Books in BBC Radio series

Around 117 A.D., the Roman Ninth Legion was ordered to put down an uprising among the Caledonian tribes. Four thousand men vanished without a trace into the swirling mists of the north of Roman Britain. Many years after their disappearance, a young centurion, Marcus Aquila, sets out to discover the truth about what happened to the legion and to its First Cohort Commander€”his father.

A dramatized reading of James Joyce€™s masterpiece adapted for BBC Radio, starring Stephen Rea and Sinead Cusack. Timelessly evocative, it is far more than the story of Stephen Dedalus€™ journey through Dublin. It is a huge, rich portrayal of human life. In this magnificent, highly accessible, part-reading part-dramatization, which includes the famous Molly Bloom soliloquy, the power and truth of Joyce€™s vision is as potent as ever. Ulysses stars Stephen Rea and Sinead Cusack.

A brand-new BBC Radio full-cast dramatization of a classic Raymond Chandler mystery featuring private eye Philip Marlowe. It's a warm day on Central Avenue, and Marlowe's hunch about the man beside him is as vague as the heat waves that dance above the sidewalk. The way business is looking, even a hunch is enough. Moose Malloy stands six-five-and-a-half and weighs two hundred and sixty-four pounds, without his necktie. After eight years in the pen, he wants little Velma back, and no cops or mobsters are ready to stand in his way. Marlowe's tough enough for the ride, but he can't help thinking€”there€™s never been a happy ending to the story of beauty and the beast.