'It's funny, but Peter Serafinowicz is the kind of funny person that funny people find funny' – Simon Pegg'Peter Serafinowicz is one of the funniest women in the world' – Derren BrownJokes include:'I like to put my Shredded Wheat through my own shredder, just to be on the safe side.''Dear Sir/Madam, Your transgender operation was a partial success.''Float like an octopus, sting like a clock' - Muhammad Dali'J...

'It's funny, but Peter Serafinowicz is the kind of funny person that funny people find funny' – Simon Pegg'Peter Serafinowicz is one of the funniest women in the world' – Derren BrownJokes include:'I like to put my Shredded Wheat through my own shredder, just to be on the safe side.''Dear Sir/Madam, Your transgender operation was a partial success.''Float like an octopus, sting like a clock' - Muhammad Dali'J...

“Roald Dahl sometimes shared a tonal kinship with Ogden Nash, and he could demonstrate a verbal inventiveness nearly Seussian…[His] stories work better in audio than in print.” –The New York TimesCan Danny and his father outsmart the villainous Mr. Hazell?Danny has a life any boy would love—his home is a gypsy caravan, he's the youngest master car mechanic around, and his best friend is his dad, who never runs out of wonderful stories to tell. But ...

“Pratchett’s books are almost always better than they have to be, and Going Postal is no exception, full of nimble wordplay, devious plotting and outrageous situations, but always grounded in an astute understanding of human nature.”—San Francisco ChronicleA splendid send-up of government bureaucracy, corruption, the postal system, and everything in between in this ingenious entry in Sir Terry Pratchett’s internationally bestselling Discwo...

Brought to you by Penguin.My father, without the slightest doubt, was the most marvellous and exciting father any boy ever had.This edition of Danny the Champion of the World, part of The Roald Dahl Classic Collection, is perfect for Dahl fans old and new.So, enter a world where invention and mischief can be found on every page and where magic might be at the very tips of your fingers . . .The Roald Dahl Classic Collection ...

Helen Keen, Peter Serafinowicz and Susy Kane star in this funny, off-beat but factual expedition through the universe, boldly going where no Radio 4 comedy show has gone before.“A pithy sweet programme … with a joke stuffed script” Miranda Sawyer, The Observer“Beautiful...A gem” The Sunday Express“Informed, enthusiastic and funny” Daily Mail“...

Seven legendary unproduced screenplays, resurrected and reinvented for BBC Radio 4The annals of movie history are full of lost treasures – spectacular scripts from world-renowned writers that could have been classics, had they only been made. Now, for the first time, some of these forgotten gems have been brought to life, fully realised as vivid, cinematic radio productions. Scripted by major 20th Century writers, they star a host of A-list actors and feature richl...

Welcome to the world's worst pub!Deep in London's East End, Garry and Barry run a pub, and they're not very good at it. Things usually go from bad to worse when their mate, Dodgy Phil, comes up with increasingly hair-brained ideas to reinvent the local - often with explosive results.Could they make this the world's first environmentally friendly bar? Build the world's biggest pub named after the Titanic (but is it undrinkable)? What about booking Chas and D...

An epic six-part comedy saga with a star cast, from master storyteller and satirist Nick RevellWhen Tony Hardstaff breaks the bank playing ‘Snap!’ at the St Petersburg Casino, he is swept up in a maelstrom of romance and adventure. Seduced by the sultry Natassia Fillipovna Karamazov – a woman with curves so perfect they could make a geometry professor spontaneously combust – Tony is caught in flagrante by the Russian mafia, and flees for his life.T...

Christopher Marlowe turns government spy in these four comedy crime dramasMurder and intrigue are all in a day's work for Kit Marlowe, England's leading playwright and undercover agent in Her Majesty's Secret Service. Amid the squalor and splendour of Elizabethan London, he probes a series of baffling mysteries, aided by his trusty underworld accomplice Bartholomew Ratsbane.The Curious Case of the Curs'd Quayside - Two of the navy'...

Sean Lock stars in a surreal comedy masterpiece set in a heavily-bugged London tower block'Minor-key masterpiece' The TelegraphFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4, these classic cult comedies sparked a critically-acclaimed BBC TV show that ran for two series between 2002 and 2003. Starring the much-missed Sean Lock, these tower block tales revolve around a sardonic misanthrope who, despite his best efforts, can't seem to keep the world ...

The UK's #1 bestselling children's author, David Walliams, is back with a thrilling historical adventure with life-or-death stakes—chock-full of Walliams’s unmistakable humor and perfect for fans of Stuart Gibbs and Gordon Korman.BRITAIN IS AT WAR WITH NAZI GERMANY.Eleven-year-old Eric practically lives at the London Zoo. And there’s one animal in particular he loves to spend time with: Gertrude the gorilla.But with German ...