BBC Radio 4 Full Cast Dramatisation - Hercule Poirots Christmas by Agatha Christie

Tyrannical millionaire Simeon Lee has been estranged from most of his family for years. But now, on Christmas Eve, the old man calls them all together once more.

Unable to disobey, the children gather uneasily and wonder what their father's intentions are.

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BBC Radio 4 full Cast Dramatisation - Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie

Set at the Jolly Roger, a posh vacation resort for the rich and famous on the southern coast of England, Evil Under the Sun is one of Agatha Christie’s most intriguing mysteries.

 

  

When a gorgeous young bride is brutally strangled to death on the beach, only Hercule Poirot can sift through the secrets that shroud each of the guests and unravel the macabre mystery at this playground by the sea.

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BBC Radio 4 full Cast Dramatisation - Death in the Clouds by Agatha Christie

A full-cast BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of an Agatha Christie story.

 

 

 

On a flight from Le Bourget to Croydon, on which Hercule Poirot is an apprehensive passenger, a woman is found dead. A doctor on board is inclined to put it down to a wasp-sting, but Poirot suspects that a poisoned dart is the real cause - and, perhaps rather too conveniently, a blow pipe is dicovered stuffed down the back of his seat.

 

 

 

Clearly the murder can only have been committed by one of the passengers or crew on the plane. But which one? Poirot, Japp and M. Fournier of the Surete will make their way through shoals of red herrings before reaching an utterly unexpected conclusion...

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BBC Radio 4 Full Cast Dramatisation - A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie

A full-cast BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of an Agatha Christie story.

 

 

 

On a flight from Le Bourget to Croydon, on which Hercule Poirot is an apprehensive passenger, a woman is found dead. A doctor on board is inclined to put it down to a wasp-sting, but Poirot suspects that a poisoned dart is the real cause - and, perhaps rather too conveniently, a blow pipe is dicovered stuffed down the back of his seat.

 

 

 

Clearly the murder can only have been committed by one of the passengers or crew on the plane. But which one? Poirot, Japp and M. Fournier of the Surete will make their way through shoals of red herrings before reaching an utterly unexpected conclusion...

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BBC Radio 4 Drama - Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

A favorite of readers for nearly 150 years, and the basis for one of the most beloved stage musicals ever, this stirring tale of crime, punishment, justice, and redemption pulses with life and energy. Hugo sweeps readers from the French provinces to the back alleys of Paris, and from the battlefield of Waterloo to the bloody ramparts of Paris during the uprising of 1832. 

  

 

First published in 1862, this sprawling novel is an extravagant historical epic that is teeming with harrowing adventures and unforgettable characters. In the protagonist, Jean Valjean, a quintessential prisoner of conscience who languished for years in prison for stealing bread to feed his starving family, Les Mis?rables depicts one of the grand themes in literature–that of the hunted man. Woven into the narrative are the prevalent social issues of Hugo’s day: injustice, authoritarian rule, social inequality, civic unrest. And this new translation brings astonishing vivacity and depth to Hugo’s immortal dramatis personae–the relentless police detective Javert, the saintly bishop Myriel, the tragic prostitute Fantine and her innocent daughter, Cosette, the dashing lover Marius, and many others whom Jean Valjean encounters on his path to sublime sacrifice.

 

  

 This full-cast production captures the poignancy of eachcharacter, the injustice of the French monarchy, and the redemptivepower of faith and love. Copious music and special effects enrich thetext but never overpower the vocals. The performances of each actor,up to the finest stage standards, vividly bring the story to life,particularly those of Henry Goodman as the smarmy con man, Tanadier,and Lee Cornwall as the child revolutionary, Gavroche. Joss Ackland,as Victor Hugo narrating the tale, ties the performance together withcompassion and a sense of wisdom.

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BBC Radio 4 - Look Back in Anger by John Osborne

John Osborne's classic play was singled out as the 'best young play of its decade' by critic Kenneth Tynan who went on to claim its place as a major turning point in British Theatre.

 

 

Its central character, Jimmy Porter, first burst across the stage in May 1956, both shocking and charming his audiences - the original incarnation of the angry young man.

 

 

The play is set in the Midlands, in the mid 1950s, and charts the cruel but passionate relationship between Jimmy and his young wife Alison, as the pair struggle for survival in a destructive relationship.

