The Medici: Bankers, Gangsters, Popes
A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Drama
Failed to add items
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Prime members: New to Audible?Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
The Medici: Bankers, Gangsters, Popes
Buy for $20.33
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
-
Narrated by:
-
full cast
-
Patrick Baladi
-
Sirine Saba
-
Tom Cullen
-
Saran Morgan
-
Catrin Aaron
-
By:
-
Mike Walker
About this listen
Mike Walker’s gripping BBC Radio drama about money, art, religion, politics and power
Florence, 1415. Banker Cosimo Medici is looked down upon as a jumped up money-changer. Then he marries the noble Contessina de Bardi and becomes the richest man in Europe. But his wealth and power threaten the Florentine elite, who are determined to bring him down...
However, the House of Medici cannot be crushed that easily. Sixty years and many violent deaths later, the family are the unquestioned, ruthless rulers of Florence. They control the government, have transformed the city through their patronage of the arts, and one of them has even been crowned Pope. But trouble is coming in the form of the fanatical poet monk Savonarola, and the bank is in decline. Can Lorenzo the Magnificent save anything for his dim-witted successors – and will they even care?
With a cast of extraordinary characters including Piero the Gouty, master negotiator Lucrezia Tornabuoni and Pope Leo X, as well as Michelangelo, Da Vinci and Artemisia Gentileschi, this fast-paced ‘Renaissance Sopranos’ tells the thrilling story of one of the most infamous dynasties of all time. Among the cast are Patrick Baladi, Sirine Saba, Tom Cullen, Saran Morgan and Catrin Aaron.
Created by Mike Walker
Written by Mike Walker, Sian Ejiwunmi Le-Berre and Catherine Johnson
Sound Design: Nigel Lewis and Catherine Robinson
Organ: Branwen Munn
Produced by John Norton
Cast
Cosimo de' Medici – Patrick Baladi
Contessina de' Bardi – Sirine Saba
Rinaldo degli Albizzi – Richard Elfyn
Niccolo Tinucci – Christopher Elson
Old Giovanni – Hugh Thomas
Silvio – Marc Danbury
Gio Verdi – Marco Fiera
The Manager – David Hounslow
Lorenzo de' Medici – Tom Cullen
Lucrezia Tornabuoni – Saran Morgan
Clarice Orsini – Abra Thompson
Gio de' Medici – Gareth Pierce
Marietta – Saran Morgan
Cardinal Orsini – Simon Armstrong
Soderini – Daniel Cerqueira
Pope Sixtus – John Cording
Tinucci – Tommy Sim'aan
Pazzi – Matthew Durkan
Savonarola – Matthew Gravelle
King Ferrante – Jonathon Forbes
Pope Innocent – Roger Ringrose
Leonardo da Vinci – Tom Kiteley
Botticelli – Hughie O' Donnell
Alessandro de Medici - Elliott Barnes-Worrell
Lorenzino de Medici - Sion Daniel Young
Ippolito de Medici - Jacob Ifan
Taddea Malaspina - Kiran Sonia Sawar
Simonetta da Collevecchio - Marsha Millar
Giorgio Vasari - Nico Pimparé
Pope Clement - Arwel Gruffydd
Emperor Charles V - Michael Bertenshaw
Margaret - Kitty O'Sullivan
Scoronconcolo - Tyler Cameron
Strozzi - John Lightbody
Young Alessandro - Hardy Yusuf
Young Ippolito - Huw Huckstep
Catherine de Medici - Catrin Aaron
Silvestri - Julian Lewis Jones
Diane de Poitiers - Juliette Aubrey
Prince Henri - Arthur Hughes
King Francis - Aneirin Hughes
Guise - Joel MacCormack
Nurse - Heather Craney
Young Catherine - Grace Nettle
Isabelle - Nia Gandhi
Coligny - Ian Dunnett Jnr
Le Conde - Matthew Bulgo
Cardinal Guise - Tom Mumford
Margot - Poppy Almond
Listeners also enjoyed...
-
Castle of the Hawk: An Epic Chronicle of the Habsburg Dynasty
- A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Drama
- By: Mike Walker
- Narrated by: Carl Prekopp, Kai Owen, Anamaria Marinca, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 43 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 8
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8
Mike Walker's epic chronicle of the Habsburg dynasty, one of the most influential and distinguished royal houses of Europe which was to rule most of Europe, as well as much of the New World, for 600 years. Hawk Rising: Brugg, 1230. Duke Rudolf of Habsburg is determined to become Holy Roman Emperor and to found a dynasty. But then a stranger arrives at the Castle of the Hawk as tutor to his son.
By: Mike Walker
-
Honoré de Balzac: Pere Goriot, The Black Sheep & More
- Four BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry, Douglas Hodge, David Ross, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 1
This brilliant collection of France’s foremost nineteenth-century novelist and playwright delivers four of his most fascinating works - stories of love, rivalry, horror and adventure - all brought to life by a stellar cast included Stephen Fry and Alex Kingston. A huge influence on many of the most famous writers from Proust to Kerouac to Dickens, Balzac delivers beautifully observed and complex characters with an unsurpassed attention to the details of society at the time, making him an exemplary of realism in European literature.
By: Honoré de Balzac
-
Caesar!
