Search results for “Tony Robinson”

A Stroke of the Pen

By: Terry Pratchett

Narrated by: David Tennant, Claire Foy, Steffan Rhodri, Jon ...

Length: 4 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

A delightfully funny, fantastically inventive collection of twenty newly unearthed short stories by Sir Terry Pratchett, the award-winning and bestselling author of the phenomenally successful Discworld fantasy series. This special trove is a must-have for Pratchett fans of all ages. The audiobook is narrated by a stunning cast that includes... Read more

Damaged

By: Pat Herbert

Narrated by: Tony Robinson

Length: 8 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

The year is 1958, the place fashionable Chelsea, London. One famous film star commits suicide, and another famous star is run over. An eminent Harley Street plastic surgeon dies under suspicious circumstances, and Chief Inspector Spry of Scotland Yard is prompted to ask “When is a murder not a murder? 1�7br>When a fading film star decides to undergo... Read more

Seeing Double

By: Pat Herbert

Narrated by: Tony Robinson

Length: 8 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

When a mysterious middle-aged woman moves in next door to St Stephen’s vicarage, she is immediately taken under the wing of Nancy Harper, the Reverend Bernard Paltoquet’s redoubtable housekeeper. As the relationship between the two women develops, however, ‘Mrs Aitch 1�7 begins to entertain suspicions that her new neighbour is not all she seems.... Read more

Ben Sees It Through

By: Mr Punch

Narrated by: Tony Robinson, Leslie Phillips, Rebecca Lacey, ...

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Set during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, where every story promises a 'Thousand Thrills!', Ben, the chivalrous and perky non-descript little man, whose thumbs itch just before ‘something ‘orrible ‘appens 1�7 played by Tony Robinson is joined by Leslie Phillips as the devilish Lovelace in J Jefferson Farjeon’s 1930’s thriller. “Murder... Read more

Just So Stories

By: Rudyard Kipling

Narrated by: Tony Robinson

Length: 2 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Puffin.

The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Rudyard Kipling's collection, Just So Stories.

The delightful tales of whales and cats and kangaroos and crabs - everything from how the camel got in a humph (and got his hump!) to how the alphabet was invented. Enchanting and funny, these stories are brought to life by... Read more

Chattering at School: Nature poems for children

By: Edward Forde Hickey

Narrated by: Tony Robinson

Length: 1 hour 14 minutes

Abridged: No

"Chattering at School" is a series of animal poems that invites the reader to learn and marvel at all the wonders of the natural world. The poems include fun narratives on the surface, while containing learning and teaching moments as the poems unfold. The book has lovely illustrations and is full of moral lessons.
The introduction to "Chattering... Read more

The Flawed Child

By: Barbara Anne Machin

Narrated by: Tony Robinson

Length: 7 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

When a child is born with a serious flaw in her character caused by an imbalance of chemicals in her mind making her incapable of controlling her actions and emotions, it can be dangerous to her as well as others. This story depicts a child who is born with such a flaw, but hides it well. Her family senses she is different, but find it difficult... Read more

Red River

By: Jeremy Orlando

Narrated by: Tony Robinson

Length: 8 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

It was around midnight when Joe Brewster sat among the emptied walls of what had once been JB’s Cuts. His intention had been some kind of heroic sit-down protest. It was at the same time that Jack Baddock prowled the streets looking for someone to blame. His steady diet of anger had finally broken him and tonight he would take it out on all of... Read more

The Final Stronghold

By: Martin Hicks

Narrated by: Tony Robinson

Length: 16 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

It is the summer of 1853 and Commander James Rutherford leaves Calcutta once more to renew his campaign against organised Oriental piracy. The principal pirate leader Liang Ziu is dead, but Rutherford obtains intelligence that his criminal organisation continues to operate from a heavily fortified base, secure from conventional attack. Beset... Read more

Blackadder: The Complete Collected Series

By: Ben Elton & Richard Curtis

Narrated by: Full Cast, Hugh Laurie, Miranda Richardson, Rik...

Length: 15 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

The complete soundtracks of all four Blackadder series, plus over three hours of specials and extras

Through the ages of Britain, from the 15th century to the 21st, Edmund Blackadder has meddled his way along the bloodlines, aided by his two imbecilic sidekicks, Lord Percy and Baldrick, and hindered by an assortment of dimwitted aristocrats. With... Read more

Paradise Lost in Space

By: Colin Swash

Narrated by: Alistair McGowan, Carla Mendonca, David Haig, F...

Length: 2 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Tony Robinson and David Haig star in this black-hole comedy about two space-age humans stranded on a friendly alien planet

Norman is an idealistic, Beethoven-loving revolutionary. Max is a boring but cheerful timeshare salesman who won't stop talking. Fellow passengers on a flight to the Moon, they're thrown together to become reluctant... Read more

Natter from the Natural World

By: Lynne Truss

Narrated by: Alison Steadman, Samantha Bond, Tony Robinson, ...

