Lucy Catherine has 6 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 23 narrators, with an average listener rating of 5★ across 4 ratings. The most-rated is Gudrun: Series 1-4.
Gudrun: Series 1-4
Summary
An 11th-century Viking epic of love, revenge and faith, set in Iceland and starring the original Nordic Noir heroine, Gudrun. As a young woman growing up in 11th-century Iceland, Gudrun must forge her path through a world of unearthly beauty yet uncompromising harshness. The tale begins in her youth, with her childhood friends Kjartan and Bolli - but the love the two boys have for Gudrun causes a deathly enmity between them that leaves her reeling. Suspicious of how power and ambition are wielded by men, Gudrun is left feeling increasingly isolated. She longs for the freedom to live her life according to her own rules, beholden to no-one. This epic saga takes her on a journey away from her beloved homeland, risking everything to save her daughter. An avenging angel forged from violence, Gudrun has all the complexity, vulnerability and single-mindedness of her successors, Lisbeth Salander and Saga Noren. In the ruthless world she inhabits, her steely determination and willingness to manipulate others in the manner of Borgen's Birgitte Nyborg is what keeps her alive. Gudrun is based on the famous Icelanders' saga known as The Laxdoela Saga. Written in the 13th century, it tells of people in the Breiðafjörður area of Iceland from the late 9th century to the early 11th century. Starring Kate Phillips (Peaky Blinders, War and Peace) as Gudrun. Directed by Sasha Yevtushenko (series 1) and Gemma Jenkins (series 2-4). Please note: audio replaced 15 Nov 2019.
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Gudrun: Series 5-7
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Series 5-7 of the Viking epic of love, revenge and faith set in 11th-century Iceland. Born into a world of otherworldly beauty yet unforgiving harshness, Icelandic heroine Gudrun must fight to forge an independent path and live according to her own rules. A tenacious survivor, she has endured much pain in her young life, from widowhood to the death of her lover, the burning of her family home, separation from her beloved daughter, Sigrid, and being cut adrift from her homeland. Now, after many years away, Gudrun sails once more into Icelandic waters, with a plan to rescue her daughter who is being brought up in the new Christian faith. But her return to the Sacred Land is not the homecoming she had hoped for and she soon finds herself exiled again and heading for the New World, with all its new possibilities and new dangers. Meanwhile, Sigrid arrives in England to marry a man she has never met. Struggling to understand this strange new land of Saxons and Danes, she must keep her darkest secret well-hidden if she is to survive.... Written by Lucy Catherine and inspired by the famous Icelandic Laxdæla saga, this epic tale of love, revenge and faith stars Kate Phillips (Peaky Blinders, War and Peace) as Gudrun, with Rosie Boore and Hollie Burgess as Sigrid. Written by Lucy Catherine. Directed by Sasha Yevtushenko and Jessica Dromgoole. Cast: Gudrun – Kate Phillips Freija – Samantha Dakin Dag – Cameron Percival/Joseph Ayres Sylvia – Carolyn Pickles/Susan Jameson Volva – Carolyn Pickles Aoife – Lucy Doyle Hakon/Guard 2/Priest/King Sweyn – Michael Bertenshaw Bolli/Guard 1 – Lewis Bray Aslak – Tony Turner Sigrid – Rosie Boore/Hollie Burgess Leif – Don Gilet/Chris Pavlo Warrior – Don Gilet Frederick – Simon Scardifield Heidr – Jeannette Percival/Helen Clapp Kjartan – Luke MacGregor The Virgin – Marilyn Nnadebe Sailors – Chris Harper and Joseph Ayre Gorm – David Hounslow Canute – Aaron Gelkoff Gunnar – Chris Pavlo Panuk – Kenny Blyth Saxon – Joseph Ayre Vali/Dane – Chris Harper Tofa – Debbie Korley Jesus – Paul Hilton
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Halfway Here
Summary
A gripping full-cast drama about a family in meltdown, starring Tyger Drew-Honey. Luke and Nettie are 15-year-old twins in a normally dysfunctional family. But when something bad happens to Nettie, it becomes clear that no-one knew much about her. As the family wait by her hospital bedside, they gradually discover more about what was going on in her life. This gripping full-cast drama stars Tyger Drew-Honey (Outnumbered) and Sharon Small (The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, Mistresses, Cutting It). Directed by Mary Peate.
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Home Front: The Complete BBC Radio Collection Volume 3
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Series 11-15 of the major BBC Radio 4 drama charting life on the home front during the First World War- plus special extended episode 'Home Front: A Fragile Peace'.
First heard on radio between 4 August 2014 and 9 November 2018, each episode of Home Front is set exactly 100 years before the broadcast date, and each follows one character’s day. Together they create a mosaic of experience from a wide cross section of society, mixing historical fact with enthralling fiction to explore how ordinary people coped with daily life in wartime Britain.
