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
Coral Browne is astonished when, during a tour of Moscow with the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre's production of Hamlet, a dishevelled man bursts into her dressing room. After being sick in her wash basin and disappearing with her soap, he is later revealed to be Guy Burgess.
It is 1958 and, having disappeared from England with fellow diplomat Donald Maclean seven years previously, spy Burgess is much sought after by the English press. He invites Ms Browne to his flat for lunch, and curiosity ensures that she accepts. The memory of that meeting, and the uneasy friendship which they forge, will remain with her for the rest of her life.
Alan Bennett's play is by turns poignant and comic as it examines Burgess' life in exile and contrasts his love of England with his even greater love of communist Russia. This release also includes a newly-recorded introduction by the author.
Author : Jane Goodall
Performed By : Jane Goodall
Published By : Hachette Audio
6 hours
Type : Autobiography
Women
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Dr. Jane Goodall's revolutionary study of chimpanzees in Tanzania's Gombe preserve forever altered the very definition of "humanity". More info... |
Author : Ted Conover
Performed By : Ted Conover
Published By : Brilliance Audio Inc
11 hours 17 minutes
Type : True Crime
True Crime
Autobiography
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Ted Conover becomes a corrections officer at Sing Sing to get the inside story. More info... |
Author : Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee
Performed By : Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee
Published By : Hachette Audio
18 hours 8 minutes
Type : Autobiography
TV & Film
Biographical
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Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee are legendary stars of the American stage, television, and film, cherished... More info... |
Author : Nigel Hamilton
Performed By : James Adams
Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc
12 hours 30 minutes
Type : Autobiography
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The Clinton presidency began disastrously and deteriorated in a series of fiascoes. How Bill Clinton faced up to his failures and refashioned himself in the White House thereafter is the focus of this hitherto unwritten story. In vivid prose, this riveting narrative charts Clinton’s dramatic... More info... |
Author : A.J. Jacobs
Performed By : A.J. Jacobs
Published By : Simon & Schuster
6 hours
Type : Autobiography
Comedy
Knowledge & Learning
Religion & Spiritual
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One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible. Our fearless author, A.J. Jacobs, tackles a new intellectual adventure. 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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