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ID: 712953

Title: Little Things: Your positive toolkit for when life feels stressful

Author: Fearne Cotton

Narrator: Fearne Cotton

Format: Unabridged

Length: 05:58:35

Language: English

Release date: 01-04-24

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Self Development, Health & Wellness, Mindfulness & Meditation, Mental Health

Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin.

This book is a way to make small changes to feel better, even when under stress.

Stress is a normal part of life, but it can be overwhelming. The habits, tools and advice in these pages will help you cope better, to understand your own worries, and to pause and respond rather than react (we've all done it!).

This is all advice I've received - the lessons I've learned in my own up-and-down life, the expert conversations from my Happy Place podcast, and therapies I've tried - to keep working towards good days.

By focussing on small steps, practising self-awareness and getting creative with the exercises and simple ideas, daily tricks and practical tools in the pages of this little book, we can counterbalance our hectic world and unlock daily happiness.

Fearne x

©2024 Fearne Cotton (P)2024 Penguin Audio

Contact: [email protected]

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ID: 673733

Title: This Book May Save Your Life: Everyday Health Hacks to Worry Less and Live Better

Author: Dr Karan Rajan

Narrator: Dr Karan Rajan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:45:41

Language: English

Release date: 12-28-23

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Health & Wellness, Instructional & How To, Aging & Longevity, Naturopathy & New Age

Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin.

The hilarious, myth-busting survival guide to the human body from TikTok's favourite General Surgeon.

Though the odds are stacked against us, the human body has an extraordinary tendency to survive. Here, Dr Karan Rajan explains the weird and wonderful bodily functions that keep us going, and offers practical advice to help you thrive.

Full of everyday health hacks to worry less and live better, This Book May Save Your Life will teach you:

HOW TO SLEEP BETTER WITH THE 10-3-2-1 TRICK

THE DANGERS OF PLUCKING YOUR NOSE HAIRS

WHAT YOUR FINGERNAILS SAY ABOUT YOUR HEALTH

HOW AN OILY SCALP IS GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT

AND WHY YOU SHOULD NEVER HOLD IN A FART

©2023 Dr Karan Rajan (P)2023 Penguin Audio

Contact: [email protected]

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ID: 715891

Title: House of Cards: A BBC Radio Drama

Author: Michael Dobbs

Narrator: Amanda Root, Buddy Osman, Colm Mcconvey, Daniel Massey, David Timpson, Denis Hawthorne, Full Cast , Geoffrey Whitehead, Roger May, Stephen Critchlow

Format: Unabridged

Length: 02:53:31

Language: English

Release date: 12-14-23

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Fiction & Literature, General

Summary:

The classic political drama that inspired the hit Netflix series

Francis Urquhart, Chief Whip of the Conservative Party, wants to get to Number 10 and will stop at nothing in his pursuit of power. This full-cast dramatisation packs a powerful punch in the fast-paced political thriller based on Michael Dobbs bestselling novel of the same name.

The country is undecided after a close election and the party must stand united behind a new leader. Francis Urquhart has ambitions for the role, however several adversaries stand between him and the top job. Urquharts scheming reaches new levels of intrigue and scandal resulting in a deadly showdown. After receiving a series of leaks from an unknown source, journalist Mattie Storrin must follow her instinct for a story. But she has no idea how far this particular story will lead her down a path of deceit and destruction. As Storrin uncovers more than she expects and the web of lies becomes ever more complex, were left wondering how far Urquhart is prepared to go in pursuit of power? This thrilling production will have you wondering if its really true that, he who wields the knife never wears the crown.

Listen to the full series, available for the first time as a download, and follow the ruthless ambition of the master schemer. Embark on this story of blackmail, intrigue and suspense as one man does everything he can to eliminate his enemies.

Cast and credits

Based on the novel by Michael Dobbs

Francis Urquhart - Daniel Massey

Mattie Storrin - Amanda Root

Henry Collingridge - Geoffrey Whitehead

Roger ONeil Colm McConvey

Morris Metcalf Denis Hawthorne

Rebel Preston - David Timpson

Steve Kendrick - Stephen Critchlow

Kevin Spense- Roger May

Mr Jabwala - Buddy Osman

Other parts played by Patience Tomlinson, Beverly Hills, Keith Drinkell, John Hartley, Alice Arnold, Zu Lemondean

First Broadcast BBC Radio 4, 5 January 2004

©2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Contact: [email protected]

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ID: 715892

Title: Grisly Tales from the Cabaret of Dr Caligari: A BBC Radio 4 Surreal Comedy

