. - Dave Cohen, David Quantick & Richie Web - Narrator: Full Cast - Quality Audiobooks from AudioBooksCorner.com

Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - BBC Audiobooks

Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Conan Doyle - Audio Book Download 

Sir Conan Doyle - Author of the Famous Sherlock Holmed Detective Stories

Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Volume 1 - Arthur Conan Doyle - MP3 Audio Book - Fiction Audio Books / Detective Fiction
BBC Audio Book: Clive Merrison and Michael Williams star as Holmes and Watson in the first collection of stories from the unique fully dramatised BBC Radio 4 canon - Arthur Conan Doyle
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Volume 2 - Arthur Conan Doyle - MP3 Audio Book - Fiction Audio Books / Detective Fiction
BBC Audio Book: A collection of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's greatest achivements, this compilation really will get the brain ticking... - Arthur Conan Doyle
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Volume 3 - Arthur Conan Doyle - MP3 Audio Book - Fiction Audio Books / Detective Fiction
BBC Audio Book: Clive Merrison and Michael Williams star as Holmes and Watson in the first collection of stories from the unique fully dramatised BBC Radio 4 canon... - Arthur Conan Doyle - Narrator: Clive Merrison and Michael Williams - Quality Audiobooks from AudioBooksCorner.com

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Agatha Raisin - BBC Audio Book

Agatha Raisin - Full-cast BBC Radio 4 Dramas 

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Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener and other stories - M C Beaton - MP3 Audio Book - Arts & Drama on Audio / Dramatizations - Full Cast Audio Productions
BBC Audio Book: Penelope Keith stars as Agatha Raisin in four more full-cast BBC Radio 4 dramas. - M C Beaton - Narrator: Full Cast Production - Quality Audiobooks from AudioBooksCorner.com
Agatha Raisin and the The Quiche Of Death and other stories - M C Beaton - MP3 Audio Book - Arts & Drama on Audio / Dramatizations - Full Cast Audio Productions
BBC Audio Book: Penelope Keith stars as Agatha Raisin in three full-cast BBC Radio 4 dramas. - M C Beaton - Narrator: Full Cast Production - Quality Audiobooks from AudioBooksCorner.com

Alan Bennett 

Alan Bennett is both unsparing and compassionate in laying bare his characters' frailties. This can be seen in his television plays for LWT in the late 1970s and the BBC in the early 1980s, and in the 1987 Talking Heads series of monologues for television which were later performed at the Comedy Theatre in London in 1992.

This was a sextet of poignantly comic pieces, each of which depicted several stages in the character's decline from an initial state of denial or ignorance of their predicament, through a slow realization of the hopelessness of their situation, and progressing to a bleak or ambiguous conclusion. A second set of six Talking Heads pieces followed a decade later.

Alan Bennett (born 9 May 1934) is an English author, actor, humorist and playwright.

