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John Finnemore's Double Acts: Series 2

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by John Finnemore ...

Narrated by John Finnemore, Stephanie Cole, Julia McKenzie, Gus Brown, Tamzin Outhwaite, Tom Goodman-Hill, Michael Palin, Martin Clunes, Full Cast ...

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This is the second series of one-off comedies written by the genius behind the smash-hit radio sitcom “Cabin Pressure” – John Finnemore. The first series won the coveted Writers Guild of Great Britain award for Best Comedy.Each show is a comedy perfumed by just two actors - including (across the series) famous household names such as Martin Clunes (“Doc Martin”), Julia McKenzie (“Fresh Fields”) ... Read more

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This is the second series of one-off comedies written by the genius behind the smash-hit radio sitcom “Cabin Pressure” – John Finnemore. The first series won the coveted Writers Guild of Great Britain award for Best Comedy.Each show is a comedy perfumed by just two actors - including (across the series) famous household names such as Martin Clunes (“Doc Martin”), Julia McKenzie (“Fresh Fields”)
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Narrated by Gus Brown ...

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8 hours 13 min

When most of us think about Artificial Intelligence, our minds go straight to cyborgs, robots, and sci-fi thrillers where machines take over the world. But the truth is that Artificial Intelligence is already among us. It exists in our smartphones, fitness trackers, and refrigerators that tell us when the milk will expire. In some ways, the future people dreamed of at the World's Fair in the 1960s ... Read more

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When most of us think about Artificial Intelligence, our minds go straight to cyborgs, robots, and sci-fi thrillers where machines take over the world. But the truth is that Artificial Intelligence is already among us. It exists in our smartphones, fitness trackers, and refrigerators that tell us when the milk will expire. In some ways, the future people dreamed of at the World's Fair in the 1960s
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The Hiding Place

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Narrated by Gus Brown, Joshua Akehurst ...

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Brought to you by PenguinFOUR FRIENDS. ONE MURDER. A GAME THEY CAN'T ESCAPE'It was only a game.'Until a boy went missing.'No one was meant to get hurt.'But a body has been found.'Just some innocent fun.'Except one of them is a killer.Ready or not, here I come.It's time to play hide and seek again.<...
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Empty World & more: A BBC Radio Sci-Fi Collection

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Narrated by David Mitchell, Rebecca Egan, Gus Brown, John Hollis, Hywel Bennett, Jack Watling, Glyn Houston, Rosalind Shanks, Margaret Robertson, Christopher Bidmead, Darrell Brockis, Richard Drabble, Dennis Alara Peters ...

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The Chung-Li virus has devastated Asia, wiping out the rice crop and leaving riots and mass starvation in its wake. The rest of the world looks on with concern, though safe in the expectation that a counter-virus will be developed any day. Then Chung-Li mutates and spreads. Wheat, barley, oats, rye: no grass crop is safe, and global famine threatens.In Britain, where green fields are fast turning
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The White Mountains

by John Christopher ...

Series series The Tripods
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Series series The Tripods
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The City of Gold and Lead

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Series series The Tripods
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The Pool of Fire

by John Christopher ...

Series series The Tripods
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Series series Sword of the Spirits
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One night, the island of Guernsey convulsed. As shock followed shock, the landscape tilted violently in defiance of gravity. When dawn came and the quakes had stilled to tremblings, Matthew Cotter gazed out in disbelief at the pile of rubble that had been his home. The greenhouses which had provided his livelihood were a lake of shattered glass, the tomato plants a crush of drowned vegetation ... Read more

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One night, the island of Guernsey convulsed. As shock followed shock, the landscape tilted violently in defiance of gravity. When dawn came and the quakes had stilled to tremblings, Matthew Cotter gazed out in disbelief at the pile of rubble that had been his home. The greenhouses which had provided his livelihood were a lake of shattered glass, the tomato plants a crush of drowned vegetation
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