Fiction

24 Kildare Road - Episode 08

Two boys out sledging in their local park find the body of an old woman in the snow. Who is she? And how did she come to be there?   

24 Kildare Road - Episode 09

Two boys out sledging in their local park find the body of an old woman in the snow. Who is she? And how did she come to be there?   

24 Kildare Road - Episode 10

Two boys out sledging in their local park find the body of an old woman in the snow. Who is she? And how did she come to be there?   

Address Unknown by Kathrine Taylor

A series of fictional letters between a Jewish art dealer living in San Francisco and his former business partner, who has returned to Germany, Address Unknown is a haunting tale of enormous and enduring impact.

A Decent Interval by Simon Brett

Eternally struggling, jobbing actor Charles Paris is relieved to be offered the roles of Ghost and First Gravedigger in a production of Hamlet opening at the Grand Theatre, Marlborough. The star roles of Hamlet and Ophelia have been entrusted to TV talent show winners Jared Root and Katrina Selsey to attract a younger, social media savvy audience.  

A Handful of Dust - Part 01

This adaptation captures Evelyn Waugh’s sharp wit, dark satire, and emotional depth, blending upper-class comedy of manners with haunting existential themes. A powerful listening experience that’s both biting and poignant.  

A Handful of Dust - Part 02

This adaptation captures Evelyn Waugh’s sharp wit, dark satire, and emotional depth, blending upper-class comedy of manners with haunting existential themes. A powerful listening experience that’s both biting and poignant.  

A New Lease of Life, by Georges Simenon

Simenon's keen insights into human nature and his masterful storytelling make this novel a compelling read that explores themes of redemption, introspection, and the transformative power of life's pivotal moments.

Anna Of The Five Towns by Arnold Bennett - Episode 01

Anna of the Five Towns (1902) depicts the severe economic and moral pressures of life in the Staffordshire Potteries in the late nineteenth century. Against the vitality and harshness of the Five Towns, Bennett's narrative is a compelling delineation of his heroine's attempts to gain freedom and independence from her father and the repressive regime of Methodism

Anna Of The Five Towns by Arnold Bennett - Episode 02

Anna of the Five Towns (1902) depicts the severe economic and moral pressures of life in the Staffordshire Potteries in the late nineteenth century. Against the vitality and harshness of the Five Towns, Bennett's narrative is a compelling delineation of his heroine's attempts to gain freedom and independence from her father and the repressive regime of Methodism

Antic Hay by Aldous Huxley

"Antic Hay" offers a biting yet entertaining exploration of a generation grappling with the uncertainties of a rapidly changing world, capturing the essence of its time with Huxley's characteristic wit and insight.

A Pair of Blue Eyes by Thomas Hardy - Episode 01

Elfride Swancourt is the daughter of the Rector of Endelstow, a remote sea-swept parish in Corwall based on St Juliot, where Hardy began A Pair of Blue Eyes during the beginning of his courtship of his first wife, Emma