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Great British Trials Box Set

True Crime Drama: Three gripping trials adapted from the original transcripts

by Mr Punch ...

Narrated by Jemma Redgrave, Andrew Sachs, Andrew Wincott, David Goodland, Elizabeth Mansfield, Geoffrey Whitehead, Howard Ward, Jeffrey Segal, Jenny Howe, John Baddeley, Jonathan Wrather, Mark Hadfield, Nicola Barber, Norman Bird, Robin Welch, Ronald Pickup, Terence Edmond, Teresa Gallagher, Trevor Nichols ...

Series Audiobook 4 - Great British Trials
Abridged

8 hours 6 min

Step into the courtroom and relive three of the most notorious trials of the 20th Century, that captivated the nation. Based on the original trial transcripts, eyewitness testimonies and contemporary reports, we invite you to join the Jury at the Old Bailey and reach your own verdict.The Trial of Ruth Ellis: What drove this attractive mother of two young children to fire six fatal shots on Easter ... Read more

$26.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Step into the courtroom and relive three of the most notorious trials of the 20th Century, that captivated the nation. Based on the original trial transcripts, eyewitness testimonies and contemporary reports, we invite you to join the Jury at the Old Bailey and reach your own verdict.The Trial of Ruth Ellis: What drove this attractive mother of two young children to fire six fatal shots on Easter
... Read more
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10 Rillington Place: The Trials of Evans & Christie

True Crime Drama based on the original trial transcripts

by Mr Punch ...

Narrated by Ronald Pickup, Jonathan Wrather, Elizabeth Mansfield, Howard Ward, John Baddeley, Nicola Barber, Robin Welch, Terence Edmond, Trevor Nichols ...

Series Audiobook 3 - Great British Trials
Unabridged

3 hours 8 min

Prepare yourself for a gripping journey back into the darkest corners of post-war London and the shocking story of the infamous Rillington Place murders that shook London in the early 1950’s. Based on the original trial transcripts, it is for you to decide if an innocent man was sent to the gallows.On January 11, 1950, Timothy Evans of 10 Rillington Place stood trial at the Old Bailey, accused of ... Read more

$13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Prepare yourself for a gripping journey back into the darkest corners of post-war London and the shocking story of the infamous Rillington Place murders that shook London in the early 1950’s. Based on the original trial transcripts, it is for you to decide if an innocent man was sent to the gallows.On January 11, 1950, Timothy Evans of 10 Rillington Place stood trial at the Old Bailey, accused of
... Read more
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Sunset Boulevard

Adapted from the screenplay & performed for radio by the original film stars

by Mr Punch ...

Narrated by Gloria Swanson, William Holden ...

Series Audiobook 10 - Hollywood Playhouse
Unabridged

48 min

Mr Punch Presents: SUNSET BOULEVARD, nominated for eleven Academy Awards, Billy Wilder’s brilliant 1950 film is about the flamboyant silent movie star Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson) and her pitiful attempt to stage a comeback to the silver screen through her friendship with the young opportunistic screenwriter, played by William Holden. Recreated for the radio with the original stars in this ... Read more

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Mr Punch Presents: SUNSET BOULEVARD, nominated for eleven Academy Awards, Billy Wilder’s brilliant 1950 film is about the flamboyant silent movie star Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson) and her pitiful attempt to stage a comeback to the silver screen through her friendship with the young opportunistic screenwriter, played by William Holden. Recreated for the radio with the original stars in this
... Read more
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Casablanca & The Maltese Falcon

Adapted from the screenplay & performed for radio by the original film stars

by Mr Punch ...

Narrated by Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet ...

Series Audiobook 3 - Hollywood Playhouse
Unabridged

47 min

MR PUNCH PRESENTS Casablanca, perhaps the best loved and most watched of all Hollywood movies. Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), the cynical owner of Rick’s Café Americain helps his former lover Ilse Lund (Ingrid Bergman) and her underground leader husband escape from the Nazis in this powerful love story, featuring the classic song As Time Goes By. The Maltese Falcon stars Humphrey Bogart as the ... Read more

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MR PUNCH PRESENTS Casablanca, perhaps the best loved and most watched of all Hollywood movies. Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), the cynical owner of Rick’s Café Americain helps his former lover Ilse Lund (Ingrid Bergman) and her underground leader husband escape from the Nazis in this powerful love story, featuring the classic song As Time Goes By. The Maltese Falcon stars Humphrey Bogart as the
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Gazette Collection, The

A vivid portrait of British life through the centuries. A full-cast audio.

by Mr Punch ...