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BBC Radio - Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

NICHOLAS NICKLEBY by Charles Dickens.

 

Dramatised for radio by Mike Walker. This production won the 1999 Voice of the Listener and Viewer (VLV) award for best dramatic adaptation.

 

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, (or Nicholas Nickleby for short) is a comic novel by Charles Dickens. Originally published as a serial from 1838 to 1839, it was Dickens' third novel. It is the story of the Nicklebys (Nicholas, his mother and his sister Kate) who have been left penniless by the death of Mr Nickleby.

 

In their poverty and desperation they seek help from Nicholas’s uncle - the difficult and oppressive money lender, Ralph Nickleby. Nicholas immediately bothers his uncle due to his independent attitudes and is sent to Dotheboys Hall to teach. He witnesses the mistreatment of orphans there by the villainous Wackford Squeers. Disgusted by this and particularly the treatment of Smike, Nicholas thrashes the evil Squeers and escapes with the lad Smike. So begins The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.

 

Originally broadcast on BBC Radio Four in 1999 as thirty 15 minute episodes. This recording is from BBC7 and is of the omnibus editions, each programme consisting of five episodes and lasting around 70 minutes.

 

Part 1

Nicholas's adventures start when his uncle finds him a position as assistant to Wackford Squeers at Dotheboys Hall in Yorkshire. Episodes 1 - 5.

 

Part 2

Nicholas makes his way to London & Kate starts to work at Mantalini's Dressmakers. Episodes 6 - 10.

 

Part 3

Nicholas & Smike head to Portsmouth to seek their fortunes. Episodes 11 - 15.

 

Part 4

Mantalini's melodrama increases when he asks for more money. Episodes 16 - 20.

 

Part 5

Nicholas meets the distressed Miss Madeleine Bray & Mrs Nickleby is flattered by the attentions of a madman. Episodes 21 - 25.

 

Part 6

Secrets are uncovered in the dramatic conclusion. Episodes 26 - 30.

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BBC Radio - Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe

The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus is a play by Christopher Marlowe, based on the Faust story (Faustus is Latin for Faust), in which a man sells his soul to the devil for power and knowledge. On a deeper level, this play shows the decay of a person who chooses material gains (by commanding the devils to suit his desires) over spiritual belief and in doing so, loses his soul.

 

 

 

Doctor Faustus was first published in 1604, eleven years after Marlowe's death and at least twelve years after the first performance of the play.

 

 

With:

Faustus....Paterson Joseph

Mephistopheles....Ray Fearon

Wagner .... Toby Jones

Evil Angel....Janet McTeer

Good Angel/Duchess....Tanya Moodie

Lucifer....Julian Bleach

Old Man....David Bradley

Robin....Nicholas Burns

Rafe....Iain Robertson

Valdes/Pope....David Bamber

Cornelius .... Paul Bazely

Emperor....Anton Lesser

Scholar/Horse-Courser....John Lloyd Fillingham

Scholar/Knight....Don Gilet

Scholar/Duke....Derek Riddell

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BBC New English Course Intermediate CD-ROM 13

The BBC NEW ENGLISH COURSE includes 24 CD ROM and is the world’s most successful language learning course. 

 

 

 

It has been designed to satisfy all your English language learning needs. It has 36 functions. This program is suitable for learners at all levels of English proficiency; from the absolute beginner to those people who need English for academic or business purposes.

 

 

 

The set contains 24 disks, with each disk comprising of 4 units, each disk includes:

800 Vocabulary Words.

420 Daily Conversation Patterns.

250 Test Questions.

300 Eye-catching, Full Color Pictures.

4 English Songs.

The International Phonetic Alphabet.

An Easy-to-use English Dictionary.

A Comparative Usage Dictionary Between American and British English and Formal versus Informal Usage.

A Pronunciation Guide for English.

 

 

INTERMEDIATE (Disc 13-16)

Improving listening and speaking skills: The content is more colloquial and is very enjoyable. You can learn words of congratulations, slang and numerous words in everyday use. There are also introductions to format and informal letters, as well as stories, plays and poems.

HowTo install the course

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BBC Learning English Words in the News 2010 Life

BBC Learning English is a BBC service aimed at helping English learners improve their skills. Words in the News series presents current events in the news to help do this.

This part focuses on news items related to sports, science, arts, etc. that took place in 2010 only. The news items are accompanied by audio recordings of both the news report and target vocabulary. Excellent reading, listening and vocabulary practice.

