Mrs B
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Christmas at Thrush Green
- By: Miss Read
- Narrated by: Nicolette McKenzie
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 106
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 102
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 102
The villagers of Thrush Green celebrate Christmas traditionally, in a way that has hardly changed over the generations. Children eagerly hang up their stockings, families go to church together and everyone enjoys the treats of the festive season. And when it snows as the carol singers make their way round the cottages on the green, it looks as if Christmas will be perfect this year. But not everything is as peaceful as it seems.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Not the same charm
- By M. on 23-05-18
- Christmas at Thrush Green
- By: Miss Read
- Narrated by: Nicolette McKenzie
Fabulous!!
Reviewed: 04-12-22
Great from start to finish. Lovely country village life story. The narrator is just amazing, brings each character to life.
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Hell Cats
- By: Carina Rodney
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 698
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 643
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 639
As the old sailor's adage goes, a woman on board invites bad luck, a superstation that turned out to be true for the enemies of notorious pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read. As quick to draw their cutlasses as they were to fall in love, Anne and Mary sailed the Caribbean leaving a trail of looted treasure, outfoxed law enforcement, and treacherous ex-lovers (suitably dealt with) in their wake. This series explores themes of equality, freedom, love and survival.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow!! Amazing series and loved the characters
- By Marie C on 20-11-20
Fabulous!!
Reviewed: 22-11-22
Everything about this series is excellent. The storyline is just brilliant as is the acting. A wonderful dramatisation.
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I'll Die After Bingo
- My unlikely life as a care home assistant
- By: Pope Lonergan
- Narrated by: Pope Lonergan
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 37
Whether he's initiating a coup d'état against new regulations with the residents, or forging a bond with the 98-year-old who once called him a fat slut, Pope Lonergan's work is infinitely varied. This no-holds-barred account shows what life inside a care home is really like, for both residents and carers. Featuring night-time drama, incontinence pads and the uniquely dark humour of one double-amputee Alzheimer's patient, here you can learn everything you ever wanted to know (and a few things you probably really didn't) about Britain's care system.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Refreshingly real
- By C on 19-07-22
- I'll Die After Bingo
- My unlikely life as a care home assistant
- By: Pope Lonergan
- Narrated by: Pope Lonergan
Not what I expected
Reviewed: 31-07-22
I feel a bit disloyal given the subject matter but to be fair this was at times a book on philosophy rather than the nitty gritty of life and work within the care (or don’t care) system. Pope should have let someone else narrate, his style isn’t right for audio, it made me cringe at times. One things for sure, no care home for me, I would rather die, before, during or after bingo.
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The First Wife: John Meehan's Reign of Terror
- By: Tonia Bales, Laura Richards, AYR Media
- Narrated by: Rachel Louise Snyder
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 104
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 96
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Story5 out of 5 stars 96
Many listened to the Dirty John podcast, which introduced the world to John Meehan, a dangerous serial predator who infiltrates the life of Debra Newell and ultimately dies at the hand of her daughter, Terra.
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5 out of 5 stars
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dirty John
- By Lorraine Lynch on 12-08-21
Amazing story, amazing people
Reviewed: 30-08-21
Fabulous real time telling of the notorious Mr Meehan by the people closest to him. What a twisted man. Absolutely fascinating and mesmerising retelling of the story by the amazing people who were part of his life and time. Loved it.
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Damaged Goods
- By: Oliver Shah
- Narrated by: Oliver Shah
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 527
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 465
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 467
Penguin Audio presents Damaged Goods, by Oliver Shah. In March 2015, British businessman and the chairman of Arcadia Group Sir Philip Green sold BHS for £1 to Retail Acquisitions, owned by Dominic Chappell, a serial bankrupt who filed BHS for administration shortly after. By April 2016, BHS had debts of £1.3bn, including a pensions deficit of £571m. Damaged Goods follows Green's journey to the big time, the sale of BHS and the subsequent investigation that concluded with Green paying £363m to the Pensions Regulator.
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5 out of 5 stars
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How do they sleep at night?
- By stevieg on 17-07-18
- Damaged Goods
- By: Oliver Shah
- Narrated by: Oliver Shah
Very Interesting Stuff!!
Reviewed: 30-11-18
Loved everything about this book. A very insightful journalist with an excellent handle of the machinations of a very flawed but clever man. Want to hear this again already!!