- By: Mike Walker
- Narrated by: Andrew Garfield, Anton Lesser, David Tennant, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 47
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 38
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 38
Nine BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramas by Mike Walker, chronicling Rome’s greatest rulers. Drawing on historical sources including Suetonius’ ‘Lives of the Caesars’, Mike Walker’s compelling drama cycle follows the story of the leaders of Rome, from Julius Caesar’s ascension to power to the collapse of the Roman Empire in the West in AD 475.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
They came, they saw, they conquered
- By Stefan Filipovits on 09-21-20
By: Mike Walker
-
The Tudor Crown
- A BBC Radio 4 Drama Collection
- By: Alison Plowden, Abigail Docherty, John Mortimer, and others
- Narrated by: Michael Bryant, Kathleen Helme, Melody Grove, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
-
Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
-
Story0 out of 5 stars 0
Affairs and assassinations. Conflict and chaos. Power and plots. The tumultuous Tudor period is one of the most iconic and fascinating chapters in British history. In these ten atmospheric dramas, we get a glimpse into the inner workings of Tudor England – and rediscover the key characters we have grown to love and hate. Featuring world-renowned actors, these gripping, historically accurate tales are packed with excitement.
By: Alison Plowden, and others
-
Goethe: A BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Six Full-Cast Dramatisations Including Faust, The Sorrows of Young Werther and More
- By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Narrated by: Simon Callow, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Jack Farthing, and others
- Length: 17 hrs and 5 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
-
Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
-
Story0 out of 5 stars 0
Johann Wolfgang Goethe was a colossus of German literature and a true Renaissance man. A novelist, dramatist, poet, humanist, scientist and philosopher, he wrote the first international bestseller, The Sorrows of Young Werther, and his epic masterpiece Faust is one of the most famous and celebrated dramas of all time.
-
Arthur the King
- A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Drama
- By: Graeme Fife
- Narrated by: Keith Baxter, Anna Massey, Michael Kilgarriff, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 4
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 4
The Arthurian legends have long held a powerful grip on our collective imagination, inspiring numerous poets, novelists and playwrights to interpret them in countless different ways. In this epic play cycle, based on Malory's classic Le Morte D'Arthur, Graeme Fife gives us his dramatic, in-depth retelling of these perennially popular myths. Focusing on seven key characters: Merlin, Tristram, Gareth, Lancelot, Galahad, Guenever and Arthur himself, he builds a vivid, multi-layered picture of the fabled king and his heroic knights.
By: Graeme Fife
-
Castle of the Hawk: An Epic Chronicle of the Habsburg Dynasty
- A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Drama
- By: Mike Walker
- Narrated by: Carl Prekopp, Kai Owen, Anamaria Marinca, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 43 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 8
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8
Mike Walker's epic chronicle of the Habsburg dynasty, one of the most influential and distinguished royal houses of Europe which was to rule most of Europe, as well as much of the New World, for 600 years. Hawk Rising: Brugg, 1230. Duke Rudolf of Habsburg is determined to become Holy Roman Emperor and to found a dynasty. But then a stranger arrives at the Castle of the Hawk as tutor to his son.
By: Mike Walker
-
Honoré de Balzac: Pere Goriot, The Black Sheep & More
- Four BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Honoré de Balzac
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry, Douglas Hodge, David Ross, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 1
This brilliant collection of France’s foremost nineteenth-century novelist and playwright delivers four of his most fascinating works - stories of love, rivalry, horror and adventure - all brought to life by a stellar cast included Stephen Fry and Alex Kingston. A huge influence on many of the most famous writers from Proust to Kerouac to Dickens, Balzac delivers beautifully observed and complex characters with an unsurpassed attention to the details of society at the time, making him an exemplary of realism in European literature.
By: Honoré de Balzac
-
Caesar!
- By: Mike Walker
- Narrated by: Andrew Garfield, Anton Lesser, David Tennant, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 47
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 38
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 38
Nine BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramas by Mike Walker, chronicling Rome’s greatest rulers. Drawing on historical sources including Suetonius’ ‘Lives of the Caesars’, Mike Walker’s compelling drama cycle follows the story of the leaders of Rome, from Julius Caesar’s ascension to power to the collapse of the Roman Empire in the West in AD 475.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
They came, they saw, they conquered
- By Stefan Filipovits on 09-21-20
By: Mike Walker
-
The Tudor Crown
- A BBC Radio 4 Drama Collection
- By: Alison Plowden, Abigail Docherty, John Mortimer, and others
- Narrated by: Michael Bryant, Kathleen Helme, Melody Grove, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
-
Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
-
Story0 out of 5 stars 0
Affairs and assassinations. Conflict and chaos. Power and plots. The tumultuous Tudor period is one of the most iconic and fascinating chapters in British history. In these ten atmospheric dramas, we get a glimpse into the inner workings of Tudor England – and rediscover the key characters we have grown to love and hate. Featuring world-renowned actors, these gripping, historically accurate tales are packed with excitement.
By: Alison Plowden, and others
-
Goethe: A BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Six Full-Cast Dramatisations Including Faust, The Sorrows of Young Werther and More
- By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Narrated by: Simon Callow, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Jack Farthing, and others
- Length: 17 hrs and 5 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
-
Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
-
Story0 out of 5 stars 0
Johann Wolfgang Goethe was a colossus of German literature and a true Renaissance man. A novelist, dramatist, poet, humanist, scientist and philosopher, he wrote the first international bestseller, The Sorrows of Young Werther, and his epic masterpiece Faust is one of the most famous and celebrated dramas of all time.
