Four classic BBC Radio episodes starring the world's most famous rag and bone men.
The Siege of Steptoe Street
The Wooden Overcoats
Sunday For Seven Days
The Piano
Come with us to Shepherd's Bush on a decrepit horse and cart, and view the young-ish Harold Steptoe (bon viveur, man of learning. Casanova) and his beloved father Albert (penny pincher, emotional blackmailer, dirty old man) in their natural habitat of the scrapyard at 24, Oil Drum Lane.
In these salubrious environs of discarded bric-a-brac, dubious antiquities and downright useless junk, we find our hosts constantly striving for better things - like money, sophistication, and perhaps even a woman or two around the place...
In these four episodes. Harold is convinced that Albert has a secret cache of food when bailiffs surrounds the Steptoe establishment, Harold is (eft alone with a houseful of creepy coffins, the pair endure an evening at the cinema, and chaos ensues with the removal of a piano from a sixth floor flat...
Written By : John Cleese and Connie Booth
Peformed By : Full Cast Performance
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Duration : 2 hours 5 minutes
Type : TV & Film
Modern Classics
Humor
British
Download Price : $13.49
Fawlty Towers has become a landmark in comedy history with its twelve episodes being shown again and again on television. See full description... |
Written By : Spike Milligan
Peformed By : Full Cast Performance
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Duration : 2 hours
Type : Modern Classics
Humor
British
Radio Shows
Download Price : $18.49
From 1952 to 1960 the Goons ruled the airwaves, the most celebrated and influencial clowns in the history of radio. Four more classics of cult muttery from those wireless wizards. See full description... |
Written By : Various
Peformed By : Full Cast Production
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Duration : 2 hours
Type : Modern Classics
Humor
British
Radio Shows
Download Price : $18.49
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Written By : Alan Bennett
Peformed By : Alan Bennett
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Duration : 2 hours 20 minutes
Type : Comedy
Comedy
Modern Classics
Download Price : $18.49
A bizarre recollection of the events and major turning points in the life of the author; Alan Bennett. An incredibly moving piece that will win your heart... See full description... |
Written By : Various
Peformed By : Various
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Duration : 4 minutes
Type : Modern Classics
TV & Film
Humor
British
Download Price : $4.99
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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