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BBC Radio 4

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Works: 1,342 works in 2,096 publications in 1 language and 25,577 library holdings
Genres: Fiction  History  Drama  Fantasy fiction  Miscellanea  Sources  Criticism, interpretation, etc  Radio plays  Historical fiction  Juvenile works 
Roles: Editor, Other
Classifications: PR4571, 823.8
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Most widely held works by BBC Radio 4
A history of the world in 100 objects by Neil MacGregor( Book )
7 editions published between 2010 and 2013 in English and held by 1,933 libraries worldwide
Traces the stories of one hundred human innovations to explain their pivotal role in shaping civilization, from weapons and the domestication of cows to currency and music
Shakespeare's restless world by Neil MacGregor( Book )
9 editions published between 2012 and 2014 in English and held by 1,064 libraries worldwide
In this work of historical reconstruction Neil MacGregor and his team at the British Museum, working together in a landmark collaboration with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the BBC, bring us twenty objects that capture the essence of Shakespeare's universe and the Tudor era of Elizabeth I
The hobbit by J. R. R Tolkien( file )
7 editions published between 1999 and 2014 in English and held by 462 libraries worldwide
Tolkien's famous saga, the prelude to the Lord of the rings, has all the ingredients of fantasy and adventure: dwarves, elves, goblins and trolls, a fearsome dragon, a great wizard, a perilous quest and a dramatic climax. At the centre is the unsuspecting hero Bilbo Baggins, a home-loving unambitious Hobbit who is suddenly thrust into the biggest, indeed the only adventure of his life ... The radio dramatisation of The hobbit became a classic when it was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1968 and it continues to delight today
Protestors for paradise by Frances Gumley( Book )
2 editions published in 1993 in English and held by 236 libraries worldwide
A history of the world in 100 objects by Neil MacGregor( Sound Recording )
10 editions published between 2008 and 2012 in English and held by 227 libraries worldwide
Neil MacGregor's radio series 'A History of the World in 100 Objects' has been a unique event that has set a benchmark for public service broadcasting in the UK and across the world. This book is the tie-in to that event, reproducing the scripts describing the objects that made us who we are
The spy who came in from the cold by John Le Carré( file )
4 editions published between 2009 and 2010 in English and held by 222 libraries worldwide
A veteran spy wants to "come in from the cold" to retirement. He undertakes one last assignment in which he pretends defection and provides the enemy with sufficient evidence to label their leader a double agent
The Inspector McLevy mysteries by David Ashton( file )
27 editions published between 2009 and 2015 in English and held by 204 libraries worldwide
Inspired by the real-life memoirs of a Victorian Inspector in Scotland, James McLevy prowls the dark streets of 1860s Edinburgh bringing criminals to justice, with the assistance of Constable Mulholland
Tolkien's gown : & other stories of great authors and rare books by R. A Gekoski( Book )
2 editions published in 2004 in English and held by 191 libraries worldwide
"Each essay gives the publishing biography of a single book, together with details of Rick Gekoski's involvement with the first edition of the work" -- Dust jacket
Bleak House by Charles Dickens( Sound Recording )
6 editions published between 2001 and 2009 in English and held by 174 libraries worldwide
With their estate entangled in an interminable legal case, the young wards of the court Richard Carstone and Ada Clare are taken into the benevolent care of the kindly John Jarndyce. Ada's companion, the gentle and good-hearted Esther Summerson, is devoted to the old man and, although she loves another, becomes betrothed to him. But behind Esther's supposed orphan past lies a dark secret that leads tragically to deceit, blackmail and murder. And as the endless lawsuit erodes their inheritance, the happiness that Richard and Ada have found in each other is brought into desperate jeopardy
I, Claudius by Robert Graves( file )
3 editions published in 2011 in English and held by 169 libraries worldwide
A full-cast dramatisation of Robert Graves' brilliant account of the madness and debauchery of ancient Rome, starring Tom Goodman Hill as Claudius and Derek Jacobi as Augustus. The wickedly entertaining inside story of the lives and deaths of the Imperial dynasty from Augustus to Caligula is told by their obscure relation, Claudius. In public, Claudius is a stammering, drooling weakling, whose reputation as an idiot keeps him safe from office and assassination
Busman's honeymoon by Dorothy L Sayers( Sound Recording )
6 editions published between 2005 and 2010 in English and held by 167 libraries worldwide
