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ID: 666935

Title: All of the Planet's Wonders: A BBC Radio 4 Comedy Series

Author: Josie Long

Narrator: Josie Long, Maeve Higgins, Various

Format: Unabridged

Length: 00:55:53

Language: English

Release date: 07-13-23

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: General Comedy

Summary:

Josie Long presents four entertaining and educational comedic essays, aided by Maeve Higgins and special guests

Award-winning comedian Josie Long has performed nine hit stand-up shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, subsequently touring them around the UK and internationally. This BBC Radio series was adapted from her hit 2009 stage show, and finds her attempting to unravel the mysteries of the universe through ad hoc research. Using the knowledge she's gleaned, she gives us the lowdown on her selected subject - with the help of her special guests, who join in with questions, illustrations and interruptions.

In Astronomy for Dummies, Josie uses the textbook of the same name to try and get to grips with the complexities of the solar system. As she flicks through its pages, she learns how to identify constellations, joins the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence - and finds her cosmic twin... The Enlightenment sees her pondering the history of collecting things. From her childhood frog collection to the Pitts Rivers Museum, she considers why we love acquiring, categorising and displaying objects - and how doing so makes us better people...

In Obscure Animal Facts, Josie attempts to level up, and become unbeatable at Trivial Pursuit. Sharing her favourite facts about the animal kingdom, she recalls her animal-activist past, interrogates her father over his quiz-buff history and reflects on the deep joy of being dorky. And in Propriety, Plants, Grandparents and Growing Your Own, she finds out how being outside connects us to nature, muses on apple names and adventure botanists, and discovers how her granny's gardening book holds the key to al fresco happiness.

Among Josie's special guests are The Infinite Monkey Cage's Robin Ince; German comedian Henning Wehn; Josie's dad Geoff Long; and the host of Jordan, Jesse, Go!, Jesse Thorn.

Production credits

Written by and starring Josie Long

Produced by Colin Anderson

With Maeve Higgins, Robin Ince, Professor Stephen Maran, Henning Wehn, Daniel Harkin, Chris Neil, Jesse Thorne, Geoff Long, Isy Suttie

First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 18 February-11 March 2009

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

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ID: 633257

Title: After the Funeral

Author: Tessa Hadley

Narrator: Abigail Thaw

Format: Unabridged

Length: 06:31:48

Language: English

Release date: 07-13-23

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Short Stories, Literary Fiction, Family Life

Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin.

From the incomparable Tessa Hadley, a masterful collection of stories that plumb the depths of everyday life to reveal the shifting tides and hidden undercurrents of ordinary relationships

In each of the twelve stories in After the Funeral, small events have huge consequences. Heloise's father died in a car crash when she was a little girl; at a dinner party in her forties, she meets someone connected to that long-ago tragedy. Two estranged sisters cross paths at a posh hotel and pretend not to recognize each other. Janie's bohemian mother plans to marry a man close to Janie's own age - everything changes when an accident interrupts the wedding party. A daughter caring for her elderly mother during the pandemic becomes obsessed with the woman next door; in the wake of his best friend's death, a man must reassess his affair with the friend's wife. Teenager Cecilia wakes one morning on vacation with her parents in Florence and sees them for the first time through disenchanted eyes.

As psychologically astute as they are emotionally dense, these stories illuminate the enduring conflicts between responsibility and freedom, power and desire, convention and subversion, reality and dreams. A vital addition to Tessa Hadley's celebrated body of work, After the Funeral bears out Claire Messud's observation that 'Like Alice Munro, to whom she has more than once been compared, Hadley has the gift of making small canvases inexhaustibly new.... Compassionate and luminous, Hadley sees them all - or should I say, she sees us all: our travails, our fantasies and our small joys.'

©2023 Tessa Hadley (P)2023 Penguin Audio

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ID: 622639

Title: Scatter Brain: How I finally got off the ADHD rollercoaster and became the owner of a very tidy sock drawer

Author: Shaparak Khorsandi

Narrator: Shaparak Khorsandi

Format: Unabridged

Length: 06:38:37

Language: English

Release date: 07-13-23

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Health & Wellness, Women's Health

Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin.