Length: 4 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Three series of funny natural history tales from Lynne Truss, featuring a star cast of narrators

Recorded in front of a live audience, these wry, funny tales introduce us to the varied creatures who make their homes on the shoreline, in garden ponds and in our attics. In 18 comic monologues, they reveal the truth about what life is really like in... Read more

The Nutcracker and the Mouse King

By: E.T.A. Hoffmann & Brian Sibley

Narrated by: Full Cast & Tony Robinson

Length: 1 hour 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Tony Robinson stars in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of E.T.A. Hoffmann's renowned Christmas story, which inspired Tchaikovsky's ballet 'The Nutcracker'

It is Christmas Eve, and young Mary and Fred are opening presents from their godfather, Drosselmeier the toymaker. Mary’s favourite gift is a nutcracker soldier, and she is... Read more

Romans

By: Sir Tony Robinson

Narrated by: Sir Tony Robinson

Length: 1 hour 26 minutes

Abridged: No

In Sir Tony Robinson's Weird World of Wonders Romans, Sir Tony Robinson takes you on a headlong gallop through time, pointing out all the most important, funny, strange, amazing, entertaining and gory bits about the Romans! It's history, but not as we know it!

Find out everything you ever needed to know in this brilliant, action-packed,... Read more

Egyptians

By: Sir Tony Robinson

Narrated by: Sir Tony Robinson

Length: 1 hour 30 minutes

Abridged: No

In Sir Tony Robinson's Weird World of Wonders Egyptians, Sir Tony Robinson takes you on a headlong gallop through time, pointing out all the most important, funny, strange, amazing, entertaining, smelly and disgusting bits about the Egyptians! It's history, but not as we know it!

Find out everything you ever needed to know in this brilliant,... Read more

British

By: Sir Tony Robinson

Narrated by: Sir Tony Robinson

Length: 1 hour 44 minutes

Abridged: No

In Sir Tony Robinson's Weird World of Wonders British, Sir Tony Robinson takes you on a headlong gallop through time, pointing out all the most important, funny, strange, amazing, entertaining, smelly and disgusting bits about the British! It's history, but not as we know it!

Find out everything you ever needed to know in this brilliant,... Read more

Greeks

By: Sir Tony Robinson

Narrated by: Sir Tony Robinson

Length: 1 hour 46 minutes

Abridged: No

In Sir Tony Robinson's Weird World of Wonders Greeks, Sir Tony Robinson takes you on a headlong gallop through time, pointing out all the most important, funny, strange, amazing, entertaining, smelly and disgusting bits about the Greeks! It's history, but not as we know it!

Find out everything you ever needed to know in this brilliant,... Read more

World War I

By: Sir Tony Robinson

Narrated by: Sir Tony Robinson

Length: 1 hour 37 minutes

Abridged: No

In Sir Tony Robinson's Weird World of Wonders World War I Tony Robinson takes you on a headlong gallop through time, pointing out all the most important, funny, strange, amazing, entertaining, smelly and disgusting bits about World War I. It's history, but not as we know it!

Find out everything you ever needed to know about World War I in this... Read more

World War II

By: Sir Tony Robinson

Narrated by: Sir Tony Robinson

Length: 1 hour 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of Best Books with Facts in the 2013 Blue Peter awards, voted for by children.

In Sir Tony Robinson's Weird World of Wonders World War II, Sir Tony Robinson takes you on a headlong gallop through time, pointing out all the most important, funny, strange, amazing, entertaining, smelly and disgusting bits about World War II! It's history,... Read more

No Cunning Plan

By: Sir Tony Robinson

Narrated by: Sir Tony Robinson

Length: 14 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Packed full of incident and insight, No Cunning Plan is a funny, self-deprecating and always entertaining memoir by Sir Tony Robinson.

Sir Tony Robinson is a much-loved actor, presenter and author with a stellar career lasting over fifty years. In this autobiography he reveals how the boy from South Woodford went from child stardom in the first... Read more

They Said This Day Would Never Come

By: Chris Liddell-Westefeld

Narrated by: Ally Coll, Alyssa Mastromonaco, Anne Filipic, A...

Length: 8 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

They said this day would never come. They said our sights were set too high. They said this country was too divided, too disillusioned to ever come together around a common purpose. But on this January night, at this defining moment in history, you have done what the cynics said we couldn't do. ­­- Barack Obama

The thrilling, inspirational story... Read more

Read & Listen Books: Oliver Twist

By: Charles Dickens

Narrated by: Tony Robinson

Length: 1 hour 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Mysterious, dark and full of excitement, Oliver Twist takes readers on a compelling journey through the crime-haunted alleys of Victorian London.

It's heart-rending story of an innocent boy's struggle for survival is peopled by an unforgettable cast of characters - villainous Fagin, brutal Bill Sykes and the irrepressible Artful Dodger.

This... Read more

Death in High Heels

By: Pat Herbert

Narrated by: Tony Robinson

Length: 9 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

A serial killer is on the loose, going round strangling women with their own tights and removing their right shoes. Various suspects turn up but, with no obvious motive, the police are impotent and the murders continue. The only link they can find concerns a ‘religious 1�7 meeting, regularly held at the local civic centre, which was attended by at... Read more

The Same River Twice & Other Stories

By: Edward Boyd

Narrated by: Teddy Johnson, Moultrie R Kelsall, Gordon Jacks...

Length: 15 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

A collection of suspenseful standalone radio thrillers by Edward Boyd

Scottish writer Edward Boyd was well known for his TV and radio plays, including The Corridor People and The View from Daniel Pike, and he also penned several episodes of Z-Cars. He specialised in the thriller genre, and this collection showcases six of his best radio crime... Read more