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Just William: A Second BBC Radio Collection
- Narrated by: Martin Jarvis
- Length: 13 hrs and 37 mins
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Summary
A second wonderful collection of Just William stories, selected and read by Martin Jarvis
Richmal Crompton's stories featuring irrepressible schoolboy William Brown have been firm favourites with both young and old for decades. Perpetually scruffy, mud-stained and mischievous, he is a lovable scamp whose pranks usually end in disaster - for his harassed elders at least.
With friends Ginger, Douglas and Henry (the Outlaws) and the angelic thorn-in-his-side, the lisping Violet Elizabeth Bott, William has rightly joined the literary, and radio, immortals.
Musical Theme: Won't You Be My Ginger? composed and performed by Richard Dworsky (piano) (c) 1995 Inner Vista Music (BMI)
The stories in this collection include:
That Boy
The Bishop's Handkerchief
William and Uncle George
The Haunted House
William and St Valentine
April Fool's Day
Not Much
The Cure
William's Wonderful Plan
The Outlaws and the Penknife
William the Reformer
William's New Year's Day
Aunt Florence and the Green Woodpecker
The Plan that Failed
William and the Begging Letter
A Question of Exchange
William and the Temporary History Teacher
The Outlaws and the Tramp
A Few Dogs and William
The Outlaws and the Missionary
William the Good
William and the Young Man
William and the Spy
William and the Badminton Racket
William Turns Over a New Leaf
William and Dear Little Peter
William and the Waxwork Prince
William and the White Cat
William and Photography
The Great Detective
The Fete - and Fortune
The Weak Spot
The Outlaws Go a-Mumming
William's Double Life
William to the Rescue
William the Film Star
William the Rat Lover
William the Showman
William And the Monster
William The Persian
The New Game
William and the Love Nest
The Cat And The Mouse
Waste Paper Wanted
William The Globe Trotter
William And The Prize Pig
A Present From William
A Night Of Mysteries
William and the Chinese God
William and the League of Perfect Love
Fireworks Strictly Prohibited
William the Psychiatrist
William Joins the Waits
Violet Elizabeth Takes Control
William - The Dear Little Boysie
William's Brilliant Plan
The Outlaws and Aunt Jo
Violet Elizabeth's Special Party
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- Ms. E. J. Baker
- 07-04-19
More Wonderful William Stories BUT Abridged!!
What really can be said ? If you have ever read William stories when young you will just adore these but sadly they are abridged versions which I didn't realise til I listened and this is sometimes to the detriment of the amusement of the story. Nevertheless these are stories which come and are set in the age of the black and white films of slapstick humour, set in the 1920's1930's and are very innocent stories of bygone times, younger versions of the P G WODEHOUSE era of life and when children were children, their games were innocent, times were safe and children could go and play in woods and gardens without health and safety nonsense and parental worry. William is 11 years old and these are all about him and the Outlaws, his 3 friends and his dog Jumble making up the gang. These however are gang stories about playing cowboys and indians, hunting spies, playing with bows and arrows, tops, mouth organs, trumpets and cricket and badminton bats. How many children really use their imagination in playtime now? Martin Jarvis has really got into his stride with the narration and the different voices he does are stupendous. The result is really gentle,, funny humour that some of us still wish applied in this day and age. Probably more appealing to adults than children now, these are nevertheless totally suitable for all, are thoroughly enjoyable and sadly now would almost certainly be dismissed by any publisher today.
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-09-19
Just.... So... Wonderful
Martin Jarvis reading Just William is a reason to be alive. Absolute perfection x x x
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- Flossie16
- 09-02-20
Just Richmal Crompton
Martin Jarvis was born for this. His performance is outstanding, you hear the innocent boy under the little rogue, the exasperated father and the harassed and pre-occupied mother. Unfortunately, by now, Richmal Crompton is beginning to run out of themes and so if you have already heard the first book some of the stories are a bit repetitious. If however you are, like me, an addict you will forgive her and enjoy this very stylish trip to a class ridden but comfortable society that was once ours.
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- Alannah Cripps
- 18-11-21
MartinJarvis - Actor and fine orator, narrated
I love Richmal Crompton’s finely tuned perceptions, and story lines. A great reflection of life in England, circa 1930’s. I found myself smiling, and on occasion - laughing out loud! I recommend unreservedly!
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- Louise Culmer
- 11-09-21
A second helping of William
Another delightful collection of William stories read by the brilliant Martin Jarvis. As in the first collection, his narration is flawless and he brings all the characters to life perfectly. As with the first one, I can listen to these stories again and again and never get tired of them.
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- sk
- 20-07-21
Super funny, hilariously read, LOVED IT!!!! 😘🥰😍😁😙🤪🤩😻👍👏❤️💜🧡🖤💛💚💙💞💝💓💗💖
Me and my sister have been listening to just William for ages and we absolutely love it. It’s really funny and brilliantly read by Martin Jarvis best audio book EVER!!!!!😘🥰😍😁😙🤪🤩😻👍👏❤️💜🧡🖤💛💚💙💞💝💓💗💖
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- Ann
- 09-08-19
Old fashioned entertainment
As an older listener, listening to these stories is like escaping back to my childhood. I now have grandsons and recognise a lot of William and the outlaws in them.
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- k j williams
- 06-08-19
AHilarious story a credit to childrens literature
Loved it thoroughly. It shows a great understanding of children, and Comedic class. It surpassed my (extremely high) expectations. Martin Jarvis really does the magnificent words of Richmal Crompton justice. Kim's son age 11
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- LucyG
- 02-08-19
Brilliant
This is one of few audiobooks that both my 6 and 10 year olds are absolutely obsessed with. They’ve both listened to both collections many times over and I’m sure they’ll listen many more times over the years. The stories are super fun and also educational (a discussion on socialism for example!) and I love listening in when I can! The vocabulary is quite advanced for a 6 year old so it’s nice for their range of words to be stretched a bit!
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- Mr.Nobody
- 01-03-24
ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!
This book couldn't be better, it is ABSOLUTELY worth buying it. very funny and beautifully read
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