Baltimore, 1770, and shopkeeper Samuel Oliphant is worried. There are weevils in his biscuits, the impending war looks set to impact badly on his business ("dead people tend to shop less") and to cap it all, a pair of British soldiers have been billeted on him.
Captain Brimshaw is ineffectual but decent, while Sergeant McGurk is a corrupt multiple amputee. Together with Olpihant's family - elder daughter Cora and her insufferably pompous fiance Ezekiel; younger daughter Mary, a passionate revolutionary; and son Joshua, who is large and dim - they make life increasingly difficult for the beleaguered Samuel.
In these six episodes, Samuel plays host to the two redcoats, Mary tries to start a mutiny at her sister's wedding (while the bride drinks herself under the table), and Samuel's crooked brother turns up and inveigles Joshua into a prize fight. In addition, revolutionary orator Nathaniel Hopkins arrives and has designs on Mary, Cora discovers she is pregnant, and feared British commander General Venables rides into town demanding executions at sunset (so that he has all day to look forward to them.)
Starring Jay Tarses, James Fleet, and Andy Hamilton, Revolting People is a feast of daft puns, literary silliness and bayonet-sharp political satire.
Author : Various
Narrator : Andrew Marr, Humphrey Lyttelton, Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Bryer and cast
Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Duration : 2 hours 10 minutes
Categories : Modern Classics Radio Shows British Humor
Our Price : $17.99
Mornington Crescent is a game whose rules and history are shrouded in myth and mystery. Now the team from I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue research shine a light in the dark. More info...
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Author : Various
Narrator : Full Cast Production
Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Duration : 1 hour 50 minutes
Categories : British Humor Radio Shows Historical Comedy
Our Price : $13.49
Four BBC Radio 4 episodes from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's classic wartime comedy. More info...
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Author : Various
Narrator : Full Cast Production
Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Duration : 2 hours
Categories : Humor Quiz Shows Radio Shows Quiz Shows Political Satire
Our Price : $18.49
More topical wit and tomfoolery from the ever-popular and long-running BBC Radio 4 show. More info...
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Author : Various
Narrator : Full Cast Production
Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Duration : 1 hour 15 minutes
Categories : Adult TV & Film Humor Radio Shows
Our Price : $13.49
More side-splitting comedy from the second Fast Show series. More info...
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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