-
Arthur the King
- A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Drama
- By: Graeme Fife
- Narrated by: Keith Baxter, Anna Massey, Michael Kilgarriff, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 4
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 4
The Arthurian legends have long held a powerful grip on our collective imagination, inspiring numerous poets, novelists and playwrights to interpret them in countless different ways. In this epic play cycle, based on Malory's classic Le Morte D'Arthur, Graeme Fife gives us his dramatic, in-depth retelling of these perennially popular myths. Focusing on seven key characters: Merlin, Tristram, Gareth, Lancelot, Galahad, Guenever and Arthur himself, he builds a vivid, multi-layered picture of the fabled king and his heroic knights.
By: Graeme Fife
-
The Foundations of Western Civilization
- By: Thomas F. X. Noble, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Thomas F. X. Noble
- Length: 24 hrs and 51 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,678
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,441
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,426
What is Western Civilization? According to Professor Noble, it is "much more than human and political geography," encompassing myriad forms of political and institutional structures - from monarchies to participatory republics - and its own traditions of political discourse. It involves choices about who gets to participate in any given society and the ways in which societies have resolved the tension between individual self-interest and the common good.
-
2 out of 5 stars
-
Not Engaging or Very Interesting
- By Tommy D'Angelo on 03-05-17
By: Thomas F. X. Noble, and others
-
American Legacy: Epic Dramas of US Politics
- Four BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramas
- By: Mike Walker
- Narrated by: William Hootkins, Nathan Osgood, Alex Lanipekun, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
-
Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
-
Story0 out of 5 stars 0
Four gripping historical dramas centred around key figures who shaped America in the 20th century. Award-winning writer Mike Walker has created many acclaimed docudramas and historical dramas for Radio 4, including The Stuarts, Tsar, Caesar! and Plantagenet. This collection includes four nuanced dramas featuring a trio of controversial men who stamped their mark on American history: J Edgar Hoover, Lyndon Baines Johnson and Richard Baines Nixon. Among the casts are William Hootkins, Bob Sherman, Lorelei King, Nathan Osgood and Alex Lanipekun.
By: Mike Walker
-
Moscow 1812
- Napoleon’s Fatal March
- By: Adam Zamoyski
- Narrated by: Matthew Waterson
- Length: 17 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 43
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 39
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 39
In 1812 the most powerful man in the world assembled the largest army in history and marched on Moscow with the intention of consolidating his dominion. But within months, Napoleon's invasion of Russia—history's first example of total war—had turned into an epic military disaster. Over 400,000 French and Allied troops perished and Napoleon was forced to retreat.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Very well done
- By Zach Simon on 06-25-24
By: Adam Zamoyski
-
Plantagenet
- The Epic Chronicle of a Dynasty
- By: Mike Walker
- Narrated by: Al Weaver, Carl Prekopp, David Warner, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 41
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 38
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 37
Inspired by Holinshed's Chronicles, this series of radio dramas about the Plantagenet dynasty tells the story of the birth of a new Europe after the dark ages. The issues of control, freedom, belief and the temptations of power were new to an age which had no template for domination on this scale.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Brilliant, a true masterpiece!
- By DaNick on 09-11-18
By: Mike Walker
-
The Fyodor Dostoyevsky Complete Collection
- The Brothers Karamazov; Crime and Punishment; The Idiot; Notes from the Underground; The Demons; Novellas; Complete Short Stories; Essays; and Letters
- By: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Narrated by: David Rintoul, Jonathan Keeble, Malk Williams, and others
- Length: 264 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 13
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 9
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 9
This audiobook, read by Audie award-winning narrators, includes unabridged recordings of all Fyodor Dostoyevky's greatest works: 15 novels and novellas, 18 short stories, a short study of Dostoyevsky by Virginia Woolf, and two books of non-fiction - his Letters and European travel journal.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
A Crucial Human Journey
- By O. on 04-07-24
-
Who Can Hold the Sea
- The U.S. Navy in the Cold War 1945-1960
- By: James D. Hornfischer
- Narrated by: Christopher Newton, Sharon Hornfischer
- Length: 17 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 287
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 243
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 242
This landmark account of the U.S. Navy in the Cold War, Who Can Hold the Sea combines narrative history with scenes of stirring adventure on—and under—the high seas. In 1945, at the end of World War II, the victorious Navy sends its sailors home and decommissions most of its warships. But this peaceful interlude is short-lived, as Stalin, America’s former ally, makes aggressive moves in Europe and the Far East.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
James D. Hornfisher's last work
- By JWHayn4563 on 05-05-22
-
Keeping the Wolf Out
- The Complete BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Crime Series
- By: Philip Palmer
- Narrated by: Leo Bill, Clare Corbett, full cast, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 3
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 3
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 3
Budapest, 1963. Special Investigator Bertalan Lázár and his wife, spymaster Franciska Lázár, face formidable challenges as they try to navigate a path through the dangerous underworld of Cold War-era Hungary. Catching the criminals is difficult enough, but there are other more threatening battles raging in higher places.