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BBC Learning English Words in the News 2010 Business

BBC Learning English is a BBC service aimed at helping English learners improve their skills. Words in the News series presents current events in the news to help do this.

This part focuses on business news items that took place in 2010 only. The news items are accompanied by audio recordings of both the news report and target vocabulary. Excellent reading, listening and vocabulary practice.

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BBC Learning English Talk about English - Academic Listening

Contents:

Part 1. Introduction to English for Academic Purposes, or EAP.

Part 2. Lectures: this programme takes a look at a range of techniques to make listening to lectures easier.

Part 3. How lectures are organised.

Part 4. Lectures: the introduction.

Part 5. Lectures: marker phrases.

Part 6. Lectures: the conclusion.

Part 7. Academic reading.

Part 8. Using the library.

Part 9. Academic writing.

Part 10. More on academic writing.

Part 11. Seminars and tutorials.

Part 12. Exams.

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BBC Learning English - Adjectives and Adverbs

Note that not all adverbs of manner which answer the question How…? end in -ly.

Most of them do, like this:

· How did they sleep? ~ They slept peacefully

· How well does she dance ~ She dances sublimely

But common exceptions include:

hard fast straight late

· He worked hard in order to pass the exam

· He was driving straight at me and I ran very fast to get out of his way.

· There was a power failure earlier today and the trains are all running late

now..............

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BBC - Keep Your English Up to Date 1st Series

The English language is permanently evolving and developing. New words and expressions are coined and existing words change their meaning as society, culture and technology progress. 

 

 

Professor David Crystal is one of the world's foremost experts on language. He has recorded 26 short talks on some of these words and expressions that have recently made it into the language, if not necessarily into dictionaries. 

 

 

Each unit contains the text of the talk by Professor Crystal. You can also listen to the talk and download the transcript, audio and a lesson plan for teachers. 

 

 

The lesson plan contains teacher's notes, worksheets for students as well as a key to the answers.

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BBC How to Learn a Language

A BBC documentary on how to learn any language. It includes funny scenes from comedy programmes.

The programme is divided into 4 segments:

1. Getting started

2. How do they do that?

3. Ways of learning

4. Sticking at it

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BBC Grammar and Vocabulary - How to say

Discover and practise phrases and expressions which you can use in all kinds of different situations, whether it's to order a drink in a restaurant or have an argument with someone!

 

 

 

Each unit has audio and texts. There are also quizzes and exercises to help you practise what you have learnt.

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BBC Dramatization - Dead Mans Folly by Agatha Christie

Ariadne Oliver, Queen of Crime Fiction, has been asked to devise a Murder Hunt for a fete at Nasse House, the home of Sir George Stubbs. But she begins to suspect that someone is manipulating the scenario of her game and fears that something very sinister is being planned.

She sends for her old friend Hercule Poirot. At first he is not inclined to take her very seriously, but soon, a series of events propels him to change his mind. Then suddenly, all of Ariadne's worst fears are realised when the girl playing the part of the murder victim is found strangled in the boat-house. For Hercule Poirot, the Murder Hunt has become a grim reality.

This is a BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation, starring John Moffatt as the great Belgian detective, with Julia McKenzie as Ariadne Oliver.

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BBC Classic Radio SCI FI - Aliens In The Mind

Launching a new range of "Classic Radio Sci-Fi" releases, this six-part BBC radio drama stars none other than Peter Cushing and Vincent Prince, who between them became two of the most famous horror film stars of the 1950s and 1960s.

 

 

 

"Aliens in the Mind" is based on a story by the then-foremost "Doctor Who" script editor Robert Holmes. It centres around the discovery, on a remote Scottish island, of a community of 'human mutants' capable of telepathy. A plan is in place to use them to control the British Government, and friends Curtis Lark (Vincent Price) and Hugh Baxter (Peter Cushing) join forces to combat them.

 

 

 

 

This renowned production from 1976 is sure to delight fans of science fiction, archive radio, horror films and "Doctor Who." This release forms part of BBC Audiobooks "Classic Radio Sci-Fi" range. Other titles are "The Day of the Triffids" and "The Quatermass Memoirs."

