John Hannah has narrated 5 audiobooks on Listento.it by 3 authors, with an average listener rating of 4.7★ across 6 ratings. The most-rated is Love in Recovery: Series 1 & 2.
Love in Recovery: Series 1 & 2
Summary
Sue Johnston, John Hannah and Eddie Marsan are among the stars of this spellbinding, hilarious and uplifting comedy drama. Set entirely at a series of weekly Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, these 13 episodes also feature Rebecca Front, Paul Kaye, Julia Deakin and Samantha Bond.
Love in Recovery follows the lives of five very different recovering alcoholics. Eddie Marsan is Andy, the sweet but simple group leader. Sue Johnston is Julie, who's been known to have the odd relapse here and there - and everywhere. John Hannah is Simon, a snide journalist with a big secret. Rebecca Front is the snobby and guarded Fiona, who used to be a banker who had it all and then lost the lot. Paul Kaye is Danno, a dodgy geezer with no front teeth but a lot of heart.
During the course of two series and a special Christmas episode, we hear them get to know each other, get on each other's nerves, laugh, argue, fall apart, fall in love and, most importantly, tell their stories.
Written and created by Pete Jackson, Love in Recovery is inspired by his own road to recovery.
©2016 Pete Jackson (P)2016 BBC Worldwide Ltd.
Golf in the Kingdom
Summary
Hailed as a classic when it first appeared in 1972, Michael Murphy's novel combines an amiable Zen mysticism with what many consider the very mystical - and sometimes downright frustrating - sport of golf. At its center is the charming guru of the Scottish links, Shivas Irons, whose instruction is as pertinent in life as it is on the course. After a long wait, this shamanic golf pro reappeared for the follow-up novel, The Kingdom of Shivas Irons, also available from BDD Audio.
©1998 Michael Murphy (P)1998 Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Publishing, Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Publishing, A Division of Random House, Inc.
Love in Recovery: Series 3
Summary
Third series of the critically acclaimed comedy drama set in Alcoholics Anonymous, containing exclusive, unbroadcast material. Written by Pete Jackson and inspired by his own road to recovery, Love in Recovery stars Rebecca Front, John Hannah, Sue Johnston, Paul Kaye and Johnny Vegas. Love in Recovery follows the lives of five very different recovering alcoholics. Johnny Vegas is Andy, the sweet but simple self-appointed group leader. Sue Johnston plays straight-talking Julie, who's been known to have the odd relapse here and there - and everywhere. Rebecca Front is the snobby and spikey Fiona, an ex-banker who had it all and then lost the lot. John Hannah is Simon, a snide journalist who’s not an alcoholic; he got caught drink driving, his boss made him attend the meeting, but he fell in love with Fiona and stayed - and despite her best efforts, she fell in love with him, too. Paul Kaye is Danno, a down and out two-bit chancer with a shady past but a lot of heart, who’s desperate to turn his life around. As we follow their weekly meetings, we hear them moan, argue, laugh, fall apart, fall in love and, most importantly, tell their stories. And in series three, the group faces bigger highs and lows than ever before. Writer Pete Jackson is a recovering alcoholic and has spent time in Alcoholics Anonymous. It was there he found, as most people do, support from the unlikeliest group of disparate souls, all banded together due to one common bond. As well as offering the support he needed throughout a difficult time, AA also offered a weekly, sometimes daily dose of hilarity, upset, heartbreak and friendship. Love in Recovery doesn’t seek to represent an AA meeting exactly as it might happen in real life but to capture the funny stories, the sad stories, the stories of small victories and of huge milestones, stories of loss, stories of hope and, most importantly, the many, many highs and lows in the journey of recovery. Cast Fiona….. Rebecca Front Simon….. John Hannah Julie….. Sue Johnston Danno….. Paul Kaye Andy..... Johnny Vegas Written and created by Pete Jackson Producer/director: Ben Worsfield A King Bert production for BBC Radio 4
©2019 BBC Worldwide Ltd (P)2019 BBC Worldwide Ltd
Castles in Spain
Summary
A bookseller turns P. I. in this intriguing five-part BBC radio thriller. Grahame Mayer specialises in selling books, not solving mysteries. So when he’s asked to play private investigator and track down a soldier from the Spanish Civil War, he wonders if it’s some sort of test - and if so, what will happen if he fails.... Armed with fresh information, he is sent to Glasgow on the trail of Jock Cameron, and a meeting with a former nurse who knew him back in Spain furnishes Grahame with further clues. But despite these new leads, the elusive Jock remains tantalisingly out of reach. Will a series of postcards, some holy pictures and an encounter with a pop star enable the reluctant sleuth to hunt Cameron down - or will it take a man’s death to release Mayer from his quest? Created by Edward Boyd, who wrote for a number of BBC TV shows including Z-Cars, this enthralling crime drama stars Ray Brooks, with a supporting cast including Garard Green, John Hannah and Alexandra Mathie. Written by Edward Boyd Produced at BBC Scotland by Patrick Rayner Cast Grahame Mayer……………………Ray Brooks Coleman……………………John Westbrook Teresa……………………Alexandra Mathie Forrest……………………Garard Green Hemingway……………………William Hope Cameron……………………John Hannah/Joseph Greig Rainsford……………………Jonathan Tafler Inspector McNeill……………………Carey Wilson Norah McGill……………………Sybil Wintrope Henderson……………………Joseph Brady Arnold……………………Ian Thompson Receptionist……………………Jennifer Piercey Man on plane/Millhouse……………………William Hope Miss McLauchlan……………………Yvonne Gilan Pat……………………Richard Jamieson Paula……………………Caroline Guthrie Waiter/Taxi driver……………………Gordon Reid Nuke……………………John McGlynn Apollyon……………………Billy McColl Dr Lovat……………………Roy Hanlon First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 25 October-20 November 1987
©2019 BBC Worldwide Ltd (P)2019 BBC Worldwide Ltd
The Kingdom of Shivas Irons
Summary
Originally published in 1972, Michael Murphy's Golf in the Kingdom has become one of the best-selling golf books of all time and has been hailed as "a golf classic if any exists in our day" (John Updike) and "a masterpiece on the mysticism of golf" (San Francisco Chronicle). Golf in the Kingdom introduced Shivas Irons, the golf pro and philosopher with whom Murphy played a mythic round of golf on Scotland's Burningbush links, a round that profoundly altered his game and vision. Shivas' insights about competition, life, and "true gravity", all instilled in him by his elusive mentor Seamus MacDuff, captured the imaginations and the devoted following of students of the inner game of golf. The Kingdom of Shivas Irons is the enchanting story of Murphy's return to Scotland to investigate reports of further visitations by Shivas Irons and to answer questions about him and MacDuff that have haunted Murphy since his original trip to Burningbush some 31 years before. Murphy and his companion, Buck Hannigan, a skeptical physicist fascinated by Shivas's connections to metanormal events, embark on a magical quest for Irons and MacDuff - and their wisdom about golf and human potential. From the mystical golf course surrounding MacDuff's estate in Scotland, across the world to the first Russian Open Golf Championship, and finally to Pebble Beach on the California Coast, The Kingdom of Shivas Irons is a delightful exploration of the deep truths about the game of golf and a provocative inquiry into our remarkable possibilities for growth and transformation.
©1997 Michael Murphy (P)1997 Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Publishing, Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Publishing, A Division of Random House, Inc.