By: Philip Palmer
-
The Complete George Smiley Radio Dramas
- BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation
- By: John le Carré
- Narrated by: full cast, Simon Russell Beale
- Length: 18 hrs and 59 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 941
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 830
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 823
The complete collection of acclaimed BBC Radio dramas based on John le Carré's best-selling novels, starring Simon Russell Beale as George Smiley. With a star cast including Kenneth Cranham, Eleanor Bron, Brian Cox, Ian MacDiarmid, Anna Chancellor, Hugh Bonneville and Lindsay Duncan, these enthralling dramatisations perfectly capture the atmosphere of le Carré's taut, thrilling spy novels.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
good reading but can't navigate
- By RB Vancouver on 01-07-17
By: John le Carré
-
Tsar
- An Epic Chronicle of the Russian Leaders
- By: Mike Walker
- Narrated by: David Threlfall, Hugo Speer, Samantha Spiro, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 13
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 13
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 13
Eleven compelling BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramas telling the stories of the Russian tsars. Broadcast to mark the centenary of the Russian Revolution, this extraordinary drama cycle by Mike Walker comprises 11 ambitious plays spanning over 400 years, exploring the lives of Russia’s key rulers from Ivan the Terrible to Vladimir Putin.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Excellent dramas all
- By brian on 01-28-19
By: Mike Walker
-
The Tree of Strife
- A BBC Radio 4 Icelandic Saga Full-Cast Dramatisation
- By: David Wade
- Narrated by: Bernard Hepton, Maureen O'Brien, Struan Rodger, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 52 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
-
Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
-
Story0 out of 5 stars 0
Written by an anonymous storyteller in the 13th Century, and describing events between 960 and 1020, Njáls saga is one of the great works of medieval literature. The longest and most celebrated of the Icelandic sagas, it deals with family honour, vengeance and a vicious blood feud spanning almost 50 years. Based on the classic translation by Magnus Magnusson and Hermann Pálsson, this gripping dramatisation centres around two friends.
By: David Wade
-
London in the Time of Dickens
- By: Lillian Nayder, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Lillian Nayder
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 9
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9
In London in the Time of Dickens, you’ll get the unique opportunity to experience the British capital through the eyes of a literary master whose work is inextricably tied to the city and its rich history. Throughout 12 lectures taught by Professor Lillian Nayder of Bates College, you’ll tour the city of London in a time of rapid transformation through the life and work of Charles Dickens, uncovering the history of the metropolis, while also witnessing the everyday experiences of Londoners from all walks of life as Dickens represents them.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
The book read like an interesting Biography and at the same time it painted what was going on in London at that time !😊
- By miriam wismar on 12-02-23
By: Lillian Nayder, and others
-
Shardlake: The Complete BBC Radio Collection
- Six BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: CJ Sansom
- Narrated by: full cast, Jason Watkins, Justin Salinger, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 52
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 46
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 45
The complete collected dramatisations of C. J. Sansom's historical mystery series: Set during the reign of Henry VIII, these six stunning dramas follow the adventures of hunchbacked lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake as he navigates the dangerous world of Tudor England, solving crimes and seeking out murderers.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Can’t wait for the last one!
- By Julie L. Smith on 05-05-22
By: CJ Sansom
Related to this topic
-
Booked for the Holidays
- By: Liz Maverick
- Narrated by: Eva Kaminsky, Andrew Eiden
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 276
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 269
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 269
When mystery author D. B. Ziegler is late delivering her book, Abi Schore steps in to help. Surely she can give her favorite author moral support over the holiday break and get the manuscript to her boss at Tea & Sympathy Publishing in time for the new year. When Abi shows up on Ms. Ziegler’s doorstep bearing holiday treats, she’s met by the author’s handsome grandson Dov, who reveals a startling plot twist. His grandmother isn’t able to finish the book and Dov promised he’d complete it so fans won’t be disappointed—a task that’s harder than he ever imagined.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
What a gem!
- By Joanna N. on 11-14-24
By: Liz Maverick
-
George Orwell’s 1984
- An Audible Original adaptation
- By: George Orwell, Joe White - adaptation
- Narrated by: Andrew Garfield, Cynthia Erivo, Andrew Scott, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 27 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8,065
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 7,676
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7,675
It’s 1984, and life has changed beyond recognition. Airstrip One, formerly known as Great Britain, is a place where Big Brother is always watching, and nobody can hide. Except, perhaps, for Winston Smith. Whilst working at the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history, he secretly dreams of freedom. And in a world where love and sex are forbidden, where it’s hard to distinguish between friend and foe, he meets Julia and O’Brien and vows to rebel.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
A Revelation!
