From Alan Bennett, the author of The Madness of King George, come two stories about the strange nature of possessions...or the lack of them. In the nationally bestselling novel The Clothes They Stood Up In, the staid Ransomes return f...

A deliciously funny novella that celebrates the pleasure of reading. When the Queen, in pursuit of her wandering corgis, stumbles upon a mobile library she feels duty-bound to borrow a book. Aided by Norman, a young man from the palac...

From one of England's most celebrated writers, the author of the award-winning The History Boys, a funny and superbly observed novella about the Queen of England and the subversive power of readingWhen her corgis stray into a mobile l...

A critically acclaimed double bill of Alan Bennett plays, adapted for BBC Radio. An Englishman Abroad - It is 1958, and in a squalid flat in Moscow, double-agent Guy Burgess is hiding from the world. When he is visited by actress Cora...

One of England's finest and most loved writers explores the uncomfortable and tragicomic gap between people's public appearance and their private desires in two tender and surprising stories. In The Greening of Mrs. Donaldson, a re...

Alan Bennett's award-winning series of solo pieces is a classic of contemporary drama, universally hailed for its combination of razor-sharp wit and deeply felt humanity. In Bed Among the Lentils, a vicar's wife discovers a semblance ...

A triple bill of Alan Bennett plays released on audio for the first time. Includes: Say Something Happened - A council worker calls on an elderly couple -- but she needs more help than they do. With Thora Hird, Brian Wilde and Imelda ...

A compelling new collection of short fiction by the author of The Clothes They Stood Up In combines keen insights into human behavior and motivations with witty dialogue in a volume that includes 'Father! Father! Burning Bright,' 'Mis...

Untold Stories, Alan Bennett's first major collection of prose since his UK-bestselling Writing Home, brings together the finest and funniest of his writing over the last ten years. Two recordings feature selected material from Untold...