DescriptionThe solemn, rhythmic intonation of the shipping forecast on BBC radio is as familiar as the sound of Big Ben chiming the hour. Since its first broadcast in the 1920s, it has inspired poems, songs, and novels, in addition to its intended objective of warning generations of seafarers of impending storms and gales. In Attention All Shipping, Charlie Connelly wittily explores the places behind the voice, those mysterious regions whose names seem often to bear no relation to conventional geography.
DescriptionCelebrating two of BBC radio's all-time favourite comedies, "Beyond Our Ken" and "Round the Horne". In this special celebratory programme, former Head of BBC Radio Light Entertainment, Jonathan James-Moore presents the full story behind the legendary show…
DescriptionThis fantastic full-cast radio adventure comes from esteemed producer Dirk Maggs, director of Superman: Doomsday and Beyond and the radio episodes of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy . Batman has been crippled by his fiercest foe ever, Bane - a villain of superhuman strength, cunning and evil. With Bruce Wayne confined to a wheelchair, who will protect the innocent from the dangerous inmates of Arkham Asylum, whom Bane has released? This stunning audio production was first aired on BBC Radio 1. The cliffhanging, all-action adventure can now be heard uninterrupted, complete with dazzling sound effects, specially composed orchestral music, and more. You've never heard a comic sound like this!
DescriptionLee Mack, host of BBC One's They Think It's All Over, star of ITV's The Sketch Show and BAFTA Award winner, stars in this hilarious six-part comedy show as heard on BBC Radio 2. Participating in the manic mix of sketches and stand-up are special musical guests Toyah Willcox, Midge Ure, Suggs, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Tom Robinson, and Tony Hadley. Lee is also joined by comedians Noel Britton, Mick Miller, Milton Jones, Rhod Gilbert, Mike Wilmot, and Aussie Trevor Crook. Ably assisted by long-suffering sidekick Angela McHale and house band leader Steve Brown ( Knowing Me, Knowing You's Glenn Ponder), Lee Mack brings you a new show for the 21st century. Where else can you hear Tony Hadley playing cops and robbers and Suggs amid ghostly goings-on? Just don't ask Midge Ure about Band Aid.
DescriptionAlistair Cooke was radio's great observer, the doyen of foreign correspondents and the world's most famous letter writer. From 1946 until 2004, he explained the Americans to the British through his weekly Letter From America, the longest-running on…
