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Winnie-the-Pooh
- The Complete BBC collection
- By: A. A. Milne
- Narrated by: Alan Bennett
- Length: 3 hrs and 42 mins
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Alan Bennett reads A. A. Milne's much-loved stories about a small bear and his friends. The collection includes Winnie-the-Pooh, The House at Pooh Corner and A Party for Pooh. What is the connection between a bear of very little brain and a honey pot? Usually it's the very sticky paw of Winnie-the-Pooh, as he takes a break between adventures for a little something. In these stories, Pooh goes visiting and gets into a tight place, Eeyore loses a tail and Piglet meets a Heffalump.
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Shame about the abridgement
- By ROB MCSWEENEY on 27-01-19
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Winnie-the-Pooh
- The Complete BBC collection
- Narrated by: Alan Bennett
- Length: 3 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 27-07-17
- Language: English
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Alan Bennett: Stories
- Read by Alan Bennett
- By: Alan Bennett
- Narrated by: Alan Bennett
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
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A unique collection of eight Alan Bennett stories, read by the author. Alan Bennett is one of Britain's best-loved authors and an acclaimed storyteller. This exclusive compilation includes eight of his best tales, collected together for the first time. Here is his celebrated, iconic memoir 'The Lady in the Van'; as well as two fascinating autobiographical accounts of his family and childhood.
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Consummate story-teller
- By Kirstine on 04-12-16
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Alan Bennett: Stories
- Read by Alan Bennett
- Narrated by: Alan Bennett
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 01-09-16
- Language: English
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Alan Bennett Reads Childhood Classics
- The Wind in the Willows; Alice in Wonderland; Through the Looking Glass; Winnie-the-Pooh; The House at Pooh Corner
- By: Kenneth Graeme, Lewis Carroll, A. A. Milne
- Narrated by: Alan Bennett
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
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The Wind in the Willows is the classic story featuring Ratty, Mole, Badger and Toad (of Toad Hall). In Alice in Wonderland, when Alice follows a white rabbit down a hole, she embarks on a series of adventures with some of the most weird and wonderful characters ever encountered. In Through the Looking Glass, Alice sees another world in the looking glass and wishes she could go there.
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Great reading, poor planning
- By J Halle on 20-03-17
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Alan Bennett Reads Childhood Classics
- The Wind in the Willows; Alice in Wonderland; Through the Looking Glass; Winnie-the-Pooh; The House at Pooh Corner
- Narrated by: Alan Bennett
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 02-03-17
- Language: English
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The Complete Talking Heads
- The classic BBC Radio 4 monologues plus A Woman of No Importance
- By: Alan Bennett
- Narrated by: Alan Bennett, Patricia Routledge
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
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The complete audio collection of Alan Bennett's celebrated monologues, published together for the first time and performed by some of Britain's best actors. The Talking Heads monologues are widely regarded as one of Alan Bennett's finest dramatic achievements. First broadcast on BBC TV and BBC Radio 4 in the 1980s and 1990s, they won a host of awards and huge popular acclaim, and remain among his most admired works today.
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Bleak but brilliant!
- By L on 01-01-16
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The Complete Talking Heads
- The classic BBC Radio 4 monologues plus A Woman of No Importance
- Narrated by: Alan Bennett, Patricia Routledge
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 01-10-15
- Language: English
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Six Poets
- Hardy to Larkin: An Anthology
- By: Alan Bennett
- Narrated by: Alan Bennett
- Length: 2 hrs and 31 mins
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Alan Bennett's selection of English verse by his favourite poets: Thomas Hardy, A.E. Housman, W.H. Auden, Louis MacNeice, and Philip Larkin is accompanied by his own enlivening commentary and was recorded before a live audience. In this personal anthology, Alan Bennett has chosen more than seventy poems by six well-loved poets, discussing the writers and their verse in his customary conversational style through anecdote, shrewd appraisal and spare but telling biographical detail.
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Just Listen
- By Martin on 14-07-15
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Six Poets
- Hardy to Larkin: An Anthology
- Narrated by: Alan Bennett
- Length: 2 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 16-10-14
- Language: English
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The Wind in the Willows
- By: Kenneth Grahame
- Narrated by: Alan Bennett
- Length: 3 hrs and 13 mins
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When the Water Rat invites the unassuming Mole to spend his first day ever in a boat on the river, and wise Badger comes along for the ride as well, so begins a marvellous season of adventure for the three friends. Mr Toad (he of Toad Hall) completes a happy foursome, but his tendency to get into hot water leads him into some rather hair-raising scrapes of his own.
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The definitive version!
- By Rebecca on 06-07-06
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The Wind in the Willows
- Narrated by: Alan Bennett
- Length: 3 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 06-04-05
- Language: English
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Alan Bennett
- Untold Stories, Part 1: Stories
- By: Alan Bennett
- Narrated by: Alan Bennett
- Length: 2 hrs and 29 mins
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Untold Stories, Alan Bennett's first major collection of prose since his best-selling Writing Home, brings together the finest and funniest of his writing over the last 10 years.
