Anna Massey
21) The Pallisers
The award-winning story of Britain, from the arrival of Julius Caesar in 55BC to the death of Queen Victoria in 1901. 'Wonderful This Sceptred Isle has provided one of the greatest treats for listeners in recent years.' Paul Donovan, Sunday Times.
William the Conqueror famously acquired for himself the throne of England but there were to be many struggles before truly national government would be established. Henry the Second, the first of the
...23) Doctor Thorne
The acclaimed BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Anthony Trollope's classic story of provincial life.
BBC radio productions of classic works by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edith Wharton - plus two bonus documentaries
American author Edith Wharton is renowned for her merciless satires of marriage and money, set in the upper-class milieu into which she was born. Included here are a superb selection of her novels, short stories and plays, recorded for BBC Radio - as well as two programmes exploring her life and work.
The House of Mirth