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Sherlock Holmes: The Complete BBC Collection
- 60 Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle, Bert Coules
- Narrated by: Clive Merrison, Michael Williams, Brian Blessed, and others
- Length: 48 hrs and 33 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story5 out of 5 stars 6
Here is the world's first ever fully dramatised Sherlock Holmes canon: 56 short stories and 4 novels, all made by the same team of directors, producers, dramatists and leading actors, and packed with the high production qualities of a film or TV drama that set it apart....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing
- By Amazon Customer on 11-09-23
By: Arthur Conan Doyle, and others
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Shardlake: The Complete BBC Radio Collection
- Six BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: CJ Sansom
- Narrated by: full cast, Jason Watkins, Justin Salinger, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 365
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 330
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Story5 out of 5 stars 329
The complete collected dramatisations of C. J. Sansom's historical mystery series: these six stunning dramas follow the adventures of hunchbacked lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake as he navigates the dangerous world of Tudor England, solving crimes and seeking out murderers....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Shardlake
- By Lee on 20-03-22
By: CJ Sansom
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Sergeant Cribb
- Five BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Peter Lovesey
- Narrated by: Brian Cox, Timothy Bateson, Frank Windsor, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
Tough, shrewd and determined, Sergeant Cribb is a stalwart of Scotland Yard's newly formed Criminal Investigation Department....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Varied Victorian detective stories
- By Jk on 18-09-23
By: Peter Lovesey
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Patrick Hamilton: Rope, Gaslight, Hangover Square and More
- Seven BBC Radio Full-Cast Productions
- By: Patrick Hamilton
- Narrated by: Alan Rickman, Amanda Redman, David Thorpe, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
Patrick Hamilton is renowned for his gritty, slice-of-life tales chronicling the hopes, dreams and obsessions of London's working class in the inter-war years. This collection brings together his key pieces, together with some lesser-known classics and a bonus 2004 documentary....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Really good
- By Lee on 09-06-23
By: Patrick Hamilton
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P. D. James BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Seven Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: P. D. James
- Narrated by: Greta Scacchi, Hugh Grant, full cast, and others
- Length: 16 hrs and 37 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 570
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 480
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 477
Seven BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations of P. D. James' acclaimed mysteries, plus P. D. James in Her Own Words....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very good dramatizations but.........
- By Amazon Customer on 10-10-18
By: P. D. James
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Sherlock Holmes: The Carleton Hobbs Collection
- 55 Full-Cast BBC Dramatisations
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Carleton Hobbs, Norman Shelley, full cast
- Length: 29 hrs and 34 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 18
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 16
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Story5 out of 5 stars 16
A comprehensive collection of the classic Sherlock Holmes stories starring Carleton Hobbs and Norman Shelley - plus bonus documentary....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding
- By D. Johnstone on 14-02-23
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Sherlock Holmes: The Complete BBC Collection
- 60 Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle, Bert Coules
- Narrated by: Clive Merrison, Michael Williams, Brian Blessed, and others
- Length: 48 hrs and 33 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story5 out of 5 stars 6
Here is the world's first ever fully dramatised Sherlock Holmes canon: 56 short stories and 4 novels, all made by the same team of directors, producers, dramatists and leading actors, and packed with the high production qualities of a film or TV drama that set it apart....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing
- By Amazon Customer on 11-09-23
By: Arthur Conan Doyle, and others
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Shardlake: The Complete BBC Radio Collection
- Six BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: CJ Sansom
- Narrated by: full cast, Jason Watkins, Justin Salinger, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 365
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 330
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Story5 out of 5 stars 329
The complete collected dramatisations of C. J. Sansom's historical mystery series: these six stunning dramas follow the adventures of hunchbacked lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake as he navigates the dangerous world of Tudor England, solving crimes and seeking out murderers....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Shardlake
- By Lee on 20-03-22
By: CJ Sansom
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Sergeant Cribb
- Five BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Peter Lovesey
- Narrated by: Brian Cox, Timothy Bateson, Frank Windsor, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
Tough, shrewd and determined, Sergeant Cribb is a stalwart of Scotland Yard's newly formed Criminal Investigation Department....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Varied Victorian detective stories
- By Jk on 18-09-23
By: Peter Lovesey
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Patrick Hamilton: Rope, Gaslight, Hangover Square and More
- Seven BBC Radio Full-Cast Productions
- By: Patrick Hamilton
- Narrated by: Alan Rickman, Amanda Redman, David Thorpe, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
Patrick Hamilton is renowned for his gritty, slice-of-life tales chronicling the hopes, dreams and obsessions of London's working class in the inter-war years. This collection brings together his key pieces, together with some lesser-known classics and a bonus 2004 documentary....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Really good
- By Lee on 09-06-23
By: Patrick Hamilton
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P. D. James BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Seven Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: P. D. James
- Narrated by: Greta Scacchi, Hugh Grant, full cast, and others
- Length: 16 hrs and 37 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 570
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 480
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 477
Seven BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations of P. D. James' acclaimed mysteries, plus P. D. James in Her Own Words....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very good dramatizations but.........
