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The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez: Part One
Holmes and Watson are called to the home of a professor whose assistant has been murdered
20 Aug 2026,·32 mins
The Golden Pince-Nez - Part One
THE LAMENTABLE DEATH OF YOUNG WILLOUGHBY SMITH
21 Aug 2026,·26 mins
3. Elfride Decides
Elfride procrastinates over telling Henry of her past.
31 Jan 1982,·60 mins
5. Seaside
Agnes's father is seriously ill, so she returns home with a heavy heart.
10 Mar 2017,·15 mins
Episode Ten
The full extent of Mr Thornhill’s duplicity is exposed.
14 Aug 2026,·13 mins
Pride and Prejudice
Part 25
Will it be third-time lucky for Lizzy, as she receives yet another proposal?
23 Dec 2025,·72 mins
Chapter Ten
John Buchan’s thrilling tale of derring-do, secrets and spies set in the shadows of war.
01 Nov 2019,·33 mins
6. The Last Run
Will Tom finally discover who is the mastermind behind the smuggling gang?
25 Mar 1965,·30 mins
Chapter 9
The party is over.
08 Jul 2021,·35 mins
Chapter 47
Jane Austen’s universally acknowledged romance about Elizabeth Bennett’s search for love.
24 Aug 2019,·22 mins
To Be Read at Dusk
Five couriers on a mountaintop in Switzerland trade ghost stories into the night.
19 Jan 2026,·43 mins
Chapter 24
Reconciliations, rewards, and just deserts.
04 Dec 2025,·9 mins
Chapter 12
Kenneth Grahame’s jolly riverside romp with the eccentric Mr. Toad and his animal chums.
01 Nov 2019,·26 mins
Chapter 37
Charlotte Brontë’s intimate and disquieting coming of age classic about secrets and lies.
24 Aug 2019,·49 mins
Book 2 - Chapter 4
HG Wells’ iconic sci-fi story about the battle to save Earth from a Martian invasion.
23 Aug 2019,·10 mins
3. The Stranger
Will Michael Henchard be undone when a stranger arrives in town?
01 Jun 2008,·60 mins
Chapter 10
The landmark allegory about hypocrisy and corruption of power.
08 Jul 2021,·24 mins
Chapter 7
Arthur Conan Doyle's classic locked-room mystery following Holmes and Watson.
22 Aug 2019,·27 mins
Episode 2
Elinor and Marianne are invited to stay at Mrs Jennings' house in London.
11 Aug 2013,·60 mins
Chapter 34
Emily Brontë's tempestuous tale of passions, betrayal and retribution on the wild moors.
24 Aug 2019,·30 mins
Northanger Abbey
10. Return
Catherine's visit has ended in disaster, but does she deserve a happy ending?
30 Dec 2016,·15 mins
Part Three
Virginia Woolf’s comic biography of a time-travelling hero who transforms into a heroine.
01 Nov 2019,·51 mins
E Nesbit’s heart-warming story of three siblings hoping to be reunited with their father.
01 Nov 2019,·23 mins
Chapter Four
Mrs Gaskell’s much-loved portrait of life in a small town and its female inhabitants.
01 Nov 2019,·25 mins
2. At Last - Rehearsals!
Andrew Zumsee looks set for success in Berlin. Stars John Kielty.
22 Aug 2004,·60 mins
Lewis Carroll’s curiouser and curiouser tale of a girl discovering a strange new world.
01 Nov 2019,·17 mins
400 Strangers
When 400 asylum-seeking men are housed in two East Midlands hotels, a community fractures.
28 Mar 2026,·86 mins
Chapter 1
Charles Dickens' timeless classic about a bitter old man who has a Christmas epiphany.
17 Dec 2019,·49 mins
Chapter 8
George Eliot’s heart-warming tour de force about a weaver’s search for redemption.
22 Aug 2019,·20 mins
6: 'Do it to Julia!'
Tom Hollander ends a day of readings from Orwell's great dystopian masterpiece.
08 Jun 2024,·57 mins