Author: Alan Gilbey

Narrator: Adjoa Andoh, Alan Barker, Cassie Macfarlane, Clarence Smith, Full Cast , Jane Whittenshaw, John Woodvine, Ronald Herdman, Stephen Tompkinson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 02:51:44

Language: English

Release date: 12-14-23

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Romance, Fiction & Literature, General, Mystery

Summary:

An all-star dark comedy set in the mysterious world of Dr Caligari

In a seedy backstreet, in a rotting theatre, the sinister Dr Caligari runs a cabaret with his demonic assistants, Snuff and Anthrax. A riot of a listen, this surreal and macabre comedy follows the smooth-talking Dr Caligari as he encourages unwilling guests to tell their story in his London nightclub. Written by Alan Gilbey, strange encounters and dark mysteries are recounted by guest acts on Londons most bizarre stage. Listen to a DJ haunted by calls from all those he has wronged, fall into the dreams of a yuppie estate agent battling with her trade union boss father and feel your flesh crawl as an MP discovers what cuts to the NHS really mean. Meanwhile, the homeless of London are turned into a giant marauding blob and a horror film fan becomes trapped in a fantasy of his own creation.

Grisly Tales from the Cabaret of Dr Caligari features an all-star cast, including the legendary John Woodvine as Dr Caligari with Adjoa Andoh, best known for her role in Netflixs Bridgerton, alongside Stephen Tompkinson who has appeared in the TV shows Drop the Dead Donkey, Ballykissangel and the film Brassed Off.

Cast and credits

Written by Alan Gilbey with jokes from Lee Hurst

Produced by Anne Edyvean

Dr Calgari - John Woodvine

Snuff - Sylvester McCoy

Anthrax - Victoria Wicks

DJ Rick OShea - Kerry Shale

Tracey/Gail/The Computer - Jane Whittenshaw

Donna/Ali/Estate Agent/Mrs Meagre - Adoja Andoh

Keith - Mark Straker

Sparks/Wayne/Postman/The Present - Clarence Smith

Kevin Scorch/Tope Romero - Stephen Tompkinson

Bernie Cladding/Tarquin - Ronald Herdman

Sidney Grease/Jeremy/Damien/Agent Orange/The Future - Alan Barker

Debbie Brothers - Joanna May

Flash Jack Brothers - Roger Watkins

Tom - Terence Edmond

Dick - Eric Allan

Carrie/Kate Pushy/The Past - Cassie Macfarlane

The General - Charles Milham

Homeless Geordie - Gerald Denny

Homeless Boy - David McKinney

Professor Pseudonym - Richard Tate

The Hitchhiker - Sharon Henry

Mr Meagre - John Shrapnel

First Broadcast BBC Radio 4, 7th Nov - 12th Dec 1991

©2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Contact: [email protected]

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ID: 708834

Title: Winifred Holtby: A BBC Radio Collection: South Riding, Anderby Wold, The Crowded Street and more

Author: Winifred Holtby

Narrator: Alice Arnold, Alison Fiske, Anna Massey, Carole Boyd, Claire Goose, Derek Smith, Full Cast , Hugh Dickson, Joanna Mackie, Joseph Peters, Philip Glenister, Sarah Lancashire

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:51:36

Language: English

Release date: 12-14-23

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics, General, Contemporary Women

Summary:

Full-cast adaptations of three of Winifred Holtbys best-known novels, plus short stories and bonus programmes about the author

Winifred Holtby was an acclaimed novelist, journalist, feminist and social reformer. Her work encompasses six novels, two short story collections, a play and the first critical study of Virginia Woolf, but she is best known for her posthumously published masterpiece South Riding, which won the James Tait Black Memorial Award. She died in 1935, aged just 37.

Born into a Yorkshire farming family, Holtby set much of her fiction in the landscape of her youth, including the three novels in this collection.

Adapted as a 15-part radio drama, South Riding follows the lives and loves of fiery young headmistress Sarah Burton, landowner and school governor Robert Carne, and alderwoman Mrs Beddowes. Sarah Lancashire, Philip Glenister and Carole Boyd star in this rich, memorable evocation of a community in flux.

Anderby Wold tells the tale of a farmers wife, a radical young writer and a village rocked by social change. Dramatised from Holtbys 1923 debut novel, it stars Joanna Mackie, Derek Smith and Joseph Peters.

The Crowded Street, set in the years leading up to World War I, centres around a woman's journey from introspective teenager to self-fulfilled adult. Claire Goose stars as heroine Muriel Hammond in this poignant coming-of-age drama.