- By wotsallthisthen on 04-07-24
By: George Orwell, and others
-
Dead Med
- By: Freida McFadden
- Narrated by: Patricia Santomasso, Scott Merriman
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 762
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 743
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 743
When Heather McKinley dreamed of becoming a doctor, she imagined curing sick kids and sporting pink stethoscopes. She never anticipated the sleepless nights, grueling exams, and endless labs. And she certainly never knew that her medical school earned the nickname Dead Med thanks to the tragic history of students overdosing on illegal drugs. But Heather would never consider doing anything like that. That is, until her longtime boyfriend dumps her, she finds herself failing anatomy, and her world starts to crumble.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Hmm
- By Morgan Meaux on 08-22-24
By: Freida McFadden
-
Holiday Hideaway
- A Short Story
- By: Mary Kay Andrews
- Narrated by: Eva Kaminsky
- Length: 1 hr and 59 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 239
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 231
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 231
Tilly Farriday isn’t feeling very jolly this season. Recently divorced and broke, she’s squatting in one of her rental agency’s properties until her new home is ready. The sprinkles on top of the burnt Christmas cookie that is her life? The new owner shows up early, forcing Tilly to hide in the attic to save her job…and what remains of her dignity.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
I ain’t afraid of no ghosts
- By 🔥 Phx17 🔥 on 10-31-24
By: Mary Kay Andrews
-
The Art of War
- By: Sun Tzu
- Narrated by: Aidan Gillen
- Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 41,402
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 34,284
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 33,865
The 13 chapters of The Art of War, each devoted to one aspect of warfare, were compiled by the high-ranking Chinese military general, strategist, and philosopher Sun-Tzu. In spite of its battlefield specificity, The Art of War has found new life in the modern age, with leaders in fields as wide and far-reaching as world politics, human psychology, and corporate strategy finding valuable insight in its timeworn words.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
The actual book The Art of War, not a commentary
- By Fred271 on 12-31-19
By: Sun Tzu
-
Mr. and Mrs. Christmas
- By: Michelle Stimpson
- Narrated by: Marcella Cox, Ian Hackney
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 44
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 39
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 39
There's no place like home for the holidays ... especially for Lesley Carver. Life in the big city just wasn't her jam and now she's back in Hickory Falls, working at the family diner and helping her mom after she took a tumble. Lesley longs to build a life here, working at the cafe, selling her handmade ornaments and ... er, apparently reviving her high school crush on her best friend’s older brother. Only one problem, her mom wants her to leave Hickory Falls far behind.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Loved the book!
- By Amazon Customer on 11-15-24
-
Booked for the Holidays
- By: Liz Maverick
- Narrated by: Eva Kaminsky, Andrew Eiden
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 276
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 269
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 269
When mystery author D. B. Ziegler is late delivering her book, Abi Schore steps in to help. Surely she can give her favorite author moral support over the holiday break and get the manuscript to her boss at Tea & Sympathy Publishing in time for the new year. When Abi shows up on Ms. Ziegler’s doorstep bearing holiday treats, she’s met by the author’s handsome grandson Dov, who reveals a startling plot twist. His grandmother isn’t able to finish the book and Dov promised he’d complete it so fans won’t be disappointed—a task that’s harder than he ever imagined.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
What a gem!
- By Joanna N. on 11-14-24
By: Liz Maverick
-
George Orwell’s 1984
- An Audible Original adaptation
- By: George Orwell, Joe White - adaptation
- Narrated by: Andrew Garfield, Cynthia Erivo, Andrew Scott, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 27 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8,065
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 7,676
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7,675
It’s 1984, and life has changed beyond recognition. Airstrip One, formerly known as Great Britain, is a place where Big Brother is always watching, and nobody can hide. Except, perhaps, for Winston Smith. Whilst working at the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history, he secretly dreams of freedom. And in a world where love and sex are forbidden, where it’s hard to distinguish between friend and foe, he meets Julia and O’Brien and vows to rebel.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
A Revelation!
- By wotsallthisthen on 04-07-24
By: George Orwell, and others
-
Dead Med
- By: Freida McFadden
- Narrated by: Patricia Santomasso, Scott Merriman
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 762
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 743
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 743
When Heather McKinley dreamed of becoming a doctor, she imagined curing sick kids and sporting pink stethoscopes. She never anticipated the sleepless nights, grueling exams, and endless labs. And she certainly never knew that her medical school earned the nickname Dead Med thanks to the tragic history of students overdosing on illegal drugs. But Heather would never consider doing anything like that. That is, until her longtime boyfriend dumps her, she finds herself failing anatomy, and her world starts to crumble.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Hmm
- By Morgan Meaux on 08-22-24
By: Freida McFadden
-
Holiday Hideaway
- A Short Story
- By: Mary Kay Andrews
- Narrated by: Eva Kaminsky
- Length: 1 hr and 59 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 239
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 231
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 231
Tilly Farriday isn’t feeling very jolly this season. Recently divorced and broke, she’s squatting in one of her rental agency’s properties until her new home is ready. The sprinkles on top of the burnt Christmas cookie that is her life? The new owner shows up early, forcing Tilly to hide in the attic to save her job…and what remains of her dignity.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
I ain’t afraid of no ghosts
- By 🔥 Phx17 🔥 on 10-31-24
By: Mary Kay Andrews
-
The Art of War
- By: Sun Tzu
- Narrated by: Aidan Gillen
- Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 41,402
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 34,284
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 33,865
The 13 chapters of The Art of War, each devoted to one aspect of warfare, were compiled by the high-ranking Chinese military general, strategist, and philosopher Sun-Tzu. In spite of its battlefield specificity, The Art of War has found new life in the modern age, with leaders in fields as wide and far-reaching as world politics, human psychology, and corporate strategy finding valuable insight in its timeworn words.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
The actual book The Art of War, not a commentary
- By Fred271 on 12-31-19
By: Sun Tzu
-
Mr. and Mrs. Christmas
- By: Michelle Stimpson
- Narrated by: Marcella Cox, Ian Hackney
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 44
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 39
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 39
There's no place like home for the holidays ... especially for Lesley Carver. Life in the big city just wasn't her jam and now she's back in Hickory Falls, working at the family diner and helping her mom after she took a tumble. Lesley longs to build a life here, working at the cafe, selling her handmade ornaments and ... er, apparently reviving her high school crush on her best friend’s older brother. Only one problem, her mom wants her to leave Hickory Falls far behind.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Loved the book!