Narrated by Eileen Atkins, Cheryl Campbell, Alex Jennings, Geoffrey Palmer, Hugh Laurie, John Wood, Michael Maloney, Michael Pennington, Nigel Davenport, Prunella Scales, Richard Johnson, Samuel West ...

Series Audiobook 10 - The Gazette
Unabridged

13 hours 10 min

The Gazette Collection is a vivid portrait of British life through the centuries, told entirely in the words of those who were there.Performed by an outstanding company of award-winning actors including Dame Eileen Atkins, Cheryl Campbell, Nigel Davenport, Alex Jennings, Richard Johnson OBE, Hugh Laurie CBE, Michael Maloney, Geoffrey Palmer OBE, Michael Pennington, Prunella Scales CBE, Samuel West ... Read more

$53.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The Gazette Collection is a vivid portrait of British life through the centuries, told entirely in the words of those who were there.Performed by an outstanding company of award-winning actors including Dame Eileen Atkins, Cheryl Campbell, Nigel Davenport, Alex Jennings, Richard Johnson OBE, Hugh Laurie CBE, Michael Maloney, Geoffrey Palmer OBE, Michael Pennington, Prunella Scales CBE, Samuel West
... Read more
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Hollywood Playhouse Box Set

14 Movies specially adapted for radio & performed by the original film stars

by Mr Punch ...

Narrated by Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Alan Ladd, Anne Baxter, Bette Davis, Bing Crosby, Cary Grant, Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Dinah Shore, Donna Reed, Elizabeth Taylor, Gary Cooper, Gloria Swanson, Greer Garson, James Stewart, Katharine Hepburn, Laurence Olivier, Mickey Rooney, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, Van Heflin, Victor Moore, Vivien Leigh, Walter Huston, William Holden ...

Series Audiobook 15 - Hollywood Playhouse
Unabridged

9 hours 23 min

The Hollywood Playhouse Box Set is a unique compilation of 14 Oscar winning films specially adapted from the original screenplays & performed for the radio by many of the original film stars in front of a live studio audience. Re-mastered and re-edited from the original radio broadcastCASABLANCA with Humphrey Bogart & Ingrid BergmanTHE MALTESE FALCON with Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre & Sydney ... Read more

$53.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The Hollywood Playhouse Box Set is a unique compilation of 14 Oscar winning films specially adapted from the original screenplays & performed for the radio by many of the original film stars in front of a live studio audience. Re-mastered and re-edited from the original radio broadcastCASABLANCA with Humphrey Bogart & Ingrid BergmanTHE MALTESE FALCON with Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre & Sydney
... Read more
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Chronicle, The - Book One

Full-cast dramatisation

by Mr Punch ...

Narrated by Charles Dance, Sir David Suchet, Dame Harriet Walter, Dame Maureen Lipman, Eleanor Bron, Imogen Stubbs, James Bolam, John Sessions, Joss Ackland, Robert Powell, Sir Donald Sinden, Timothy West, Tony Britton ...

Series Audiobook 1 - The Chronicle
Unabridged

2 hours 35 min

The Chronicle: BOOK ONE (January to March)This is history at its best and most entertaining! One moment Liselotte, the Duchess of Orleans (1678) is observing the Prince of Orange consummating his marriage in thick woollen drawers… and the next, Harold Nicolson (1936) is at the Savoy Grill dining with the Prince of Wales and Mrs Simpson who is, "bejewelled, eyebrow-plucked, virtuous and wise". ... Read more

$13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The Chronicle: BOOK ONE (January to March)This is history at its best and most entertaining! One moment Liselotte, the Duchess of Orleans (1678) is observing the Prince of Orange consummating his marriage in thick woollen drawers… and the next, Harold Nicolson (1936) is at the Savoy Grill dining with the Prince of Wales and Mrs Simpson who is, "bejewelled, eyebrow-plucked, virtuous and wise".
... Read more
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Chronicle Book Four

An epic eye-witness history of the British Isles.

by Mr Punch ...

Narrated by Charles Dance, Dame Harriet Walter, Sir David Suchet, Dame Maureen Lipman, Timothy West, Jenny Agutter, Sir Donald Sinden, Joss Ackland, James Bolam, Robert Powell ...

Series Audiobook 4.0 - The Chronicle
Unabridged

2 hours 55 min

The Chronicle is an exhilarating and immersive journey through 500 years of British history, told entirely in the words of those who were there and performed in a dramatised setting.Brought to life by an award-winning all-star cast of 30 celebrated actors, including Charles Dance, Dame Harriet Walter, Sir David Suchet, Dame Maureen Lipman, Timothy West, Jenny Agutter, Sir Donald Sinden, Joss ... Read more

$10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The Chronicle is an exhilarating and immersive journey through 500 years of British history, told entirely in the words of those who were there and performed in a dramatised setting.Brought to life by an award-winning all-star cast of 30 celebrated actors, including Charles Dance, Dame Harriet Walter, Sir David Suchet, Dame Maureen Lipman, Timothy West, Jenny Agutter, Sir Donald Sinden, Joss
... Read more
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Ingenious Mind of Rigby Lacksome, The

A Max Carrados Mystery: Full-Cast BBC Radio Drama

by Mr Punch ...

