Audiobooks Narrated by Sarah Ridgeway

Life Lines: Series 1-3: The Complete Series 1,2 and 3

All three series of the award-winning drama that goes behind the scenes in an ambulance control room Carrie is an ambulance call handler whose own life is fast becoming as much of an emergency as the calls she takes. Working gruelling twelve-hour shifts, she never knows what the next call will be, or the effect it might have on her. Some are a matter of life or death, others emergencies only in the mind of the callers - and sometimes you have to listen hard to find out exactly what's going on. And since precious resources can't be in two places at once, how can you help everyone in need? In these three series, Carrie faces a series of heart-stopping emergencies at work, from a man intent on taking his own life to a young boy trapped on a railway line. With the ambulance service stretched to breaking point, she must be increasingly creative when it comes to responding to calls - even enlisting the help of a local taxi driver to serve as an emergency midwife. But the intensity of the job and the relentless pressure are taking their toll. As Carrie's personal life spirals out of control, she becomes terrified that she is failing as a mother, and starts to reconsider her future... Created by acclaimed dramatist Al Smith and starring Sarah Ridgeway as Carrie, Life Lines has won a clutch of awards, including the Gold Award for Best Fictional Storytelling at the 2017 Radio Academy Awards and Best Series at the 2017 BBC Audio Drama Awards. This collection brings all three gripping series of this extraordinary drama together on audio for the first time.

Al Smith (Author), Sarah Ridgeway (Narrator)

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A Streetcar Named Desire: A BBC Radio full-cast dramatisation

Anne-Marie Duff stars as Blanche DuBois in BBC Radio 3's landmark production of Tennessee Williams' masterpiece Tennessee Williams's iconic play tells the story of a catastrophic confrontation between fantasy and reality, embodied in the characters of Blanche DuBois and Stanley Kowalski. Blanche DuBois arrives unexpectedly on the doorstep of her sister Stella and her explosive brother-in-law Stanley. Over the course of one hot and steamy New Orleans summer, Blanche's fragile façade slowly crumbles, wreaking havoc on Stella and Stanley's already turbulent relationship... Embodying the turmoil and drama of a changing nation, A Streetcar Named Desire strips Williams's tortured characters of their illusions, leaving a wake of destruction in their path. Tennessee Williams's 1947 drama is one of the most loved and well-known stage plays of the 20th century. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award in 1948, and the 1951 film adaptation picked up four Oscars. In this compelling radio dramatisation, Blanche is played by Olivier Award-winning actress Anne-Marie Duff, with a stellar cast including Matthew Needham as Stanley and Pippa Bennett-Warner as Stella. Cast: Blanche: Anne-Marie Duff Stella: Pippa Bennett-Warner Stanley: Matthew Needham Mitch: John Heffernan Steve: David Sturzaker Eunice: Sarah Ridgeway Pablo: John Dougal Mexican Woman: Leila Arias Collector: Tom Forrister Nurse: Georgie Glen Dramatised by Sarah Churchwell Produced and directed by Sasha Yevtushenko

Tennessee Williams (Author), Anne-Marie Duff, David Sturzaker, Georgie Glenn, John Dougall, John Heffernan, Leila Arias, Matthew Needham, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Sarah Ridgeway, Tom Forrister (Narrator)

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Forsytes: The Complete Series: BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation

Jessica Raine stars in all four BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations of John Galsworthy's Forsyte novels. An irresistible family saga of love, money and betrayal, The Forsytes: The Complete Series encompasses four acclaimed BBC Radio 4 productions of Galsworthy’s perennially popular epic, spanning 50 years from 1886 to 1936. The Forsytes sees wealthy Soames Forsyte questioning his relationship with his beautiful wife Irene. As evidence of her betrayal emerges, the family is torn apart and scandal unleashed. In The Forsytes Continues, it is 1920 and Soames would do anything for his sparkling daughter, Fleur. But when she falls in love with the wrong man, how can he stop history repeating itself? The Forsytes Returns picks up Fleur’s story four years later, as she vows to put her past behind her and settle down. But those around her are intent on stirring up trouble. The Forsytes Concludes introduces young Dinny Cherrell, Fleur’s cousin. Unbeknown to both, their lives will be paralleled in ways neither could have predicted...Starring Jessica Raine, with a cast including Joseph Millson, Juliet Aubrey, Jonathan Bailey, Ben Lambert and Sarah Ridgeway, this compelling drama delves behind the Edwardian façade to reveal Galsworthy's wonderful wit, observation and insight into human nature.

John Galsworthy (Author), , Ben Lambert, Jessica Raine, Jonathan Bailey, Joseph Millson, Juliet Aubrey, Sarah Ridgeway (Narrator)

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