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ID: 731822

Title: Trapped: Ten Full-Cast BBC Radio Dark Comedies

Author: Daniel Maier, Mark Maier

Narrator: Alan Davies, Catherine Tate, Chris Pavlo, Daniel Maier, Duncan Wisbey, Full Cast , Lynne Ferguson, Mark Maier, Mathew Horne, Olivia Colman, Philip Jackson, Rachel Atkins, Ralph Ineson, Rebecca Front, Robert Webb

Format: Unabridged

Length: 04:42:42

Language: English

Release date: 04-18-24

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Comedy, Satire & Parody

Summary:

Ten full-cast dramas featuring some of the best known names in British comedy.

In these ten witty, dark and disturbing episodes some of Britains best comedians come together to perform simultaneously hilarious and unsettling stories that will have you gripped. Sticky situations on ski slopes, placating an unruly ghost, a boy stuck at the bottom of well and an unusual adventure weekend with romantic overtones - are just some of the scenarios from comedy writers Mark Maier and Daniel Maier (a long term collaborator of Charlie Brooker and Harry Hill).

Ten episodes. Ten comedy legends. Ten reasons to listen now.

All Downhill From Here

A group of friends are landed in a situation theyre desperate to get out of - on the slopes of a ski resort. Starring Olivia Colman.

Stand-Up Tragedy

Backstage at a comedy club, four comedians are about to discover that life on the circuit isnt always a laugh a minute. In fact we could be heading for a Stand Up Tragedy... Starring Philip Jackson.

Sow Cottage

The new residents of the village of Little Latchmere are having a bit of trouble fitting in. Before a couple can live in their new home, a spirit needs placating Starring Robert Webb.

The Art Class

An art tutor with commitment issues falls into the clutches of a determined Russian model. Starring Tracy-Ann Oberman.

A Boy in a Well

Pennine News Network needs a big story to go national and keep them all employed. So when a 9-year-old boy falls down a well, will he be trapped long enough for the team to keep their jobs? Starring Catherine Tate.

Clem Walders Way Out

With three wives, Clem cant keep up his treble life any longer. How can he escape them all? Starring Alex Lowe and Laura Shavin.

Throw the Book

Having got themselves locked in a bookshop overnight, Eddie and Mouse have plenty of time to work out what went horribly wrong with the robbery they have just failed to pull. And, with the help of a highly inquisitive and unpredictable security guard, they discover rather more about each other in the process. Starring Philip Jackson.

Hole Lot of Love

Debs, a 40-year-old north London nanny, is stuck in a rut. On her quest to find love, she agrees to go on an activity weekend in the Lake District. There, amongst an intriguing mix of like and not so like-minded singletons, Debs finds what she least expected. One hundred and sixty feet below ground. Starring Rebecca Front.

Smarting Up

Jenny Green, frustrated intellectual, is going nowhere in a staff writing job on unfathomably successful TV soap Jesmond Road, until the day when she has the chance to take out her chagrin on the soaps script - and in the process unwittingly starts a cultural revolution. Starring Mathew Horne and Jenny Éclair.

Break Out

Locked in a high-security prison with no idea why, Marty, Willis, Frank and Jack have to escape or suffer unspeakable consequences. But breaking out would be a whole lot easier if Marty wasn't so old, Willis wasn't quite so fat, and Jack wasn't so much of a troublemaker. Starring Alan Davies.

If youre a fan of Inside Number 9 and Black Mirror, Trapped will have you hooked - British comedy doesnt come much better than this.

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ID: 731606

Title: All the Good Things You Deserve

Author: Elaine Feeney

Narrator: Elaine Feeney

Format: Unabridged

Length: 01:25:00

Language: English

Release date: 04-18-24

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Poetry

Summary:

Content Notice: This title may contain mature themes and adult content.

How do we love, trust and create in the aftermath of trauma? How do we name and speak that love?

In this powerful new collection from acclaimed poet and novelist Elaine Feeney, images and memory circle and recur, and the journey from pain towards a place of greater safety is far from linear.

