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ID: 670484

Title: Arabian Afternoons: Three full-cast dramas inspired by tales from The Arabian Nights

Author: Peter Jukes, Rachel Joyce, Sebastien Baczkiewicz

Narrator: Allan Corduner, Betsabeh Emran, Bruce Alexander, Full Cast , Indira Varma, Joanna Monro, Keely Beresford, Kevork Malikyan, Melissa Advani, Nathan Osgood, Sirine Saba, Stephen Tompkinson, Trevor White, William El-Gardi, Zubin Varla

Format: Unabridged

Length: 02:12:03

Language: English

Release date: 06-08-23

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Comedy, Satire & Parody, Historical Fiction, Fairy Tales & Folklore

Summary:

A trilogy of contemporary plays inspired by tales from The Arabian Nights

The Casper Logue Affair by Sebastian Baczkiewicz: An absurd black comedy thriller, set in Baghdad. Junior diplomat Bob Goldacre is in trouble: the American businessman he was looking after has vanished from a Baghdad street. As the suspects pile up, Goldacre is going to have his work cut out if he wants to save his career and make sure that justice is done.

The Porter and the Three Ladies by Rachel Joyce: It is time for Shahrazad to tell another tale to save her life. In this story within a story, we find out that if Joe doesn't find the exclusive to satisfy his ruthless editor, he will lose his job. He finds three beautiful women in Damascus but what is the truth behind their secret life?

A Dish of Pomegranates by Peter Jukes: Shared roots and scattered families in the melting pot of modern Jerusalem. Tired after a stressful trip, Ajib is stopped by security officers as he tries to fly out of Ben Gurion airport on his way home to the U.S. They don't think his story adds up. Can he make them believe him? And does he actually know the whole story himself?

The Casper Logue Trilogy

Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz

Directed and produced by Abigail le Fleming

Cast

Shahrazad: Sirine Saba

Shahrayar: Kevork Malikyan

Aseera: Betsabeh Emran

Rahim: Sargon Yelda

Goldacre: Trevor White

Hammond: Bruce Alexander

Casper: Nathan Osgood

Kindermann: Rufus Wright

Carlton: John Biggins

Charlene: Alison Pettit

The Porter and the Three Ladies

Written by Rachel Joyce

Directed by Tracey Neale

Produced by Abigail le Fleming

Cast

Shahrazad: Sirine Saba

Shahrayar: Kevork Malikyan

Joe: Stephen Tompkinson

Margot: Joanna Monro

Mira: Indira Varma

Affyah: Jasmine Jones

Juliba: Melissa Advani

A Dish of Pomegranates

Written by Peter Jukes

Directed by Mary Peate

Produced by Abigail le Fleming

Cast

Shahrazad: Sirine Saba

Shahrayar / Vardan: Kevork Malikyan

Ajib: William El-Gardi

Orit: Betsabeh Emran

Rafi: Zubin Varla

Howard: Allan Corduner

Julia: Keely Beresford

Café Owner: Stefan Kalipha

Tawfik / Trader 2: Mozaffar Shafeie

Trader 1 / Flight Attendant: David Seddon

Protestor: Rufus Wright

Originally broadcast in March 2010.

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

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ID: 602642

Title: Pageboy: A Memoir

Author: Elliot Page

Narrator: Elliot Page

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:23:52

Language: English

Release date: 06-06-23

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Arts & Entertainment, General

Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

'The emergence of our true selves is all of our life's work. Pageboy helps chart the course.' Jamie Lee Curtis

'Searing, deeply moving, and incredibly poignant... This isn't simply a book on what it means to be trans, it's about what it means to be human.' Alok Vaid-Menon

Full of intimate stories, from chasing down secret love affairs to battling body image and struggling with familial strife, Pageboy is a love letter to the power of being seen. With this evocative and lyrical debut, Elliot Page captures the universal human experience of searching for ourselves and our place in this complicated world.

'Can I kiss you?' It was two months before the world premiere of Juno, and Elliot Page was in his first ever queer bar. The hot summer air hung heavy around him as he looked at her. And then it happened. In front of everyone. The unthinkable. Here he was on the precipice of discovering himself as a queer person, as a trans person. Getting closer to his desires, his dreams, himself, without the repression he'd carried for so long. But for Elliot, two steps forward had always come with one step back.

