Collection: Adult Spoken Word CD 1-8

If Lord Ickenham had not dislodged the hat of Beefy Bastable with a well-aimed Brazil nut, the latter's famous legal mind might never have been stimulated to literature. But the incident provoked Beefy to write an expose of the younger generation.

Harris, George and J. are three Victorian idlers. They decide a change of scene is called for from their usual lethargic routine. And why not a trip up the Thames in an open boat? They soon realise their idyll isn't quite what they bargained for.

From their dreamy dreams to their everyday gossip, Dylan Thomas' lyrical masterpiece traces the lives of a group of villagers in a tiny Welsh seaport. This radio drama is the full version originally broadcast in 1963.

Marian Keyes, beselling author of Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married, loves shoes and her LTFs (Long Term Friends), hates estate agents and lost luggage, and she once had a Christmas office party that involved roasting two sheep on a spit.

In the 1770s and 1780s Dr Johnson, having completed his life's work, is running an increasingly chaotic life. Torn between his strict morality and his undeclared passion for the widow of an old friend, he is revealed here in all his wit and glory.

When ex-Crown Prince Gregory of Hirtenstein attends a week-long birthday party on a Greek millionaire's island, he begins to worry that something strange is going on and soon uncovers a plot which could involve three nations in a scandal.

Emma Davey, who loved gemstones & life, was adored by everyone. But her life ends abruptly when someone kicks her to death. Elisabeth, her sister, is haunted by Emma's death & her own humiliating attempts to lure the killer into a confession.