Spokenworld Audio is excited to bring to you the ‘other’ audiobooks produced in the UK, all by independent producers, for the BBC national radio networks. The UK has a long, proud history of bringing the latest novels, and classic fiction, to life through single voice readings on radio.
For the first time ever, Spokenworld Audio gives you access to some of the finest radio readings series, read by some of the most recognised acting names from around the world.
Our collection is just getting started, but we’ll be adding titles on a regular basis, so don’t forget to pop back to see what’s new.
Written by Wilkie Collins
Abridged by Paul Kent
Read by Dougray Scott
The life of art teacher Walter Hartright changes forever following his midnight encounter with the spectral ‘Woman In White’ on a lonely moonlit road. The meeting unleashes a chain of startling events that encompasses espionage, fraud, conflagration, body-swapping, drugs, forgery and murder - quite a heady cocktail of vices for its mid-Victorian audience.
Dur: 1hr 52minsSTEREO - 8 part Radio series
Available as 320kbps Stereo MP3 - 256MB
Written by Ernest Bramagh
Abridged by Paul Kent
Read by Arthur Darvill
The tales of Max Carrados lie squarely in the classic English detective tradition, told in plain though polished prose. Max is an omniscient blind amateur detective with a wry sense of humour. Arthur Darvill reads five of his brings five of his finest adventures to life.
Dur: 2hrs 42minsSTEREO - 5 part Radio series
Available as 320kbps Stereo MP3 - 373MB
Written by Ethel Lina White
Abridged by Neville Teller
Read by Brenda Blethyn
A gripping and accomplished work in its own right. The plot is deceptively simple, and the premise - a woman meets an engaging stranger during a long railway journey who later disappears leading to mystery and deception. Read by OSCAR nominated Brenda Blethyn.
Dur: 1hr 23minsSTEREO - 6 part Radio series
Available as 320kbps Stereo MP3 - 190MB
Written by Daphne du Maurier
Abridged by Neville Teller
Read by Alex Kingston
“Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again. It seemed to me I stood by the iron gate leading to the drive and for a while I could not enter, for the way was barred to me”. Alex Kingston reads Daphne du Maurier's classic tale of love, loss, tragedy and revenge.
Dur: 1hr 51minsSTEREO - 8 part Radio series
Available as 320kbps Stereo MP3 - 252MB
Written by Charles Dickens
Abridged by Neville Teller
Read by David Warner
The Emmy award winning DAVID WARNER reads a six-part abridgement of Charles Dickens’ all time classic OLIVER TWIST. In this departure from the merry world of Pickwick, Dickens targets the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834 which renewed the importance of the workhouse as a means of relief for the poor.
Dur: 1hr 22minsSTEREO - 5 part Radio series
Available as 320kbps Stereo MP3 - 187MB
Written by James Hilton
Abridged by Neville Teller
Read by Sir Derek Jacobi
Sir Derek Jacobi reads James Hilton’s 1934 classic novel “Goodbye, Mr Chips”, in this abridged five part version. Over the five instalments we follow Mr Chips' life as he remembers it in flashback from the comfort and serenity of retirement at Mrs. Whitlow’s cottage. A moving and emotional story, spanning a lifetime and filled with many colourful and recognisable characters.
Dur: 1hr 11minsSTEREO - 5 part Radio series
Available as 320kbps Stereo MP3 - 161MB
Written by HP Lovecraft
Adapted by Paul Kent
Read by Richard Coyle
“The Shadow Over Innsmouth” tells the first-person story of a young historian, Robert Olmstead, who, while investigating his family genealogy in New England, is intrigued to learn about a hated and mysterious fishing-town called Innsmouth. When he visits he finds the place to be run-down and near-deserted, with a cult-like religion and a strange, degenerate population. His investigation soon turns in to a race to escape the town and the the evil creatures he sees emerging from the sea.
Dur: 2hr 33minsSTEREO - 5 part Radio series
Available in 3 'flavours' offering differing quality vs file size (all the same price!):
Written by HP Lovecraft
Adapted by Paul Kent
Read by Richard Coyle
“At The Mountains of Madness” tells the first-person tale of geologist William Dyer, a professor from Miskatonic University in the USA. He writes to disclose hitherto unknown and closely kept secrets in the hope that he can deter a planned and much publicized scientific expedition to Antarctica. For he has been there and seen the unimaginable horrors that lay beyond the mountains.
Dur: 2hr 54minsSTEREO - 5 part Radio series
Available in 3 'flavours' offering differing quality vs file size (all the same price!):