C. Knight
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Beachcomber….By the Way
- A BBC Radio 4 Comedy
- By: J.B. Morton
- Narrated by: Richard Ingrams, John Wells, Patricia Routledge, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall2 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 1
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Story1 out of 5 stars 1
J.B. Morton took over the 'By The Way' column in the Daily Express in 1924 - succeeding his friend D.B. Wyndham-Lewis as Beachcomber - and continued writing it for over 50 years. Anarchic, absurdist and profoundly influential, it had a huge cult following, and paved the way for a great deal of modern humour.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Of its time and not in a good way
- By C. Knight on 09-09-23
- Beachcomber….By the Way
- A BBC Radio 4 Comedy
- By: J.B. Morton
- Narrated by: Richard Ingrams, John Wells, Patricia Routledge, John Sessions, June Whitfield, Joan Sims, full cast
Of its time and not in a good way
Reviewed: 09-09-23
A lot of the views and jokes in this have aged extremely badly, there isn’t a lot more to be said
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Grave Expectations
- By: Alice Bell
- Narrated by: Sophie Roberts
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 100
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 91
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Story4 out of 5 stars 92
Claire Hendricks is a hapless 30-something true-crime fan working as a freelance medium. When she is Invited to an old university friend's country pile to provide entertainment for a family party, her best friend Sophie tags along. In fact, Sophie rarely leaves Claire's side, because she's been haunting her ever since she was murdered at the age of 17.
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4 out of 5 stars
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It’s ok
- By kathleen on 23-02-24
- Grave Expectations
- By: Alice Bell
- Narrated by: Sophie Roberts
Really didn’t want it it end
Reviewed: 30-06-23
Funny and genuinely touching with the feel of a golden age of crime story brought up to date, I will be waiting with hope for the next one. Oh and ghosts, do not forget the ghosts!
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Happy Fat
- Taking Up Space in a World That Wants to Shrink You
- By: Sofie Hagen
- Narrated by: Sofie Hagen
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 468
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 418
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 414
In Happy Fat, comedian Sofie Hagen describes how she conquered a negative relationship with her body and provides practical tips for readers to do the same. She exposes how fatphobia is embedded in society at every level - in our relationships, our public spaces, and the TV shows we watch - powered by the toxic mix of capitalism and the media.
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3 out of 5 stars
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I wanted to love it
- By Melanie Preston Lewis on 08-07-19
- Happy Fat
- Taking Up Space in a World That Wants to Shrink You
- By: Sofie Hagen
- Narrated by: Sofie Hagen
Not so happy…
Reviewed: 16-12-22
I’m not sure what I was expecting but this wasn’t for me, I actually found it pretty miserable and struggled to finish it. I certainly didn’t find any of it funny and will probably return it, the blurb doesn’t accurately describe the book and while a number of those things are mentioned far more of it is about Her rather depressing childhood and upbringing
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Twelve Slays of Christmas
- A Christmas Tree Farm Mystery
- By: Jacqueline Frost
- Narrated by: Allyson Ryan
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 492
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 453
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 453
When Holly White's fiancé cancels their Christmas Eve wedding with less than two weeks to go, Holly heads home with a broken heart. Lucky for her, home in historic Mistletoe, Maine is magical during Christmastime - exactly what the doctor prescribed. Except her plan to drown her troubles in peppermints and snickerdoodles is upended when local grouch and president of the Mistletoe Historical Society, Margaret Fenwick, is bludgeoned and left in the sleigh display at Reindeer Games, Holly's family tree farm.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Annoying, Under Developed Main Character
- By EPW on 01-10-21
- Twelve Slays of Christmas
- A Christmas Tree Farm Mystery
- By: Jacqueline Frost
- Narrated by: Allyson Ryan
Sweet in every sense
Reviewed: 16-11-22
This is a cute Hallmark Christmas style story, if you’re looking for anything else this isn’t the book for you. It doesn’t deserve the bad reviews as it’s pretty well marketed and was exactly what I expected, if anything it was better written than I’d feared and I really enjoyed it.
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Sherlock Holmes and the Three Winter Terrors
- By: James Lovegrove
- Narrated by: Dennis Kleinman
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,505
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,369
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,363
Three linked crimes test Sherlock Holmes’ deductive powers, and his skepticism about the supernatural, to the limit.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent all round…
- By Sefton on 07-11-21
- Sherlock Holmes and the Three Winter Terrors
- By: James Lovegrove
- Narrated by: Dennis Kleinman
Great!
Reviewed: 07-09-22
What I am with deeply suspicious of any new Sherlock Holmes story, they are often far to modern and far too long. These stories are perfect and I found myself almost forgetting they had not been written by Conan Doyle, I have already downloaded the others by this author and will start the next one now but I finish this
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The Ghost of Marlow House
- Haunting Danielle Series, Book 1
- By: Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre
- Narrated by: Romy Nordlinger
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 127
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 119
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 119
When Danielle Boatman inherits Marlow House, she dreams of turning it into a seaside bed and breakfast. Since she's never visited the property, Danielle's not sure what awaits her in Oregon. She certainly doesn't expect to find one of the house's previous owners still in residence. After all, the man has been dead for almost 90 years - shouldn't he have moved on by now? Charming Walt Marlow convinces Danielle the only way he can move on is if she solves the mystery of his death.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Great Ghostly Cozy Mystery
- By Flora on 23-01-20
- The Ghost of Marlow House
- Haunting Danielle Series, Book 1
- By: Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre
- Narrated by: Romy Nordlinger
Couldn’t finish it
Reviewed: 22-07-22
The female characters are flimsy and silly, the narration is American annoying and the plot painfully dull and obvious.