Some brains, through no fault of their own, pack a bag, turn the lights off and run away to the seaside the moment they are meant to be doing homework, paying bills or not putting the cat in the fridge. These are ADHD brains. I have one and believe they are as common as being left-handed, flat footed or genuinely enjoying anchovies on a pizza.

Undiagnosed Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder made my life a frustrating, maddening rollercoaster. I had very little focus except when I was hyper-focusing (and then it would always be on the wrong things), I made the same mistakes over and over again, regularly burning myself out until I was sobbing. When I finally was diagnosed in my 40s it felt like the lights had been turned on after a lifetime in the dark.

Join much-loved comedian Shappi Khorsandi as she looks back on her life through the lens of ADHD and finally makes sense of the chaos. From discovering the joys of shoplifting through to finally understanding her attraction to toxic men, Scatter Brain will have you laughing (and crying) as you find out what it's really like to live a life out of control. Whether you suspect you might have ADHD or you're here to enjoy the ride, let Shappi take you on her hilarious journey of self-discovery where you just might learn something useful about yourself too!

©2023 Shaparak Khorsandi (P)2023 Penguin Audio

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ID: 610789

Title: That Peckham Boy: Growing up, Getting Out and Giving Back

Author: Kenny Imafidon

Narrator: Chuku Modu

Format: Unabridged

Length: 06:30:21

Language: English

Release date: 07-13-23

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Non-Fiction, Social Science

Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin.

For fans of Poverty Safari and Skint Estate, That Peckham Boy is a real-life manifesto calling for positive change for those on the fringes of society.

'When you're writing the story of your life, make sure you're holding the pen. In this life you can be whoever you want to be.'

Two days after his eighteenth birthday, Kenny Imafidon was charged with the murder of a seventeen-year-old boy in south-east London. The middle child of a single mother with ambitions for her children, Kenny grew up near an estate in Peckham where deprivation and hopelessness were rife, and gang culture flourished in his community. Kenny faced a minimum of thirty years behind bars - longer than the life he had lived.

When the case against Kenny collapsed, he quickly realised that his name was still inextricably linked with a horrific crime he hadn't committed. He decided to rewrite his story. It began with The Kenny Report, which he delivered to the House of Commons and which detailed the experiences of marginalised young people who drift into gangs, and has led to extensive work with charities, communities and policy-makers that is helping to change the narratives of other young people just like Kenny.

A candid and unfiltered take on some of the most challenging topics that define our times, That Peckham Boy is a personal manifesto exploring what it means to be young, Black and poor in the city. It is shaped by Kenny's difficult childhood, his transformative time in prison, and the people and conversations that took him from being on trial for murder into the company of some of the most successful people in the world.

© Kenny Imafidon 2023 (P) Penguin Audio 2023

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ID: 671465

Title: What About Men?

Author: Caitlin Moran

Narrator: Caitlin Moran

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:19:58

Language: English

Release date: 07-06-23

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Non-Fiction, Social Science, General Comedy

Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin.

As any feminist who talks about the problems of girls and women will know, the first question you will ever be asked is 'But what about MEN?' After eleven years of writing bestsellers about women and dismissing this question, having been very sure that the concerns of feminism and men are very different things, Caitlin Moran realised that this wasn't quite right, and that the problems of feminism are also the problems of, yes, men.

So, what about men? Why do they only go to the doctor if their wife or girlfriend makes them? Why do they never discuss their penises with each other - but make endless jokes about their balls? What is porn doing for young men? Is their fondness for super-skinny jeans leading to an epidemic of bad mental health? Are men allowed to be sad? Are men allowed to lose? Have Men's Rights Activists confused 'power' with 'empowerment'? And is Jordan B Peterson just your mum - but with some mad theory about a lobster?

In this book, Caitlin intends to answer all this and more - because if men haven't yet answered the question 'What About Men?', it's going to be down to a busy woman to do it.