Back in Folkestone, the residents are dealing with the aftereffects of a devastating air raid. Howard Argent is kept busy at the Bevan while Ulysses Pilchard experiments with electroshock therapy. Meanwhile, women’s suffrage, prostitution and unmarried mothers are hot topics, and Kitty Lumley experiences the sharp end of intolerance.
In Tyneside, ripples from the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution lead to a rise in union activity, and the factory faces the threat of strike action from the munitionettes.
And in Devon, women, children and prisoners of war are being put to work on the land. With Britain on the brink of starvation, summer 1918’s harvest is crucial - but conscientious objectors, unwilling or unable to help, arouse fury.
As the Great War moves towards its end, can the wounded communities back home find some sort of peace, however fragile?
Tackling themes including trauma and madness, industrial unrest, morality and sexuality, surrogate labour and the outbreak of peace are some of radio’s foremost dramatists including Katie Hims, Shaun McKenna and Sarah Daniels. Among the extensive cast are Helen Schlesinger, Kathryn Beaumont, Roy Hudd and Billy Kennedy, with guest appearances from Geoffrey Palmer and Mark Heap. Also included is 'Home Front: A Fragile Peace', a special 75-minute episode which flashes forward to explore the lives of the characters on 10 November 1919.
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Home Front: The Complete BBC Radio Collection, Volume 1
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Series 1-5 of the groundbreaking BBC Radio 4 drama charting life on the home front during World War One
First heard on radio between 4 August 2014 and 9 November 2018, each episode of Home Front is set exactly 100 years before the broadcast date, and each follows one character’s day. Together they create a mosaic of experience from a wide cross section of society, mixing historical fact with enthralling fiction to explore how ordinary people coped with daily life in wartime Britain.
The story begins in Folkestone, as the first troops march off to the front lines. Soon, families such as the Grahams and the Wilsons begin to feel the impact of war, as the wounded return and first Belgian refugees, then Canadian troops, arrive in the seaside resort. In addition, the White Feather and suffragette movements grow in popularity, and a tide of grief increasingly leads people to thoughts of the hereafter.
Industrial Tynemouth, meanwhile, is experiencing a quite different war. The factories and shipyards are at peak production, and more women are joining the workforce. At the munitions factory, owner Geoffrey Marshall and his family must adapt to the changing times - as must workers like Fraser and Edie Chadwick.
Tackling themes including the outbreak of war, recruitment, industry, profiteering and spiritualism are some of radio’s foremost dramatists including Katie Hims, Sebastian Baczkiewicz and Shaun McKenna. Among the extensive cast are Michael Bertenshaw, Keely Beresford, Freddie Fox, Ami Metcalf, Edmund Wiseman, Barbara Flynn, Mark Stobbart and Toby Jones, with Dame Harriet Walter making a cameo appearance as Emmeline Pankhurst.
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Body Horror
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London, 2049. Full body transplants on sale here: the more you pay, the better the body. But can an expensive upgrade really fulfil the life-changing expectations of demoralised mortician Caroline McAleese? Caroline is desperate to be promoted to the sales team - but she's overweight and over 40, and in a world where attractiveness is prioritised ahead of intelligence, her prospects are slim. Then she hits the jackpot in the Citizens' Lottery and gets the chance to trade up to the perfect new body: one that's young, lithe and beautiful. It's a dream come true for Caroline - until she starts to experience teething problems. Her behaviours begin to change, and she is haunted by violent dreams. She's not alone in her new body and no longer in control. What shadows have been left by her body's former inhabitant? And whose voice is it she hears in her head? Developed through the Wellcome Trust Experimental Stories scheme, this dark, futuristic series was written by award-winning dramatist Lucy Catherine, whose credits include Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology, Gudrun and The Master and Margarita. It stars Jill Halfpenny as Caroline, with Shelley Conn, Samantha Dakin and Chetna Pandya. Cast Caroline - Jill Halfpenny Gloria - Shelley Conn Rowan/Benefits Office Computer - Adam Courting Anastasia - Samantha Dakin Tom/Car Salesman - Ian Conningham Waiter/Security Guard - Greg Jones Bar Guy/Che - Ikky Elyas Virtual James - Will Kirk Government Computer/Stan - Neil McCaul Work Computer/Library Computer - Sinead MacInnes Lift Voice/Young Mum - Lucy Reynolds Paulina - Chetna Pandya Mel - Liza Sadovy Trevor - Clive Hayward Karina - Heather Craney BodyEx Computer - Scarlett Courtney Hotel Computer - Laura Christy Directed by Toby Swift Developed through the Wellcome Trust Experimental Stories scheme First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 11th-13th March 2020
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