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Like Never Before

by Alistair McGowan ...

Comic, poignant, and observational, these poems embrace the theme of a changing world – linguistically, politically, and environmentally – and the changes we all experience as we age. This is Alistair – like never before – commenting on a world that is accelerating like never before. ... Read more

$12.00 CAD

Comic, poignant, and observational, these poems embrace the theme of a changing world – linguistically, politically, and environmentally – and the changes we all experience as we age. This is Alistair – like never before – commenting on a world that is accelerating like never before.
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Not What We Were Expecting

by Alistair McGowan ...

A debut collection of poetic snapshots written between 1986 and 2024.“All the wit you’d expect and yearn for but with a really surprising and delicious sensitivity.” Joanna Lumley“Alistair’s sense of fun we know but the tenderness of his poetry adds new depths to our understanding of the man and his work.” Henry Normal“Funny, moving, and with a real depth of feeling.” Mary Killen, The Spectator ... Read more

$11.97 CAD

A debut collection of poetic snapshots written between 1986 and 2024.“All the wit you’d expect and yearn for but with a really surprising and delicious sensitivity.” Joanna Lumley“Alistair’s sense of fun we know but the tenderness of his poetry adds new depths to our understanding of the man and his work.” Henry Normal“Funny, moving, and with a real depth of feeling.” Mary Killen, The Spectator
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The House of the Spirit Levels

A Full-Cast BBC Radio Comedy

by Nick Revell ...

Narrated by Nick Revell, Alistair McGowan, mx Maggie Steed, Peter Serafinowicz, Alison Steadman, Claire Skinner, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Morwenna Banks, Joanna Brooks, Full Cast0 ...

Unabridged

2 hours 48 min

An epic six-part comedy saga with a star cast, from master storyteller and satirist Nick RevellWhen Tony Hardstaff breaks the bank playing ‘Snap!’ at the St Petersburg Casino, he is swept up in a maelstrom of romance and adventure. Seduced by the sultry Natassia Fillipovna Karamazov – a woman with curves so perfect they could make a geometry professor spontaneously combust – Tony is caught in ... Read more

$25.83 CAD

An epic six-part comedy saga with a star cast, from master storyteller and satirist Nick RevellWhen Tony Hardstaff breaks the bank playing ‘Snap!’ at the St Petersburg Casino, he is swept up in a maelstrom of romance and adventure. Seduced by the sultry Natassia Fillipovna Karamazov – a woman with curves so perfect they could make a geometry professor spontaneously combust – Tony is caught in
... Read more
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Elvenquest: The Journey So Far: Series 1,2,3 and 4

by Anil Gupta, Richard Pinto ...

Narrated by Alistair McGowan, Darren Boyd, Dave Lamb, Full Cast, Kevin Eldon, Sophie Winkleman, Stephen Mangan ...

Unabridged

11 hours 5 min

Stephen Mangan and Alistair McGowan star in the fantastical BBC Radio 4 comedy by Anil Gupta and Richard Pinto.When fantasy novelist Sam is whisked off to Lower Earth by a band of noble warriors, his dog Amis goes with them. Transformed into human form, Amis turns out to be The Chosen One, whom the warriors need to help find the Sword of Asnagar. Only with the sword can they save Lower Earth from ... Read more

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Stephen Mangan and Alistair McGowan star in the fantastical BBC Radio 4 comedy by Anil Gupta and Richard Pinto.When fantasy novelist Sam is whisked off to Lower Earth by a band of noble warriors, his dog Amis goes with them. Transformed into human form, Amis turns out to be The Chosen One, whom the warriors need to help find the Sword of Asnagar. Only with the sword can they save Lower Earth from
... Read more
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Craig Brown: A BBC Radio Collection

This is Craig Brown, 1966 & All That, As Told to Craig Brown and Lost Diaries

by Craig Brown ...

Narrated by Craig Brown, Jan Ravens, Alistair McGowan, Ewan Bailey, Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Rory Bremner, Harry Enfield, Barry Norman, John Humphrys, Lewis McLeod0, Dolly Wells1, Juliet Stevenson2 ...

Unabridged

9 hours 29 min

'The wittiest writer in Britain today' Stephen FryColumnist, 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 ... Read more

$25.83 CAD

'The wittiest writer in Britain today' Stephen FryColumnist, 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
... Read more
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Life, Death & Sex with Mike and Sue

A BBC Radio 4 comedy

by Bill Dare ...

Narrated by Robert Duncan, Julia Hills, Jan Ravens, Mark Kilmurry, Roger Blake, Sally Phillips, Dan Strauss, Alistair McGowan, Full Cast, Ronni Ancona ...

Unabridged

10 hours 50 min

A collection of the hilarious show-within-a-show about two daytime TV presentersSit back, dip your biscuit in your tea, and relax... because Mike and Sue are here! In each episode of this mid-morning spoof, the sofa-bound host couple Mike and Sue and their live studio audience tackle various topics of the day - no matter how clumsily.Ranging from shopping addictions and teenagers to cults and ... Read more

$25.83 CAD

A collection of the hilarious show-within-a-show about two daytime TV presentersSit back, dip your biscuit in your tea, and relax... because Mike and Sue are here! In each episode of this mid-morning spoof, the sofa-bound host couple Mike and Sue and their live studio audience tackle various topics of the day - no matter how clumsily.Ranging from shopping addictions and teenagers to cults and
... Read more
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The Young Postmen

A BBC Radio 4 Comedy

by Ben Miller ...

Narrated by Ben Miller, John Thomson, Felicity Montagu, Jim Barclay, Alistair McGowan, Joanna Brooks, David Mellor, Vinnie Jones, Full Cast ...

