Just William: A BBC Radio Collection: Classic readings from the BBC archive Audiobook (Free)

Summary:

A stunning collection of Just William tales, determined and read by Martin Jarvis

‘There’s nothing to touch them’ – Independent on Weekend

Richmal Crompton’s stories featuring irrepressible schoolboy William Brown have been firm favourites with both young and old for decades. Perpetually scruffy, mud-stained and mischievous, he is a lovable scamp whose pranks usually end in devastation – for his harassed elders at least.

With friends Ginger, Douglas and Henry (the Outlaws) and the angelic thorn-in- about Just William: A BBC Radio Collection: Classic readings through the BBC archive his-side, the lisping Violet Elizabeth Bott, William has rightly joined the literary, and radio, immortals.

Martin Jarvis, who has been hailed as ‘the wizard of the speaking book’ (The Daily Telegraph), has made the tone of voice of William his own, and this assortment of 54 laugh-out-loud stories will delight long-standing fans and first-time listeners alike.

Also included are two bonus interviews with Richmal Crompton, recorded in 1965 and 1968.

The stories included in this collection are:

The Xmas Truce

Only Just in Time

The Midnight Adventure of Miss Montague

William and the Musician

William Leads an improved Life

William as well as the Twins

William’s Birthday

William and the tiny Girl

The Outlaws and Cousin Percy

William and the Princess Goldilocks