Wry, witty and irreverent, Holtbys short stories reflect the diversity of her writing. 'The Celebrity Who Failed', read by Alice Arnold, features a girl who learns to walk on water but is unprepared for the public attention that follows. 'Why Herbert Killed His Mother' is the story of a beautiful baby who turns out to be very different as an adult. A searing condemnation of mother love, it is read by Anna Massey. And in 'The Voice of God', read by Hugh Dickson, a radio-like machine enables people to listen in on the conversations of historical figures but what will happen once the newspapers get to hear of it?

Finally, Holtbys life, legacy and significance are explored in a Womans Hour biographical segment and in a revealing radio portrait, The Divided State, written by Valerie Windsor and featuring Alison Fiske as Winifred Holtby.

Text copyright © Winifred Holtby 1923 (Anderby Wold), 1924 (The Crowded Street), 1934 (The Celebrity Who Failed, Why Herbert Killed His Mother, The Voice of God), 1936 (South Riding)

Contents

South Riding

Anderby Wold

The Crowded Street

The Celebrity Who Failed

Why Herbert Killed His Mother

The Voice of God

Womans Hour extract

The Divided State

© 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Contact: [email protected]

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ID: 684906

Title: Rabindranath Tagore: A BBC Radio Collection: Including The Home and the World & The Red Oleander

Author: Rabindranath Tagore

Narrator: Aileen Gonsalves, Full Cast , Indira Varma, Peter Barker, Renu Setna, Ronny Jhutti, Sacha Dhawan, Saeed Jaffrey, Sam Dastor, Shireen Shah, Zia Mohyeddin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:32:32

Language: English

Release date: 12-14-23

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Classics

Summary:

A comprehensive anthology of dramatisations and readings of Tagore's finest works, plus bonus documentaries

Bengali polymath Rabindranath Tagore was the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. A novelist, poet, playwright, composer, artist and philosopher, he wrote both the Indian and Bangladeshi national anthems; exchanged ideas with Yeats, Einstein and Gandhi, and was hugely influential in promoting Indian culture to the West. This collection includes some of Tagore's key novels, plays and short stories, as well as his best-known poem and four fascinating biographical programmes.

We begin with two adaptations by award-winning dramatist Tanika Gupta. The Home and the World, starring Indira Varma and Sacha Dhawan, relocates Tagore's classic 1916 novel of love, power and political awakening to a contemporary British Muslim setting. Often acclaimed as Tagore's best play, The Red Oleander stars Saeed Jaffrey and Aileen Gonsalves, and tells the story of a beautiful girl who comes to a gold mining community and foments a revolution against its tyrannical king.

Next up is a dramatisation of the novelette Farewell, My Friend, a romantic, delightful tale of two young lovers starring Sam Dastor and Shireen Shah. It is followed by three short stories: 'The Postmaster' and 'The Kabuliwalah', read by Ronny Jhutti, and 'Wealth Surrendered', read by Renu Setna.

Tagore bared his musical soul in the poem 'Broken Song', read here by Peter Barker, and in Centurions: Rabindranath Tagore, poet William Radice and theatre director Jatinder Verma explain why it ranks as one of the 100 greatest art works of the 20th Century. Tanika Gupta joins presenter Matthew Parris and translator Ketaki Kushari Dyson to share her love of Tagore's writing in Great Lives: Tanika Gupta on Rabindranath Tagore, and Zia Mohyeddin reads a selection of his epistolary observations on English society and customs in Letters from Europe. Concluding the collection, Rabindranath Tagore: The Bard of Bengal explores the life and legacy of South Asia's Shakespeare.

First published 1891 ('The Postmaster'), 1891-2 ('Wealth Surrendered'), 1892 ('The Kabuliwalah'), 1910 ('Broken Song'), 1916 (The Home and the World), 1925 (The Red Oleander), 1929 (Farewell, My Friend)

Contents

The Home and the World

The Red Oleander

Farewell, My Friend

'The Postmaster'

'The Kabuliwalah'

'Wealth Surrendered'

'Broken Song'

Centurions: Rabindranath Tagore

Great Lives: Tanika Gupta on Rabindranath Tagore

Letters from Europe

Rabindranath Tagore: The Bard of Bengal

© 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Contact: [email protected]

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ID: 719633

Title: David Edgar: A BBC Radio Drama Collection: 17 Full-Cast Productions including The Shape of the Table, Pentecost & Maydays

