Hollywood Stage with His Girl Friday, Hollywood is indelibly printed on our minds as a go to place for entertainment and has been for decades. When there really did seem to be more stars in Hollywood than Heaven, Hollywood Stage had them performing films as radio plays…on the sponsor’s dime of course! The Hollywood ringmaster himself, Cecil B. DeMillle presents the classic comedy His Girl Friday starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray.Take Five with Peter James

We ask writers the same 5 questions. Here Brighton charmer and international bestseller Peter James answers them. At the time he had just written the page turner with a punch, Not Dead Yet, and more recently has republished his first novel, Dead Letter Drop, 2 collections of short stories & a further Roy Grace mystery!

Kobo Interviews

Kindles, Nooks & Kobos are the big 3 e-readers. We like Kobo’s interviewing authors as sometimes the person behind the pen or keypad helps decide if the book is worth a read….do tell us what you think about any of these authors or their books.

Margaret Atwood

Roddy Doyle

FRIDAY 29th March

Noon & 8pm & 4am

PLAYS/DRAMA

THE CLEANSED Episode 8 The Revolt

Here at Audiobookradio.net we try to bring you audio dramas that are exciting, thought provoking, and downright entertaining.  And what could be more entertaining than the end of the world!

In the mid 21st century, fuel is running out, food is scarce, Acts of God – and humans – take down the grid and everything else. Civilisation grinds to a halt.

And then things get really bad.  Society fractures into lawless groups.  But in rural Maine, USA, some have now spent years nurturing their society back to some kind of normality… but a second man made apocalypse comes calling – Welcome to The Cleansed!

The Production company, Final Rune, is centred on the award laden multi talented Fred Greenhalgh who not only writes, produces and directs “The Cleansed” but much else besides. Plus he has a cast and crew who put everything in so your ears are in for a treat.  Check everything out at FinalRune.com

ALIENS FROM URANUS

Bunbury Banter Theatre Company

Since setting up in 2006, Bunbanter’s creative work has grown hugely. Their radio plays now air worldwide and have received much industry acclaim including winning the Best Short Drama in the British Public Radio Awards 2013.  The company’s primary aim remains accessible theatre for all & with this sci-fi comedy they certainly achieve it!

1pm & 9pm & 5am

IN CONVERSATION with SEYMOUR HERSH

Seymour Hersh, the brilliant investigative journalist, has broken news stories that include the Abu Ghraib prison abuses, the My Lai massacre in Vietnam, and the CIA’s bombing of Cambodia. Here he tells stories of how he gathers his source material and offers his thoughts on the present and future in the Middle East.

2pm & 10pm & 6am

THE POETRY HOUR featuring Tagore, George Eliot. Arthur Conan Doyle & more

Poetry is often cited as our greatest use of words. The English language has well over a million and poets down the ages seem, at times, to make use of every single one. But often they use them in simple ways to describe anything and everything from landscapes to all aspects of the human condition. Poems can evoke within us an individual response that takes us by surprise; that opens our eyes and ears to very personal feelings.  Forget the idea of classic poetry being somehow dull and boring and best kept to school textbooks. It still has life, vibrancy and relevance to our lives today. In this hour we’ll be listening to poets of the quality and breadth of GEORGE ELIOT, ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE & RABINDRINATH TAGORE and themes including  LONDON, THE SEA, ANIMALS amongst others. Vol 6

All of them are from a dedicated poetry publisher – Portable Poetry who believe that poetry should be a part of our everyday lives, uplifting the soul & reaching the parts that other things can’t. Their range of audiobooks and ebooks cover volumes on some of our greatest poets to anthologies of seasons, months, places and a range of themes. Check them out on your usual digital store such as Amazon or iTunes or at https://www.deadtreepublishing.com/  That’s Portable Poetry – poetry that carries you through!

3pm & 11pm & 7am

ALTERNATIVE RADIO with PUMLA GOBODO-MADIKIZELA

Here at Audiobook Radio we are keen to provide a range of voices – very literally as well as in terms of opinions and views of the world. This strand created by Alternative Radio does just that. We will hear from some of the most informed minds and greatest social activists of our time whose take on justice and power does not chime with those that hold the power and don’t provide justice for all so we rarely get to hear from them in mainstream media. Different opinions always help inform our own and we are always eager to hear from listeners about this or any other strand. Contact us on the tab at www.audiobookradio.net   Today’s talk is given by Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela a senior research professor in trauma, memory and forgiveness at the University of the Free State in South Africa. and is entitled Forgiving the Unforgivable.

4pm & Midnight & 8am

THEATRE ROYAL

The very name summons up something of grandeur and eloquence – and it was. Hosted by Laurence Olivier these big name productions – also including the acting talents of Sir John Gielgud, Orson Welles and Robert Morley – were based on works by the world’s leading authors – Charles Dickens, Henry James, Oscar Wilde, Anton Chekhov and Robert Louis Stevenson are but a few of whose company we shall be keeping.  Today we raise the curtain on Dostoyevsky’s The Judgement  featuring TREVOR HOWARD and introduced by SIR LAURENCE OLIVIER.

THE NEW ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES featuring BASIL RATHBONE and NIGEL BRUCE in more of these timeless classic adventures.

5pm & 1am & 9am

THE PODCAST HOUR – THE A.I.T.L. & TODD SHOW

Audiobookradio is excited to introduce a new podcast brought to us by the And I Thought Ladies a prolific collective of American women spearheaded by the multi-talented Wilnona Marie and Jade Dee.  It encompasses Tonya Todd’s 52 Love Podcast and a short drama called the Managers and we’ll be broadcasting it every day at this time for the next few weeks.  So stay tuned for Episode 7 and their take on Love, Life & Literature.

6pm & 2am & 10am

HOLLYWOOD STAGE with the Jazz Singer

Hollywood is indelibly printed in our minds as a go to place for entertainment and has been for decades. We take you back in time as WILLIAM KEIGHLEY unveils The Jazz Singer featuring AL JOLSON

7pm & 3am & 11am

SHORT STORIES ALCOTT & SAKI

A DOUBLE TRAGEDY – An Actor’s Story by LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Read by DEREK JACOBI

This is a story of jealousy and revenge set in a theatrical company, although well drawn, are almost campy in their melodrama.

THE RETICENCE OF LADY ANNE by SAKI Read by RICHARD MITCHLEY

This is trademark Saki, deliciously irreverent on the rituals and conventions of society with a sting in the tale.