Society's eligible women are in mourning. Lord Peter Wimsey has married at last, having finally succeeded in his ardent pursuit of the lovely mystery novelist Harriet Vane. The two depart for a tranquil honeymoon in a country farmhouse, but find, instead of a well-prepared love nest, the place left in shambles by the previous owner. His sudden appearance, dead from a broken skull in the cellar, only prompts more questions. Why would anyone have wanted to kill old Mr. Noakes? What dark secrets had he to hide? The honeymoon is over as Lord Peter and Harriet Vane start their investigations. Suspicion is rife and everyone seems to have something to hide, from the local constable to the housekeeper. Wimsey and his wife can think of plenty of theories, but its not until they discover a vital fact that the identity of the murderer becomes clear
A tale of two cities by Charles Dickens( Sound Recording )
5 editions published between 1995 and 2012 in English and held by 162 libraries worldwide
The spectre of the revolution, the flaming chateaux, the ferocious mobs, the rumbling death carts, the hiss and thud of the guillotine, the storming of the Bastille - all are vividly portrayed in this BBC production
The secret pilgrim by John Le Carré( Sound Recording )
3 editions published in 2010 in English and held by 145 libraries worldwide
Simon Russell Beale stars in this BBC Radio full-cast dramatisation of John le Carř's last Smiley novel. George Smiley is one of the most brilliantly realised characters in British fiction. Bespectacled, tubby, eternally middle-aged and deceptively ordinary, he has a mind like a steel trap and is said to possess 'the cunning of Satan and the conscience of a virgin'. The Berlin Wall is down, the Cold War is over, but the world's second oldest profession is very much alive
An unsuitable job for a woman by P. D James( Sound Recording )
2 editions published between 2003 and 2012 in English and held by 142 libraries worldwide
Inheriting a detective agency from her ex-policeman boss, a young woman takes on a career as a private detective
Sparkling cyanide by Agatha Christie( Sound Recording )
5 editions published between 2002 and 2012 in English and held by 140 libraries worldwide
In a Luxembourg nightclub, six friends sit down at a table laid for seven. In front of the empty place is a sprig of rosemary, as a remembrance of Rosemary Barton, who was murdered exactly one year earlier--by one of those present
Dirk Gently the long dark tea-time of the soul by Douglas Adams( Sound Recording )
2 editions published between 2008 and 2009 in English and held by 132 libraries worldwide
Dirk Gently has fallen on hard times and dresses as a gypsy woman, using his irritatingly accurate clairvoyant powers to read palms. He is saved when a frantic client turns up with a ludicrous story about being stalked by a goblin waving a contract accompanied by a hairy, green-eyed, scythe-wielding monster. When Detective Superintendent Gilks decides a headless body found in a sealed room is the result of a particularly irritating suicide, Dirk is plunged into a mystery where the interconnectedness of all things is tested to the limit
Fry's English delight by Stephen Fry( Sound Recording )
5 editions published in 2010 in English and held by 131 libraries worldwide
Stephen Fry, a BBC radio personality, presents a compelling and humorous exploration into the finer facets of the English language
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens( Sound Recording )
3 editions published between 1994 and 1996 in English and held by 127 libraries worldwide
Persecuted by his wrathful stepfather, Mr. Murdstone; deceived by his boyhood idol, the callous, charming Steerforth; driven into moral combat with the sniveling clerk Uriah Heep, and hurled, pell-mell, into a blizzard of infatuation with the adorably dim-witted Dora--He survives it all with inimitable style
Murder must advertise by Dorothy L Sayers( Sound Recording )
7 editions published between 2006 and 2014 in English and held by 127 libraries worldwide
When copywriter Victor Dean falls to his death on the stairs of Pym's Advertising Agency, no one seems to mind. That is, until Lord Peter joins the firm incognito as Dean's replacement and starts asking questions which lead him into a network of blackmailers, drug pushers and one of the most deadly plots of crime fiction. However, before the crimes can be solved and the truth revealed, five more people must die
Smiley's people by John Le Carré( Sound Recording )
5 editions published between 1994 and 2014 in English and held by 125 libraries worldwide
When a Russian ̌migř is found murdered on Hampstead Heath, Smiley is called out of retirement to exorcise some Cold War ghosts from his clandestine past. What follows is Smiley the human being at his most vulnerable and Smiley the case officer at his most brilliant; and it takes to a thrilling conclusion his career-long, serpentine battle with the enigmatic and ruthless Russian spymaster Karla
 
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Alternative Names
BBC Fourth programme
BBC. Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 britischer Hörfunksender
BBC Radio 4 British domestic radio station, owned and operated by the BBC
BBC Radio 4 Britse radiozender
BBC Radio 4 ene Rahdijo-Sänder en Ängland, dä vun de BBC, de brettesche Rondfonk-Kompanie, beschegg un bedrevve weed
BBC Radio 4 Εθνικός ραδιοφωνικός σταθμός του BBC
BBC Radio Four
BBC 라디오 4
British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 4
British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Four
Radio 4
Radio 4 (British Broadcasting Corporation)
Радио 4
英国广播公司广播第四台
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