Stephen Fry has narrated 76 audiobooks on Listento.it by 82 authors, with an average listener rating of 4.5★ across 10,249 ratings. The most-rated is The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Montmorency on the Rocks
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1885: Five years after his release from prison, Montmorency is working undercover for the government. But his life, and national security, are threatened by his addiction to drugs. Can his friends restore his health in time to discover who is bombing London, and why, on the Scottish island of Tarimond, a whole generation of children has died?
©2004 Eleanor Updale (P)2014 Audible, Inc.
Wordaholics: The Complete Series 1-3
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All 18 episodes of Radio 4's word-obsessed comedy panel game hosted by Gyles Brandreth, where stars from across the world of wordplay come together to guess the meanings of now-obsolete words, invent their own clichés and cockney rhyming slang, discuss their own favourite words and phrases - and suggest words they would like to ban. This witty and unexpected show brings you toponyms, abbreviations, euphemisms, old words, new words, cockney rhyming slang and Greek gobbledegook. Find out the meaning of words like giff-gaff, knock-knobbler and buckfitches; the difference between French marbles, French velvet and the French ache; hear the glorious poetry of the English language, as practiced from writers varying from William Shakespeare to Vanilla Ice; and spend time laughing and learning with some of the finest Wordaholics in the business. With top guests including Stephen Fry, Jack Whitehall, Michael Rosen, Susie Dent, Alex Horne, Paul Sinha, Robin Ince, Josh Widdecombe, Natalie Haynes, Dave Gorman, Richard Herring, Ed Byrne, Jenny Eclair and Milton Jones. Written by Jon Hunter and James Kettle. Produced by Claire Jones.
©2018 BBC Worldwide Limited (P)2018 BBC Worldwide Limited
Winnie the Pooh: Pooh Goes Visiting (Dramatised)
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A wonderful adaption of Winnie the Pooh, featuring an all-star cast including Stephen Fry and Dame Judi Dench. Story 1: In which we are introduced. Story 2: In which Pooh goes visiting and gets into a tight place. Story 3: In which Pooh and Piglet go hunting and nearly catch a Woozle. Story 4: In which Eeyore loses a tail and Pooh finds one. Story 5: In which Piglet is entirely surrounded by water. Story 6: In which Christopher Robin gives a Pooh Party, and we say good-bye.
©1998 Trustees of Pooh Properties (P)1998 Hodder Children's Books
Winnie the Pooh (Dramatised)
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Packed full of fun and adventure with Winnie-the-Pooh and all his friends in the Hundred Acre Forest. This is a wonderful dramatisation of Winnie-the-Pooh by David Benedictus with music composed, directed and played by John Gould. With a cast of carefully-chosen actors, this adaptation conveys all the magic of Milne's classic stories. The cast includes the following stars: Pooh - Stephen Fry Piglet - Jane Horrocks Eeyore - Geoffrey Palmer Kanga - Judi Dench Roo - Finty Williams Rabbit - Robert Daws Owl - Michael Williams Christopher Robin - Steven Webb
©1997 The Trustees of the Pooh Properties (P)1997 Hodder Children's Books
George Cragge: In the Red & Other Mysteries
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A collection of four blackly humorous crime mysteries featuring the fictional BBC Radio crime correspondent George Cragge. Adapted from the novel by Mark Tavener, In the Red sees the anarchic George Cragge investigate a spree of bizarre murders in the world of City finance, a small political party contesting a by-election, and a plan to overthrow the Director-General of the BBC. The sequel, In the Balance, features George Cragge kicking off a murder trail during the FIFA World Cup at Wembley Stadium. And with Europe becoming a hot potato, can the Prime Minister hold on to his job? In the Chair follows the maverick hack as he looks into a series of murders of dentists linked to New Labour policy. The final drama, In the End, sees George Cragge investigating a series of murders of journalists.