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Masterpiece by a Master writer
- By Sue McW on 18-06-14
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Alan Bennett
- Untold Stories, Part 1: Stories
- Narrated by: Alan Bennett
- Length: 2 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 12-10-05
- Language: English
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Smut: Two Unseemly Stories: The Greening of Mrs Donaldson & The Shielding of Mrs Forbes
- By: Alan Bennett
- Narrated by: Alan Bennett
- Length: 3 hrs and 52 mins
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Two unexpected tales written and read by the best-selling author of The Uncommon Reader, Untold Stories and The History Boys."The Greening of Mrs Donaldson" - Mrs Donaldson is a conventional middle-class woman beached on the shores of widowhood after a marriage that had been much like many others: happy to begin with, then satisfactory and finally dull. But when she decides to take in two lodgers, her mundane life becomes much more stimulating…
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Bennett at his best!
- By Tracey on 25-05-11
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Smut: Two Unseemly Stories: The Greening of Mrs Donaldson & The Shielding of Mrs Forbes
- Narrated by: Alan Bennett
- Length: 3 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 06-05-11
- Language: English
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Alan Bennett: Keeping On Keeping On
- Diaries 2005-2014
- By: Alan Bennett
- Narrated by: Alan Bennett
- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
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Alan Bennett narrates the latest installment of his diaries, as heard on BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week. Following on from Alan Bennett's best-selling, award-winning prose collections Writing Home and Untold Stories, Keeping On Keeping On is a third anthology featuring his unique observations, recollections and reminiscences. At its heart is his latest published collection of diaries.
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Described as unabridged but not really
- By pwgc on 10-11-16
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Alan Bennett: Keeping On Keeping On
- Diaries 2005-2014
- Narrated by: Alan Bennett
- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 10-11-16
- Language: English
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The Wind in the Willows
- By: Kenneth Grahame, Alan Bennett - adaptation
- Narrated by: Alan Bennett, Richard Briers, Adrian Scarborough, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 20 mins
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One spring morning, Mole surfaces into the sunlight and warm grass of a great meadow. Rambling busily along the hedgerows, he comes to the edge of a river. Mole is entranced. Here on the river bank he meets the Water Rat. He meets Ratty's friends: Badger who lives in the Wild Wood and the incorrigible Toad of Toad Hall. A timeless tale of waterside Britain that has been loved by generations of children and acclaimed as a classic. Many of the original cast from Alan Bennett's acclaimed National Theatre production appear in this dramatization for BBC Radio 4.
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Good vocal adaptation
- By Clare W. on 26-02-19
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The Wind in the Willows
- Narrated by: Alan Bennett, Richard Briers, Adrian Scarborough, Terence Rigby
- Length: 2 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 07-11-17
- Language: English
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Alan Bennett
- Diaries 1980-1990
- By: Alan Bennett
- Narrated by: Alan Bennett
- Length: 1 hr and 59 mins
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Alan Bennett's gentle, wry observations of life have made him one of the country's best-loved and most famous authors. He reads extracts from his best-selling diaries which offer a fascinating insight into his life - the work on location, life in Camden and fond, poignant memories of his childhood and home life.
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Entertaining
- By Vivienne on 05-12-15
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Alan Bennett
- Diaries 1980-1990
- Narrated by: Alan Bennett
- Length: 1 hr and 59 mins
- Release date: 01-09-09
- Language: English
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Alan Bennett
- Untold Stories Part 3: Written on the Body
- By: Alan Bennett
- Narrated by: Alan Bennett
- Length: 2 hrs and 28 mins
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Alan Bennett reads five more extracts from Untold Stories, his major collection of new writings. Untold Stories, Alan Bennett's first major collection of prose since his bestselling Writing Home, brings together the finest and funniest of his writing over the last 10 years.
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You gotta love Bennet
- By Alison on 06-02-15
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Alan Bennett
- Untold Stories Part 3: Written on the Body
- Narrated by: Alan Bennett
- Length: 2 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 13-09-06
- Language: English
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Winnie-the-Pooh
- By: A. A. Milne
- Narrated by: Alan Bennett
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
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What is the connection between a Bear of Very Little Brain and a Honey Pot? Usually it's the very sticky paw of Winnie the Pooh, as he a takes a break between adventures for 'a little something. In these 5 stories, taken from the book Winnie-the-Pooh, Pooh goes visiting and gets into a tight place, Eeyore loses a tail, Piglet meets a Heffalump, Eeyore has a birthday and gets two presents, and an expedition is mounted to the North Pole!
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Pooh like it should be
- By kingnoodle on 04-12-12
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Winnie-the-Pooh
- Narrated by: Alan Bennett
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
- Release date: 27-01-09
- Language: English
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Julie Walters and Friends
- By: Julie Walters
- Narrated by: Julie Walters, Alan Bennett, Victoria Wood, and others
- Length: 49 mins
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With friends like Victoria Wood, Alan Bennett, Willy Russell and Alan Bleasdale, you are in very good company! Especially when they have written a show just for you. That is the calibre of friends Julie Walters has. In this hilarious recording, Julie, in a variety of characters, demonstrates her wonderful acting talent in a show that won a Writers Guild of Great Britain Award for Best TV Light Entertainment Programme.
