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Pressure

by David Haig ...

Series series NHB Modern Plays
An intense real-life thriller centred around the most important weather forecast in the history of warfare.June 1944. One man's decision is about to change the course of history.Everything is in place for the biggest invasion ever known in Europe – D-Day. One last crucial question remains: will the weather be right on the day?Problematically there are two opposing forecasts. American celebrity ... Read more

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An intense real-life thriller centred around the most important weather forecast in the history of warfare.June 1944. One man's decision is about to change the course of history.Everything is in place for the biggest invasion ever known in Europe – D-Day. One last crucial question remains: will the weather be right on the day?Problematically there are two opposing forecasts. American celebrity
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From Darwin to Derrida

Selfish Genes, Social Selves, and the Meanings of Life

by David Haig ...

How the meaningless process of natural selection produces purposeful beings who find meaning in the world . . .“A challenging though rewarding exploration of the meaning and purpose of life” that blends evolutionary biology and philosophy (Kirkus Reviews).Evolutionary biologist David Haig explains how a physical world of matter in motion gave rise to a living world of purpose and meaning. Natural ... Read more

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How the meaningless process of natural selection produces purposeful beings who find meaning in the world . . .“A challenging though rewarding exploration of the meaning and purpose of life” that blends evolutionary biology and philosophy (Kirkus Reviews).Evolutionary biologist David Haig explains how a physical world of matter in motion gave rise to a living world of purpose and meaning. Natural
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My Boy Jack

by David Haig ...

Series series NHB Modern Plays
The tragic story of how Rudyard Kipling sent his son to his death in the First World War.The year is 1913 and war with Germany is imminent. Rudyard Kipling's determination to send his severely short-sighted son to war triggers a bitter family conflict which leaves Britain's renowned patriot devastated by the warring of his own greatest passions: his love for children - above all his own - and his ... Read more

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The tragic story of how Rudyard Kipling sent his son to his death in the First World War.The year is 1913 and war with Germany is imminent. Rudyard Kipling's determination to send his severely short-sighted son to war triggers a bitter family conflict which leaves Britain's renowned patriot devastated by the warring of his own greatest passions: his love for children - above all his own - and his
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Magic

by David Haig ...

Series series NHB Modern Plays
'Exclude the impossible and what is left, however improbable, must be the truth.'Harry Houdini is the greatest illusionist the world has ever known. Arthur Conan Doyle is the creator of literature's most brilliant detective, Sherlock Holmes.When their mutual admiration blossoms into a profound friendship, they discover a shared obsession with spiritualism. But while Conan Doyle believes fervently ... Read more

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'Exclude the impossible and what is left, however improbable, must be the truth.'Harry Houdini is the greatest illusionist the world has ever known. Arthur Conan Doyle is the creator of literature's most brilliant detective, Sherlock Holmes.When their mutual admiration blossoms into a profound friendship, they discover a shared obsession with spiritualism. But while Conan Doyle believes fervently
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The Struggle of Parts

by Wilhelm Roux, David Haig, Richard Bondi ...

A landmark work of nineteenth-century developmental and evolutionary biology that takes the Darwinian struggle for existence into the organism itself.Though he is remembered primarily as a pioneer of experimental embryology, Wilhelm Roux was also a groundbreaking evolutionary theorist. Years before his research on chicken and frog embryos cemented his legacy as an experimentalist, Roux endorsed ... Read more

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A landmark work of nineteenth-century developmental and evolutionary biology that takes the Darwinian struggle for existence into the organism itself.Though he is remembered primarily as a pioneer of experimental embryology, Wilhelm Roux was also a groundbreaking evolutionary theorist. Years before his research on chicken and frog embryos cemented his legacy as an experimentalist, Roux endorsed
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Pressure

by David Haig ...

Narrated by Jonathan Cake, Josh Cole, Sarah Drew, Mike McShane, James Morrison, Darren Richardson, Andre Sogliuzzo, Matthew Wolf ...

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1 hour 43 min

A Scottish meteorologist locks horns with his American counterpart as both men try to convince General Dwight D. Eisenhower that they can accurately predict the atmospheric conditions needed to launch the greatest amphibious assault in the history of mankind — the D-Day invasion.Recorded before a live audience at the UCLA James Bridges Theater in October 2019.Director: Martin JarvisProducing ... Read more

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A Scottish meteorologist locks horns with his American counterpart as both men try to convince General Dwight D. Eisenhower that they can accurately predict the atmospheric conditions needed to launch the greatest amphibious assault in the history of mankind — the D-Day invasion.Recorded before a live audience at the UCLA James Bridges Theater in October 2019.Director: Martin JarvisProducing
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Paradise Lost in Space

A BBC Radio sci-fi comedy

by Colin Swash ...

Narrated by Alistair McGowan, Carla Mendonca, David Haig, Full Cast, Peter Serafinowicz, Tony Robinson, Ronni Ancona ...

Unabridged

2 hours 53 min

Tony Robinson and David Haig star in this black-hole comedy about two space-age humans stranded on a friendly alien planetNorman is an idealistic, Beethoven-loving revolutionary. Max is a boring but cheerful timeshare salesman who won't stop talking. Fellow passengers on a flight to the Moon, they're thrown together to become reluctant companions after the lunar shuttle's toilet cubicle explodes, ... Read more

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Tony Robinson and David Haig star in this black-hole comedy about two space-age humans stranded on a friendly alien planetNorman is an idealistic, Beethoven-loving revolutionary. Max is a boring but cheerful timeshare salesman who won't stop talking. Fellow passengers on a flight to the Moon, they're thrown together to become reluctant companions after the lunar shuttle's toilet cubicle explodes,
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The Complete Barchester Chronicles

The Complete

by Anthony Trollope ...

