Audiobooks narrated by Russell Boulter

Promenade Rock: A BBC Radio Comedy Drama

"Hilarious comedy caper set in Wales during the heyday of the Great British seaside holiday Set up the deckchair, pop a hanky on your head and order an ice-cream with a flake, as you settle in for a hilarious trip to Llantwit-on-Sea. It’s the 1950s, the Great British holiday is booming and recently widowed Eirlys Richards runs a lively boarding house in this Welsh seaside town. Wanting to spice up her life, Eirlys welcomes a lover into her holiday haven, however her other three lovers have something to say about this… Pet poodles, passionate chefs, hair-brained business schemes and brass playing bandmasters all vie for the enigmatic Eirlys’s attention in this fast paced and funny comedy drama packed full of charming characters and the laugh-out-loud situations they get themselves into. What did deckchair attendant Cox’n Hughes do to be barred from the local fisherman’s club, will the Punch and Judy auditions go smoothly and when will the lascivious town clerk get his comeuppance…? Written by Christopher Denys and starring Nerys Hughes as Eirlys Richards, best known for her roles in BBC TV series The Liver Birds and The District Nurse, and Russell Boulter (The Bill) as Matthew Dolan, this delightful comedy celebrates the best of Wales with a cast of memorable characters. Promenade Rock is a sunny seaside comedy that will have you in stitches. Listen now to the hilarious complete series, available to download for the first time. Cast and credits Written by Christopher Denys Directed by Sue Wilson Eirlys Richards - Nerys Hughes Matthew Dolan - Russell Boulter Iorweth Jenkins - Iwan Thomas Arnold Pilton - Christopher Scott Cox'n Hughes - Andy Hockley Owain Owen - Terry Molloy PC Ianto Evans - David Holt Gwenny Jenkins - Siriol Jenkins Round-the-Bay Baynon - Owen Garmon Griff Gadabout - Keith Drinkel Joyce Pilton - Tracy Wiles Newsreader/ Alderman Lloyd-Meredith / Dad - Ian Brooker Mother / Theda Pilton - Tina Gray Kalama Attercliffe - Badria Timimi Attercliffe - David Bannerman Voices of Punch and Judy - Guy Higgins Episode 1 – The Landlady and her Lovers Episode 2 – The Chef Episode 3 – The Hotelier Episode 4 – The Silver Gumshoe Episode 5 – The Longshoremen Episode 6 – The Punch and Judy Man Episode 7 – The Town Clerk Episode 8 – Mister Showbusiness Episode 9 – The Holiday-Maker Episode 10 – Absent Without Leave First Broadcast BBC Radio 4, 17th - 28th March 2003 ©2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd"

Christopher Denys (Author), Andy Hockley, Badria Timimi, Christopher Scott, Full Cast, Iwan Thomas, Keith Drinkel, Nerys Hughes, Russell Boulter (Narrator)

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Positive: A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation

"A pregnant fourteen year-old and her angry mother present the ante-natal team with some difficult decisions in a gripping medical ethics drama written by Tina Pepler. When Rosie is admitted to A&E with stomach pains, she's shocked to find out that she's pregnant. Her mother is even more horrified, and the ante-natal team must decide if Rosie is capable of making her own decisions without her mother's consent. The situation is further complicated when Rosie wants to keep an even more shocking piece of news from her mother, and the medical team's efforts to support her come under real pressure as an emergency confronts them with a difficult decision about what is best for Rosie's welfare."

Tina Pepler (Author), Chris Yapp, Dierdre Mullins, Gerard Cooke, Jack Holden, Lucy Black, Mark Meadows, Nadia Williams, Nicola Miles-Wildin, Russell Boulter, Susie Riddell (Narrator)

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Caligula: A thrilling historical epic set in Ancient Rome that you won’t be able to put down…

"Perfect for fans of Robert Harris, Conn Iggulden and Simon Scarrow, a riveting thriller set in Ancient Rome from bestselling author Douglas Jackson. '...gripping Roman thriller. It's certainly well placed to take on the Simon Scarrow/Conn Iggulden audience.' -- Scotland on Sunday 'Fantastic read...' - ***** Reader review. ****************************************************************** CAN A SLAVE DECIDE THE FATE OF AN EMPEROR? Ancient Rome. Caligula is Emperor, his reign marked by excess, ambition, decadence, cruelty, madness, sexual scandal and death. Rufus is a young slave living a world away from the Imperial court - apprentice to an animal trainer for the gladiatorial arena and friend to Cupido, one of Rome's greatest gladiators. When Rufus's skills come to the attention of Caligula, he is summoned to court to serve as keeper for the Imperial elephant - and unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a conspiracy to assassinate the Emperor... Rufus's story continues in Claudius."

