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This is the collected BBC radio productions of the internationally renowned playwright Tom Stoppard. One of the giants of British theatre, Sir Tom Stoppard has been writing for the stage and screen for over 50 years. Full of wit, verbal brilliance and big ideas, his plays appeal to critics and audiences alike and are among the most studied works of the last century.

Technique, speed, and tactical execution are crucial components of winning soccer, but it is mental toughness that marks out the very best players - the ability to play when pressure is highest, the opposition is strongest, and fear is greatest. Top players and coaches understand the importance of sport psychology in soccer but how do you train your mind to become the best player you can be? Soccer Tough demystifies this crucial side of the game and offers practical techniques that will enable soccer players of all abilities to actively develop focus, energy, and confidence.

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.

All 30 soundtrack episodes of the BBC TV version of Just a Minute Just a Minute is a radio perennial. Loved by listeners for almost 60 years, it’s the BBC’s longest-running and most popular panel game, having clocked up over 1000 episodes on Radio 4. And now, you can enjoy 30 more, with...

From best-selling author Sky Gold comes the angsty and spicy start to the Kings of Omertà series with forced proximity and a ruthless, possessive mafia boss who will fight and grovel for his happily ever after with his independent and fierce obsession.

True productivity isn’t getting more done - it is getting more of what matters most done. It’s doing that without the stress, the overwhelmed feeling, and anxiety that our hyperconnected, always-on, intensely demanding world often provokes in us. And that’s what this audiobook will help you do.

Captured by a monster, I was set free by a ruthless enforcer. Now, my worst nightmare is back, unrelenting in his pursuit—until my avenging protector roars back into my life. Invading my solace and sanctuary in a world that wants to tear me apart.

I live in a world of scandals, secrets, and straight-up lies. Mafia princess? By title only. My life? A pawn in my brothers' twisted power games. Enemies circle like sharks while I suffocate in their shadows, trapped in a web I can't untangle. My future? Just another sacrifice on the altar of greed. Then he arrives. No knocking, no asking. He just breaks in and takes over. My space. My soul. My body. He becomes my escape. The man I claim as my fiancé. My shield from the darkness clawing at my sanity.

First broadcast (with the aid of a crystal ball) in summer 1994, the Sony Award-winning show returns for a second series starring the ‘Godfather of Radio 4’, Brian Perkins, and Spitting Image impressionist Kate Robbins. This time, they turn their comic gaze on six roller-coaster years from the 21st Century: 2001, 2005, 2010, 2021, 2025 and 2099.

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service, We’re in Business ran for two series between 1959 and 1960. It starred Peter Jones as dodgy small-time businessman Dudley Grosvenor, who’s always looking to make a fast buck with his crooked schemes – usually at the expense of his hapless sidekick, Harry (Harry Worth). Dudley spends his life lurching from one crisis to another, secure in the belief that “it might never happen" – but when it inevitably does, both men end up in a fix…