- By Amazon Customer on 10-10-18
By: P. D. James
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Sherlock Holmes: The Carleton Hobbs Collection
- 55 Full-Cast BBC Dramatisations
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Carleton Hobbs, Norman Shelley, full cast
- Length: 29 hrs and 34 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 18
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 16
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Story5 out of 5 stars 16
A comprehensive collection of the classic Sherlock Holmes stories starring Carleton Hobbs and Norman Shelley - plus bonus documentary....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding
- By D. Johnstone on 14-02-23
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The Ngaio Marsh BBC Radio Collection
- Four Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Ngaio Marsh
- Narrated by: Jeremy Clyde, Stephen Thorne, full cast
- Length: 3 hrs and 49 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 92
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 77
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Story4 out of 5 stars 75
A collection of the BBC’s dramatisations of Ngaio Marsh’s most famous sleuth: Chief Inspector Roderick Alleyn. Includes 'A Man Lay Dead', 'A Surfeit of Lampreys', 'Opening Night' and 'When in Rome'....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A GREAT COLLECTION
- By Highlight on 15-01-20
By: Ngaio Marsh
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Inspector Coleman and Sergeant Astor
- Seven BBC Radio Crime Dramas
- By: Michael McStay
- Narrated by: Stephen Thorne, Joe Dunlop, Toby Jones, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4 out of 5 stars 6
The collected BBC Radio 4 crime dramas featuring Inspector Coleman and Sergeant Astor....
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5 out of 5 stars
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first class series well produced
- By Brian Christopher on 25-04-23
By: Michael McStay
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Hallowe'en Party (Dramatised)
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: John Moffatt
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 79
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 63
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 63
John Moffatt stars as the great Belgian detective in a BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Gripping Murder Mystery
- By Gillian on 20-03-15
By: Agatha Christie
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Paul Temple: The Complete Radio Collection: Volume Three
- The Sixties (1960-1968)
- By: Francis Durbridge
- Narrated by: full cast, Marjorie Westbury, Peter Coke
- Length: 17 hrs and 37 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 396
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 334
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 334
Paul Temple swings into the '60s with five complete radio dramas featuring the writer-cum-amateur detective and his wife, Steve, plus bonus archive material....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Excellent nostalgia
- By Anonymous User on 18-06-17
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Inspector Morse: BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Three Classic Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Colin Dexter
- Narrated by: full cast, John Shrapnel, Robert Glenister
- Length: 4 hrs and 38 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 217
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 184
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 182
Three BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations starring John Shrapnel as Morse and Robert Glenister as Lewis, plus a bonus reading by Colin Dexter of one of his short stories....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A new Morse and Lewis
- By Mary Carnegie on 02-03-18
By: Colin Dexter
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Inspector Purbright
- Five BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Crime Dramatisations from The Flaxborough Chronicles
- By: Colin Watson
- Narrated by: Peter Jeffrey, John Rowe, John Pullen, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 118
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 108
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 107
A collection of cosy crime dramas adapted from Colin Watson's Flaxborough Chronicles, set in a small Lincolnshire market town in the 1960s and '70s....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good Clean Fun
- By Highlight on 14-11-21
By: Colin Watson
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Fatherland (Dramatised)
- By: Robert Harris
- Narrated by: Anton Lesser, Full Cast
- Length: 1 hr and 58 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 154
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 99
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 98
A Radio 4 Book Club Selection.
The year is 1964, and it's a week before Hitler's 75th birthday....
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5 out of 5 stars
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great play
- By Sarah on 14-06-07
By: Robert Harris
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Raymond Chandler
- A BBC Radio Collection
- By: Raymond Chandler
- Narrated by: Don Fellows, Ed Bishop, full cast, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 26
They never came tougher than Marlowe, a cynical, world-weary, wise-cracking shamus whose honesty in a dishonest world sent him down the mean streets again and again in search of some kind of justice....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A quality production that has not been surpassed
- By stormymonday on 29-04-20
By: Raymond Chandler
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The Ruth Rendell BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Seven Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Ruth Rendell
- Narrated by: Oona Beeson, Jamie Glover, Peter Wingfield, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 132
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 111
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Story4 out of 5 stars 110
Full-cast dramatisations of seven of Ruth Rendell's tense psychological thrillers: The Bridesmaid, Going Wrong, King Solomon’s Carpet, People Don’t Do Such Things, The Fever Tree, The Dreadful Day of Judgment and Thornapple....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Nobody gets out alive. Classic Rendell.
- By Mrs Kate Evans on 08-02-19
By: Ruth Rendell
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Taken at the Flood (Dramatised)
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: John Moffatt
- Length: 2 hrs and 12 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 110
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 83
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 83
Gordon Cloade is killed in a London air raid, and his vast fortune passes to his young wife Rosaleen. Five of his relatives are desperate to get their hands on Cloade's money....