Alan Bennett Actor, Author and Playwright

Alan Bennett BBC Audio Books Downloads 

Alan and Thora - Alan Bennett - MP3 Audio Book - Radio Show Audios / British Radio Shows
BBC Audio Book: Alan Bennett introduces three monologues starring Thora Hird including her final performance. - Alan Bennett
Alan Bennett - Double Bill - Alan Bennett - MP3 Audio Book - Arts & Drama on Audio / Dramatizations - Full Cast Audio Productions
BBC MP3 Audio Book: In this brilliant forerunner to Bennett's series Talking Heads monologues, Patricia Routledge plays Margaret Schofield. a woman whose existence revolves around the gossip and minutiae of office life.. - Alan Bennett
Alan Bennett - Three Plays - Alan Bennett - MP3 Audio Book - Arts & Drama on Audio / Dramatizations - Full Cast Audio Productions
BBC Audio Book: Alan Bennett's three classic BBC Radio full-cast dramas; Kafka's Dick, Forty Years On and An Englishman Abroad... - Alan Bennett
Alan Bennett - Triple Bill - Alan Bennett - MP3 Audio Book - Radio Show Audios / Drama Audio Theater
BBC MP3 Audio Book: Three classic Alan Bennett adaptations, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and released for the first time on audio. - Alan Bennett - Narrator: Alan Bennett
Alan Bennett at the BBC - Alan Bennett - MP3 Audio Book - Arts & Drama on Audio / Biographies & Diaries (Spoken Word)
BBC Audio Book: Alan Bennett presents highlights from his remarkable career at the BBC. - Alan Bennett - Narrator: Alan Bennett
Alan Bennett: A Visit From Miss Protheroe - Alan Bennett - MP3 Audio Book - Radio Show Audios / British Radio Shows
BBC Audio Book: Since Mr Dodsworth retired, he has had all the time in the world. Then he has a visitor from his old firm's Miss Prothero, who is eager to tell him all the news. - Alan Bennett - Narrator: Alan Bennett
Alan Bennett: Say Something Happened - Alan Bennett - MP3 Audio Book - Radio Show Audios / British Radio Shows
BBC Audio Book: Taken from Alan Bennett: Triple Bill, April 2007 Release. A naive, inexperienced social worker calls on an elderly couple; but does she need more help than they do? - Alan Bennett - Narrator: Alan Bennett
Alan Bennett: Single Spies: An Englishman Abroad & A Question of Attribution - Alan Bennett - MP3 Audio Book - Arts & Drama on Audio / Dramatizations - Full Cast Audio Productions
BBC Audio Book: A critically-acclaimed double bill of Alan Bennett plays, originally performed at the National Theatre and adapted for BBC Radio 4... - Alan Bennett
Alan Bennett: The Uncommon Reader - Alan Bennett - MP3 Audio Book - Radio Show Audios / British Radio Shows
BBC Audio Book: Alan Bennett Reads his new story about HM the Queen's all-consuming new interest, as heard on BBC Radio 4. - Alan Bennett - Narrator: Alan Bennett
Alan Bennett: Two In Torquay - Alan Bennett - MP3 Audio Book - Radio Show Audios / British Radio Shows
BBC Audio Book: Taken from Alan Bennett: Triple Bill, April 2007 Release. A middle-aged man and a middle-aged woman engage in polite conversation in a hotel on the Cornish Riviera. - Alan Bennett - Narrator: Alan Bennett
An Englishman Abroad - Alan Bennett - MP3 Audio Book - Biography Audio Books / Musicians, Artists & Drama Biographies
BBC Audio Book: Michael Gambon and Penelope Wilton star as Guy Burgess and Coral Browne in this BBC Radio Full-cast drama based on a real-life chance encounter - Alan Bennett
Clothes They Stood Up In - Alan Bennett - MP3 Audio Book - Radio Show Audios / Drama Audio Theater
BBC MP3 Audio Book: Nothing will ever be quite the same, even when their possessions mysteriously turn up again, exactly as they left them... Sad and funny, poignant and perceptive, this is Bennett at his brilliant best. - Alan Bennett - Narrator: Alan Bennett

Dad's Army 

British sitcom about the Home Guard in the Second World War

Dad's Army was a British sitcom about the Home Guard in the Second World War. It was written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft and broadcast on BBC television between 1968 and 1977. The series ran for 9 series and 80 episodes in total, plus a radio series, a feature film and a stage show. The series regularly gained audiences of 18 million viewers and is still repeated today on BBC Two.

The Home Guard consisted of local volunteers otherwise ineligible for military service, usually owing to age, and as such the series starred several veterans of British film, television and stage, including Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Arnold Ridley and John Laurie. Relative youngsters in the regular cast were Ian Lavender, Clive Dunn (who was made-up to play the elderly Jones), Frank Williams and James Beck, who died suddenly during production of the programme's sixth series, despite being one of the youngest cast members.

In 2004, Dads Army was voted into fourth place in a BBC poll to find Britains Best Sitcom. Previously, in a list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes drawn up by the British Film Institute in 2000, voted for by industry professionals, it was placed thirteenth. British Film Institute TV100 URL accessed 4 June 2006 The series has had a profound influence on popular culture in the United Kingdom, with the series' catchphrases and characters well known. It is also credited with having highlighted a hitherto forgotten aspect of defence during World War II. The Radio Times magazine listed Captain Mainwaring's "You stupid boy!" among the 25 greatest put-downs on TV.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7264321.stm BBC NEWS | Entertainment | TV's top 25 put-downs published]

Dad's Army by Jimmy Perry and David Croft

Dad's Army - BBC Audio Books Download 

Audios of this great TV sitcom from 1968 and 1977.

In this series there are a total of 16 BBC audio books ready for immediate download:

Dad's Army Series Audio Downloads.
Dad's Army - Volume 1 - Jimmy Perry and David Crofts - MP3 Audio Book - Radio Show Audios / British Radio Shows
BBC Audio Book: Four BBC Radio 4 Episodes from Jimmy Perry and David Crofts classic wartime comedy. - Jimmy Perry and David Crofts - Narrator: Full Cast Production - Quality Audiobooks from AudioBooksCorner.com
Dad's Army - Volume 2 - Jimmy Perry and David Crofts - MP3 Audio Book - Radio Show Audios / British Radio Shows
BBC Audio Book: Four BBC Radio 4 Episodes from Jimmy Perry and David Crofts classic wartime comedy. - Jimmy Perry and David Crofts - Narrator: Full Cast Performance - Quality Audiobooks from AudioBooksCorner.com
Dad's Army - Volume 3 - Jimmy Perry and David Crofts - MP3 Audio Book - Radio Show Audios / British Radio Shows
BBC Audio Book: Four BBC Radio 4 Episodes from Jimmy Perry and David Crofts classic wartime comedy. - Jimmy Perry and David Crofts - Narrator: Full Cast Performance - Quality Audiobooks from AudioBooksCorner.com

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