Alan Bennett , master storyteller, reads four of his highly-acclaimed stories
The Lady in the Van - An eccentric old lady and her van are told to move on by the council, but a kind homeowner invites her to live in his garden. In this bizarre tale, the homeowner is Alan Bennett and the woman stays for fifteen years. As heard on BBC Radio 4, this edition also includes the short story. Uncle Clarence.
The Clothes They Stood Up In - The Ransomes have been burgled, robbed, cleaned out. Everything has gone, even the toilet paper But, for the stuffy solicitor and his downtrodden wife, it marks a kind of liberation where nothing will ever be quite the same.
The Laying On of Hands - A darkly humorous story for our times in which the fragile state of celebrity encounters a universal leveller.
Father! Father! Burning Bright - Midgley determines not to let his dying father down and mounts a vigil by his bedside.
Whether comical or quirky, Alan Bennett's poignant stories are rightly regarded as modern classics.
Author : Alan Bennett
Narrated By : Various
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
4 hours 5 minutes
Categories : Dramatizations
Comedy
Drama
Humor
British
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Alan Bennett's three classic BBC Radio full-cast dramas; Kafka's Dick, Forty Years On and An Englishman Abroad... More... |
Author : Bill Farrow
Narrated By : Full Cast Production
Published By : Hosiprog
1 hour
Categories : Comedy
Humor
Dramatizations
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Being an account in words and music of the great Anglo-French Mangle War of 1897, and the patriotic role a Music Hall song played in its outcome. More... |
Author : Jeff Quinn
Narrated By : Susan Denaker
Published By : Listen & Live
11 hours
Categories : Fantasy
Comedy
Fiction
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It's 1620 and Mrs. Claus's dear husband is off in the New World planting the seeds of what will become a glorious Christmas tradition. Meanwhile, Mrs. Claus has chosen to stay in England. More... |
Author : Jimmy Perry and David Crofts
Narrated By : Full Cast Performance
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
1 hour 50 minutes
Categories : British
Humor
Radio Shows
Historical
Comedy
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Four BBC Radio 4 Episodes from Jimmy Perry and David Crofts classic wartime comedy. More...
Written By : Pete McCarthy
Narrated By : Pete McCarthy
Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks
Length : 2 hours
Type : Autobiography
Biographical
Travel
Price : $16.75
The audio of the million-selling book - Pete McCarthy's hilarious journey in search of his Irish roots.
McCarthy's tale of his hilarious trip around Ireland has gained thousands of fans all over the world.
Pete was born in Warrington to an Irish mother and an English father and spent happy summer holidays in Cork. Years later, reflecting on the many places he has visited as a travel broadcaster, Pete admits that he feels more at home in Ireland than anywhere. To find out whether this is due to rose-coloured spectacles or to a deeper tie with the country of his ancestors, Pete sets off on a trip around Ireland and discovers that it has changed in surprising ways.
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