With Juno's massive success, Elliot became one of the world's most beloved actors. His dreams were coming true, but the pressure to perform suffocated him. He was forced to play the part of the glossy young starlet, a role that made his skin crawl, on and off set. The career that had been an escape out of his reality and into a world of imagination was suddenly a nightmare. As he navigated criticism and abuse from some of the most powerful people in Hollywood, a past that snapped at his heels and a society dead set on forcing him into a binary, Elliot often stayed silent, unsure of what to do. Until enough was enough.

The Oscar-nominated star who captivated the world with his performance in Juno finally shares his story in a groundbreaking and inspiring memoir about love, family, fame - and stepping into who we truly are with strength, joy and connection.

© Elliot Page 2023 (P) Penguin Audio 2023

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ID: 668601

Title: Verbal Riddim: Dub Poetry

Author: Various

Narrator: Gavin Dunn, Seroca Davis

Format: Unabridged

Length: 03:25:08

Language: English

Release date: 06-01-23

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Poetry

Summary:

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This is dub poetry: bold and musical, funny and furious.

This collection brings together the work of nine inventive and brilliant poets who defined and drove the dub poetry genre. From the Caribbean, Canada and the UK, the poetry in this collection spans forty years, as dub became a powerful cultural and creative force.

With roots in the reggae culture of 1970s Kingston, dub poetry uses the vivid expressions of everyday spoken language to describe and challenge the experience of life on the margins. Early dub poetry took on police violence, slums and poverty. Later, as Caribbean migrants arrived in countries like Britain and Canada, dub poets faced new issues: racism, discrimination and hostility. Over four difficult decades, dub gave marginalised people a voice for their anger, defiance and creativity. It was the soundtrack to post-Windrush culture.

Serious and humorous, alive and urgent, here is the very best of dub poetry.

The poets included in this collection are: Oku Onuora, Mikey Smith, Mutabaruka, Jean 'Binta' Breeze, James Berry, Benjamin Zephaniah, Ahdri Zhina Mandiela, Lillian Allen and Afua Cooper.

©2023 Various (P)2023 Penguin Audio

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ID: 640959

Title: Defiant Dreams: The Journey of an Afghan Girl Who Risked Everything for Education

Author: Malaina Kapoor, Sola Mahfouz

Narrator: Ariana Delawari

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:00:13

Language: English

Release date: 06-01-23

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Science & Technology, History & Culture, Women

Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin.

'I began to grow up the day my mother warned me to stop laughing'

At age eleven, Sola Mahfouz was told she could no longer attend school. The Taliban threatened that any girl who dared to continue their education would have acid thrown in their face, be kidnapped, or worse. Confined to the walls of her home, Sola watched as the few freedoms of childhood were stripped away. She was forbidden to play, to sing, even to laugh. Her early teenage years were consumed by restrictions.

Realising that she would have to either succumb to this life or find a way out, she decided on the latter. At age sixteen, without even a basic ability to add or subtract, she began secretly learning maths and English. By reading dictionaries and taking free online courses, she taught herself theoretical physics and philosophy, all from a home she could only leave five times a year. In the space of nine years she achieved the level of education that a westerner might take 25 years to do and against all odds moved to America to study quantum computing.

It is a radical act to tell the story of an Afghan woman. Too often, they are portrayed only as victims, their identities erased by thick veils and blanket reporting. Defiant Dreams will change the narrative. It's the story of an Afghan girl who dared to ask for more.

'Stories like this inspire me. Seeing the way people like Sola Mahfouz think about the world reinforces my optimism about the future.' BILL GATES

©2023 Malaina Kapoor (P)2023 Penguin Audio

Contact: [email protected]

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ID: 665620

Title: Abolish the Monarchy: Why we should and how we will

Author: Graham Smith

Narrator: Sam Swann

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:02:47

Language: English

Release date: 06-01-23

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Global Politics, Public Policy, Political Ideologies

Summary:

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It's wrong in principle and it doesn't work in practice. (And no, it's not good for tourism.) But it doesn't have to be this way.

They say Britain should be proud to have the mother of parliaments, a shining beacon of democracy and an example to other nations. But there's an elephant in the room.

At the heart of power is a single family. They weren't elected but they live off the public purse. They aren't accountable to anyone, and yet between them they are privy to more government secrets than many cabinet ministers. Divinely appointed using a special hat, the head of the family is your superior, you his subject. Apparently he is guardian of our constitution - but we're also told he wouldn't dream of interfering in politics.

