Arts & Drama Audio

Sian Phillips, Emma Fielding and Miriam Margolyes star in Shakespeare’s comedy of men behaving badly and women doing it for themselves.

BBC radio has a unique heritage when it comes to Shakespeare. Since 1923, when the newly formed company broadcast its first full-length play, generations of actors and producers have honed and perfected the craft of making Shakespeare to be heard.

In All’s Well That Ends Well, Shakespeare turns traditional fairytale on its head with the young Helena {Emma Fielding) who cures the King of France from a deadly illness and demands, as her reward, the hand of the young Count Bertram. But marriage is the last thing on badly-behaved Bertram’s mind, and Helena must band together with her sisters to force him to honour his promise.The means may be devious but All’s Well That Ends Well.

The play is introduced by Richard Eyre, former Director of the Royal National Theatre, with specially composed music.
Revitalised, original and comprehensive, this is Shakespeare for the new millennium.

All’s Well That Ends Well

Length :  2 hours 15 minutes

Millions of readers worldwide have been hooked by Dan Brown’s extraordinary bestseller The Da Vinci Code and are fascinated by questions raised in the novel:Was Jesus actually married to Mary Magdalene? Did they have a child together? Did geniuses like Leonardo da Vinci and Isaac Newton belong to secret societies that had the most compelling insider information in history? And did Leonardo convey some of these ideas in The Last Supper and other paintings?

In this New York Times bestseller, Dan Burstein has distilled the views of the experts - archaeologists, theologians, art historians, philosophers and scientists — to sort out the fact, informed speculation and fiction behind the phenomenon that is The Da Vinci Code.

Jeff Harding has appeared in a wide range of television productions including Howard’s Way, The Fast Show, Father Ted and NCS Manhunt . He has also starred in a number of films, such as Tomorrow Never Dies, Hackers and (with Michael Caine) Bullseye ! and has recorded many audiobooks, including Orion’s bestselling recording of The Da Vinci Code .

Sian Thomas won the Martini TMA Award for Best Actress as Yelena in Uncle Vanya on its Renaissance Tour and an Olivier Award Nomination for Best Comedy Performance as Vittoria in Countrymania at the RNT. She has performed numerous audiobooks including Another View by Rosamunde Pilcher , As The Crow Flies by Jeffrey Archer and A Season of Dylan Thomas.

Secrets of the Code

Length :  3 hours 30 minutes (Abridged)