This Pulitzer prize winning novel is Hemingway's masterpiece; set in Cuba on the Gulf Stream, this is the thrilling and tantalising story of an epic battle between an old, experienced fisherman and a large marlin. Santiago, has gone 84 days without catching a fish, and is considered unlucky; his only friend is young Manolin, the boy whom he's taught how to fish. When on the 85th day, Santiago sets sail again, his luck seems to change when he catches the biggest fish of his life. But the biggest battle of his life is about to commence.

Produced and Directed by Pauline Harris

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Cited by the Nobel Committee as contributing to Hemingway's Nobel Prize in Literature, the novel is a seemingly simple tale, full of emotion and drama.

It's the story of the struggle of life - a meditation on life and death, and old age. It's about the challenge of survival and the pitting of one man's ageing body and ageing mind against nature. It's about an ancient culture about to come to an end, and a practice as old as time itself. It's a final act, and the boy is there to remind us that life moves on, and a new generation steps forward.

"Seattle Blues" is a critical milestone episode of The Adventures of Harry Nile, a hard-boiled private-eye radio drama created by writer-producer Jim French. First broadcast on December 2, 1976, the story serves as a prequel to the main timeline. It details Harry Nile's very first visit to Seattle, occurring a full decade before he leaves the Chicago police force to permanently settle down in the Pacific Northwest. In this case, Harry works to help a young woman recover money from a crooked gambler.

"West for My Health" is the very first episode of the long-running audio radio drama series, The Adventures of Harry Nile. Written and produced by Jim French, this foundational story introduces listeners to the hard-luck private investigator and sets up his entire narrative timeline.

Freder is an underworked "captain" in a high level position in the futuristic consumer society of the mega-city named Metropolis.

Feeling suicidal, but unable to understand why, Freder switches identities with a low level "product insertion" - a kind of telemarketing.

Failing at that, Freder soon finds himself working for Maria, an imperfect beauty with all the answers. Maria plunges Freder into the depths of her underground conspiracy to disrupt the workings of society.

Thea von Harbou's 1925 novel became husband Fritz Lang's 1927 silent movie classic.

Its terrifying vision of the future was born in an age of booming heavy industry.

Peter Straughan's new version finds its hero, caught up in a nightmarish world all too recognisably drawn from the one we find ourselves in today.

Freddy ....... Edward Hogg

Maria ....... Tracy Wiles

Josaphat ....... Damian Lynch

Schmale ....... Peter Marinker

With:

Kim Wall

Elizabeth Bell

Anthony Glennon

Liz Sutherland

Jacqueline Cloake

Thomas Wheatley

Director: Toby Swift

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2006.

The Prince of Africa is an acclaimed 1987 BBC Radio drama written by the renowned Kittitian-British author Caryl Phillips.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in March 1987, the play follows an English sea captain who, while new to the slave trade, finds himself in command of an overcrowded slave ship bound for the Americas.

It employs an experimental and fluid narrative style that moves seamlessly across time and space, exploring the overarching themes of the African diaspora, dislocation, and the history of slavery.

The original broadcast starred actors Trevor Laird as the African and Geoffrey Collins as Captain John Winston, and was directed by Ian Cotterell.

The famous "Army Hour" radio interview with Audie Murphy was recorded on August 16, 1960, while the legendary World War II hero and Hollywood actor was on location in Western Germany.

By phone from his home in Southern California, this beloved man of many talents and voices was a live guest on Radio Classics program on WBBM, Chicago. Listeners had an opportunity to call in and talk with him about his career on radio and cartoons and his book, “That’s Not All Folks!” He was born on May 30, 1908 and was 80 at the time of this broadcast. He died just ten months later, at age 81 on July 10, 1989.

A chance encounter in a random phone-call may prove good fortune or bad luck for Jess and Lydia.

A sweet romance about taking control of destiny.

A young composer arrives in Northumberland, looking for an old man reputed to have written a hauntingly beautiful love song. The old man only sang it once - after his wife left him - and says he'll it sing it no more.

The composer embarks on a cold-hearted campaign to make the old man's daughter fall in love with him.