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Wordaholics: The Complete Series 1-3: The Word-Obsessed BBC Comedy Panel Show , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 501min
All 18 episodes of Radio 4's word-obsessed comedy panel game hosted by Gyles Brandreth, where stars from across the world of wordplay come together to guess the meanings of now-obsolete words, invent their own clichés and cockney rhyming slang, discuss their own favourite words and phrases - and suggest words they would like to ban. This witty and unexpected show brings you toponyms, abbreviations, euphemisms, old words, new words, cockney rhyming slang and Greek gobbledegook. Find out the meaning of words like giff-gaff, knock-knobbler and buckfitches; the difference between French marbles, French velvet and the French ache; hear the glorious poetry of the English language, as practiced from writers varying from William Shakespeare to Vanilla Ice; and spend time laughing and learning with some of the finest Wordaholics in the business. With top guests including Stephen Fry, Jack Whitehall, Michael Rosen, Susie Dent, Alex Horne, Paul Sinha, Robin Ince, Josh Widdecombe, Natalie Haynes, Dave Gorman, Richard Herring, Ed Byrne, Jenny Eclair and Milton Jones. Written by Jon Hunter and James Kettle. Produced by Claire Jones. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Alex Horne, Dave Gorman, Gyles Brandreth, Jack Whitehall, Michael Rosen, Paul Sinha, Richard Herring, Robin Ince, Stephen Fry, Susie Dent. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/003754/bk_rhuk_003754_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Just a Minute: Another Classic Collection, Hörbuch, Digital, 610min
A sparkling collection of 22 classic episodes of the ever-popular BBC Radio 4 panel game chaired by Nicholas Parsons. Showcasing five key players from the past five decades - Sheila Hancock, Gyles Brandreth, Jenny Eclair, Stephen Fry ,and Graham Norton - the collection also includes two bonus Christmas themed editions of the show. Loved for the verbal dexterity, wicked wit and competitive edge of its participants, Just a Minute has welcomed scores of guest players to the game since it began in 1967. Among the most successful and popular of those are Sheila Hancock, Gyles Brandreth, Jenny Eclair, Stephen Fry, and Graham Norton. This audiobook presents four specially selected episodes for each of them, all published for the first time, all highlighting the players at their cleverest and funniest. With episodes taken from the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s, there is strong participation from some of the more regular players of the game: Clement Freud, Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo, Peter Jones, and Paul Merton. Others playing here include Tony Hawks, Linda Smith, Julian Clary, Ross Noble, Tim Rice, William Rushton, Martin Jarvis, and many more. As always, Nicholas Parsons is the capable chairman of the game. Language: English. Narrator: Nicholas Parsons. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/001857/bk_rhuk_001857_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Just a Minute: Complete Series 61, Hörbuch, Digital, 222min
Nicholas Parsons is once again in the chair for this complete series of the popular BBC Radio 4 panel game. Featured in these eight episodes are panellists Paul Merton, Shappi Khorsandi, Tony Hawks, Graham Norton, Julian Clary, Gyles Brandreth, Sheila Hancock, Josie Lawrence, Phill Jupitus, Rick Wakeman, Pam Ayres and newcomers Russell Kane, Miles Jupp and Jason Byrne. Produced by: Tilusha Ghelani. Language: English. Narrator: Nicholas Parsons. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bbcw/005328/bk_bbcw_005328_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Tales from Hans Andersen, Brothers Grimm and Pantomime , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 316min
Pantomime Stories – "Babes in the Wood"; "Cinderella"; "Dick Whittington"; "Jack and the Beanstalk"; "Puss in Boots"; "The Sleeping Beauty". Brothers Griimm Fairy Tales – "Rapunzel"; "Rumplestiltskin"; "The Frog Prince"; "The Three Musicians". Hans Andersen Fairy Tales – "The Nightingale"; "The Emperor's New Clothes"; "The Little Match Girl"; "The Tinder Box"; "The Ugly Duckling"; "Thumbelina". ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Leslie Crowther, Gyles Brandreth, Dora Bryan, Ian Ogilvy, Fiona Fullerton, Michele Dotrice, Jane Asher. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/ltpr/000003/bk_ltpr_000003_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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All About Passion: A Cynster Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 844min
New York Times best-selling author Stephanie Laurens is adored for her titillating Regency romances that have garnered her countless fans. Gyles Rawlings, the Earl of Chillingsworth, is a man determined to stay in control of his destiny. Even as he vows to wed a dutiful, blue-blooded lady for the purpose of fostering progeny, he deviously plans to fulfill his most sinful pleasures with a brazen strumpet. But standing at the altar on that fateful day, he unexpectedly finds himself falling in love with his beautiful bride-to-be. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Simon Prebble. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/reco/003448/bk_reco_003448_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Dave Gorman's Genius Series 3, Hörbuch, Digital, 168min