- By Amazon Customer on 11-15-24
-
Technically Speaking
- By: Michael Elliot
- Narrated by: Coco Jones, Keith Powers, Queen Latifah, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 50 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,237
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,222
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,222
Oakland-bred LaVeesha “Vee” Gilliam (Coco Jones) is a determined single mother of an autistic son and a gifted aspiring coder. When Vee loses her job as a food-services worker at the onsite restaurant at Grapengine, a large Silicon Valley tech company, she’s unable to pay for her son’s much-needed specialized education. By a twist of fate, mistaken identity, and her tech skills, Vee meets Troy Wilson (Keith Powers), the company’s wealthy founder and CEO and a wunderkind in the tech industry, who believes that Vee is a college-educated techie who works at his company.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Overdue Diverse Representation in Tech!
- By Jatai Pollock on 09-26-24
By: Michael Elliot
-
Ghost Stories: Stephen Fry's Definitive Collection
- By: Stephen Fry, Washington Irving, M.R. James, and others
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 636
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 546
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 546
As the days grow shorter and the temperature drops, Halloween approaches. Come, brave listener, pull up a chair, and spend some time with master storyteller Stephen Fry as he tells us some of his favourite ghost stories of all time, in truly terrifying spatial audio. From the headless horseman of Sleepy Hollow to the tortured spirits of M.R. James, from Edgar Allan Poe’s terrifying tale of a doppelganger to Charlotte Riddell’s Open Door that should definitely stay shut, join Stephen as he tells you some truly terrifying tales.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Wonderful narration. Mediocre stories.
- By Michael Fuchs on 11-07-23
By: Stephen Fry, and others
-
Fahrenheit 451
- By: Ray Bradbury
- Narrated by: Tim Robbins
- Length: 5 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 32,576
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 28,992
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 28,947
Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, where television rules and literature is on the brink of extinction, firemen start fires rather than put them out. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her television "family."
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Wish I Hadn't Cliff Noted This in High School
- By Joel on 03-27-17
By: Ray Bradbury
-
Brain Damage
- By: Freida McFadden
- Narrated by: Megan Tusing
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,909
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,795
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,794
As Charly struggles to recover from her brain injury, she begins to realize that the events of that fateful night are trapped in the damaged right side of her brain. Now, she must put the jigsaw pieces together to discover the identity of the man who tried to kill her...before he finishes the job he started.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Who Else Laughed, Cried, and Shuddered?
- By Jennifer Chichester on 09-16-22
By: Freida McFadden
-
Starship Troopers
- By: Robert A. Heinlein
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 878
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 836
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 836
Johnnie Rico never really intended to join up—and definitely not the infantry. But now that he’s in the thick of it, trying to get through combat training harder than anything he could have imagined, he knows everyone in his unit is one bad move away from buying the farm in the interstellar war the Terran Federation is waging against the Arachnids. Because everyone in the Mobile Infantry fights. And if the training doesn’t kill you, the Bugs are more than ready to finish the job.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
The definitive version!
- By Kristopher G. Hesson on 10-03-24
-
Slayers: A Buffyverse Story
- By: Christopher Golden, Amber Benson
- Narrated by: Amber Benson, Charisma Carpenter, James Charles Leary, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,773
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,573
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,572
Original cast members from the beloved TV series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, reunite for an all-new adventure about connections that never die—even if you bury them. A decade has passed since the epic final battle that concluded Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV). The game-changing spell that gave power to all potential Slayers persists. With new Slayers constantly emerging, things are looking grim for the bad guys.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
A dream come true
- By Anonymous User on 10-12-23
By: Christopher Golden, and others
People who viewed this also viewed...
-
The Tudor Crown
- A BBC Radio 4 Drama Collection
- By: Alison Plowden, Abigail Docherty, John Mortimer, and others
- Narrated by: Michael Bryant, Kathleen Helme, Melody Grove, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
-
Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
-
Story0 out of 5 stars 0
Affairs and assassinations. Conflict and chaos. Power and plots. The tumultuous Tudor period is one of the most iconic and fascinating chapters in British history. In these ten atmospheric dramas, we get a glimpse into the inner workings of Tudor England – and rediscover the key characters we have grown to love and hate. Featuring world-renowned actors, these gripping, historically accurate tales are packed with excitement.
By: Alison Plowden, and others
-
Banned Books: A BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Four Full-Cast Dramatisations of Modern Classics
- By: James Joyce, Radclyffe Hall, Aldous Huxley, and others
- Narrated by: Andrew Scott, Niamh Cusack, Valerie Edmond, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
-
Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
-
Story0 out of 5 stars 0
Deviant. Depraved. Dangerous. Denounced for their transgressive themes and inflammatory ideas, these 20th-century classics have all been considered so seditious that they had to be suppressed. Find out what made these iconic works so threatening to governments worldwide in these superlative dramatisations, featuring stellar casts and specially composed music.
By: James Joyce, and others
-
The August Strindberg BBC Radio Collection
- 13 Full-Cast Productions including Miss Julie, The Father and The Dream Play
- By: August Strindberg
- Narrated by: Fiona Shaw, Andrew Garfield, Maurice Denham, and others
- Length: 19 hrs and 59 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
-
Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
-
Story0 out of 5 stars 0
Hailed by Arthur Miller as ‘the mad inventor of modern theatre’, Johan August Strindberg was a Swedish playwright, poet and novelist whose groundbreaking works mingled naturalism and psychology and paved the way for Expressionist drama. A prolific writer – penning over 60 plays, 19 novels and nine autobiographies – his turbulent life was marked by emotional conflict. This wide-ranging collection brings together 13 of his most important dramas and a semi-autobiographical ‘occult diary’, enhanced through stunning soundscapes and music composed by Strindberg himself.