©2018 BBC Worldwide Ltd (P)2018 BBC Worldwide Ltd
Stephen Fry Does the 'Knowledge'
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Stephen Fry presents this intriguing programme charting the history of knowledge, how technology changes our relationship with it, and how we know what we know. Knowledge. The Google generation thinks it doesn’t need to carry much of it around in its head any more. Much has already been written about the internet changing the way we think and learn. But is knowledge less valuable than it used to be? This absorbing programme explores the concept of ‘knowledge’, drawing on a variety of diverse sources: quiz games, psychology, education, news, trivia shows, satellite navigation and comedy. Featuring cab drivers, philosophers, memory champions and members of the Brains Trust, it looks at topics including cultural relativism, language learning and prodigious feats of memory. Plus, it attempts to answer such questions as: what constitutes useful knowledge in an era when we can find anything very quickly?; why has 'useless knowledge' gained in currency?; and, if Typhoo put the tea in Britain, should we take the piss out of epistemology? Packed with interviews, debates and a feast of archive clips from the past three decades, this is an enlightening and entertaining overview of the world of knowledge, both general and specific.
©2011 Stephen Fry (P)2014 Audible, Inc.
Montmorency
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Fleeing across a roof on a dark night in Victorian London, a thief crashes through a glass skylight to almost certain death. But an ambitious young doctor revives and reconstructs his shattered body, proudly showing off his handiwork at the Scientific Society where the city's intelligentsia meet. It is there that the robber picks up the key to a new existence, and on his release from prison begins to lead a double life.
©2003 Eleanor Updale (P)2014 Audible, Inc.
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
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The hit improvisation radio show that spawned the TV phenomenon. Regular team captains Stephen Fry and John Sessions are joined by Lenny Henry, Dawn French, Hugh Laurie, Enn Reitel, Jimmy Mulville, Nonny Williams, Griff Rhys Jones, Kate Robbins, John Bird, Rory Bremner and Jon Glover as they battle their way through a succession of games and romp through a world of literary styles, TV theme tunes and film genres. Chairman Clive Anderson desperately tries to hold the whole thing together, and the guests make it up as they go along in this riot of improvisation. First heard on BBC Radio 4 in January 1988, Whose Line Is It Anyway? went on to run for 10 series on Channel 4 and found success in America. Based on comedy suggestions from the studio audience, this is ad-libbed comedy at its best. With Colin Sell at the piano. Devised and compiled by Mark Leveson, with additional material by Martin Booth. Produced by Dan Patterson
©2020 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2020 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
Great Classic Stories
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A treasure-chest of the written and spoken word, this collection is read by brilliant actors who make this audio anthology a genuine treat for the listener. Includes: "Reginald on House Parties" by Saki "The Sphinx Without a Secret" by Oscar Wilde Tobermory" by Saki "On Being Idle" by Jerome K. Jerome "For Better or Worse" by W.W. Jacobs "The Model Millionaire" by Oscar Wilde "The Garden of Truth" by E. Nesbit "The Cat That Walked by Himself" and "The Girl from Arles" by Alphonse Daudet "Mr. & Mrs. Dove" by Katherine Mansfield "Georgie Porgie" by Rudyard Kipling "Caterpillars" by E.F. Benson "Lost Hearts" by M.R. James "Ship to Tarshish" by John Buchan "The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe "The Man of the Night" by Edgar Wallace "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" by Nathaniel Hawthorne "B 24" by Arthur Conan Doyle "Pat Hobby & Orson Welles" by F. Scott Fitzgerald "Mad" by Guy de Maupassant "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe "The Monkey's Paw" by W.W. Jacobs This collection was previously published as Short Stories: The Ultimate Classic Collection.