All the Good Things You Deserve juxtaposes violence, hurt and the tyranny of shame with love, beauty and the transformative possibilities of art.

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ID: 684909

Title: Night in Question

Author: Susan Fletcher

Narrator: Jenny Funnell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13:36:34

Language: English

Release date: 04-18-24

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Detective Stories, Action & Adventure, Contemporary Women

Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin.

Florence Butterfield has lived an extraordinary life full of travel, passion and adventure. But, at eighty-seven, she suspects there are no more surprises to come her way.

Then, one midsummer's night, something terrible happens - so strange and unexpected that Florrie is suspicious. Was this really an accident, or is she living alongside a would-be murderer?

The only clue is a magenta envelope, discarded earlier that day.

And Florrie - cheerfully independent but often overlooked - is the only person determined to uncover the truth.

As she turns detective, Florrie finds herself looking back on her own life . . . and a long-buried secret, traced in faded scars across her knuckles, becomes ever harder to ignore.

Prize-winning author Susan Fletcher's The Night in Question is an absorbing and uplifting whodunnit with a uniquely loveable protagonist at its heart.

©2024 Susan Fletcher (P)2024 Penguin Audio

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ID: 717409

Title: Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

Author: Salman Rushdie

Narrator: Salman Rushdie

Format: Unabridged

Length: 06:22:48

Language: English

Release date: 04-16-24

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Literary, General

Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin.

From internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, a searing, deeply personal account of enduring - and surviving - an attempt on his life thirty years after the fatwa that was ordered against him

Speaking out for the first time, and in unforgettable detail, about the traumatic events of August 12, 2022, Salman Rushdie answers violence with art, and reminds us of the power of words to make sense of the unthinkable. Knife is a gripping, intimate, and ultimately life-affirming meditation on life, loss, love, art - and finding the strength to stand up again.

©2024 Salman Rushdie (P)2024 Penguin Audio

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ID: 699771

Title: Sociopath: A Memoir: A journey into the mind of a woman without remorse and her fight to understand her diagnosis

Author: Patric Gagne

Narrator: Patric Gagne

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:07:22

Language: English

Release date: 04-11-24

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Non-Fiction, Psychology

Summary:

Read by the author, Patric Gagne.

'Your friends would probably describe me as nice. But guess what? I can't stand your friends. I'm a liar. I'm a thief. I'm highly manipulative. I don't care what other people think. I'm capable of almost anything.'

Sociopath: A Memoir is at once a mesmerizing tale of a life lived on the edge of the law, a redemptive love story and a moving account of one woman's battle to create a place for herself and a deeper understanding of people who, like her, are sociopaths.

Ever since she was a small child, Patric Gagne knew she was different. Although she felt intense love for her family and her best friend, David, these connections were never enough to make her be 'good', or to reduce her feelings of apathy and frustration. As she grew older, her behaviour escalated from petty theft through to breaking and entering, stalking, and worse.

As an adult, Patric realized that she was a sociopath. Although she instantly connected with the official descriptions of sociopathy, she also knew they didn't tell the full story: she had a plan for her life, had nurtured close relationships and was doing her best (most of the time) to avoid harming others. As her darker impulses warred against her attempts to live a settled, loving life with her partner, Patric began to wonder - was there a way for sociopaths to integrate happily into society? And could she find it before her own behaviour went a step too far?

Contact: [email protected]

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ID: 647475

Title: LIT: Use natures playbook to energize your brain, spark ideas, and ignite action

Author: Jeffrey Karp

Narrator: Fred Sanders

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:24:33

Language: English

Release date: 04-11-24

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Self Development, Health & Wellness

Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin.

Seven powerful brain hacks to access high energy thinking in a low energy thinking world, and find greater focus, creativity, productivity and passion - from Harvard and MIT scientist Jeffery Karp.

How can you achieve greater mental performance and creativity in a modern world of constant interruptions, always-urgent deadlines, mindless social media scrolling and anxiety-inducing 24/7 news? All these modern distractions hold us in mind-numbing, low-energy thinking and make it really hard to be fully creative and productive. Understanding that switching off or hiding away from the realities of the modern world is not practical, innovative Harvard and MIT scientist Jeffery Karp has found another even more powerful way to access high energy thinking with the help of his seven brain hijacks, or Library of Ignition Tools (LIT), to fire up your brain, focus and achieve your best work.