Narrated by Anna Massey, Brenda Blethyn, Eleanor Bron, Full Cast, Kenneth Cranham, Leo McKern, Simon Russell Beale, Alex Jennings, Amanda Root, David Haig, Emma Fielding, Rosemary Leach ...

Unabridged

18 hours 50 min

The acclaimed BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Anthony Trollope's gently satirical tales of provincial lifeOne of the most respected, successful chroniclers of nineteenth-century life, Anthony Trollope is still widely read and much-loved today. The Barchester Chronicles - witty moral comedies with a wonderful range of characters - are among his most popular tales.The first in the series, The Warden, ... Read more

$21.99 USD

The acclaimed BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Anthony Trollope's gently satirical tales of provincial lifeOne of the most respected, successful chroniclers of nineteenth-century life, Anthony Trollope is still widely read and much-loved today. The Barchester Chronicles - witty moral comedies with a wonderful range of characters - are among his most popular tales.The first in the series, The Warden,
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Us

A Novel

by David Nicholls ...

Narrated by David Haig ...

Unabridged

14 hours 9 min

Now a PBS Masterpiece television miniseries starring Tom Hollander and Saskia Reeves“I loved this book. Funny, sad, tender: for anyone who wants to know what happens after the Happy Ever After.” — Jojo Moyes, author of Me Before YouDavid Nicholls brings the wit and intelligence that graced his New York Times bestseller, One Day, to a compellingly human, deftly funny novel about what holds ... Read more

$32.99 USD

Now a PBS Masterpiece television miniseries starring Tom Hollander and Saskia Reeves“I loved this book. Funny, sad, tender: for anyone who wants to know what happens after the Happy Ever After.” — Jojo Moyes, author of Me Before YouDavid Nicholls brings the wit and intelligence that graced his New York Times bestseller, One Day, to a compellingly human, deftly funny novel about what holds
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Jean-Paul Sartre: The Roads to Freedom & more

Four Full-Cast BBC Radio Productions

by Jean Paul Sartre ...

Narrated by David Haig, James Fleet, Zoe Wanamaker, Imogen Stubbs, Ciarán Hinds, David Collings, Tony Robinson, Miriam Margolyes, James Wilby, Miles Anderson, Stella Gonet, Josette Simon, Christian Rodska, Christopher Scott, John McAndrew, Martyn Read, Full Cast ...

Unabridged

9 hours

A selection of the renowned French philosophers Sartre’s plays.This collection features several dramatisations of Jean-Paul Sartre's works, including The Roads to Freedom, No Way Out (or "Huis Clos"), Assassins and Nekrassov. These productions showcase Sartre's exploration of existentialism, freedom, and political themes. Notable cast members include David Haig, James Fle... ... Read more

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A selection of the renowned French philosophers Sartre’s plays.This collection features several dramatisations of Jean-Paul Sartre's works, including The Roads to Freedom, No Way Out (or "Huis Clos"), Assassins and Nekrassov. These productions showcase Sartre's exploration of existentialism, freedom, and political themes. Notable cast members include David Haig, James Fle...
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Strangers and Brothers

An epic BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation

by C.P. Snow ...

Narrated by Adam Godley, David Haig, Juliet Aubrey, Full Cast, Bill Wallis, David Tennant, Anne-Marie Duff, Stephen Moore, Danny Webb ...

Unabridged

9 hours 30 min

The full-cast BBC Radio adaptation of C. P. Snow's epic series about the English establishment across the twentieth century**'**A vivid portrait of British academic, political and public life' Guardian'A very considerable achievement... It brings into the novel themes and locales never seen before (except perhaps in Trollope)' Anthony BurgessIn 1920s Leicester, Lewis Eliot must escape the drudgery ... Read more

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The full-cast BBC Radio adaptation of C. P. Snow's epic series about the English establishment across the twentieth century**'**A vivid portrait of British academic, political and public life' Guardian'A very considerable achievement... It brings into the novel themes and locales never seen before (except perhaps in Trollope)' Anthony BurgessIn 1920s Leicester, Lewis Eliot must escape the drudgery
... Read more
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Sketches by Boz

A BBC Radio 4 comedy drama collection

by Charles Dickens, Dr Stephen Wyatt Dr ...

Narrated by Nicholas Farrell, Imelda Staunton, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Annette Badland, David Haig, Samantha Spiro, David Antrobus, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Full Cast ...

Unabridged

4 hours 41 min

Slices of 19th-century London life from the pen of Charles DickensHere are ten gloriously comic stories from Sketches by Boz, Charles Dickens' earliest collection of short pieces in which he honed his literary genius. Each tale is dramatised by Dr Stephen Wyatt with a full cast.©2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2021 BBC Studios Distribution LtdCast and creditsWritten by Charles ... Read more

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Slices of 19th-century London life from the pen of Charles DickensHere are ten gloriously comic stories from Sketches by Boz, Charles Dickens' earliest collection of short pieces in which he honed his literary genius. Each tale is dramatised by Dr Stephen Wyatt with a full cast.©2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2021 BBC Studios Distribution LtdCast and creditsWritten by Charles
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