October on the island of Rhodes is a veritable paradise of privacy, beauty, and calm-or so Hercule Poirot has imagined. The reality is quite different, as the arrival of famed Chanel beauty Valentine Chantry causes a ripple of malice to be felt across the island. She captivates at least one married man with her wiles and good looks, as her brooding husband watches on. Poirot senses that someone has murder in their heart, and he guesses right. As things...

A varied collection of short stories which will keep the listener constantly amused, Nigel Hawthorne extracts every ounce of humour in an exemplary reading. Stories included: Brugglesmith by Rudyard Kipling The Cricket Match from England, Their England by A.G. Macdonell Reginald on House Parties by Saki The Great Winglebury Duel by Charles Dickens The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County by Mark Twain A Photographer's Day Out...

Acclaimed British theatre director Trevor Nunn helms a rare film project, delivering a rousing and charming version of Shakespeare's mistaken-identity comedy, Twelfth Night. Now set in the 19th Century, the story follows the daring adventure of Viola as she disguises herself as a man to work as a Page in the court of Count Orsino, a man whom she desperately loves. Of course Orsino sees Viola as a man, as does his lady love Olivia who is quickly attracted...

The historic journey of Stanley and Livingstone, and their search for the source of the Nile, "the fountain of truth and life."