BBC Audiobooks America Coming Soon: April 2010

Great Classic Science Fiction

A solid grouping of classic science fiction short stories by various award-winning authors. Featured authors include H. G. Wells, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Lester Del Rey, Fritz Leiber, James H. Schmitz, Philip K. Dick, Frank Herbert, and Andre Norton.

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

George Smiley has come out of retirement. Moscow has infiltrated a mole into the Circus and it�s more than likely the perpetrator is Karla, his old adversary. And when Smiley is offered the job of catching the mole, it becomes a long and bitter battle of deception and treachery. Starring Simon Russell Beale as George Smiley, with a full cast.

Mansfield Park

Mansfield Park, the idyllic Bertram family estate, becomes home to a poor young relative, Fanny. In this wealthy world of social accomplishments and flirtations, the sensible Fanny finds herself out of place, yet secretly in love with her cousin, Edmund. Jane Austen employs her unerring wit to brilliantly capture the social and moral values of an English society at a time of great upheaval.

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde's gothic masterpiece scandalized Victorian England on its publication in 1891. Displaying all his famous wit as well as his controversial aesthetic philosophy, the tale of Dorian Gray's gradual slide into corruption retains all of the elegance of the original novel in this BBC full-cast radio drama starring Jamie Glover, who has appeared in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and in other films and television series.

Ordeal by Innocence

Jacko is convicted of his mother�s murder and dies in prison. Two years later, a stranger arrives to confirm Jacko�s disbelieved alibi. But if Jacko wasn�t guilty, who is? Each family member becomes detective, suspect, and potential victim.

Death of a Doxy

Archie discovers the body of a woman on her bedroom floor -- whom he later identifies as a prostitute, a fact that is key to the murder, its motivation, and perpetrator. As the characters reveal their relationships to the doxy, Wolfe is challenged to find a conclusion with an almost total lack of evidence.

The Goon Show: Enter Bluebottle

Immensely popular and hugely influential, this legendary series changed the face of British comedy. This program features four digitally remastered Goon Show episodes from the 1950s: "Lurgi Strikes Britain", "The International Christmas Pudding", "Napoleon's Piano," and "The Flea."

Alan Partridge in Knowing Me Knowing You

Steve Coogan portrays talk-show host Alan Partridge in all six episodes from this original BBC Radio series. Also starring Doon MacKichan, Rebecca Front, David Schneider and Patrick Marber.

The Adventures of Sexton Blake

Sexton Blake: the name that spells hurtling adventure! The name that spells doom for villainy! In a series of thrilling adventures packed with incident and hilarity, Sexton Blake and his plucky assistant Tinker, aided by Mrs. Bardell, battle diabolical masterminds, bewitching thieves and sinister fiends.

Blackadder the Third

Richard Curtis' and Ben Elton's award-winning comedy, in which Rowan Atkinson as the ubiquitous Blackadder, ably hampered by Tony Robinson as the loyal Baldrick, wreaks havoc throughout the centuries. Hugh Laurie (star of the hit FOX TV drama House), Stephen Fry, Robbie Coltrane, Rik Mayall, and Miranda Richardson are some of the guest stars joining in the fun.

Bomber

Bomber is the story of the final mission of RAF Lancaster bomber. WF183 � call sign O � Orange, which took place one night in 1943. It is also the story of the many men and women � British and German � whose lives were irrevocably changed by that night's bombing raid. Starring Tom Baker, Frank Windsor, Samuel West, Emma Chambers and Jack Shepherd, Bomber is a brilliant production and a consistent bestseller in the UK.

Untold Stories

Alan Bennett's diaries from 1997-2004 are an erudite collection of witty yet poignant recollections told in his own unique voice. Whether appreciating the simple pleasures of nature, or commenting on religion, politics or the arts, his observations are incisive, funny, and yet always meaningful.

That Mitchell and Webb Sound: Series Two

This hilarious mix of satirical sketches and surreal characters provides a fantastically skewed perspective on everyday life. Zany and original, this consistently funny and imaginative series inspired the television series, which aired on BBC America.

Untold Stories

Untold Stories is a poignant family memoir recalling the marriage of Alan Bennett's parents, the lives and deaths of his aunts and the uncovering of a long-held family secret. At times heartrending, and at others extremely funny, Untold Stories is an unforgettable journey into Bennett's past.

Tender Savage

Lara Clavel has come to the Caribbean prepared to risk her life to free Ricardo Lazaro, legendary poet-warrior and rebel leader. Once in his cramped cell, she feels a savage desire to be possessed by him, and Ricardo is trapped by circumstance into taking all that this golden angel offers.