Oh Wait!, I almost forgot to tell you
That there are over 700 radio show audio books online ready for download to iPods or MP3 players. And most of them are classic stuff.
The Twilight Zone™ Radio Dramas will keep you glued to the edge of your seat, whether listening in your home or in your car. Download it from the Radio Shows Category .
There are 157 American Radio Shows Category, including Twilight Zone Radio Dramas:Adapted from original scripts written for the television show created by Rod Serling that aired from 1959 to 1965, these radio dramas were contemporized and expanded to accommodate a radio format. Serling's widow, Carol Serling, praised the radio adaptations, calling them "truly astounding." Hosted by Stacy Keach, the readings feature celebrities Jason Alexander, Jane Seymour, Blair Underwood, Ed Begley, Jr., Lou Diamond Phillips, Adam Baldwin, Bruno Kirby, Daniel J. Travanti, and many more.
Jerry Robbins has a large selection of sketches in this section also.
In the Audio Theater Category , you can listen to 166 audiobooks, all of which can be downloaded instantly to your iPod or MP3 player. Full of classics like Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson: Come aboard the Hispaniola and set sail for a world of thrilling adventure as The Colonial Radio Theatre on the Air presents this magnificent new production of Robert Louis Stevenson’s TREASURE ISLAND! After finding a treasure map belonging to the notorious pirate Captain Flint, Jim Hawkins, Squire Trelawney, and Doctor Livesey charter a ship and set sail for the Island of Treasure – unaware that most of the crew they have hired once sailed with Flint – including the man with one leg … Long John Silver … and they mean to take the ship and the treasure for themselves. One of the all-time great adventure stories, TREASURE ISLAND comes to life in digital stereo, a full cast, thousand of sound effects, and an original music score.
There are just 12 titles in the Biographical Radio Shows Category , including Chelsea Dreaming by D J Britton:A quizzical look at the life and legend of celebrated poet Dylan Thomas, through the critical eyes of the infamous Chelsea Hotel. In Room 206 of the Chelsea Hotel in New York, Dylan Thomas went into the coma that led to his death.
The BBC produced a vast amount of good quality British Radio Shows which are now available in downloadable MP3 format. There are 234 titles in this category including The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle:
A Scandal in Bohemia - The King of Bohemia seeks the return of a compromising photograph but the woman who has it proves more than a match for the great detective.
The Red-Headed League - Holmes and Doyle move into top gear in one of the finest stories in the canon. Why should a pawnbroker have to copy out the Encyclopaedia Britannica and what bearing can the knees of a man's trousers have on the case?
A Case of Identity - A squalid little story of greed, and a solid piece of professional work on Holmes' part in finding out why a City cashier should ditch his love on their wedding day.
The Boscombe Valley Mystery - Another dazzler with Holmes needing all his powers to solve a splendid murder case with Australian connections.
You will find 207 titles in the Drama Radio Shows Category, including The Alamo, by Jerry Robbins:
Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, William Travis, and 16-year-old David Cummings fight to the bitter end in this spectacular epic production of one of the worlds most famous battles.
Although there are only 2 titles in the Horror and Suspense Radio Shows Category, one of them ,namely, The War Of The Worlds by H G Wells is a classic, which when first broadcast in 1967 sent shivers up the listeners:
When a Martian spacecraft lands on Woking Common, mankind is terrorised by aliens in tall, armoured capsules which stalk the countryside on three legs. The machines wreak havoc on London and the Southern Counties, and survivors are driven underground. Scientist John Nicholson (Paul Daneman) tells how he was plunged into a paralysing nightmare of stark terror, savage madness and utter destruction. Martin Jarvis, Peter Sallis and Anthony Jackson also feature in this thrilling six-part dramatisation of HG Wells' book, first broadcast on Radio 4 in 1967.
There are 287 titles in the Humor Radio Shows Category . Included a selection of Dead Ringers sketches which never fail to amuse:
Among your other favourites coming under fire in this comical collection are George W. Bush - and his search for Saddam's 'Penguins of Mass Destruction' - Rolf Harris meets Droopy in Cartoon Animal Hospital, Zippy from Rainbow tries Faking It as Cherie Blair, and You and Yours celebrates 1,000 years of broadcasting.
There's a new reality show to end them all (Desert Island Discs, featuring a real castaway on a desert island), and the Queen appears on Royal Brain of Britain...
In the Non-Fiction Radio Shows Category you will find 30 titles, including the award winning BBC production, Sceptred Isle Twentieth Century series by Christopher Lee:
Volume 3, covering the years 1939-1959. takes a global perspective. Following the horrors of the Second World War. culminating in the horrific bombing of Hiroshima and the onset of the Cold war, came the beginnings of popular culture: Marilyn Monroe. Elvis Presley and the Mini.Narrated by Anna Massey with Robert Powell. This Sceptred Isle, The Twentieth Century, is an authoritative, vivid and compelling account of one of the most exciting and fast-moving periods in Britain's history.
The Old Time Radio Category contains 146 titles, mostly from the BBC archives. Among them is the famous Harry Lime series by Bud Lesser and narrated by Orson Wells: This is Orson Welles... that was the shot that killed Harry Lime. He died in a sewer beneath Vienna, for those of you who know, who saw the movie of HARRY LIME... Yes, that was the end of Harry Lime. But it was not the beginning. Harry Lime had many lives and l can recount all of them. How do I know? Well, it's simple
The next section is Quiz Shows Category which contains a small collection of titles. The main audiobook of interest is probably The News Quiz series: 'Hello, and Welcome to The Best of News Quiz 2005. As you know, momentous events have been taking place around the globe. Our panel, however, prefer to concentrate on the small, the amusing and the trivial...
There are 88 titles in the Thriller Radio Shows Category . None better than the Paul Temple series by Francis Durbridge: Paul Temple, the creation of Francis Durbridge, was one of radio's most popular sleuths. He and his glamorous wife Steve inhabit a sophisticated world where they sip well-chilled cocktails, where Sir Graham Forbes of Scotland Yard always sends for Paul when the going gets tricky and where Paul's incisive mind picks up every one of the carefully strewn clues.
No collection would be complete without some fine Western Radio Shows Category of which 59 titles exist. Little Big Horn is one of the classsics by Jerry Robbins: Nominated for AudioWorld's Golden Headset Award for best multi-cast audio release of the year .The real story of Custer and his famous last battle against the Sioux. Lt. Col. George A. Custer leads his 7th Cavalry into the Valley of the Little Big Horn, and into eternity in this truly spectacular audio dramatization. It is our heartfelt hope that we have done justice to the events of June 25th 1876. It was a horrific battle, which saw no true victors. Custer's command lost their lives. The Plains Indians lost their way of life.
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