If you accept the monarchy, you must accept the moral compromise that comes with it, from its erosion of the principle of equality to the secret interference in our laws. But the good news is that we don't have to accept it. True democracy is within our reach.

©2023 Graham Smith (P)2023 Penguin Audio

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ID: 666930

Title: Lenin of the Rovers: The Adventures of a Communist Football Club: The Complete Series 1 and 2 of the BBC Radio Comedy

Author: Marcus Berkmann

Narrator: Alexei Sayle, Andrew Mcclean, Full Cast , Jim Broadbent, John L. Sessions, Keith Allen, Kenneth Wolstenholme, Phil Cornwell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 03:54:19

Language: English

Release date: 06-01-23

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Fiction & Literature, General, Humor

Summary:

Alexei Sayle stars in this comical story of Britain's first Communist football team

A secret descendant of Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin, Ricky Lenin is a dyed-in-the-wool Marxist, fervently committed to overthrowing the decadent world of British football. As a midfield maestro, he's perfectly placed to infiltrate England's top club, Felchester Rovers, where he proceeds to introduce his radical ideas. But there's more to his fellow players than meets the eye, and Ricky soon discovers he's not the only one seeking to foment revolution...

In these two series, the tactical mastermind and his teammates lock horns with the gutter press, are drawn against the notoriously hard Crungethorpe United, attempt to use the old boy network to get a sleeper agent into Cambridge, and head to the sunny socialist idyll of El Telvador - only to find themselves in the midst of a war zone. But can they make it through to the FA Cup final?

Part parody, part social commentary, this tongue-in-cheek 'penny dreadful of the airwaves' affectionately spoofs everything from Roy of the Rovers and Boys' Own heroes to the British establishment, the North-South divide, Marxist-Leninist ideology and football itself. Among the star cast are Keith Allen, Phil Cornwell, John Sessions, Jim Broadbent and legendary BBC football commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme.

Written by Marcus Berkmann

Produced by Harry Thompson

Cast

Ricky Lenin - Alexei Sayle

Frank Lee Brian - Kenneth Wolstenholme

Stevie Stalin/Mike Frankly - Andrew McClean

Brian Frankly - Jerold Wells

Ray of the Rovers - Maurice Colbourne

The Colonel - Ballard Berkeley/Donald Hewlett

Terry Trotsky - Keith Allen/Jonathan Kydd/Phil Cornwell

Frank Lee Motson/Davies/Robin Hood - Phil Cornwell

Announcer - John Witty

Des Frankly - Tony Alias

Julian Frankly/Senior Praecucumber - John Wells

Jeff Frankly - John Sessions

Curvy Corinne - Jacqueline Ashman

Manolo/McCreadie/C Hopper Harris - Jim Broadbent

First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 13 February-9 March 1988 (Series 1), 1-8 April 1989 and 8-15 April 2005 (Series 2)

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

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ID: 652118

Title: Brick Lane: A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation

Author: Monica Ali

Narrator: Anneika Rose, Full Cast , Hiftu Quasem, Nikesh Patel, Zubin Varla

Format: Unabridged

Length: 01:53:10

Language: English

Release date: 06-01-23

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Religious & Inspirational, Coming of Age

Summary:

A stunning BBC radio adaptation of Monica Ali's bestselling, Booker-shortlisted novel

1985. Uprooted from her home in Bangladesh, 18-year-old Nazneen is sent to London for an arranged marriage with a much older man. Her new life is strange and bewildering - the busy streets and crowded tower blocks of the East End are a world away from the rural village she grew up in, and she struggles to adapt to living with her self-important husband, Chanu.

Back in Bangladesh, Nazneen's sister Hasina has eloped with the man she loves, and been disowned by her family. Homesick and isolated, Nazneen reads her letters with envy, longing to have such independence and romance for herself. As the years pass, she devotes herself to becoming a dutiful wife and mother - and then she meets a passionate young radical, Karim, and finds herself drawn to him. Can she finally decide to take charge of her destiny?