(P)2005 CSA Telltapes, licensed from CSA Word
The Ratline
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"Hypnotic, shocking, and unputdownable." (John le Carré) From the author of the internationally acclaimed, award-winning East West Street: A tale of Nazi lives, mass murder, love, cold war espionage, a mysterious death in the Vatican - and "the Ratline", the Nazi escape route to Peron's Argentina. Baron Otto von Wächter, Austrian lawyer, husband, father, high Nazi official, senior SS officer, former governor of Galicia during the war, creator and overseer of the Krakow ghetto, indicted after as a war criminal for the mass murder of more than 100,000 Poles, hunted by the Soviets, the Americans, the British, by Simon Wiesenthal, on the run for three years, from 1945 to 1948.... Philippe Sands pieces together, in riveting detail, Wächter's extraordinary, shocking story. Given full access to the Wächter family archives - journals, diaries, tapes, and more - and with the assistance of the Wächters' son Horst, who believes his father to have been a "good man", Sands writes of Wächter's rise through the Nazi high command, his "blissful" marriage and family life as their world was brought to ruin, and his four-year flight to escape justice - to the Tirol, to Rome, and the Vatican; given a new identity, on his way to a new life via "the Ratline" to Perón's Argentina, the escape route taken by Eichmann, Mengele, and thousands of other Nazis. Wächter's escape was cut short by his mysterious, shocking death in Rome, in the midst of the burgeoning Cold War (was he being recruited in postwar Italy by the Americans and the US Army Counter Intelligence Corps or by the Soviet NKVD or by both; or was he poisoned by one side or the other, as his son believes - or by both?).... An extraordinary discovery, told up-close through access to a trove of family correspondence between Wächter and his wife - part historical detective story, part love story, part family memoir, part Cold War espionage thriller. "Breathtaking, gripping, shattering." (Elif Shafak)
©2021 Philippe Sands (P)2021 Random House Audio
Orwell Collection
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Audible Studios presents two new recordings of George Orwell's most celebrated novels – 1984 and Animal Farm – with exclusive introductions, written and performed by Stephen Fry. 1984 The classic dystopian social science fiction novel first published on 8th June 1949 as Orwell's ninth and final book completed in his lifetime. One of the most brilliant satires on totalitarianism and the power-hungry ever written, introducing new language as words of warning for future generations; 1984, Newspeak, Doublethink, Thought Police, Big Brother is watching you.... Animal Farm One of the most influential works of the 20th century. A socio-political allegory that reflects events leading up to the Russian Revolution of 1917 and then on into the Stalinist era of the Soviet Union. Set in a farmyard, where the animals decide to seize the farmer's land and create a co-operative that reaps the benefits of their combined labours. Four legs good, two legs bad.... About the narrator Stephen Fry is an English actor, screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, television presenter, film director and all-round national treasure. Whilst at university, Fry became involved with the Cambridge Footlights, where he met his long-time collaborator and friend Hugh Laurie. As half of the comic double act Fry and Laurie, he co-wrote and co-starred in A Bit of Fry & Laurie and Jeeves and Wooster. Fry’s acting roles include Blackadder, Kingdom, Bones, V for Vendetta, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows and The Hobbit trilogy. He has written and presented several documentary series and as a proudly out gay man, the award-winning Out There, documenting the lives of lesbian, bisexual gay and transgender people around the world is part of his 30-year advocacy of the rights of the LGBT community. Fry has written four novels, The Liar, The Hippopotamus (made in to a feature film in 2018), Making History and The Stars’ Tennis Balls. Translated into many languages, they have never been out of print. The most recently published works are Mythos and Heroes, constituting the first two parts of what will be a trilogy retelling the Greeks myths from the Creation to the aftermath of the Trojan War. Troy was published in November 2020. Includes original theme music by renowned composer Carly Paradis, who is known for scoring the BBC’s Line of Duty and Netflix’s production of The Innocents. Featuring strings performed by Robert Ames, co-founder of the world-famous London Contemporary Orchestra.
Public Domain (P)2021 Audible, Ltd
Short Stories