-
The Man Born to Be King
- A BBC Radio 4 Drama Collection
- By: Dorothy L. Sayers
- Narrated by: full cast, Gabriel Woolf, John Westbrook, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 59
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 46
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 45
Dorothy L. Sayers was best known for her mystery novels featuring aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey. But she was also a poet, playwright and committed Christian, and in The Man Born to Be King, she combined art and evangelism to powerful effect, making the story of Christ accessible, relevant and every bit as thrilling as her detective fiction.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
I would like a bit less dynamic range
- By Adam Shields on 02-23-23
-
His Master’s Voice
- A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Comedy Drama
- By: Mark Tavener, Steve Punt
- Narrated by: Robert Hardy, Tony Gardner, Michael Maloney, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 52 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
-
Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
-
Story0 out of 5 stars 0
Media mogul Lord Malan is the billionaire owner of The Blue Touch Paper, an old-fashioned, hard-right weekly magazine with traditional Conservative values. But the paper is so true blue, it’s losing its touch. Sales are falling and circulation is down – mainly because its core readers are either on the brink of death or foam-flecked with rage. It’s time for a new editor, and political commentator Anna is sure she’s a shoo-in for the position. Much to her disappointment, however, Malan picks a different candidate: Keith, the Guardian’s token Tory, who champions compassionate Conservatism.
By: Mark Tavener, and others
-
The Guy de Maupassant BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Full-Cast Dramatisations of Un Vie, Bel Ami & More
- By: Guy de Maupassant
- Narrated by: Miriam Margolyes, Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Adam Nagaitis, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 1
Guy de Maupassant is renowned as one of the fathers of the modern short story. A protégé of Flaubert, he was celebrated for his naturalistic fiction, and wrote over 300 short stories, six novels, three travel books and one volume of verse in his short but highly productive lifetime. He died in an asylum aged just 43. This collection brings together dramatisations of some of his finest works.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
First Class
- By Anonymous User on 10-25-23
-
The Tudor Crown
- A BBC Radio 4 Drama Collection
- By: Alison Plowden, Abigail Docherty, John Mortimer, and others
- Narrated by: Michael Bryant, Kathleen Helme, Melody Grove, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
-
Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
-
Story0 out of 5 stars 0
Affairs and assassinations. Conflict and chaos. Power and plots. The tumultuous Tudor period is one of the most iconic and fascinating chapters in British history. In these ten atmospheric dramas, we get a glimpse into the inner workings of Tudor England – and rediscover the key characters we have grown to love and hate. Featuring world-renowned actors, these gripping, historically accurate tales are packed with excitement.
By: Alison Plowden, and others
-
Banned Books: A BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Four Full-Cast Dramatisations of Modern Classics
- By: James Joyce, Radclyffe Hall, Aldous Huxley, and others
- Narrated by: Andrew Scott, Niamh Cusack, Valerie Edmond, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
-
Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
-
Story0 out of 5 stars 0
Deviant. Depraved. Dangerous. Denounced for their transgressive themes and inflammatory ideas, these 20th-century classics have all been considered so seditious that they had to be suppressed. Find out what made these iconic works so threatening to governments worldwide in these superlative dramatisations, featuring stellar casts and specially composed music.
By: James Joyce, and others
-
The August Strindberg BBC Radio Collection
- 13 Full-Cast Productions including Miss Julie, The Father and The Dream Play
- By: August Strindberg
- Narrated by: Fiona Shaw, Andrew Garfield, Maurice Denham, and others
- Length: 19 hrs and 59 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
-
Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
-
Story0 out of 5 stars 0
Hailed by Arthur Miller as ‘the mad inventor of modern theatre’, Johan August Strindberg was a Swedish playwright, poet and novelist whose groundbreaking works mingled naturalism and psychology and paved the way for Expressionist drama. A prolific writer – penning over 60 plays, 19 novels and nine autobiographies – his turbulent life was marked by emotional conflict. This wide-ranging collection brings together 13 of his most important dramas and a semi-autobiographical ‘occult diary’, enhanced through stunning soundscapes and music composed by Strindberg himself.
-
The Man Born to Be King
- A BBC Radio 4 Drama Collection
- By: Dorothy L. Sayers
- Narrated by: full cast, Gabriel Woolf, John Westbrook, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 59
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 46
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 45
Dorothy L. Sayers was best known for her mystery novels featuring aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey. But she was also a poet, playwright and committed Christian, and in The Man Born to Be King, she combined art and evangelism to powerful effect, making the story of Christ accessible, relevant and every bit as thrilling as her detective fiction.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
I would like a bit less dynamic range
- By Adam Shields on 02-23-23
-
His Master’s Voice
- A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Comedy Drama
- By: Mark Tavener, Steve Punt
- Narrated by: Robert Hardy, Tony Gardner, Michael Maloney, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 52 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
-
Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
-
Story0 out of 5 stars 0
Media mogul Lord Malan is the billionaire owner of The Blue Touch Paper, an old-fashioned, hard-right weekly magazine with traditional Conservative values. But the paper is so true blue, it’s losing its touch. Sales are falling and circulation is down – mainly because its core readers are either on the brink of death or foam-flecked with rage. It’s time for a new editor, and political commentator Anna is sure she’s a shoo-in for the position. Much to her disappointment, however, Malan picks a different candidate: Keith, the Guardian’s token Tory, who champions compassionate Conservatism.