©2023 Caitlin Moran (P)2023 Penguin Audio

Contact: [email protected]

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ID: 672967

Title: Doctor at Large: The Complete BBC Radio Series

Author: Richard Gordon

Narrator: Full Cast , Richard Briers

Format: Unabridged

Length: 06:13:28

Language: English

Release date: 07-06-23

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Fiction & Literature, General, Humor

Summary:

The complete classic 1960s comedy starring Richard Briers, the sequel to Doctor in the House

Richard Briers stars in this sparkling sixties comedy about a young, newly qualified doctor and his two best friends, Taffy Evans and Tony Benskin. When Simon Sparrow (Richard Briers) lands his first job as a ship's doctor, he soon realises life on the seas is far from plain sailing. First of all, he falls in love with the chairman's daughter, Wendy, but is distracted from his affections by the discovery that he suffers from seasickness, and is expected to perform surgery with only cutlery and a hefty dose of brandy...

Once safely on land, Simon joins a rather high-class medical practice, but finds life no simpler there. Will his accidental engagement to Wendy stand? Does his X-ray mishap spell disaster? And can he complete his surgeon's exam on the biggest day of his life?

A spin-off from the 1955 novel Doctor at Large and the subsequent television series, this sitcom features guest appearances from such varied comedy actors as Miriam Margolyes, Stanley Baxter, Joan Sims and David Jason.

A light-hearted comedy perfect for fans of Brothers in Law, The Good Life, and Marriage Lines.

Cast and credits

Simon Sparrow - Richard Briers

Wendy Swithenbank - Norma Ronald

Sir Lancelot Spratt - Geoffrey Sumner

Tony Benskin/First Mate Jock Hornbeam - Ray Cooney

Taffy Evans/Colonel Smith/Waiter - Edward Cast

Mrs Muir/Mrs Travers - Dandy Nichols

Mr Smith - Bill Fraser

Easter - Peter Jones

Edna Swithenbank/Mrs Russell - Joan Sanderson

Colonel Swithenbank/Colonel Brown - Dennis Ramsden

Miss Bottomley - Patsy Rowlands

Maria - Marjorie Westbury

Matilde - Miriam Margolyes

Mrs Hawkins - Ann Murray

Rosa/Mother - Madi Hedd

Dr Hockett - Stanley Baxter

Dora - Joan Sims

Receptionist - David Jason

The Duke - Howard Marion Crawford

Sir Raymond Beecham - Richard Caldicot

Kitty Buckingham - Fenella Fielding

Butler - Garard Green

Nurse - Rosalind Adams

Anthea de Beere-Sidebotham - Alethea Charlton

Mrs de Beere-Sidebotham - Ambrosine Phillpotts

Mr de Beere-Sidebotham - Peter Williams

Ward Sister - Kathleen Helme

Lord Crutchley - Ronald Adam

Sir Mortimer Huxted - Erik Chitty

Taxi Driver - Sam Kydd

Written by Richard Gordon

Adapted by Ray Cooney

Produced by David Hatch

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 4 June - 2 September 1969

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

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ID: 612282

Title: Thunderclap: A memoir of art and life & sudden death

Author: Laura Cumming

Narrator: Laura Cumming

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:39:33

Language: English

Release date: 07-06-23

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Literary

Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin.

'We see with everything that we are'

On the morning of 12 October 1654, in the Dutch city of Delft, a sudden explosion was followed by a thunderclap that could be heard more than seventy miles away. Carel Fabritius - now known across the world for his exquisite painting, The Goldfinch - had been at work in his studio. He, along with many others, would not survive the day.

In Thunderclap, Laura Cumming reveals her passion for the art of the Dutch Golden Age and her determination to lift up the reputation of Fabritius. She reveals the Netherlands, where - wandering the narrow streets of Amsterdam, driving across the flatlands, or pausing at a quiet waterfront - she encounters the rich reality behind the shining beauty of Vermeer and Rembrandt, Hals and de Hooch. She shares too her relationship with her father, the Scottish artist James Cumming, who had his own deep connection to Dutch painting, and who taught her about colour, light and the rewards of looking deeply.

