Charles Dickens at the BBC - A Radio Drama Collection
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Read by Alex Jennings, Robert Lindsay, Simon Cadell, Sir Ian McKellen, Full Cast
Format: M4B
Bitrate: Mixed
Dramatization
My collection of BBC radio adaptations of the works of Charles Dickens.
This contains multiple series which either have never been released to buy or
are no longer available.
As is often the case with classic stories, the Beeb have adapted some of them
multiple times. Usually, but not always, tightening up the pace for modern
audiences. I have included the most recent adaptions and the preceding one if I
have it. Some of the older serials are twice the length of their more modern
counterparts.
Most of these are my recordings from the iPlayer/Sounds and they’re encoded
at approx 128kbps 48kHz M4B
Seven of the stories are losslessly compiled from Audible rips so they are
63kbps 22.5kHz M4B (Thanks to kuprocrilu for these)
The two stories in MP3 format the oldest and were recorded back when the
Freeview TV platform was the best quality you could get for BBC Radio 7. They
are encoded at 128kbps 44.1Khz VBR MP3, however they’re sonically limited
by the source which was 160kbps MP2.
23 full cast adaptations and 1 unabridged reading.
1836 - Sketches by Boz - 1999 - 10 x 30mins
1836 - The Pickwick Papers - 1977 - 8 x 60mins
1836 - The Pickwick Papers - 1997 - 6 x 30mins
1838 - Oliver Twist - 1994 - 6 x 30mins
1838 - Oliver Twist - 2013 - 10 x 15mins
1839 - Nicholas Nickleby - 1999 - 30 x 15mins
1840 - The Old Curiosity Shop - 2002 - 25 x 15mins
1841 - Barnaby Rudge - 2014 - 3 x 45mins
1843 - A Christmas Carol - 2019 - 3hours 30mins
1844 - Martin Chuzzlewit - 1987 - 10 x 60mins
1848 - Dombey and Son - 2007 - 20 x 15mins
1850 - David Copperfield - 2005 - 20 x 15mins
1850 - The Personal History of David Copperfield - 1991 - 10 x 60mins
1852 - Bleak House - 1998 - 5 x 60mins
1854 - Hard Times - 2003 - 4 x 60mins
1857 - Little Dorrit - 2001 - 5 x 60mins
1858 - A House to Let - 2006 - 5 x 15mins
1859 - A Tale of Two Cities - 2009 - 5 x 60mins
1861 - Great Expectations - 1991 - 6 x 60mins
1864 - Mrs Lirriper - 2007 - 3 x 60mins
1865 - Our Mutual Friend - 1984 - 10 x 60mins
1865 - Our Mutual Friend - 2009 - 20 x 15mins
1870 - The Mystery of Edwin Drood - 1990 - 5 x 60mins
1870 - The Mystery of Edwin Drood - 2020 - 10 x 15mins
Total run time - 4 days, 18 hours, 25 minutes.
That lot should keep you busy for a while…
Format: M4B
Bitrate: Mixed
Dramatization
My collection of BBC radio adaptations of the works of Charles Dickens.
This contains multiple series which either have never been released to buy or
are no longer available.
As is often the case with classic stories, the Beeb have adapted some of them
multiple times. Usually, but not always, tightening up the pace for modern
audiences. I have included the most recent adaptions and the preceding one if I
have it. Some of the older serials are twice the length of their more modern
counterparts.
Most of these are my recordings from the iPlayer/Sounds and they’re encoded
at approx 128kbps 48kHz M4B
Seven of the stories are losslessly compiled from Audible rips so they are
63kbps 22.5kHz M4B (Thanks to kuprocrilu for these)
The two stories in MP3 format the oldest and were recorded back when the
Freeview TV platform was the best quality you could get for BBC Radio 7. They
are encoded at 128kbps 44.1Khz VBR MP3, however they’re sonically limited
by the source which was 160kbps MP2.
23 full cast adaptations and 1 unabridged reading.
1836 - Sketches by Boz - 1999 - 10 x 30mins
1836 - The Pickwick Papers - 1977 - 8 x 60mins
1836 - The Pickwick Papers - 1997 - 6 x 30mins
1838 - Oliver Twist - 1994 - 6 x 30mins
1838 - Oliver Twist - 2013 - 10 x 15mins
1839 - Nicholas Nickleby - 1999 - 30 x 15mins
1840 - The Old Curiosity Shop - 2002 - 25 x 15mins
1841 - Barnaby Rudge - 2014 - 3 x 45mins
1843 - A Christmas Carol - 2019 - 3hours 30mins
1844 - Martin Chuzzlewit - 1987 - 10 x 60mins
1848 - Dombey and Son - 2007 - 20 x 15mins
1850 - David Copperfield - 2005 - 20 x 15mins
1850 - The Personal History of David Copperfield - 1991 - 10 x 60mins
1852 - Bleak House - 1998 - 5 x 60mins
1854 - Hard Times - 2003 - 4 x 60mins
1857 - Little Dorrit - 2001 - 5 x 60mins
1858 - A House to Let - 2006 - 5 x 15mins
1859 - A Tale of Two Cities - 2009 - 5 x 60mins
1861 - Great Expectations - 1991 - 6 x 60mins
1864 - Mrs Lirriper - 2007 - 3 x 60mins
1865 - Our Mutual Friend - 1984 - 10 x 60mins
1865 - Our Mutual Friend - 2009 - 20 x 15mins
1870 - The Mystery of Edwin Drood - 1990 - 5 x 60mins
1870 - The Mystery of Edwin Drood - 2020 - 10 x 15mins
Total run time - 4 days, 18 hours, 25 minutes.
That lot should keep you busy for a while…