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is the first in the internationally bestselling series by Andy Stanton, which has won everything from the Blue Peter Book Award (twice) to the Roald Dahl Funny Prize and the Red House Children's Book Award.
Camille Coduri reads this brand new novelisation of the Tenth Doctor¿s first adventure. Earth is under attack by power-hungry aliens. This is no time for the Doctor to be out of action. When a British space probe is intercepted by a sinister alien vessel on the eve of Christmas, it marks the beginning of an audacious invasion of the Earth by the Sycorax ¿ horrifying marauders from beyond the stars. Within hours, a third of humanity stands on the brink of death with not a single shot fired. Our planet needs a champion ¿ but the Doctor is not fit for service. He¿s just regenerated, delirious in a new body and a dressing gown. Forced into his battered shoes is his friend, Rose Tyler, a girl from a London council estate. Will she save the world from this nightmare before Christmas ¿ or see it destroyed? Running time: Running time: 3 hours 20 mins.(p) BBC Worldwide 2018© BBC Worldwide 2018Novelisation copyright © Jenny T. Colgan 2018 Original script copyright © Russell T Davies 2005 Cover illustration by Anthony DryBBC logo © BBC 1996Doctor Who logo © BBC 2014For BBC Worldwide:Reading produced by Neil GardnerRecorded at Ladbroke Audio LtdSound design by David DarlingtonExecutive producer: Michael StevensTARDIS sound effect composed by Brian HodgsonFor BBC Books:Editorial Director: Albert DePetrillo Project Editor: Steve Cole Cover design: Two Associates Cover illustration: Anthony Dry Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion first published by BBC Books in 2018
Discover the new Doctor Who classics. Still reeling from his encounter with the Cybermen, the First Doctor stumbles through the bitter Antarctic wind, resisting the approaching regeneration with all his strength. But as he fights his way through the snowdrifts, he comes across the familiar shape of a blue police box, and a mysterious figure who introduces himself as the Doctor…Thrown together at their most vulnerable moments, the two Doctors must discover why the snowflakes are suspended in the sky, why a First World War Captain has been lifted from his time stream moments before his death, and who is the mysterious Glass Woman who knows their true name. The Doctor is reunited with Bill, but is she all she seems? And can he hold out against the coming regeneration?
Peter Purves reads this original adventure featuring the First Doctor, Steven and Sara, set in the First World War. "The Battle of the Somme is the pivotal moment of this conflict... History hinges on it!"It's the start of August 1916, and war is raging on the battlefields of France.
A star-studded BBC radio production of Bernard Shawâ¿s Pygmalion â¿ plus bonus drama The â¿Bâ¿ Word, telling the story of the playâ¿s scandalous opening nightIrascible phonetics professor Henry Higgins makes a bet with his friend Colonel Pickering that he can train Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle to talk â¿like a ladyâ¿ and pass as a duchess at the Ambassadorâ¿s Ball. As the day of reckoning approaches, can Eliza convince the assembled aristocrats that sheâ¿s one of them? And what will become of her afterwards?This effervescent radio version of Shawâ¿s classic comedy features a stellar cast, including award-winning comedians Alistair McGowan as Henry Higgins, Morgana Robinson as Eliza Doolittle and Al Murray as Alfred Doolittle. Also featured on this release is The â¿Bâ¿ Word, written by and starring Alistair McGowan as Bernard Shaw. Centring on the shocking opening night of Pygmalion â¿ the first time that the word â¿bloody' was used on the British stage â¿ it also explores the passionate love-hate relationship between Shaw; his leading man, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (Richard McCabe) and his leading lady, Mrs Patrick Campbell (Charlotte Page), who played the 19-year-old Eliza Doolittle at the age of 49. Cast and creditsPygmalionHenry Higginsâ¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿Alistair McGowanEliza Doolittleâ¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿Morgana RobinsonAlfred Doolittleâ¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿Al MurrayColonel Pickeringâ¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿Hugh FraserMrs Higginsâ¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿Siân PhillipsMrs Pearce/Maidâ¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿Charlotte PageMrs Eynsford-Hillâ¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿Georgie GlenClara Eynsford-Hillâ¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿Maeve Bluebell WellsFreddy Eynsford-Hill.....â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿Tom ForristerNepommuckâ¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿David SturzakerAmbassadorâ¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿John DougallAmbassador's wifeâ¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿Sarah RidgewayBystanderâ¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿David SterneWritten by Bernard ShawProduced and directed by Emma HardingThe â¿Bâ¿ WordBernard Shawâ¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿Alistair McGowanGeorge Alexanderâ¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿David SturzakerMrs Patrick Campbell.....â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿Charlotte PageSir Herbert Beerbohm Treeâ¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿Richard McCabeCharlotte Shawâ¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿Georgie GlenMerivaleâ¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿Philip FoxGurney/Fishmanâ¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿Simon LuddersBellâ¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿Charlie ClementsMaidâ¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿â¿Sarah RidgewayWritten by Alistair McGowanProduced and directed by Emma HardingProduction Coordinator: Jenny MendezStudio Managers: Alison Craig, Caleb Knightley and Thomas GlasserDuration: 2 hours 45 mins approx.
Together with Tyler Durden - part-time projectionist, banquet waiter, soap-maker and anarchic genius - he creates Fight Club, where he and men like him can get away from their work-dominated, consumer-driven, image-obsessed lives.
Four more extended episodes from the award-winning BBC Radio 4 series, specially compiled by producer Jon Naismith'ISIHAC is still unmissable. It remains the most thrillingly anarchic panel show in any media you care to name' Simon Mayo, Mail on Sunday`The funniest comedy quiz show of them all¿ Sue Arnold, The ObserverThe antidote to panel games returns with this sixteenth glorious collection, in which Jack Dee gives regular panelists Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden silly things to do. Joining them in this compilation are special guests Rob Brydon, Victoria Wood, Susan Calman and David Mitchell.Highlights include Uxbridge English Dictionary, One Song to the Tune of Another, French Monopoly, Swanee Kazoo, Sound Charades, Pensioner¿s Film Club, Complete Cats, 84 Chicken Cross Road, Hirsute Film Club, Unromantic Endings, Just a Minim, the delightful Add a Word, Ruin a Film and, of course, Mornington Crescent.Get ready to chuckle along with the gang as they deploy the finest wit and wordplay, accompanied by Colin Sell on the piano and the lovely Samantha keeping score.Duration: 2 hours 20 mins approx.
There he discovers that his buddy Wilks is being menaced by a sinister character called `Brindle' McBain and his cronies.Wilks has started a small airline business, but McBain wants to take over and he'll stop at nothing to get Wilks out of the way.
Three BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations starring John Shrapnel as Morse and Robert Glenister as Lewis, plus a bonus reading by Colin Dexter of one of his short stories.Gripping, suspenseful and entertaining, these BBC dramatisations were adapted by Guy Meredith from the original Inspector Morse novels by Colin Dexter.
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