Art & Music Audiobooks | TV & Radio

Lee Mack, star of ITV's The Sketch Show and BAFTA Award Winner and British Comedy Award nominee, had his first six part radio series broadcast on Radio 2 in March and April this year. Special musical guests on the first of the Lee Mack series include Toyah Wilcox, Midge Ure, Suggs, Sophie Ellis Bexter, Tom Robinson and Tony Hadley. Alongside the musical guests, other guests include the comedians Dermot O'Leary, Noel Britton, Mick Miller, Milton Jones, Rhod Gilbert and Mike Wilmot. Also included in the proceedings is bandleader Steve Brown who fulfilled a similar role in the Knowing Me Knowing You TV series.

Lee Mack, Lee Mack (Author), Lee Mack, Lee Mack (Narrator)

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Hoffnung At Large

Gerard Hoffnung was an artist, musician, broadcaster, raconteur and genius. A true Renaissance Man, the multi-faceted Hoffnung crammed a great deal into his tragically short span. Using much previously unreleased archive material, this audio biography, presented by Humphrey Lyttelton, looks at every aspect of his life and career. From his childhood in Berlin to his eventual fame as a musician and cartoonist, Hoffnung's unique comic vision shines through. Here are golden moments from Desert Island Discs, One Minute Please and Saturday Night on the Light, plus recollections from friends, contemporaries and his widow, Annetta. Contributors include Ian Hislop, Harry Enfield, John Dankworth, Flanders and Swann, and evenColin Dexter, recalling Hoffnung the schoolmaster.Sam Wanamaker and Joseph Horowitz remember the Hoffnung Festival Hall concerts, which featured compositions for vacuum cleaners, road rammers and a watering can. And we hear Hoffnung in his own inimitable words, talking about his life, music and art... and telling the famous bricklayer story in his Oxford Union address. The perfect showcase for Gerard's many talents, this is an essential addition to any Hoffnung fan's collection.

Gerald Hoffnung, Gerald Hoffnung (Author), Humphrey Lyttleton, Humphrey Lyttleton (Narrator)

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Ross Noble Goes Global

A brilliant new BBC Radio 4 series of comedy travelogues presented by award-winning stand-up and Just A Minute regular Ross Noble. Perrier Award nominee Ross Noble has received huge critical acclaim and become known as an exciting and original talent in the UK. Now he takes his show worldwide, to destinations as diverse as Shanghai, South Africa, Ireland and Singapore. In Shanghai he marvels at the wonders of a thousand pensioners exercising in a park, visits a Buddhist temple and discovers that he is allergic to incense. Touring South Africa, he fails to go up Table Mountain, but meets the Whale Cryer of Hermanus, and discovers that the monkeys in Cape Town have expensive tastes. Travelling through Ireland, he takes in the sights of Sligo, Kilkenny and Dublin, entertains audiences with his unique brand of stand-up, and learns to play the penny whistle ' badly. And in Singapore he discovers the amazing secret behind the Japanese invasion of World War II, and realises that his hair is not suited to high humidity unless he wants to end up looking like a member of the Jackson Five. Half hilarious stand-up routines, half cultural observations, these shows are both a tempting taster of the cities he visits and a perfect opportunity to spend some time in the wacky, whimsical, fantastically funny world of Ross Noble.

Ross Noble, Ross Noble (Author), Ross Noble, Ross Noble (Narrator)

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The Further Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes Volume Two

In the fifty-six short stories and four novels Arthur Conan Doyle wrote about his great detective, there are many passing references to successful cases that are never actually written about. This second volume of four stories, written by the main dramatist on the complete BBC Radio 4 Sherlock Holmes canon, imaginatively flesh out the cases behind those references to wonderful effect. As in the complete dramatised canon, Clive Merrison plays the great sleuth. Doctor Watson is played by Andrew Sachs, while the star cast includes Lindsay Duncan, Mark Gatiss, Christian Rodska, Ioan Meredith and Joanna McCallum. The stories are: 'The Abergavenny Murder'; 'The Shameful Betrayal of Miss Emily Smith'; 'The Tragedy of Hanbury Street' and 'The Determined Client.' Of the first series the Daily Telegraph said - 'A joy from beginning to end ... ingenious extensions of the Conan Doyle originals'.

Bert Coules (Author), , Andrew Sachs, Clive Merrison (Narrator)

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Gasping for Airtime: Two Years in the Trenches at Saturday Night Live

Jay Mohr (Author), Jay Mohr (Narrator)

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Garfield the Movie

Life couldn't be sweeter for Garfield. Parked on a comfortable overstuffed chair in front of the TV, feasting on his favorite dish-lasagne-he's the master of his universe. That is until his owner, Jon, takes in sweet-but-dimwitted pooch Odie, turning Garfield's world upside down. Now Garfield wants only one thing: Odie out of his home and life! But when the hapless pup disappears, Garfield, maybe for the first time in his life, feels responsible. With an uncharacteristic amount of energy and courage, Garfield manages to pull himself away from the TV and spring into action. He's on a mission to save Odie...and get back to his beloved chair!