Unabridged

2 hours 47 min

A surreal comedy about the escapades of a trio of Post Office workersIn Swansden, it seems like the men and women of the Post Office must make their own fun. From following mystic runes on a fantasy journey and competing in a little light professional competitive cycling, to fighting the Tuareg in a fort in Africa after joining the French Foreign Legion and engaging the Jupiter aliens in an ... Read more

$25.83 CAD

A surreal comedy about the escapades of a trio of Post Office workersIn Swansden, it seems like the men and women of the Post Office must make their own fun. From following mystic runes on a fantasy journey and competing in a little light professional competitive cycling, to fighting the Tuareg in a fort in Africa after joining the French Foreign Legion and engaging the Jupiter aliens in an
... Read more
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Born to be Wilde

Plays, stories and the making of a modern celebrity

by Oscar Wilde ...

Narrated by Alistair McGowan, Dervla Kirwan, Full Cast, John Heffernan, John Moffatt, Joseph Ayre, Joseph Fiennes, Mathew Baynton, Max Bennett, Miranda Raison, Paul McGann, Rupert Penry-Jones ...

Unabridged

9 hours 32 min

A BBC radio celebration of the works of Oscar Wilde, including energetic adaptations of his best-known plays, short stories, and original dramas about the man himselfLong before he'd produced any of his great works, Oscar Wilde was already famous for being famous. Armed only with some witty epigrams, a carefully crafted persona and his genius for self-promotion, he had conquered America and ... Read more

$23.98 CAD

A BBC radio celebration of the works of Oscar Wilde, including energetic adaptations of his best-known plays, short stories, and original dramas about the man himselfLong before he'd produced any of his great works, Oscar Wilde was already famous for being famous. Armed only with some witty epigrams, a carefully crafted persona and his genius for self-promotion, he had conquered America and
... Read more
A Matter of Life and Death

Or How to Wean A Man off Football

by Alistair McGowan, Ronni Ancona ...

"Couples argue about a lot of things - money, seeing old partners, football, having children, looking after children...and football. Clothes, washing up...and football. If you think about the relationships you've had, football is probably the cause of more arguments than anything else."From TV's funniest male/female double act comes a hilarious new book about the wrangles, rows and off-side rules ... Read more

$9.89 CAD

"Couples argue about a lot of things - money, seeing old partners, football, having children, looking after children...and football. Clothes, washing up...and football. If you think about the relationships you've had, football is probably the cause of more arguments than anything else."From TV's funniest male/female double act comes a hilarious new book about the wrangles, rows and off-side rules
... Read more
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The Elephant Man

A Full-Cast BBC Radio Comedy

by Debbie Barham ...

Narrated by Peter Serafinowicz, Chris Emmett, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Joanna Munro, Richard Pearce, Alistair McGowan, Debra Stephenson, Full cast ...

Unabridged

3 hours 59 min

A hapless elephant keeper must do everything he can to save his failing zooTerry Lyon, assistant head keeper of Southwood Zoo, trusts animals because most people think he’s a waste of space. But as the zoo lurches towards bankruptcy, his future looks bleak. As if managing hungry elephants and contrary polar bears wasn’t complicated enough, the humans in Terry’s life pose their own challenges. ... Read more

$25.83 CAD

A hapless elephant keeper must do everything he can to save his failing zooTerry Lyon, assistant head keeper of Southwood Zoo, trusts animals because most people think he’s a waste of space. But as the zoo lurches towards bankruptcy, his future looks bleak. As if managing hungry elephants and contrary polar bears wasn’t complicated enough, the humans in Terry’s life pose their own challenges.
... Read more
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The Nick Revell Show

A BBC Radio Comedy

by Nick Revell ...

Narrated by Nick Revell, Doon Mackichan, Alistair McGowan, Stephen Tompkinson, Lesley Sharp, Full Cast ...

Unabridged

5 hours 47 min

The award-winning 1990s sitcom, written by and starring Nick RevellNick Revell plays a slightly stranger version of himself in this surreal comedy – a struggling writer in his mid-thirties who shares his untidy flat with Vince and Alan, a pair of talking geraniums. They, meanwhile, watch on and take stock of his many mishaps and misadventures.For the beleaguered Nick, even simple tasks like ... Read more

$25.83 CAD

The award-winning 1990s sitcom, written by and starring Nick RevellNick Revell plays a slightly stranger version of himself in this surreal comedy – a struggling writer in his mid-thirties who shares his untidy flat with Vince and Alan, a pair of talking geraniums. They, meanwhile, watch on and take stock of his many mishaps and misadventures.For the beleaguered Nick, even simple tasks like
... Read more
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Paradise Lost in Space

A BBC Radio sci-fi comedy

by Colin Swash ...

Narrated by Alistair McGowan, Carla Mendonca, David Haig, Full Cast, Peter Serafinowicz, Tony Robinson, Ronni Ancona ...

Unabridged

2 hours 53 min

Tony Robinson and David Haig star in this black-hole comedy about two space-age humans stranded on a friendly alien planetNorman is an idealistic, Beethoven-loving revolutionary. Max is a boring but cheerful timeshare salesman who won't stop talking. Fellow passengers on a flight to the Moon, they're thrown together to become reluctant companions after the lunar shuttle's toilet cubicle explodes, ... Read more

$16.60 CAD

Tony Robinson and David Haig star in this black-hole comedy about two space-age humans stranded on a friendly alien planetNorman is an idealistic, Beethoven-loving revolutionary. Max is a boring but cheerful timeshare salesman who won't stop talking. Fellow passengers on a flight to the Moon, they're thrown together to become reluctant companions after the lunar shuttle's toilet cubicle explodes,
... Read more

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