Monica Ali's stunning debut has become a modern classic. Published in 2003, its themes of immigrant identity and integration, racism and nationalism, free will and fate still resonate with us today. Dramatised by leading playwright Tanika Gupta, this enthralling adaptation was shortlisted for a BBC Audio Drama Award, and stars Anneika Rose, Zubin Varla, Chetna Pandya, Hiftu Quasem, Nina Wadia and Nikesh Patel.

Written by Monica Ali

Dramatised by Tanika Gupta

Directed by Anne Isger

Sound by Caleb Knightley, Ali Craig and Pete Ringrose

Production Co-ordination by Luke MacGregor

Production Assistance by Hannah O'Reilly

A BBC Audio Production

Cast

Nazneen - Anneika Rose

Chanu - Zubin Varla

Razia - Chetna Pandya

Hasina - Hiftu Quasem

Mrs Islam - Nina Wadia

Dr Azad - Neil D'Souza

Karim - Nikesh Patel

Tariq - Ragevan Vasan

Shahana - Rameet Rauli

Bibi - Riti Suthar

Secretary - Gavi Singh Chera

First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 7-14 August 2022

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

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ID: 647859

Title: Doctor Who: The Nightmare Fair: 6th Doctor Novelisation

Author: Graham Williams

Narrator: Toby Longworth

Format: Unabridged

Length: 04:19:21

Language: English

Release date: 06-01-23

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Summary:

An unabridged reading of this novelisation of a 'missing' TV adventure featuring the Celestial Toymaker.

'Slick and polished...immersive productions of much-loved novelisations...long may we enjoy them.' - Doctor Who Magazine

Drawn into 'the nexus of the primeval cauldron of Space-Time', the Doctor and Peri are somewhat surprised to find themselves at Blackpool Pleasure Beach.

Is it really just chance that has brought them to the funfair? Or is their arrival somehow connected with the sinister presence of a rather familiar Chinese Mandarin?

Once again the Doctor encounters his deadly adversary the Celestial Toymaker in this adventure by Graham Williams, planned but never made for the TV series in 1986.

Reading produced by Neil Gardner/Ladbroke Audio.

Sound design by Simon Power.

Executive producer for BBC Audio: Michael Stevens

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

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ID: 602055

Title: Being Human: How our biology shaped world history

Author: Lewis Dartnell

Narrator: John Sackville

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:51:18

Language: English

Release date: 06-01-23

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: History, World, Science & Technology, Biology & Chemistry

Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin.

We are a wonder of evolution.

Powerful yet dextrous, instinctive yet thoughtful, we are expert communicators and innovators. Our exceptional abilities have created the civilisation we know today.

But we're also deeply flawed.

Our bodies break, choke and fail, whether we're kings or peasants. Diseases thwart our boldest plans. Our psychological biases have been at the root of terrible decisions in both war and peacetime.

This extraordinary contradiction is the essence of what it means to be human - the sum total of our frailties and our faculties. And history has played out in the balance between them. Now, for the first time, Lewis Dartnell tells our story through the lens of this unique, capricious and fragile nature. He explores how our biology has shaped our relationships, our societies, our economies and our wars, and how it continues to challenge and define our progress.

Being Human is history made flesh. It will change the way you see the world.

©2023 Lewis Dartnell (P)2023 Penguin Audio

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ID: 621923

Title: Radical Love

Author: Neil Blackmore

Narrator: Anthony Howell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:23:07

Language: English

Release date: 06-01-23

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Historical Romance

Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin.

Welcome to England, 1809. London is a violent, intolerant city, exhausted by years of war, beset by soaring prices and political tensions. By day, John Church preaches on the radical possibilities of love to a multicultural, working-class congregation in Southwark. But by night, he crosses the river to the secret and glamorous world of a gay molly house on Vere Street, where ordinary men reinvent themselves as funny, flirtatious drag queens and rent boys cavort with labourers and princes alike. There, Church becomes the first minister to offer marriages between men, at enormous risk.

Everything changes when Church meets the unworldly and free-thinking Ned, part of a group of African activist abolitionists who attend his chapel. The two bond over their broken childhoods, and Church falls obsessively in love with Ned's tender nature. In a fragile, colourful secret world under threat, Church's love for Ned takes him to the edge of reason.

Based on the incredible true story of one of the most important events in queer history, Radical Love is a sensuous and prescient story about gender and sexuality, and how the most vulnerable survive in dangerous times.

©2023 Neil Blackmore (P)2023 Penguin Audio

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