Author: David Edgar

Narrator: Adjoa Andoh, Alison Steadman, Andy Serkis, Bill Paterson, Celia Imrie, Charles Dance, Damian Lewis, David Morrissey, Frances Barber, Full Cast , Hattie Morahan, Henry Goodman, Jason Watkins, Samantha Bond, Simon Callow, Tim Mcinnerny

Format: Unabridged

Length: 25:45:30

Language: English

Release date: 12-14-23

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Fiction & Literature, General

Summary:

David Edgar one of Britains greatest living playwrights introduces a collection of his outstanding works

David Edgar is among the UKs leading contemporary dramatists, well known for his powerful plays chronicling Britain's changing political landscape over the past 50 years.

This radio anthology begins with the award-winning Destiny, adapted for radio by Edgar himself, in which he analyses the rise of the right-wing National Front movement. In Saigon Rose, the sexual revolution is under the spotlight, as a couple and their cohorts are forced to face the darker side of the Swinging Sixties. This is followed by a play adapted from the journals of a South African lawyer The Jail Diary of Albie Sachs is a dramatic account of his arrest and solitary confinement.

Mary Barnes recounts the struggles of the titular heroine with her own madness, and Ecclesiastes deals with a fundamentalist preacher. A Movie Starring Me centres around a TV soap star and her obsessive fan, while Entertaining Strangers is about the struggle between a fundamentalist parson and a towns first woman brewer. The 1984 miners strike forms the backdrop to That Summer.

Two plays from Edgars Iron Curtain Trilogy are next: The Shape of the Table and Pentecost, examining themes of negotiation in the aftermath of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Talking to Mars looks at the collapse of the Cold War through the eyes of an international radio station.

The Secret Parts is a gripping murder mystery, adapted for radio by David Edgar from the novel written by his late wife Eve Brook. Playing with Fire is a powerful exploration of racial tensions in multicultural Britain, and Something Wrong about the Mouth is about a man who wants to commission a portrait of a woman he can't produce, dressed for an event that didn't occur. If Only finds a Labour spin doctor, a Tory MP and a Lib Dem party worker stranded by the Icelandic ash cloud.

David Edgars 2019 solo show, Trying It On, sees him delving into the background of his landmark play, Maydays.

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ID: 691063

Title: Rubbish: The Complete Series 1 and 2: A Full-Cast BBC Radio Comedy

Author: Tony Bagley

Narrator: Full Cast , James Lance, Katy Brand, Kevin Eldon, Mark Maier, Martin Trenaman, Matthew Cottle, Neil Dudgeon, Nicola Walker, Oriane Messina, Paul Copley, Pippa Haywood, Reese Dinsdale, Russell Tovey

Format: Unabridged

Length: 05:36:52

Language: English

Release date: 12-14-23

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Satire

Summary:

Quirky comedy from the writer of Married, following the highs and lows of a local government officer

Martin Christmas is a local government worker in the Sanitation department, whose days are shaped by endless recycling initiatives and green league tables, and whose nights are shadowed by his failed relationships and curmudgeonly interior monologues.

While Martin is trying to cultivate his inner peace, but things keep getting in his way: having to come up with slogans for the side of the 'Rubbish Bus', the irritating Pagans in the Youth and Leisure department, and the annual diversity workshop where he meets fellow local government worker Sarah. Whether he's trying to track down a suspicious rival whistleblower within the council, scaling the firefighter's climbing tower (naked), or joining an ex-girlfriend for a sponsored walk that may incur the wrath of some fearsome Brontë fans, Martin's life never seems to get better than... rubbish.

Starring Reece Dinsdale (Coronation Street, Emmerdale Farm), with a cast including Nicola Walker (Unforgotten, Last Tango in Halifax), Oriane Messina (Green Wing), Paul Copley (Downton Abbey, Hornblower), James Lance (Teachers, Ted Lasso), Kevin Eldon (Kevin Eldon Will See You Now, Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle) and Katherine Jakeways (Miranda), this witty look at the upside of mid-life misery is perfect for listeners of Ed Reardon's Week, Little Blighty on the Down, and Married.

