Neil Pearson has narrated 5 audiobooks on Listento.it by 6 authors, with an average listener rating of 4.3★ across 3 ratings. The most-rated is The Martin Beck Stories.
Dead Man's Footsteps
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Dead Man's Footsteps is the fourth novel in the multi-million copy best-selling Detective Superintendent Roy Grace series, from number one Author Peter James. From the ashes of mass destruction.... Amid the tragic unfolding mayhem of the morning of 9/11, failed Brighton businessman and ne'er-do-well Ronnie Wilson sees the chance of a lifeline: to shed his debts, disappear and reinvent himself in another country. Six years later the discovery of the skeletal remains of a woman's body in a storm drain in Brighton leads Detective Superintendent Roy Grace on an enquiry spanning the globe, and into a desperate race against time to save the life of a woman being hunted down like an animal in the streets and alleys of Brighton.
©2008 Really Scary Books / Peter James (P)2008 Macmillan Digital Audio
The Martin Beck Stories
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The Martin Beck books are widely acknowledged as some of the most influential detective novels ever written. Written by Swedish husband and wife team Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö between 1965 and 1975, the 10-book series set a gold standard for all subsequent Scandinavian crime fiction. Long before Kurt Wallander or Harry Hole, Beck was the original flawed policeman, working with a motley collection of colleagues to uncover the cruelty and injustice lurking beneath the surface of Sweden's seemingly liberal, democratic society. This complete collection includes: Roseanna (1965) - translated by Lois Roth and dramatised by Jennifer Howarth. The Man Who Went Up in Smoke (1966) - translated by Joan Tate and dramatised by Katie Hims. The Man on the Balcony (1967) - translated by Alan Blair and dramatised by Katie Hims. The Laughing Policeman (1968) - translated by Alan Blair and dramatised by Jennifer Howarth. The Fire Engine That Disappeared (1969) - translated by Joan Tate and dramatised by Katie Hims. Murder at the Savoy (1970) - translated by Amy and Ken Knoespel and dramatised by Jennifer Howarth. The Abominable Man (1971) - translated by Thomas Teal and dramatised by Katie Hims. The Locked Room (1972) - translated by Alan Blair and dramatised by Jennifer Howarth. Cop Killer (1974) - translated by Thomas Teal and dramatised by Jennifer Howarth. The Terrorists (1975) - translated by Joan Tate and dramatised by Katie Hims.
©2017 Maj Sjowell and Per Whaloo (P)2017 Penguin Random House
Trevor's World of Sport
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Neil Pearson stars in Andy Hamilton’s BBC Radio 4 comedy series about a sports agent with a conscience. One of the main movers and shakers at TS Sports Stars agency, Trevor Heslop is honest, decent and sensitive. Unfortunately, he works in a world of cutthroats and corruption, with nightmare clients and a rapacious partner with the morals of a barracuda. Add to that his dysfunctional family - estranged wife Meryl and teenage son Toby - and it’s a miracle he manages to stay afloat in the shark tank that is his life. In these 18 episodes, he grapples with a Buddhist (and a specially trained bear), tackles a footballer who’s just issued his 17th public apology, ends up in court as a witness while trying hard not to lie and proposes taking on the firm’s first Muslim client - but do his colleagues think this is a good idea? As he copes with the ultimate client from hell, Ralph, struggles to keep his dignity and his staff, and tries to save his reputation from being destroyed by a ruthless tennis star, can Trevor retain his decency in an increasingly indecent world? Written by Andy Hamilton, whose radio credits include the Sony Award-winning Old Harry’s Game, this funny, fast-moving comedy stars Neil Pearson as Trevor, Paul Reynolds as Sammy and Michael Fenton Stevens as Ralph, with guest appearances from Kevin R. McNally, Doon Mackichan and Kayvan Novak.
©2020 BBC Worldwide Ltd (P)2020 BBC Worldwide Ltd
Brian Gulliver's Travels
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The complete BBC Radio 4 satirical comedy series about a seasoned presenter of travel documentaries, Brian Gulliver, who finds himself in a hospital's secure unit after claiming to have experienced a succession of bizarre adventures. In series one we hear about Brian's travels in Gelbetia, a country run by doctors; Juradia, where every other person is a lawyer; Osminia, a land where marriage is outlawed; Sham, a country where alternative therapies abound; Erosia, which has a very different view of sexual politics; and Jampoa, where fame definitely equals fortune. In series two we hear about Brian's travels in Chamanoa, where genetics is pitted against education; Lessington, where ignorance reigns; Gravinia and Plumpf, a land where the military are revered above everything; Anidara, where he finds himself put out to stud; Hermicia, where charity is strangely in abundance; and Kognitia, where selective memory is taken to a new extreme. Starring Neil Pearson as Brian Gulliver, the cast also includes Duncan Wisby, Vicki Pepperdine, Lisa Dillon, Colin Hoult, Toby Longworth, Adrian Scarborough, Dan Tetsell, Barunka O'Shaughnessy, Debra Stephenson, Colin Hoult, Nina Conti, Jo Bobin and Marcus Brigstocke. Produced by Steven Canny.
©2019 Bill Dare (P)2019 Random House Audiobooks
Vent: A Comedy on Life-Support
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All three series of the BBC Radio 4 sitcom, plus the hour-long special 'Locked In'. Vent charts coma patient Ben’s journey from the depths of unconsciousness, where he travels through the distinctly odd landscape of his own mind, to recovery and his attempts to readjust to the real world. In series 1 and 2, as his mum and wife, Mary, sit round his bedside and wonder how to wake him up, Ben’s mind is busy elsewhere. In his imagination, he lives with his two-year-old daughter, Blitz (now miraculously grown up), encounters celebrities such as Sue Lawley, Elvis Presley and Tom Paulin, relives memories from his past and gets into a compromising situation with a fellow inmate at a strangely familiar Torquay hotel. Meanwhile, an imaginary sitcom written by him, about coma patients in a hospital, plays in the background. 'Locked In', first broadcast as a Friday Play in 2009, sees Ben free of his coma, but suffering from locked-in syndrome. Unable to engage with the world around him, he takes refuge once more in the safety of his unconscious – while the hospital debate whether to send him to a rehab unit or a care home. Series 3 finds Ben taking the ambulance home to begin life in a wheelchair. But life outside hospital is a little fraught. Fortunately, he can still escape into his fantasy world, where he meets Buzz Aldrin, invents a panel game and gets some relationship advice from Lord Byron. Based on writer Nigel Smith’s own experience of being hospitalised with a brain lesion, this moving, darkly funny sitcom stars Neil Pearson as Ben, with Fiona Allen as Mary, Josie Lawrence as Mum and Leslie Ash as Blitz. Guest stars include David Mitchell, Robert Webb and Jeremy Paxman.
©2019 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2019 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd