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Clair Patterson: Scourge Of The Lead Industry
Reader: Hermione Cockburn
The story of one man's discovery of the global contamination of the environment by man-made lead compounds, presented by environmental scientist Dr Hermione Cockburn. It was largely thanks to...
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Essential Weather Sound Effects
Reader: Various
The BBC Sound Archive contains numerous recordings compiled over many years, and this collection covers a range of sound effects relating to the weather - ideal for use in your home studio.
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Essential Sound Effects
Reader: Various
The BBC Sound Archive contains numerous recordings compiled over many years, and this collection covers a whole range of sound effects - ideal for use in your home studio.
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David Attenborough: The Early Years: Quest in Paradise
Reader: David Attenborough
Following his expedition to Indonesia, as told in 'Zoo Quest for a Dragon', David Attenborough's next animal collecting and filming trip – as part of the successful 'Zoo Quest' television series...
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The Lobotomists
Reader: Hugh Levinson
Judith and her father don’t have much – their house is full of dusty relics, reminders of the mother she’s never known. But Judith sees the world with the clear Eyes of Faith, and where...
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Wild Things
When Hollywood comes to the countryside, scandal takes centre stage!‘Carnegie gives Jilly Cooper a run for her money’ – GLAMOUR
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The Lottery & Other Stories
An excellent host finds himself turned out of his home by his own guests; a woman spends her wedding day frantically searching for her husband-to-be; and in Shirley Jackson’s bestknown story, a...
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Essential Death and Horror Sound Effects: Volume 1
Reader: Various
The BBC Sound Archive contains numerous recordings compiled over many years, and this collection covers a range of the many sound effects suggesting death and horror - ideal for use in your home...
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An Appeal to Reason: A Cool Look at Global Warming
In this well-informed and hard-hitting response to the scaremongering of the climate alarmists, Nigel Lawson, former Chancellor of the Exchequer and Secretary of State for Energy, argues that it...
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A Guide to British Woodland Birds
Reader: Brett Westwood
Join presenters Brett Westwood and Stephen Moss in this fascinating guide to the songs of our most popular woodland birds, as heard on BBC Radio 4. Woods and forests are full of birds and,...
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An Informal History of the Male Nude: Sarah Kent
Reader: Sarah Kent
In the fifth and final programme in the series Men Only: An Informal History of the Male Nude, the critic Sarah Kent contemplates the place of the male nude in contemporary art. She examines the...
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Essential Sci-Fi Sound Effects: Volume 2
Reader: Various
The BBC Sound Archive contains numerous recordings compiled over many years, and this collection covers a range of atmospheric sci-fi sound effects - ideal for use in your home studio.Here you...
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Essential Sound Effects of Cars 1900-1970
Reader: Various
The BBC Sound Archive contains numerous recordings compiled over many years, and this collection covers a range of sound effects ranging from turn-of-the-century cars right up to the Seventies -...
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Born Wild
'Born Wild' is a story of passion, adventure and skulduggery on the frontline of African conservation. Following Tony Fitzjohn’s journey from London bad boy to African wildlife warrior, the...
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Yes Sister, No Sister
A trainee nurse in the 1950s had a lot to bear. In Jennifer Craig’s enchanting memoir, we meet these warm-hearted yet naïve young girls as they get to grips with strict discipline, long hours...
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Thomas Midgley: A Cautionary Tale
Reader: Hermione Cockburn
Hermione Cockburn tells the story of the man who in the 1920s added lead to petrol and a decade later put CFCs into fridges. Both were great advances in their day but ultimately came with great...
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A Brave Medical Life: The Founder Of Homeopathy
Reader: Mark Whitaker
This programme marks the two hundredth anniversary of the publication of homeopathy's founding text 'Samuel Hahnemann's Organon of Rational Medicine'. It recognises that homeopathy remains deeply...
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Essential Comedy Sound Effects: Volume 2
Reader: Various
The BBC Sound Archive contains numerous recordings collected over many years, and this collection covers a range of comedy sound effects from this vast library - ideal for use in your home...
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How To Build Your Own Space Ship
Reader: Rupert Holliday Evans
Private space flight has long been a science fiction dream. Today it is on the verge of realisation. Major entrepreneurs such as the founders of Virgin, Microsoft and Amazon are investing in a new...
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Do You Think You're Clever?
Reader: Mark Meadows
Why can't you light a candle in a spaceship? What books are bad for you? Is nature natural? Every year Oxford and Cambridge's learned professors pose such curious conundrums to potential students...
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An Informal History of the Male Nude: Matthew Sweet
Reader: Matthew Sweet
One of the weighty and apparently immovable pieces of our mental furniture is the notion that Queen Victoria was a prude. Another is that the Italian Renaissance was a sunny dream where man was...
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Cousin Phillis & Other Stories
In 'Cousin Phillis', the narrator, Paul, is fascinated by his beautiful country cousin. But when he introduces her to the worldly Edward Holdsworth, he sets in motion a train of events that leads...
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The Silent Miaow
Reader: Jeff Harding
The Silent Miaow is the classic instruction book for all cats, based upon first-hand feline experience.Inside it contains all the information that every cat should know, such as: How to win a...
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Essential People Sound Effects
Reader: Various
The BBC Sound Archive contains numerous recordings compiled over many years, and this collection covers a range of sound effects featuring people - ideal for use in your home studio.
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A First Rate Tragedy
Reader: Philip Franks
On November 12, 1912, a rescue team trekking across Antarctica's Great Ice Barrier finally found what they sought - the snow-covered tent of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott. Inside, they...
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