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CSA Word continues its ever-popular series of classic short stories, featuring writers such as Jerome K. Jerome, Louisa May Alcott, and Saki, read by such respected and revered readers as Derek Jacobi, Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry. Full story listings: Old Cornille's Secret by Alphonse Daudet, read by Stephen Fry The Mouse by Saki, Read by Barbara Leigh-HuntThe Purloined Letter by Edgar Allan Poe, read by Edward Hardwicke A Tale of Terror by Thomas Hood, read by Patrick Malahide The Homes of the Stars by F. Scott Fitzgerald, read by Kerry Shale A Thousand Deaths by Jack London, read by Nicky Henson Murder! by Arnold Bennett, read by Brian Cox The White Wolf by Guy de Maupassant, read by Dinsdale Landen The Mysterious Railway Passenger by Maurice Leblanc, read by Patrick Malahide The Cheshire Cat by Lewis Carroll, read by Liza Goddard 'Divus' Johnston by John Buchan, read by Iain Cuthbertson Dick Baker's Cat by Mark Twain, read by Richard Griffiths The Man in the Bell by W. E. Aytoun, read by Patrick Malahide Home Sickness by George Moore, read by T. P. McKenna Spindleberries by John Galsworthy, read by Joanna David The Face by E. F. Benson, read by Richard Pasco On Being in Love by Jerome K. Jerome, read by Hugh Laurie The Disintegration Machine by Arthur Conan Doyle, read by Nicky HensonThe Violet Car by E. E. Nesbitt, read by Harriet Walter The Patch on the Quilt Sapper, read by Edward Fox
©2008 CSA Word (P)2008 CSA Word
Letters of Note: Art
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A surprising and varied collection of letters on the subject of art curated by the founder of the globally popular Letters of Note website. The first volume in the best-selling Letters of Note series was a collection of hundreds of the world's most entertaining, inspiring, and unusual letters, based on the seismically popular website of the same name - an online museum of correspondence visited by over 70 million people. From Virginia Woolf's heartbreaking suicide letter, to Queen Elizabeth II's recipe for drop scones sent to President Eisenhower; from the first recorded use of the expression "OMG" in a letter to Winston Churchill, to Gandhi's appeal for calm to Hitler; and from Iggy Pop's beautiful letter of advice to a troubled young fan, to Leonardo da Vinci's remarkable job application letter. Now, the curator of Letters of Note, Shaun Usher, gives us wonderful new volumes featuring letters organized around a universal theme. Featuring letters read by: Sanjeev Bhaskar, Louise Brealey, Simon Callow, Crystal Clarke, Benedict Cumberbatch, Stephen Fry, Neil Gaiman, Toby Jones, Ferdinand Kingsley, Jude Law, Helen McCrory, Stephen Mangan, Clarke Peters, Juliet Stevenson, Mark Strong and Meera Syal, and including bonus performances by Noel Fielding and Ian McKellen.
©2020 McClelland & Stewart (P)2020 McClelland & Stewart
Just a Minute: Best of 2018
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Four of the funniest 2018 episodes from the much-loved BBC Radio 4 panel game chaired by Nicholas Parsons.
Among the talented and humorous players in this sparkling quartet are Paul Merton, Gyles Brandreth, Jo Caulfield, Julian Clary, Stephen Fry, Jan Ravens, Rebecca Front, Marcus Brigstocke, Sheila Hancock, Fern Britton and Graham Norton.
Did Nicholas know Boudicca? What dish was to be served after the Royal Wedding? When did Gyles meet Fanny Cradock, and is he really getting married in the morning? What does Sheila know of George Orwell, and what are her views on ripped jeans? Should Paul be challenged for being out of tune?
Answers to these and many more tantalising questions can be answered, without hesitation, deviation or repetition, after listening to this quartet of instalments!
©2018 BBC Worldwide Ltd (P)2018 BBC Worldwide Ltd
Warhorses of Letters: Complete Series 1-3
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Stephen Fry, Daniel Rigby and Tamsin Greig star in all three series of the poignant BBC Radio 4 comedy drama.
Warhorses of Letters is the world's finest and best-loved equine, military, epistolary romance, comprising the newly discovered love letters between two horses united by passion but cruelly divided by conflict.
Set against the sweeping backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, these 12 episodes introduce us to Copenhagen, the Duke of Wellington's frisky young racehorse, and his hero, Marengo, the seasoned, famous and just-a-little-bit-short mount of Emperor Napoleon.
From the early days of the Peninsular Campaign to the Battle of Waterloo and its aftermath, we follow our horse heroes as their romance blossoms, their fortunes fluctuate and uncertainty and jealousy put strains on their burgeoning relationship. Can they ever be truly together, or are they doomed to remain sundered by fate?
Written by Robert Hudson and Marie Phillips, this moving, surreal comedy stars Stephen Fry as Marengo and Daniel Rigby as Copenhagen, with Tamsin Greig as the narrator. Totally unique and utterly entertaining, it will appeal to all lovers of horses, history and humour.
Duration: 2 hours, 50 mins approx.