Narrated by Simon Callow, Lionel Jeffries, Deidra Morris, Ian Armstrong, Lynsey Baxter, Oona Benson, Robert Oates, Stephen Tompkinson ...

Series Audiobook 3 - Thriller Playhouse
Unabridged

42 min

Set during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, where every story promises a 'Thousand Thrills!', with ingenious plots, full of twists and surprises, driven along with exciting action and tongue in cheek humour.Max Carrados, the celebrated blind detective is lured to Stratford upon Avon following an explosion by a band of determined suffragettes. Faced with the ingenious mind of Mr Rigby Lacksome, ... Read more

$6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Set during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, where every story promises a 'Thousand Thrills!', with ingenious plots, full of twists and surprises, driven along with exciting action and tongue in cheek humour.Max Carrados, the celebrated blind detective is lured to Stratford upon Avon following an explosion by a band of determined suffragettes. Faced with the ingenious mind of Mr Rigby Lacksome,
... Read more
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Queen Victoria's Highland Journals

Performed by VIRGINIA McKENNA OBE in a dramatised setting

by Mr Punch ...

Narrated by Virginia McKenna, Mark Hardy ...

Series Audiobook 6 - Classic Letters & Journals
Unabridged

2 hours 20 min

Tune in to Mr Punch’s captivating journey through history as we present "Leaves from the Highland Journals of Queen Victoria," brought to life by the enchanting voice of Virginia McKenna.“...these journals offer us so many insights into the paraphernalia that accompanied the royal progress north... Virginia McKenna reads beautifully.” Sunday Times“A chronicle of life at Balmoral... very ... Read more

$13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Tune in to Mr Punch’s captivating journey through history as we present "Leaves from the Highland Journals of Queen Victoria," brought to life by the enchanting voice of Virginia McKenna.“...these journals offer us so many insights into the paraphernalia that accompanied the royal progress north... Virginia McKenna reads beautifully.” Sunday Times“A chronicle of life at Balmoral... very
... Read more
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National Velvet

Adapted from the screenplay & performed for radio by the original film stars

by Mr Punch ...

Narrated by Elizabeth Taylor, Mickey Rooney ...

Series Audiobook 6 - Hollywood Playhouse
Unabridged

49 min

Mr Punch Presents: NATIONAL VELVET, telling the story of Velvet Brown (Elizabeth Taylor), the idealistic English farm girl with a passion for horses, who wins the spirited steed ‘Pie’ in the local town lottery. Her infectious enthusiasm encourages the embittered jockey Mi Taylor (Mickey Rooney) to train the horse ‘Pie’ for the Grand National - England's greatest racing event. Recreated for radio ... Read more

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Mr Punch Presents: NATIONAL VELVET, telling the story of Velvet Brown (Elizabeth Taylor), the idealistic English farm girl with a passion for horses, who wins the spirited steed ‘Pie’ in the local town lottery. Her infectious enthusiasm encourages the embittered jockey Mi Taylor (Mickey Rooney) to train the horse ‘Pie’ for the Grand National - England's greatest racing event. Recreated for radio
... Read more
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Sporting Pastimes Gazette

A lively jog with the British at Play. A full-cast audio.

by Mr Punch ...

Narrated by Eileen Atkins, Cheryl Campbell, Alex Jennings, Geoffrey Palmer, Hugh Laurie, John Wood, Michael Maloney, Michael Pennington, Richard Johnson, Samuel West ...

Series Audiobook 4 - The Gazette
Unabridged

1 hour 58 min

A lively jog through the British Sporting Calendar as we eavesdrop on some of the most memorable and fascinating events of the British at play. From marble games to water speed records, from fox hunting to ballooning and from cock fighting to the very British sport of… hopping, told entirely in the words of those who were there.Performed by an outstanding company of award-winning actors including ... Read more

$13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

A lively jog through the British Sporting Calendar as we eavesdrop on some of the most memorable and fascinating events of the British at play. From marble games to water speed records, from fox hunting to ballooning and from cock fighting to the very British sport of… hopping, told entirely in the words of those who were there.Performed by an outstanding company of award-winning actors including
... Read more