Jonathan Forbes has narrated 4 audiobooks on Listento.it by 3 authors, with an average listener rating of 5★ across 3 ratings. The most-rated is Tracks: Series 1 and 2.
Tracks: Series 1 and 2
Summary
Tracks A plane crash. A dead father. A buried secret. A passenger with a missing heart. When Dr Helen Ash witnesses the brutal and disturbing crash of the plane that is carrying her father, the incident sets her on an investigation into a dark conspiracy. Florian Chauvin was flying to Wales to tell his daughter something important, but his plane fell out of the sky. In the aftermath of the crash, Helen discovers that one of the passengers doesn't seem to have a heart. What was Florian coming to tell Helen? Who was he travelling with? And why did his plane crash? A major conspiracy thriller about life, death and the human brain, starring Romola Garai. Tracks became the most successful drama series launched by Radio 4 in 2016. Tracks: Strata Snowdonia, 1980. It’s the dawn of a new decade, and the future is coming. But in the wilds of Snowdonia, the ancient history of the landscape is hard to escape. Rachel Turner is looking for fossils with her four-year-old son, Joe. But when a freak earthquake shakes the land beneath their feet, Joe vanishes. With the help of two locals, Rachel embarks on a desperate search to find her son. But as darkness descends, the secrets hidden in the ancient forests of the mountain are uncovered. A prequel to the first series, series 2 is set 36 years before the events that rocked the life of Helen Ash. Cast of Tracks Helen………………..Romola Garai Freddy……………….Jonathan Forbes Michael……………...Alex Beckett Rosie………………..Susan Jameson Florian……………….Sean Baker K……………………...Rafay Asfi Fisker Lee…………..Kenneth Cranham Other parts played by Suzanne Packer, Richard Nichols, Caroline Berry, Alexandria Riley, Matthew Gravelle, Claire Cage, Richard Mitchley, Pauline McLynn, Paul Courtenay Hyu, Leo Wan, Ruth Lloyd, Tristan Sturrock, Jaimi Barbakoff, John Norton, Paul Copley, Rhodri Meilir, Sam Rix, Nabil Elouahabi, Liz Sutherland and Matilda le Fleming. Written by Matthew Broughton. Directed by James Robinson, Helen Perry and Abigail le Fleming. Original music by Stu Barker. A BBC Cymru Wales Production. Cast of Tracks: Strata Rachel ………………Fiona O’Shaughnessy Ifan…………………...Kai Owen Sam………………….Robert Pugh Afa……………………Betsan Llwyd Charlotte…………….Shelly Rees Ronny………………...Dafydd Emyr Written by Matthew Broughton. Directed by James Robinson. A BBC Cymru Wales production.
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The Country Girls
Summary
All three BBC radio dramatisations of Edna O’Brien’s coming-of-age trilogy set in 1950s Ireland. Now a much-loved modern classic, the Country Girls Trilogy was fiercely controversial when first published in the 1960s. Banned by the Irish censors and burned by the church, the books nonetheless achieved widespread acclaim and international success and launched Edna O’Brien’s literary career. These three BBC radio adaptations follow the lives and loves of best friends Kate and Baba, two teenage girls growing up in repressive rural Ireland in the years before the sexual revolution. The Country Girls sees the duo leaving their small country village for convent school - but the bright lights of Dublin beckon, promising glamour, adventure and romance. In The Lonely Girl, dreamy Kate longs for love, while worldly-wise Baba makes the most of the opportunities the big city offers. Girls in Their Married Bliss finds the two friends living across the sea in London, where both have found husbands - but will marriage and motherhood bring happiness or heartbreak? Funny, moving and painfully honest, these evocative dramas are a passionate affirmation of female friendship and desire and a vivid portrait of a country struggling to throw off the shackles of prudishness, misogyny and religious conservatism. Charlie Murphy (Peaky Blinders, Happy Valley) stars as Kate, with Aoibhinn McGinnity (Resistance, Nightflyers) as Baba. Edna O'Brien is the much acclaimed author of The Country Girls Trilogy. She recently won the David Cohen Prize for Literature for having “broken down social and sexual barriers for women in Ireland and beyond and moved mountains both politically and lyrically through her writing”. Written by Edna O’Brien. Dramatised by Lin Coghlan. Produced and directed by Sally Avens and Jessica Dromgoole. First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 26 August-6 September 2019 (The Country Girls), 14-25 October 2019 (The Lonely Girl), 9-13 December 2019 (Girls in Their Married Bliss).
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Tracks: Series 5
Summary
The final series of the conspiracy thriller. Dr Helen Ash is coming to terms with the fact she has just 9 months to live, when she's emailed a video of a boat mysteriously sinking in stormy seas. And the email is from her dead father. As she and Freddy try to find out whether the sunken ship really exists, they realise that they are being followed. And disaster awaits.... A gripping thriller, Tracks has won multiple awards including Best Sound (BBC Audio Drama Awards) and Best Fiction (British Podcast Awards). Now Tracks is back with a fifth and final nine-part series. Cast Helen... Olivia Poulet Freddy.... Jonathan Forbes Eddy.... Mark Bonnar Lucy.... Kiran Sonia Sawar Yvonne.... Bettrys Jones Cancer Specialist.... Finlay Robertson Amina.... Emma Fryer Rebecca.... Carys Eleri Frances.... Juno Robinson Joanna.... Beatrice Engel Naani... Sindhu Vee Oskar ... David Menkin Farouk... Amir El-Masry Henning/Tec... Dino Kelly Valerie Peluso.... Juliet Cowan Barbara.... Barbara Flynn Linda... Maria Pride Irene... Heather Craney The Assistant...Tom Mumford Older Frances.... Scarlett Courtney Professor Manuel.... Peter Marinker The Architect.... Siân Phillips The Reporter.... Kathy Clugston The Medic.... Stefan Adegbola Directed by James Robinson A BBC Cymru Wales Production
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Endless Night (Dramatised)
Summary
A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Agatha Christie’s darkly suspenseful psychological thriller.
‘Some are born to sweet delight/Some are born to endless night’ (William Blake)
Agatha Christie wrote 'Endless Night' in 1967, and it is one of her greatest - and most unusual - novels. Creepy, malevolent and claustrophobic, it is a story about choices, the nature of good and evil, and grim retribution.
Mike Rogers had a childhood fantasy about what life would be like as an adult; he’d have a beautiful wife, they would live in a beautiful home, and this would be a peaceful and deserved reward for a turbulent early life. When he meets Ellie Gutman at a lovely, remote spot known as Gypsy’s Acre, suddenly it is all within his grasp. However, things are not as idyllic as they seem - local legend has it that the land is cursed, and several terrible accidents have occurred there.
Mike and Ellie pay no attention to these tales: but when they move into their new home, the curse suddenly seems to come to life and they find themselves in grave danger...
Starring Jonathan Forbes and Lizzie Watts, this is a menacing drama that perfectly evokes the atmosphere of Agatha Christie’s brooding, malevolent tale, infused with passion, hauntings and grim retribution.
©1967 Agatha Christie Ltd (P)2010 BBC Audiobooks Ltd