©2016 BBC Worldwide Limited (P)2016 BBC Worldwide Limited
Winnie the Pooh: Piglet Meets a Heffalump (Dramatised)
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Join this all-star cast including as they go on adventures and look for heffalumps with Pooh, Piglet and friends in the Hundred Acre Wood. Performed by incredible talent including Finty Williams, Stephen Fry, Sandi Toksvig, Robert Daws, Jane Horrocks, Geoffrey Palmer and Judi Dench, this classic Winnie the Pooh audiobook is perfect for keeping little ones entertained. Contains the following stories: In which Piglet meets a Heffalump In which Eeyore has a birthday and gets two presents In which Kanga and Baby Roo come to the Forest, and Piglet has a bath In which Christopher Robin leads an expotition to the North Pole For more amazing audio books featuring Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Eeyore and other favourite friends, try: Winnie the Pooh: Tigger Comes To The Forest & Other Stories Winnie the Pooh: House At Pooh Corner Winnie the Pooh: Pooh Invents a New Game and Other Stories
©1998 Trustees of Pooh Properties (P)1998 Hodder Children's Books
Blackadder: The Complete Collected Series
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The complete soundtracks of all four Blackadder series, plus over three hours of specials and extras. Through the ages of Britain, from the 15th century to the 21st, Edmund Blackadder has meddled his way along the bloodlines, aided by his servant and sidekick, Baldrick, and hindered by an assortment of dimwitted aristocrats. Now the complete history of Blackadder is collected together, including the four TV series: The Black Adder, Blackadder II, Blackadder the Third and Blackadder Goes Forth plus the special TV and radio episodes Blackadder’s Christmas Carol, Blackadder: The Cavalier Years, Blackadder: Woman’s Hour Invasion, The Shakespeare Sketch, Blackadder: Back and Forth, Blackadder: The Army Years (Royal Variety Performance) and Blackadder: I Have a Cunning Plan. Even included is the Blackadder instalment of the TV series Britain's Best Sitcom. Starring Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Tim McInnerny, Rik Mayall and Miranda Richardson. Written by Richard Curtis, Ben Elton and Rowan Atkinson. This is history at its grubbiest and funniest.
©2019 Richard Curtis, Ben Elton (P)2019 BBC Worldwide Ltd
The House at Pooh Corner (Dramatized)
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No child should be without these classic tales of Winnie-the-Pooh and his forest friends. In this charming performance by Alan Bennett, originally conceived for BBC broadcast and produced by the world's foremost creators of radio entertainment, Winnie-the-Pooh and his endearing friends come wondrously alive to enthrall and delight even the littlest of listeners.Winnie-the-PoohFor Winnie-the-Pooh, Pooh for short, every day is an adventure. Whether he's tracking a wild Woozle with Piglet, finding a tail for Eeyore, or sailing off in Christopher Robin's umbrella, Pooh is always ready to lend a paw to his friends - and always able to turn an ordinary day into an exciting event with his marvelously humorous powers of reason.The House at Pooh CornerThis story continues the adventures of Pooh and his friends, as Pooh Bear and Piglet endeavor to surprise Eeyore with a new house, Tigger tries out a smorgasbord of breakfasts, Pooh and Piglet hunt down a Heffalump, and more.
©2009 Listening Library (P)2009 Listening Library
Paddington's Finest Hour
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A brand-new title from Michael Bond chronicling new and exciting adventures of Paddington Bear! Somehow Paddington always finds himself in extraordinary situations, so it is no surprise when he appears on a popular TV cooking show, finds himself on a stage giving one of his hard stares to a hypnotist, and performing some precarious tricks at Mr. Gruber’s birthday party. For nearly 60 years, Paddington has enchanted readers around the world with his numerous misadventures and earnest good intentions. From master storyteller Michael Bond, this new Paddington adventure will charm and delight readers of all ages.
©2017 Michael Bond (P)2018 HarperCollins Publishers, Ltd.
Funny Paddington Stories (Paddington)
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Paddington Bear has been delighting adults and children alike with his earnest good intentions and humorous misadventures for over 60 years. Here you can listen to seven hilarious Paddington stories, read by Stephen Fry and Jim Broadbent. Paddington is now a major movie star! Paddington Bear had travelled all the way from Darkest Peru when the Brown family first met him on Paddington station. Since then their lives have never been quite the same...for ordinary things become quite extraordinary when a bear called Paddington is around. This fun-filled collection brings together seven laugh-out-loud stories: Paddington (Text copyright © Michael Bond 1998, 2007) Paddington at the Zoo (Text copyright © Michael Bond 1984) Paddington at the Palace (Text copyright © Michael Bond 1986) Paddington and the Marmalade Maze (Text copyright © Michael Bond 1987) Paddington Goes for Gold (Text copyright © Michael Bond 2012) Paddington in the Garden (Text copyright © Michael Bond 2002, 2008) Paddington and the Grand Tour (Text copyright © Michael Bond 2003)
©2020 Michael Bond (P)2020 HarperCollins Publishers Limited