By: Mark Tavener, and others
-
The Guy de Maupassant BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Full-Cast Dramatisations of Un Vie, Bel Ami & More
- By: Guy de Maupassant
- Narrated by: Miriam Margolyes, Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Adam Nagaitis, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 1
Guy de Maupassant is renowned as one of the fathers of the modern short story. A protégé of Flaubert, he was celebrated for his naturalistic fiction, and wrote over 300 short stories, six novels, three travel books and one volume of verse in his short but highly productive lifetime. He died in an asylum aged just 43. This collection brings together dramatisations of some of his finest works.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
First Class
- By Anonymous User on 10-25-23
-
The Sand Leopard & Other Vintage Thrillers
- A Full-Cast BBC Radio Collection
- By: Berkely Mather
- Narrated by: John Rye, Hilda Schroder, Geoffrey Matthews, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
-
Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
-
Story0 out of 5 stars 0
Berkely Mather (real name John Evan Weston-Davies) was a British author who wrote sixteen novels ranging from historical adventures to espionage fiction. Included here are some of his best radio thrillers, beginning with The Sand Leopard, charting the exploits of Geth Straker, captain of the Peregrine. The trouble-hunting mariner is commissioned to sail to the Red Sea in search of sunken Second World War bullion – but are his two new crew members what they seem?
By: Berkely Mather
-
Decameron
- A BBC Radio Drama Adaptation of the Renaissance Classic
- By: Giovanni Boccaccio
- Narrated by: Terry Jones, John Finnemore, Samuel Barnett, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 22 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 2
Composed in the early 1350s, in the wake of the Black Death, The Decameron comprises 100 short stories from all over the world, reset by Boccaccio among the flourishing merchant classes of Renaissance Italy. Their universal themes—love, sex, religion, fate, morality—resonate with us to this day, and their witty, satirical, bawdy voice sounds utterly modern. Monty Python star and medieval historian Terry Jones presents ten BBC Radio dramatisations of tales from Giovanni Boccaccio's humane and comic masterpiece
-
The Inspector Chen Mysteries
- A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Crime Series
- By: Qiu Xiaolong
- Narrated by: Chris Lew Kum Hoi, Dan Li, Daniel York, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 101
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 85
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 85
Nine BBC Radio full-cast dramatisations of the crime novels of Qiu Xiaolong, set in Shanghai. Starring Jamie Zubairi as Chief Inspector Chen Cao, an astute young policeman with twin passions for food and poetry. Through thrilling crime drama, these nine mysteries paint a portrait of modern life in communist China, depicting traditional Shanghai life amidst the old alleyways and how it is rapidly changing with modernisation.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Interesting & entertaining Chinese mystery series produced by BBC radio
- By KiraNyres on 10-09-18
By: Qiu Xiaolong
-
The Algernon Blackwood BBC Radio Collection
- 17 Dramas and Supernatural Ghost Stories
- By: Algernon Blackwood
- Narrated by: Philip Madoc, Malcolm Hayes, Christopher Neame, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 6
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2
-
Story3.5 out of 5 stars 2
Described by H P Lovecraft as 'the one absolute and unquestioned master of weird atmosphere', Algernon Blackwood (CBE) was the acclaimed and prolific author of numerous ghost stories and horror tales. Throughout his lifetime, he wrote 14 novels, several children's books, a number of plays, and over 200 short stories. This anthology opens with a selection of stories featuring his most influential character, occult detective Dr John Silence.
-
The Burgundians
- A Vanished Empire: A History of 1111 Years and One Day
- By: Bart van Loo, Nancy Forest-Flier - translator
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 21 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 136
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 118
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 118
At the end of the fifteenth century, Burgundy was extinguished as an independent state. It had been a fabulously wealthy, turbulent region situated between France and Germany, with close links to the English kingdom. Torn apart by the dynastic struggles of early modern Europe, this extraordinary realm vanished from the map. But it became the cradle of what we now know as the Low Countries, modern Belgium and the Netherlands. This is the story of a thousand years, a must-listen narrative history of ambitious aristocrats, family dysfunction, treachery, savage battles, luxury, and madness.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Extraordinary story, expertly told and skillfully narrated
- By Daniel Vergara on 03-01-24
By: Bart van Loo, and others
-
The Stuarts
- The Epic BBC Radio 4 Drama
- By: Mike Walker
- Narrated by: Anton Lesser, Bill Paterson, Blake Ritson, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 24
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 20
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 20
Eleven BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramas telling the stories of Mary Queen of Scots and the Stuart royals. Under the Stuarts, Britain entered the modern world. But with great change came turmoil, and for 111 years, the Stuart monarchs faced dynastic struggles, religious conflict, the rise of parliamentary democracy - and civil war. These dramas chart that turbulent epoch through its royal family, from Mary, Queen of Scots to the ‘last Stuart’, Bonnie Prince Charlie’s daughter Charlotte.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
The Royals Like NeverBefore
- By Adrienne on 04-07-21
By: Mike Walker