H.S. Newcomb (Author), Edward Herrmann (Narrator)

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The Age of Shakespeare

Britain's most esteemed scholar of 16th and 17th century literature, Frank Kermode is also a noted author and professor. In this Modern Library Chronicle, he uses the context of the Elizabethan Era to link each of Shakespeare's plays to their probable years of creation. By portraying the bard's England in terms of its society, economy, and arts, Kermode provides an invaluable guide to understanding Shakespeare's works. "Academics and common readers alike have much to learn from Kermode's illuminating and delectable study."-Billy Collins, former U.S. Poet Laureate

Frank Kermode (Author), Paul Hecht (Narrator)

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Commercial Radio: Words From Our So-Called Sponsors

A word or thirty from the sponsors of public radio's enduring Saturday-evening staple, Commercial Radio features the best bits (and questionable marketing strategies) of many Lake Wobegon establishments. In addition to missives from longtime supporters such as the Catchup Advisory Board and the American Duct Tape Council, special messages from the Minnesota Diminishment Clinic, the Professional Association of English Majors, and many others peddle unique wares and unexpected services. Combining catchy slogans, memorable jingles, sometimes-seamless segues to product promotions, and the spirited aural antics of Tom Keith, this first-ever collection of sponsor ads is a true treat for aficionados of A Prairie Home Companion, which attracts more than three million listeners every week. All tracks are recorded from live broadcasts.

Garrison Keillor (Author), Garrison Keillor (Narrator)

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Car Talk: Born Not to Run: More Disrespectful Car Songs

Born Not to Run is a collection of car tunes as irreverent as they are melodic. With titles like, 'If She Wasn't On Blocks,' Who Taught These Idiots To Drive,' and 'Built to Crash,' we guarantee that you'll be simultaneously tapping your toes, laughing out loud and shaking your head. For these reasons, we ask that you not listen to Born Not to Run and drive at the same time. More fun from Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers.

Ray Magliozzi, Tom Magliozzi (Author), Ray Magliozzi, Tom Magliozzi, Various (Narrator)

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Car Talk: The Hatchback of Notre Dame: More Car Talk Classics

The Hatchback of Notre Dame includes many memorable Car Talk classics, including Morley Safer of CBS's Sixty Minutes, displaying a downright embarrassing obsession with his Peugeot, and space shuttle astronaut John Grunsfeld, who calls from Hawaii. (Well, 700 miles over Hawaii, actually). And, there's one of Click and Clack's all-time favorite callers, their pal Dave from Bemidji, sharing the sordid tale of his journey to Alaska.

Ray Magliozzi, Tom Magliozzi (Author), Ray Magliozzi, Tom Magliozzi (Narrator)

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Das Feinste Vom Leben

Lang erwartet, heiß ersehnt, begeistert entgegengefiebert, gebührend gefeiert, stürmisch umworben, nun frisch erschienen und jetzt ganz eiskalt serviert: Das erste Soloprogramm des Newcomers aus dem Ruhrgebiet. Alles wird einfacher, nur das Leben wird schwerer. Und um mit dem Leben an sich besser fertig zu werden, versucht der Kabarettist Kai Magnus Sting Lösungsmöglichkeiten anzubieten, obwohl er an sich nichts mehr sagen wollte, denn eines seiner Mottos ist und bleibt: 'Ich sag nichts.' Und trotzdem handelt das Schlitzohr mit Schlagfertigkeit, messerscharfen Bemerkungen und scharfzüngigen Beobachtungen in furiosen Rundumschlägen brandaktuelle Themen aus dem Wahnsinn des Alltags ab. Sting schnellt in wahnwitzigem Tempo von einer Begebenheit zum nächstbesten Skandal, bringt die Zusammenhänge der Dinge mit höchst eigenwilliger Logik ans Licht, kommentiert bissig-brillant, fokussiert, parodiert, imitiert, analysiert, dreht und wendet das Alltagsgeschehen so lange, bis alles auf den Kopf gestellt worden ist und man das Ergebnis mit ganz anderen Augen bestaunen kann. Live aufgenommen am 26.Oktober 2001 im HundertMeister, Duisburg

Kai Magnus Sting (Author), Kai Magnus Sting (Narrator)

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Das Auge liest mit

Zum ersten Mal bekommen Fans und Freunde einen fast kompletten Tresenlesen-Auftritt digital aufbereitet dargereicht, fast ohne Schnitte und ohne Overdubs, ins Blaue gesprochene Improvisationen treffen auf exakt ausformulierte Texte, Brandneues auf kultig Verehrtes. Da treibt ein Schauspieler die Nachbarschaft mit Stimmübungen in den Wahnsinn, da geht es um Sprachvergewaltigung durch Sportler und Reporter. Herr Malmsheimer beschreibt erschreckend realistisch das sogenannte 'Bürgerliche Wohnzimmer' und erzählt dann auch noch seine ganz persönliche 'Schneisengeschichte'. Es geht um die Frage, wie oft Pinguine im Jahr Geschlechtsverkehr haben und darum, was erwachsene Menschen dazu treibt, sich rituell einer unerträglichen Musiksendung im Fernsehen hinzugeben. Gewürzt wird das Ganze durch längst verloren geglaubte Dokumente, die die beiden Protagonisten noch unterhalb des Fußes ihrer Karriere zeigen: als dreijährigen Lyrik-Rezitator den einen, als sechsjährigen Komiker den anderen.

Tresenlesen (Author), Tresenlesen (Narrator)

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