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More from Marple's Casebook
- Full-Cast BBC Radio 4 Dramatisations
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: full cast, June Whitfield
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 929
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 803
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Story5 out of 5 stars 796
June Whitfield stars as Miss Marple in seven full-cast BBC Radio 4 dramatisations. The stories included are: 'The Moving Finger', 'They Do It with Mirrors', 'Nemesis', 'Sleeping Murder', 'Tape-Measure Murder', 'The Case of the Perfect Maid' and 'Sanctuary'.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Love the stories - hate the adverts
- By Andrew Parker on 06-09-18
- More from Marple's Casebook
- Full-Cast BBC Radio 4 Dramatisations
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: full cast, June Whitfield
Simply wonderful
Reviewed: 11-11-18
Totally brought to life, felt like I was walked through the period piece perfectly - more please!!!!!
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Rebel King
- The Making of a Monarch
- By: Tom Bower
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 14 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 208
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 180
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Story4 out of 5 stars 180
King Charles faces many challenges as he succeeds his mother to the throne. Despite his hard work and genuine concern for the disadvantaged, King Charles III has struggled in the past to overcome his unpopularity. After Diana’s death, his approval rating crashed to 4% and has been only rescued by his marriage to Camilla. In unearthing many secrets and dramas surrounding King Charles, Bower’s book, relies on the testimony from over 120 people employed or welcomed into the inner sanctum.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Awful book
- By caroline on 12-07-18
- Rebel King
- The Making of a Monarch
- By: Tom Bower
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
An amazing insight
Reviewed: 25-04-18
Really glued to this, brilliant portrayal of royal life which left me totally certain it’s all true. Not much appears to have changed since medieval times as far as royal intrigues and machinations are concerned but these days thanks to great writers like Tom Bower we peasants all get to hear about it!!!
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That Woman
- By: Anne Sebba
- Narrated by: Samantha Bond
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 137
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 110
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 113
One of Britain's most distinguished biographers turns her focus on one of the most vilified woman of the last century. Historian Anne Sebba has written the first full biography of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, by a woman which attempts to understand this fascinating and enigmatic American divorcee who nearly became Queen of England. 'That woman', as she was referred to by the Queen Mother, became a hate figure for allegedly ensnaring a British king.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Compelling, unflattering account of the Windsors
- By Kirstine on 15-11-14
- That Woman
- By: Anne Sebba
- Narrated by: Samantha Bond
Very Even Handed
Reviewed: 05-10-17
I was expecting either a whitewash situation or a full character assassination but happy found the author very even handed, which meant that I could enjoy the recount. Fascinating detail around their private lives whilst abroad and their personal, private life.
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Unmentionable
- The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners
- By: Therese Oneill
- Narrated by: Betsy Foldes Meiman
- Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 57
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 57
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Story4 out of 5 stars 57
Have you ever wished you could live in an earlier, more romantic era? Ladies, welcome to the 19th century, where there's arsenic in your face cream, a pot of cold pee sits under your bed, and all of your underwear is crotchless. (Why? Shush, dear. A lady doesn't question.) Unmentionable is your hilarious, scandalously honest (yet never crass) guide to the secrets of Victorian womanhood.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Sorry just too American kitsch
- By Mrs B on 31-07-17
- Unmentionable
- The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners
- By: Therese Oneill
- Narrated by: Betsy Foldes Meiman
Sorry just too American kitsch
Reviewed: 31-07-17
This could have been an excellent view into the personal world of the Victorian woman and it is a very interesting era and the subject matter not really visited before, BUT oh dear, it's written like the author is a stand up comedian and not a very funny one. In addition the narrator has the most infuriating intonation!! Agggh!!! She sing songs her way along the subject matter and frankly condescends to the listener. It was like listening to a cat being strangled and I had to stop listening before I threw my phone at the wall. What a shame, as a woman I was finding the content fascinating but it was written and narrated in far too an American kitsch way.
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Thrush Green
- By: Miss Miss Read
- Narrated by: Clare Higgins
- Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 84
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 67
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 66
It's the May Day holiday, and a fair has come to the village of Thrush Green. The residents of Thrush Green all have their own views about the fair. For young Paul, just recovered from an illness, it is a joy to be allowed out to play at the fair; for Ruth, who returned to the soothing tranquility of Thrush Green nursing a broken heart, the fair is a welcome distraction from her own problems. And for Dr Lovell, the fair brings an unexpected new patient.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Order Please!!!
- By Mrs B on 25-07-17
- Thrush Green
- By: Miss Miss Read
- Narrated by: Clare Higgins
Order Please!!!
Reviewed: 25-07-17
Love these books but I do wish some order was given!! I am going backwards and forwards with each title as they aren't ordered in any fashion
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