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Murder Before Evensong
- Canon Clement, Book 1
- By: Reverend Richard Coles
- Narrated by: Reverend Richard Coles
- Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,499
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1,392
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,388
Canon Daniel Clement is Rector of Champton, where he lives alongside his widowed mother—opinionated, fearless, ever-so-slightly annoying Audrey—and his two dachshunds, Cosmo and Hilda. When Daniel announces a plan to install a lavatory in the church, the parish is suddenly (and unexpectedly) divided: as lines are drawn, long-buried secrets come dangerously close to destroying the apparent calm of the village.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Lovely idea for a story
- By Ruth. Swanton on 17-06-22
- Murder Before Evensong
- Canon Clement, Book 1
- By: Reverend Richard Coles
- Narrated by: Reverend Richard Coles
I so wanted to like this
Reviewed: 17-06-22
I wanted to love this as it had all the hallmarks of a great murder mystery, but sadly I just couldn’t finish it. The characters are unlikeable, the plot is extremely thin and while I appreciate that it’s written by a Vicar the huge amount of Bible verse is jarring and dull. There’s so little going on that I felt I was waiting for the story to start long past the half way point, I didn’t finish it as I couldn’t care enough and I’ll be returning it.
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All Gas and Gaiters: Series 1 and 2
- A BBC Radio Ecclesiastical Comedy
- By: Pauline Devaney, Edwin Apps
- Narrated by: Derek Nimmo, Full Cast, John Barron, and others
- Length: 16 hrs and 13 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 44
TV’s first ecclesiastical comedy, All Gas and Gaiters was enjoyed by more than 10 million viewers on BBC One between 1966 and 1971. Written by husband-and-wife-team Pauline Devaney and Edwin Apps, it was so popular that a selection of scripts were revised and re-recorded for radio with the same star cast as the television series. Robertson Hare starred as the archdeacon of the fictional St Ogg’s Cathedral.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Really enjoyed this
- By Hes on 04-08-20
- All Gas and Gaiters: Series 1 and 2
- A BBC Radio Ecclesiastical Comedy
- By: Pauline Devaney, Edwin Apps
- Narrated by: Derek Nimmo, Full Cast, John Barron, Jonathan Cecil, Robertson Hare, William Mervyn
Vintage fun ruined by terrible audio
Reviewed: 07-11-20
Some chapters of this are almost impossible to listen to, the sound is such poor quality and the recording is extremely bad. It’s such a shame because others are almost perfect.
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Murder at Melrose Court
- A Country House Christmas Murder (Heathcliff Lennox Series, Book 1)
- By: Karen Menuhin
- Narrated by: Sam Dewhurst-Phillips
- Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 446
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 391
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 387
It's 1920, and Christmas is coming. Major Lennox finds a body on his doorstep - why on his doorstep? Was it to do with the Countess? Was it about the ruby necklace? Lennox goes to Melrose Court, home to his uncle, Lord Melrose, to uncover the mystery. But then, the murders begin, and it snows, and it all becomes very complicated.
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2 out of 5 stars
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pantomime!
- By Trevelyan on 17-01-20
- Murder at Melrose Court
- A Country House Christmas Murder (Heathcliff Lennox Series, Book 1)
- By: Karen Menuhin
- Narrated by: Sam Dewhurst-Phillips
Very amusing!
Reviewed: 17-05-20
I really enjoyed this, it’s nice to have a lead man whose grumpy and gets annoyed by things and the dog was the icing on the cake!
A true cosy mystery with excellent butlers and lashings of upper class silliness, jewels Russians and snow at Christmas! Lovely
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Murder at Melrose Court
- Heathcliff Lennox, Book 1
- By: Karen Baugh Menuhin
- Narrated by: Sam Dewhurst-Phillips
- Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 451
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 396
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 392
It's 1920 and Christmas is coming. Major Lennox finds a body on his doorstep—why on his doorstep? Was it to do with the Countess? Was it about the ruby necklace? Lennox goes to Melrose Court home to his uncle, Lord Melrose, to uncover the mystery. But then the murders begin and it snows and it all becomes very complicated....
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2 out of 5 stars
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pantomime!
- By Trevelyan on 17-01-20
- Murder at Melrose Court
- Heathcliff Lennox, Book 1
- By: Karen Baugh Menuhin
- Narrated by: Sam Dewhurst-Phillips
Very amusing!
Reviewed: 17-05-20
I really enjoyed this, it’s nice to have a lead man whose grumpy and gets annoyed by things and the dog was the icing on the cake!
A true cosy mystery with excellent butlers and lashings of upper class silliness, jewels Russians and snow at Christmas! Lovely
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