This is a book about what a picture may come to mean: how it can enter your life and change your thinking in a thunderclap, a sudden clarity of sight. This is also a book about the precariousness of human life - the way it may be snatched from us in an instant. What can art do to sustain us? The work that survives tells its own compelling story in these pages.

From the Sunday Times-bestselling author of On Chapel Sands, shortlisted for the Costa Prize for Biography. Praise for On Chapel Sands:

'Cumming skilfully withholds key twists in the tale, revealing them at just the right moment' The Times

'Outstanding . . . A peerless detective story that keeps you guessing to the end' Sunday Times

Praise for The Vanishing Man, winner of the James Tait Black Prize:

'Superb and original' Sunday Times

'Sumptuous . . . A gleaming work of someone at the peak of her craft' New York Times

©2023 Laura Cumming (P)2023 Penguin Audio

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ID: 675077

Title: American Pastoral

Author: Philip Roth

Narrator: Malcolm Hillgartner

Format: Unabridged

Length: 16:06:11

Language: English

Release date: 07-06-23

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction

Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin.

Discover the Pulitzer-prize winning novel that confirmed Philip Roth as one of the greatest American writers.

'Swede' Levov is living the American dream.

He glides through life cocooned by his devoted family, lucrative business, sporting prowess and good looks. He is the embodiment of thriving, post-war America, land of liberty and hope.

Until one sunny day in 1968, when Swede's daughter, Merry, commits an outlandishly savage act of political terrorism and the Levov family is plunged into mayhem. Extraordinarily nuanced and poignant, American Pastoral is the first in an eloquent trilogy of post-war American novels that still resonates today.

PRAISE FOR AMERICAN PASTORAL:

'Angry, grieving, witty, acute' Sunday Times

'A profound and personal meditation on the changes in the American psyche over the last fifty years' Financial Times

'A momentous novel' Observer

©2016 Philip Roth (P)2023 Penguin Audio

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ID: 630736

Title: Obsessed: (Michael Bennett 15)

Author: James Patterson

Narrator: Joshua Kane

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:47:25

Language: English

Release date: 07-06-23

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Police Stories

Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin.

The fifteenth instalment in the globally bestselling Michael Bennett series.

Detective Michael Bennett must discover who's murdering glamorous young women - before his eldest daughter is targeted.Detective Michael Bennett and the NYPD are aboard a police boat in the Hudson River searching for a murder victim - a young college student.

They find her tossed in the dark waves, dressed for a night out. The gruesome sight fills Bennett with dread only a father could fathom.

As the obsessive killer extends his spree, a pattern emerges. One that Bennett's eldest daughter fits to a harrowing degree.

Now NYPD's top detective must lure the murderer into the light of day before the next deadly strike lands closer to home than Bennett could ever bear - as a parent and a protector.

Praise for James Patterson

'Nobody does it better.' Jeffery Deaver

'One of the greatest storytellers of all time.' Patricia Cornwell

'James Patterson is The Boss. End of.' Ian Rankin

'No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades.' Lee Child

©2023 James Patterson (P)2023 Penguin Audio

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ID: 647860

Title: Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis: 7th Doctor Novelisation

Author: Kevin Clarke

Narrator: David Banks

Format: Unabridged

Length: 04:15:29

Language: English

Release date: 07-06-23

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Romance, Science Fiction & Paranormal

Summary:

David Banks reads this exciting novelisation of a TV adventure for the Seventh Doctor, Ace, and the Cybermen.

Launched into space 350 years ago, a meteor is returning to Earth. Inside it waits Nemesis, a silver statue made of the living metal validium, the most dangerous substance in the Universe.

Three factions await the statue: the neo-Nazi de Flores and his stormtroopers; Lady Peinforte, who saw Nemesis exiled in 1638, and the advance part of a Cyberman invasion force.

Meanwhile, the Doctor and Ace are in Windsor...

David Banks, who played the Cyberleader in the TV series during the 1980s, reads Kevin Clarke's novelisation of his own 1988 TV serial.

? 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd © 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Reading produced by Neil Gardner/Ladbroke Audio.

Sound design by Simon Power.

Executive producer for BBC Audio: Michael Stevens.

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