A shortish post from me this week.
The body as they say is willing but the brain has decided to go on complete strike and be bloody difficult. Writer's block sucks.
Big time.
Still it could be worse. This post could have started with "See Jane run. See Dick run." which is just about the standard that my brain is capable of at the moment.
I'm going to blame it all on the BBC and Big Finish.
Now I never thought of myself as an audio book fan. I had, of course, tried some many years ago but somehow I found them just a bit... flat.
Then I got onto Big Finish. First with their array of Stargate audio books and then with their 8th Doctor Who adventures starring Paul McGann as the Doctor. Wanting to expand my horizons from just listening to science fiction I then discovered the BBC or more accurately BBC4.
It was like finding the holy grail. Or least what I imagine it would be like.
The variety that the BBC produces is enormous. From comedies to crime dramas to Shakespeare and Sci-Fi. I have become hooked.
And like all addictions I just have to share. So here's just a small taste of what I have been listening to and more.
Murder in the title [compact disc] : a Charles Paris mystery / Simon Brett.
I *adore* Bill Nighy. So when I found that he featured in a series of radio dramas featuring an alcoholic, womanising actor who seems to constantly stumble across dead bodies where ever he goes I just had to give them a try.
And I'm so glad I did. The Charles Paris mysteries featuring him are just marvellous with Nighy being... well Nighy..
Cabin pressure. Complete series 2 [compact disc] / written by John Finnemore.
A BBC4 find. The appeal of this was that it featured Benedict Cumberbatch. Or the Cumberbeast as he is known as to his many fans. It also sounded really funny.
And it is. Gloriously so.
In fact I guarantee this will have you laughing out aloud.
The adventure collection. Volume 2 [compact disc]
As a Doctor Who fan I just had to try these series of adventures read by David Tennant.
Though they don't have a full-cast like the ones above, Tennant's voice worked really well for me.
Then again I'm probably biased.
Torchwood [electronic resource] : the lost files.
The last story in this audio book made me cry.
Really.
I bawled my eyes out.
If that's not a recommendation I don't know what is.
Desert Island Discs [compact disc]
I haven't listened to this - yet.
But it's on my list.
The idea of famous people being interviewed about what book, music etc they would take to a desert island sounds fascinating, so how could I not give it a go.
The big sleep [compact disc] / Raymond Chandler.
I love the movie The Big Sleep with Humphrey Bogart so finding out that there was a audio-dramas - done by the BBC no less, I just had to add it my list of To Be Listened To.
It also features Toby Stephens (member of the RSC, son of Dame Maggie Smith and the villain in the James Bond movie Die Another Day).
I can so imagine him as P.I. Philip Marlowe.
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