Douglas Jackson (Author), Russell Boulter (Narrator)

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Victoria's Empire

"One of Britain’s most popular writers and comedians journeys through the British Empire - as seen on BBC TV. The late, great Victoria Wood was named after Queen Victoria. So, who better to take us on a journey through the British Empire? The story of the Empire is a key part of the story of Queen Victoria’s reign and the Empire was the largest the world had ever known, covering a fifth of the earth’s surface and including a quarter of its population. Victoria’s mammoth journey takes in the beauty and splendour of Hong Kong, Borneo, Ghana, Jamaica, Newfoundland, New Zealand and Australia before she finishes at the Victoria Falls in Zambia. ‘Britain used to be top country. English was top language and pink was the colour on the maps. Now when people talk about it, the Empire’s an embarrassment, something slightly regrettable.’ With those thoughts, Victoria didn’t know what she would find, or what welcome she would get from those countries that have evolved since being colonised, and that was her journey: tip-toeing round the remnants of the Empire to all those places named after the grumpy-looking monarch who never went further than the Isle of Wight. 'Victoria’s Empire' is read by Victoria Wood and Russell Boulter and is a worldwide journey of a lifetime seen through the eyes of one of our most popular celebrities. ©2008 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2008 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd"

Victoria Wood (Author), Russell Boulter, Victoria Wood (Narrator)

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Lords of the Bow

"The second in the bestselling new Conqueror series on Genghis Khan, it is a wonderful, epic story which Conn Iggulden brings brilliantly to life. The gathering of the tribes of the Mongols has been a long time in coming but finally, triumphantly, Temujin of the Wolves, Genghis Khan, is given the full accolade of the overall leader and their oaths. Now he can begin to meld all the previously warring people into one army, one nation. But the task Genghis has set himself and them is formidable. He is determined to travel to the land of the long-time enemy, the Chin and attack them there. The distances and terrain-the wide deserts, the impenetrable mountains-make it a difficult venture even for the legendary Mongolian speed of movement, but the greatest problem is that of the complex fortifications, a way of fighting wars of a settled urban population which the nomadic Mongolians had never come across. Finding ways to tackle that and keeping his tribes together in a strange environment presents another new and exciting challenge for Genghis Khan. Not only must Genghis succeed in this incredible campaign, but he must also reconcile the restless factions among his own generals, mediate between his ambitious brothers and cope with his own reactions to his growing sons. The young warrior has become a notable and victorious military commander of thousands: he must now learn to become a great leader of peoples of many different races and religions. Lords of the Bow is a deeply satisfying novel. It is epic in scope, convincing, and fascinating in the narration of an extraordinary story. Above all Genghis Khan continues to dominate the scene as he matures from the young boy of Wolf of the Plains to the great Conqueror."

Conn Iggulden (Author), Russell Boulter (Narrator)

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Dying to Sin

"COMING SOON TO TV: COOPER AND FRY, starring Robert James-Collier (Downton Abbey) and Mandip Gill (Doctor Who) Detectives Fry and Cooper return in another supremely atmospheric Peak District thriller, perfect for fans of Peter Robinson and Reginald Hill Building work at an isolated farm has unearthed more than just the usual remains… two human are discovered, seemingly buried years apart. With little forensic evidence to go on, Detectives Diane Fry and Ben Cooper have to look back into the farm's history, where they uncover decades of abuse of migrant workers. Is the truth to be found somewhere in this piteous history? Or does the answer lie elsewhere, hidden in the ground, and still waiting to be discovered? Praise for the Cooper and Fry series ‘Stephen Booth’s Black Dog sinks its teeth into you and doesn’t let you go. A dark star may be born!’ Reginald Hill ‘In this atmospheric debut, Stephen Booth makes high summer in Derbyshire as dark and terrifying as midwinter’ Val McDermid"

Stephen Booth (Author), Russell Boulter (Narrator)

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Hungry Ghost

"Geoff Howells, a government-trained killing machine, is brought out of retirement and sent to Hong Kong. His brief: to assassinate Chinese Mafia leader, Simon Ng. Howells devises a dangerous and complicated plan to reach his intended victim – only to find himself the next target… Patrick Dugan, a Hong Kong policeman, has been held back in his career because of his connections – his sister is married to Simon Ng. But when Ng's daughter is kidnapped and Ng himself disappears, Dugan gets caught up in a series of violent events and an international spying intrigue that has run out of control…"

Stephen Leather (Author), Russell Boulter (Narrator)

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The Chinaman

"The 'Chinaman' understood death. Jungle-skilled, silent and lethal, he had killed for the Viet Cong and then for the Americans. He had watched helpless when his two eldest daughters had been raped and killed by Thai pirates. Now all that was behind him. Quiet, hard-working and unassuming, he was building up his South London take-away business. Until the day his wife and youngest daughter were murdered by an IRA bomb. Then he began to ask the authorities who were the men responsible, what was being done – and was turned away, fobbed off, treated as a nuisance. Which was when the Chinaman, denied justice, decided on revenge…and went back to war."

Stephen Leather (Author), Russell Boulter (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Russell Boulter