Genius Series 3 sees Dave Gorman and celebrity guests, Charlie Brooker, Matthew Wright, Gyles Brandreth, Rob Newman, Germaine Greer and Simon Munnery chew over ridiculous, unworkable but sometimes genius inventions, schemes and policies of the public. Genius invites listeners to air those incredible concepts that strike you just before falling into a nice sleep or after one-too-many drinks at the pub - not necessarily ideas that are worthy or even very well thought through but have a hint of genius. This show covers the hitchhiker assurance scheme, lego prisons, the vacuum loom, royal family leasing, undad and the 2 year dog. Language: English. Narrator: Dave Gorman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/bbcw/002118/rt_bbcw_002118_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Just a Minute: Series 81: The BBC Radio 4 Comedy Panel Game, Hörbuch, Digital, 167min
In this complete collection of episodes from series 81 of Just a Minute, Nicholas Parsons invites guests to try to speak for 60 seconds on a variety of subjects such as fishnet stockings, sharks, the Wild West, the Theory of Evolution, bungee jumping and wheelbarrows. With panellists including Paul Merton, Josie Lawrence, Sara Pascoe, Tony Hawks, Shelia Hancock, Fern Britton, Graham Norton, Marcus Brigstocke, Rebecca Front and Gyles Brandreth, this series shows just why Just a Minute has been entertaining generations of listeners since its first series in 1967. Who can talk for one minute without hesitation, repetition or deviation from the subject? Find out as we play Just a Minute! Language: English. Narrator: full cast, Nicholas Parsons, Paul Merton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/003790/bk_rhuk_003790_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Just a Minute: Series 62: BBC Radio 4 Comedy Panel Game, Hörbuch, Digital, 223min
Happy birthday, Just a Minute! Nicholas Parsons is joined by a host of panellists for this celebratory series commemorating 45 years of the popular panel game. In the first episode, Paul Merton, Ross Noble, Jenny Eclair and Gyles Brandreth are all asked to talk on the same subjects that were given out in the very first series in 1967. The next five episodes see guests Sue Perkins, Julian Clary, Charles Collingwood, Liza Tarbuck, Josie Lawrence and Kit Hesketh-Harvey battling it out for verbal supremacy. These are followed by two shows recorded in Mumbai, featuring regulars Paul Merton and Marcus Brigstocke alongside Indian comedians Cyrus Broacha and Anuvab Pal. Language: English. Narrator: Nicholas Parsons, full cast. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/003006/bk_rhuk_003006_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Charles and Camilla: Portrait of a Love Affair , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 810min
This is a story of the most well documented, most commented on love affair of our times. Yet the personalities behind the facade remain elusive and the nature of their relationship is an enigma. This is the first major biography of Charles and Camilla, two people who have battled against the curious lot that fate has thrown their way. Gyles Brandreth returns to the same ground as his last book, the bestselling Philip and Elizabeth; Portrait of a Marriage. This again will be a unique royal biography, as the author has met all the principal players, has had privileged access to the royal family. This will be a powerful and revealing portrait of a remarkable relationship, told with authority and insight and illustrated with photographs from the royal collection. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Stephen Thorne. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/018838/bk_adbl_018838_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Sanctuary: A Post-Apocalyptic Thriller : The Soldier, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 371min
From the best-selling author of Whiskey Tango, Foxtrot, and Torment.At the end of the world, all is not peaceful. Nobody is safe as the Primal Virus sweeps the landscape, killing everything it touches and rooting out and infecting the last of the survivors.The remaining members of the Reaper platoon are dug in and trying to protect themselves, but there are larger forces at play. They survived the fight only to discover the war still rages on and is being lost all around them. To keep the Nation in the hands of the living, they will have to risk everything.In the follow up to Torment, the war continues, and Sergeant Gyles pushes forward as his team struggles to survive in a post-apocalyptic world, where not everything is what it appears to be. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Andrew B. Wehrlen. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/162235/bk_acx0_162235_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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