Karp's Library of Ignition Tools - which include 'Shock Yourself - Constantly' and 'Trick Yourself to Practice, Practice, Practice' - will help you possess the focus, creativity, productivity, stamina and courage to innovate your way forward, and create a life you truly want to lead. They will also help protect you from being overcome by mental exhaustion, depression, anxiety and general stagnation - not to mention get drawn in by phishing scams, fake news, prejudices, soft addictions and other typical low thinking issues.

A novel and practical brain-hacking book, LIT is a must for anyone seeking greater mental performance and creativity.

©2023 Jeffery Karp (P)2023 Penguin Audio

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ID: 699766

Title: Everything Must Go: The Stories We Tell About The End of the World

Author: Dorian Lynskey

Narrator: Dorian Lynskey

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14:50:38

Language: English

Release date: 04-11-24

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Fiction & Literature, Literary Criticism

Summary:

Read by the author, Dorian Lysnkey.

'I was blown away by this book. The staggering range of references, the razor-sharp analysis, the wisdom, left me gasping out loud at times. Lynskey also somehow manages to make a book about the end of the world feel . . . hopeful. One of the best non-fiction writers around.' – Sathnam Sanghera, author of Empireland

A riveting and brilliantly original exploration of our fantasies of the end of the world, from Mary Shelley's The Last Man to Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron, by the Baillie Gifford and Orwell prize-shortlisted writer and co-host of the podcast 'Origin Story'.

For two millennia, Christians have looked forward to the end, haunted by the apocalyptic visions of the Biblical books of Daniel and Revelation. But for two centuries or more, these dark fantasies have given way to secular stories of how the world, our planet, or our species (or all of the above) might come to an end.

Dorian Lynskey's fascinating book explores the endings that we have read, listened to or watched over the last two dozen decades, whether they be by the death and destruction of a nuclear holocaust or collision with a meteor or comet, devastating epidemic or takeover by robots or computers.

The result is nothing less than a cultural history of the modern world, weaving together politics, history, science, high and popular culture in a book that is uniquely original, grippingly readable and deeply illuminating about both us and our times.

'Impossibly epic, brain-expanding, life-affirming and profound. You’ll never see humanity the same way again.' – Ian Dunt, author of How Westminster Works . . . and Why It Doesn't

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ID: 742476

Title: Death and the Penguin: A Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisation

Author: Andrey Kurkov

Narrator: Blythe Arbery, Chloë Sommer, David Hounslow, Full Cast , Jason Watkins, Tom Basden

Format: Unabridged

Length: 02:14:43

Language: English

Release date: 04-11-24

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Comedy, Satire & Parody

Summary:

A penguin is all that stands between one man and murder by the mafia

Sit back and enjoy this darkly comic full-cast adaptation of Andrey Kurkovs bestselling novel set in mid-90s Ukraine, plus a bonus interview with the author.

Viktor Alekseyevich Zolotaryov is an aspiring writer in Ukraine, with only his pet king penguin, Misha, for company. After Viktor gets a job writing obituaries for a local newspaper, he soon finds that his articles are being used as a hit list by some unknown organisation. Feeling as lost and unhappy as his penguin, Viktors life takes a complicated turn when he takes in Sonya, the young daughter of an old friend, and hires Nina to be her nanny. Can Viktor protect everyone and keep himself (and his penguin) alive, or is he destined to become the subject of the papers latest obituary?

A blend of Gogols absurdist humour and Kafkas alienation, this tragi-comedy is set in the wild west atmosphere of a newly independent Ukraine following the collapse of the Soviet Union. At its heart, this is a story about surviving and enduring in perilous times.

Starring Tom Basden (After Life) as aspiring writer Viktor, and BAFTA winner Jason Watkins (The Crown) as the mysterious Lyosha.