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very short.
- By suzi on 07-03-21
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Julie Walters and Friends
- Narrated by: Julie Walters, Alan Bennett, Victoria Wood, Willy Russell, Alan Bleasdale
- Length: 49 mins
- Release date: 16-06-11
- Language: English
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Alan Bennett: Doctor Dolittle Stories
- Classic Readings from the BBC Archive
- By: Hugh Lofting
- Narrated by: Alan Bennett
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
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Alan Bennett reads these three enchanting Doctor Dolittle stories. Doctor Dolittle has an extraordinary talent - he can talk to the animals! Taught by his parrot, Polynesia, he is soon able to chat to every kind of creature - and his skill leads him into all sorts of adventures.
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THIS IS AMAZING!!!!!
- By MS ERIKO NITTA on 18-10-20
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Alan Bennett: Doctor Dolittle Stories
- Classic Readings from the BBC Archive
- Narrated by: Alan Bennett
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 01-02-18
- Language: English
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The Lady in the Van
- A BBC Radio 4 adaptation
- By: Alan Bennett
- Narrated by: Alan Bennett, full cast, Maggie Smith
- Length: 1 hr and 31 mins
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Maggie Smith stars in this BBC radio adaptation of Alan Bennett's highly acclaimed autobiographical stage play. An eccentric old lady moves into a quiet street in Camden Town. There she remains, installed in her van in glorious self-sufficiency, until the council instructs her to move on. Then a kind homeowner invites her to move her van into his garden - where she stays for the next 15 years.
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Brilliant, a classic
- By T M Brown on 01-01-16
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The Lady in the Van
- A BBC Radio 4 adaptation
- Narrated by: Alan Bennett, full cast, Maggie Smith
- Length: 1 hr and 31 mins
- Release date: 01-10-15
- Language: English
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Dear Philip, Dear Kingsley
- The Letters of Phillip Larkin & Kingsley Amis
- By: Philip Larkin
- Narrated by: Alan Bennett, Robert Hardy
- Length: 55 mins
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A meeting at Oxford University during World War II signalled the beginning of a lifelong friendship between two outstanding contributors to 20th century English literature: Philip Larkin, poet, and Kingsley Amis, the prolific novelist. Selected from correspondence written between 1943 and 1985, these letters offer an entertaining and illuminating insight into the prejudices, exasperations and in-jokes of two literary greats. A linking commentary complements the writers' own words.
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Petulant listener wants more
- By Earnest on 02-02-15
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Dear Philip, Dear Kingsley
- The Letters of Phillip Larkin & Kingsley Amis
- Narrated by: Alan Bennett, Robert Hardy
- Length: 55 mins
- Release date: 01-08-12
- Language: English
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Lady in the Van
- By: Alan Bennett
- Narrated by: Alan Bennett
- Length: 1 hr and 42 mins
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The humorous and moving tale of Miss Shepherd, an eccentric old lady who, by a bizarre series of twists and turns, lived in the author's garden for many years. Alan Bennett reads his own acclaimed work, recently adapted as a West End smash hit starring Maggie Smith as the eccentric old lady.
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Charming
- By Mrs Z Armour on 02-04-10
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Lady in the Van
- Narrated by: Alan Bennett
- Length: 1 hr and 42 mins
- Release date: 09-10-06
- Language: English
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The Owl and the Pussy-Cat and Other Nonsense Rhymes
- By: Edward Lear
- Narrated by: Alan Bennett
- Length: 42 mins
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Alan Bennett reads The Owl and the Pussy-Cat and Other Nonsense Rhymes by Edward Lear. The poems and limericks include "The Daddy Long-Legs and the Fly", "The Owl and the Pussy-Cat", "The Duck and the Kangaroo", "The Table and the Chair", "The Broom, the Shovel, the Poker and the Tongs", "Mr and Mrs Discobbolos", "The Nutcrackers and the Sugar Tongs", "The Two Old Bachelors", "The Pobble Who Has No Toes", "The Jumblies", "The Dog with a Luminous Nose", and many more.
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Brilliant rhythms
- By JohnK9500 on 02-08-16
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The Owl and the Pussy-Cat and Other Nonsense Rhymes
- Narrated by: Alan Bennett
- Length: 42 mins
- Release date: 19-07-12
- Language: English
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Alan Bennett
- Untold Stories, Part 2: The Diaries
- By: Alan Bennett
- Narrated by: Alan Bennett
- Length: 2 hrs and 34 mins
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Untold Stories, Alan Bennett's first major collection of prose since his best-selling Writing Home, brings together the finest and funniest of his writing over the last 10 years.
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Author relays diaries
- By Hedgehog on 01-01-17
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Alan Bennett
- Untold Stories, Part 2: The Diaries
- Narrated by: Alan Bennett
- Length: 2 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 12-10-05
- Language: English
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