Cast and credits

Martin - Reece Dinsdale

Karen - Oriane Messina

Roger - Paul Copley

Don / Tim / Darren / Speaker 1 - Mark Maier

Sarah / Tristana - Nicola Walker (Series 1)

Sarah - Pippa Haywood (Series 2)

Tristana - Katy Brand (Series 2)

Bryan - Neil Edmond

Barney / Barry - James Lance (Series 1)

Barney - Matthew Cottle (Series 2)

Chris / Peter - Jim North

Adam - Paul Reynolds

Scott - Kevin Eldon

Alan / Magistrate - Mike Walling

Wadey - Steven Kynman

Naomi - Katherine Jakeways

David / Tannoy - Martin Trenaman

Matt - Robert Wilfort

Andrea / Woman - Susie Donkin

John - Neil Dudgeon

Dawn - Emma Kennedy

Little Girl - Nicole Shortland

Marie - Claire Bartlett

Loud American / Banks / the Compere - Ewan Bailey

Saffron - Nadia Kamil

Dan - Russell Tovey

Written by Tony Bagley

Produced by Claire Bartlett

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 5 October - 9 November 2006 (Series 1), 31 October - 5 December 2007 (Series 2)

©2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Contact: [email protected]

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ID: 697443

Title: Guernsey Girls

Author: Mary Wood

Narrator: Emma Vane

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:38:06

Language: English

Release date: 12-07-23

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Sagas

Summary:

Friendship is found far from home. Set in the years before WW2 and travelling from London to the island of Guernsey, The Guernsey Girls is the first in a touching series from Mary Wood, author of The Jam Factory Girls.

'Wood is a born storyteller' – Lancashire Evening Post

January 1936. After the hard work of being a maid at Wallington Manor in the lead-up to Christmas, Annie is thrilled at the prospect of going home to Bethnal Green. She has missed her family, but the money she earns keeps them all afloat.

Olivia is from the island of Guernsey and is visiting her aunt at Wallington Manor. When she has to leave for London, Annie is asked to look after her, and on the train journey a friendship blossoms.

A tragic accident sees their friendship become even stronger. A friendship that will see both girls through pain, happiness, marriage and death. A friendship that will see them both united in Guernsey.

And this is just the beginning of their incredible journey . . .

'A cosy fireside read' – Westmeath Examiner

Contact: [email protected]

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ID: 695632

Title: Craig Brown: A BBC Radio Collection: This is Craig Brown, 1966 & All That, As Told to Craig Brown and Lost Diaries

Author: Craig Brown

Narrator: Alistair Mcgowan, Barry Norman, Craig Brown, Dolly Wells, Ewan Bailey, Harry Enfield, Jan Ravens, John Humphrys, Juliet Stevenson, Lewis Mcleod, Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Rory Bremner, Various

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:29:27

Language: English

Release date: 12-07-23

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Fiction & Literature, General, Satire

Summary:

'The wittiest writer in Britain today' Stephen Fry

Columnist, critic and award-winning author Craig Brown is well known for his Private Eye parodies lampooning politicians and celebrities. He has written for numerous newspapers, both under his own name and as his alter egos Wallace Arnold and Bel Littlejohn. Collected here are Brown's four fantastic radio series, plus two bonus programmes in which he discusses his life and work.

Mixing satire, social observation and nonsense, This Is Craig Brown is a hilarious selection of work taken from his vast back catalogue of diaries, parodies and general silliness. A combination of monologues, dramatisations, verse and music, these five episodes see him examining The Arts, Celebrity, Travel, Communications and Hallucinations, aided by a stellar cast including Rory Bremner, Harry Enfield, Edward Fox and John Humphrys.

1966 and All That is Craig Brown's four-part satirical history of Britain, ranging from the 1920s and 30s to the 1980s and 90s. It sees him investigating how DH Lawrence of Arabia wrote Lady Chatterbox's Llama, exploring the era of 'Flour Power' and looking back on the age when Neil Knock-Knock and John Minor made the political headlines. Narrated by stars including Eleanor Bron, Joss Ackland, Ewan Bailey and Margaret Cabourn-Smith, it won a Sony Gold Award for Best Comedy in 2007.

In As Told To Craig Brown, the satirist offers up more inspired parody, mockery and pastiche, as he romps through anything that's newsworthy and a good many things that aren't. Narrated by Juliet Stevenson and Steve Wright, these six episodes feature a host of top comedians and impressionists including Ronni Ancona, Jon Culshaw, Lewis MacLeod and Sally Grace. In the crosshairs of satire are Tuscan holidays, CCTV, the Jane Austen industry and busty starlets.

Craig Brown's Lost Diaries finds Brown dipping into the private lives of public figures from the 1960s to the present day. Over the course of six episodes, he covers a whole year of satire, from the musings of great thinkers like Barack Obama and Barbara Cartland in January and February, to the journals of Germaine Greer and Nigella Lawson in November and December.