This release also includes an episode of BBC Radios World Book Club, in which Kurkov discusses his darkly funny tale with Harriett Gilbert. Recorded live in his native Ukraine, at the historic Mikhail Bulgakov Museum in Kiev, he responds to listeners' questions from around the world.

Andrey Kurkov is a Ukrainian author who writes in Russian. He has written 19 novels and is a respected commentator on Ukraine, regularly appearing on Radio 4 with his Letters from Ukraine series. Death and the Penguin is Kurkov's most famous work, translated into more than 30 languages.

©2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Death and the Penguin

Written by Andrey Kurkov

Translated by George Bird

Adapted by Hattie Naylor

Directed by Gemma Jenkins

Viktor - Tom Basden

Lyosha - Jason Watkins

Igor - David Hounslow

Sonya - Blythe Arbery

Nina - Chloë Sommer

Misha-non-Penguin - Roger Ringrose

Sergey - Tom Kiteley

Natasha - Fiona Skinner

Dr Pidpaly - Joanna Monro

First Broadcast BBC Radio 4, 14 January 2023

World Book Club: Andrey Kurkov - Death and the Penguin

Presented by Harriett Gilbert

First Broadcast BBC World Service, 5 September 2015

Contact: [email protected]

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ID: 698997

Title: Clickbait

Author: L.C. North

Narrator: Ayesha Antoine, Carl Prekopp, Claire-Louise Cordwell, Florence Howard, Jane Slavin, Kristin Atherton, L.C. North, Sagar Arya, Sebastian Humphreys

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:44:38

Language: English

Release date: 04-11-24

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense

Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin.

'We're not famous anymore. We're notorious.'

For over a decade, the Lancasters were celebrity royalty, with millions tuning in every week to watch their reality show, Living with the Lancasters.

But then an old video emerges of one of their legendary parties. Suddenly, they're in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons: witnesses swore they'd seen missing teenager Bradley Wilcox leaving the Lancaster family home on the night of the party, but the video tells a different story

Now true crime investigator and YouTuber Tom Isaac is on the case. He's determined to find out what really happened to Bradley - he just needs to read between the Lancasters' lies . . .

Because when the cameras are always rolling, it won't be long until someone cracks.

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Clickbait is told through mixed media, from video transcripts to diary entries, capturing a unique and addictive commentary on ruthless ambition and the dark side of fame.

©2024 L.C. North (P)2024 Penguin Audio

Praise for L. C. North:

'Fresh, compelling and searing in its exploration of the toxicity of social media and the reality of modern celebrity. Not to be missed!' Lisa Jewell, bestselling author of THE FAMILY UPSTAIRS

'A compelling read that will make you look at headlines in a different way' Glamour

'A startling thriller with a sharp edge. Fast and compelling, it leaves you gasping for breath' Daily Mail

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ID: 699770

Title: Date with Justice

Author: Julia Chapman

Narrator: Elizabeth Bower

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:35:47

Language: English

Release date: 04-04-24

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Genres: Thriller & Horror, Detective Stories, Cozy Mystery

Summary:

Date with Justice, the ninth novel in Julia's Chapman's witty and engaging Dales Detective series, sees Delilah's brother under suspicion of murder. Can Delilah and Samson prove he's innocent?

The Dales Detective Agency is on the brink of closure.

Samson O’Brien has returned to his position as an undercover operative for the Met in London, and his relationship with sleuthing partner Delilah Metcalfe is under pressure.

Their troubles are only multiplied when an ecologist is found dead and the finger of blame is pointed firmly at Delilah’s older brother, Will.

It seems an open and shut case. An argument over an ecology report for planning permission which got out of hand, with Will known to have a hot temper. But Delilah won’t accept he’s guilty and neither will Samson.

Dropping everything, he returns to Bruncliffe to help prove Will’s innocence. But as the two detectives start digging, they unearth more than they bargained for and soon realize that the price of justice can be very costly indeed.

Following on from Date With Evil, this heart-warming and wittily charming novel is perfect for fans of Richard Osman and Robert Thorogood and cosy crime at its very best.

'Bags of Northern charm and wit' - Northern Echo

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