 

 

 

Audio file format: mp3

Bit rate: 128 kbps

Audio sample rate: 44 kHz

Channels: 2 (stereo)

Duration: 2 hours 45 mins

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BBC Business English by Roger Owen

BBC Business English is a course for business people who want to use English confidently at work. It consists of this book and three audiocassettes.

 

 

BBC Business English contains:

realistic business situations set in several different countries, lively dialogues which illustrate how business people talk on the telephone, in meetings, at conferences and on social occasions, letters, memos, reports and other documents to provide reading practice and models for writing, formal business vocabulary and informal idiomatic English presented in appropriate contexts. 

 

 

The business dialogues and documents are supported by a range of activities and study aids:

exercises designed to develop vocabulary and practise grammar,

speaking and writing tasks to build confidence in discussing figures,

dictating exercises which test listening and writing skills,

a full answer key, including model answers where appropriate,

page-by-page notes on vocabulary, phrases and structures,

a glossary of specialist terms for easy reference.

 

 

 

BBC Business English is suitable for any learner of English at intermediate level or above. It is ideal for people who want to study in their own time, and can be used flexibly to fit a busy schedule. It can be studied unit by unit or selectively, for reference and revision. The cassettes can be played in a car or personal stereo. The course also provides a rich source of material for the classroom teacher.

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BBC Audio - The Adventures of Superman

The Adventures of Superman BBC Audio 2 HOURS 30 MINUTES

 

 

Starring: 

Stuart Milligan as Superman/Clark Kent 

William Hootkins as Lex Luthor 

Lorelei King as Lois Lane 

Vincent Marzello as Jimmy Olsen 

Garrick Hagon as Perry White 

Shelley Thompson as Lana Lang 

Dick Vosburgh as Jor-El 

Barbara Barnes as Lucy Lane 

David Graham as Fisher 

Simon Treves as Metal 

Elizabeth Mansfield as Amanda McCoy 

and 

Jon Pertwee as Schwarz 

Burt Kwouk as Doctor Teng 

with 

David Bannerman, Vincent Brimble, Sue Broomfield, Nigel Carrington, Terence Edmond, Christopher Good, Ronald Herdman, Norman Jones, Joanna Mackie, Dale Ropley, Jane Whyttenshaw, Andrew Wincott. 

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BBC - JK Rowling Harry Potter and Me

For the first time J.K. Rowling tells in her in own words the story of how the bestselling books of Harry Potter came to life.

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BBC World Service - Who on Earth are We

Who on Earth are we? is a series about culture and how it affects us. It explores some of the major differences between cultures and looks at what happens when people from different cultures meet and communicate. The series is presented by Marc Beeby.

 

 

 Contents:

Part 1

Culture and inter-cultural communication. 

Part 2

What is culture? 

Part 3 

Language and culture. 

Part 4 

Culture and communication. 

Part 5 

Culture and non-verbal communication.

Part 6 

Culture and time and space.

Part 7 

Individual and collective based cultures.

Part 8 

Individual and collective based cultures.

Part 9 

Cultural dimensions.

Part 10 

Barriers to inter-cultural communication.

Part 11 

Culture shock.

Part 12 

Series review and intercultural advice.

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BBC World Service - The English We Speak

Make the English you speak sound more natural with The English We Speak from bbclearningenglish.com. Every week, we look at a different everyday English phrase or piece of slang in this fun three-minute programme.


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BBC World Service - Grammar Challenge Audio and Text

Grammar Challenge is the programme where BBC helps language learners use tricky grammatical structures like question tags, present perfect, articles and conditionals. Every programme features an expert commentary on that week's grammar.

It contains interactive quizzes, grammar tables and an area for students practise using the structures. BBC Grammar Challenge it's a good way to understand English grammar.

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BBC World Service - First Sight Second Thoughts

In 'First Sight, Second Thoughts', we hear about life in Britain as seen through the eyes of her immigrant population, people from many different cultures and countries.

 

 In this series from 1999, we discover if their ‘first sights’ of Britain matched their expectations. Immigrants from India, Guyana, Mexico, Germany, Pakistan, Botswana and Iran tell us about their first impressions.

 

 

Contents:

Part 1. First impressions.

Part 2. Coming to terms with English.

Part 3. Early Days.

Part 4. Housing.

PArt 5. Working Life.

Part 6. Leisure.

Part 7. Cultural Differences.

Part 8. Proudest Achievements.

Part 9. Going Home.

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