Non-Fiction
Science Fiction/Fantasy
Fiction and Drama
Children's
Comedy

September

2008

Maeve Binchy
Firefly Summer

David Soul stars in a BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Maeve Binchy's bestselling story about a sleepy Irish town facing monumental change.

In Mountfern, life meanders as slowly as the river running through it. The pace has hardly changed since the great house burned down in the Troubles and its shell became an ivy-clad playground for the local children.

But when Patrick O'Neill arrives from the States with grand plans to turn the ruins of Fernscourt into Ireland's finest hotel, ripples begin to appear on the surface calm of this backwater. Brimming with speculation about the wealthy, charming American, the little community wonders how he will affect their lives.

Unfortunately, some will learn all too painfully that their peaceful world is about to be changed irreversibly, and that new friendships, passions and tragedies will destroy the old Mountfern forever.

Dylan Thomas
Under Milk Wood

Richard Burton's inimitable narration as First Voice in the BBC's 1963 recording of Under Milk Wood was hugely acclaimed. In this 2003 production, this classic 'play for voices' has been given a fresh lease of life and Richard Burton's unforgettable performance joins a celebrated all-Welsh cast. Touching, eerie and very funny, the play tells the story of a day in the life of the inhabitants of a small Welsh seaside town, their dreams and routines, their loves and regrets, their hopes and fears. With characters and phrases that have entered daily parlance, the play opens with 'To begin at the beginning' and features those much-loved characters No Good Boyo, Lilly Smalls, Polly Garter, Organ Morgan and Captain Cat.

'The richest, ripest, most internationally-celebrated piece of radio Britain has yet produced, digitally remastering Richard Burton's immortal performance as the narrator' - Sunday Times

Paul Temple and the Madison Mystery

Crawford Logan and Gerda Stevenson star in this brand new eight-part recording of a lost archive Paul Temple serial.

Returning from America by ocean liner, the Temples enjoy the company of their fellow passengers, only to find one of them dead the next morning - and when Paul and Steve get home to London, Sir Graham Forbes of Scotland Yard is waiting to plunge them into one of their most thrilling and dangerous adventures, the pursuit of a ruthless international gang of counterfeiters. As knives fly and bombs explode, the key to the puzzle seems to lie in a coin on the end of a watch-chain....