In an exchange of letters with Stephen Haggard, a noted comedienne discusses the techniques of comedy acting, and offers examples of how to play certain roles

Product Description: Imagine a baby with a brain rivalling Einstein's and the ability to talk, not only to humans but to animals as well. Of course, this is no ordinary baby. This is a baby sent from another world bringing a grave message: the Earth's gravitational pull is about to stop working.

Depicts a rich and beautiful heiress whose matchmaking schemes cause many complications.

Product Description: Pongwiffy and the Witches' Coven are in desperate need of funds, but are bored with all the usual fundraising ideas - barn dances, quiznights, paintyourbroomstickinafunnywaydays. Then Pongwiffy has a brainwave. The Witches can put on a pantomime! The inhabitants of Witchway Wood will love it! What can go wrong? Eventually, after all the jostling for the major parts and the rehearsing, the stage is set and the curtain ready to rise but where is the director, Pongwiffy? And can the show go on? A laugh-out-loud story that is witty and clever, enticingly mixed in with much sludge, slime and very bad habits...read more

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Presents two Alan Bennett plays, originally performed at the National Theatre and adapted for BBC Radio 4. This title includes 'An Englishman Abroad', a story about a double-agent Guy Burgess, hiding in a squalid flat in Moscow; and 'A Question of Attribution', a story about an enigmatic servant of the Queen who might also be other than he seems.

Product Description: Reissue of a classic novel of rural snobbery. Set in the genteel battlefield of Tilling, deadly enemies Mapp and Lucia vie for social supremacy with astounding cunning and ingenuity. The author's other books include "Lucia in London" and "Mapp and Lucia".

Product Description: Two episodes from the classic BBC sitcom. In Mrs Richards, the titular lady (Joan Sanderson) is a little hard of hearing. She is also a very demanding guest: "the room is cold, the bath is too small, the view is invisible and the radio doesn't work...read more

Product Description: A portrait of the residents of an English country town in the mid-nineteenth century, Cranford relates the adventures of Miss Matty and Miss Deborah, two middle-aged spinster sisters striving to live with dignity in reduced circumstances...read more

Product Description: This is the fiscally chaotic tenth series of the popular BBC Radio 4 comedy, written by Lou Wakefield and Carole Hayman and starring Prunella Scales and Patricia Routledge. The Ladies are having to tighten their belts in this latest collection of Letters...read more