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5 out of 5 stars
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If You Love Your Hercule Poirot You Will Love This
- By Highlight on 18-01-15
By: Agatha Christie
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R.D. Wingfield: A Touch of Frost and Other Thrillers
- A BBC Radio 4 Drama Collection
- By: R D Wingfield
- Narrated by: Derek Martin, June Brown, Leslie Sands, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 13
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 13
Five full-cast BBC Radio thrillers from renowned crime writer R.D. Wingfield....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Disappointed
- By Keith Marr on 30-04-23
By: R D Wingfield
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And Then There Were None (Dramatised)
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: Lyndsey Marshal, John Rowe, Geoffrey Whitehead
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 150
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 116
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 115
A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of the classic Agatha Christie mystery....
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5 out of 5 stars
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And Then There Were None
- By Kim on 10-04-13
By: Agatha Christie
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One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (Dramatised)
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: John Moffatt
- Length: 2 hrs and 12 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 95
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 79
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 80
Poirot is astonished to receive a call from Chief Inspector Japp, informing him that Mr Morley has shot himself. There was no reason for him to commit suicide, and Poirot believes he was murdered.....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Nice Job. But some stories are too similar.
- By BBC Reader on 15-02-15
By: Agatha Christie
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The Unexpected Guest (Dramatised)
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 58 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 38
A foggy night... a lonely country house... and a woman with a gun in her hand quietly surveying the dead body of her husband. It looked like a straightforward case of murder. Or was it?....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Typical Christie!
- By Annie Honjo on 29-05-11
By: Agatha Christie
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The Wilkie Collins BBC Radio Collection
- Dramatisations and Readings of His Sensational Stories Including The Woman in White & The Moonstone
- By: Wilkie Collins
- Narrated by: Harry Lloyd, John Sharp, full cast, and others
- Length: 24 hrs and 36 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 28
BBC radio productions of the finest works of Wilkie Collins: sensation novelist, early master of the mystery story and pioneer of detective fiction....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Tremendous value for money
- By B.W. on 26-06-21
By: Wilkie Collins
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Nemesis (Dramatised)
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: June Whitfield
- Length: 2 hrs and 12 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 121
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 96
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 96
Miss Marple is totally shocked to receive a letter from the recently deceased Mr Rafiel, an acquaintance she had met briefly on her travels....
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4 out of 5 stars
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creepy
- By Christina S on 13-04-13
By: Agatha Christie
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Murder at the Vicarage (Dramatised)
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: June Whitfield
- Length: 2 hrs and 17 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 188
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 150
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 146
In the sleepy little English country village of St Mary Mead, all is not as it seems. Under a seemingly peaceful exterior lurks intrigue, guilt, deception - and murder....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Superb dramatisation
- By CaWa on 27-01-18
By: Agatha Christie
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Dramatised)
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: John Moffatt
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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Story5 out of 5 stars 54
Mrs Farrars is found dead of an apparent overdose one year after the death of her husband. The villagers of King's Abbot are suspicious....
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5 out of 5 stars
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exceptional!
- By marcellaferguson on 08-04-16
By: Agatha Christie
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Three Act Tragedy (Dramatised)
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: John Moffatt, George Cole, Michael Cochrane, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 14 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 51
Hercule Poirot is a guest at a weekend house party, given at the Cornish clifftop home of the celebrated actor Sir Charles Cartwright....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful Dramatic Christie Murder
- By Highlight on 11-12-17
By: Agatha Christie
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The Blue Carbuncle
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Sir John Gielgud, Sir Ralph Richardson
- Length: 27 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Sherlock Holmes's Christmas celebration is interrupted by a goose - one that has swallowed the precious "Blue Carbuncle" jewel....
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Sad Cypress (Dramatised)
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: John Moffatt
- Length: 2 hrs and 12 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 50
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 50
Elinor Carlisle and Roddy Welman are the model English couple, perfect companions set for a life of ease when they inherit Aunt Laura's considerable fortune....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent
- By Padraig on 17-04-11
By: Agatha Christie
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Charles Paris: Star Trap
- A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation
- By: Simon Brett
- Narrated by: full cast, Bill Nighy
- Length: 1 hr and 52 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 274
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 244
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 243
Bill Nighy returns as the loveably louche Charles Paris in Jeremy Front’s BBC radio dramatisation of Simon Brett’s novel....
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5 out of 5 stars
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good as ever
- By Franster on 03-10-19
By: Simon Brett
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Paul Temple and the Jonathan Mystery (Dramatised)
- By: Francis Durbridge
- Narrated by: Peter Coke, Majorie Westbury, Full Cast
- Length: 3 hrs and 33 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 131
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 93
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 95
From 1938 to 1969 crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist wife Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular serials....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Paul Temple and the Jonathan affair
- By Fred on 21-10-12
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Towards Zero (Dramatised)
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: Philip Fox, Hugh Bonneville, Marcia Warren
- Length: 1 hr and 44 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 83
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 67
When death visits Gull’s Point the house party is thrown into turmoil. It is left to Scotland Yard’s Detective Inspector Leach and Mr MacWhirter, an ex-detective who is also house guest, to solve the case....
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2 out of 5 stars
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bad
- By Angela Moslin on 23-02-18
By: Agatha Christie