44 Scotland Street BBC - Alexander McCall Smith Audiobook

Written by Alexander McCall Smith
Read by Crawford Logan, Carol Ann Crawford, Belle Jones, Anita Vettesse, James Mackenzie, Samuel Keefe, full cast
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 128 Kbps
Dramatization

44 Scotland Street: The Complete Series 1-5
Full-Cast BBC Radio Adaptations of the Much-Loved Novels
By: Alexander McCall Smith
Narrated by: Crawford Logan, Carol Ann Crawford, Belle Jones, Anita Vettesse, James Mackenzie, Samuel Keefe, full cast
Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
Radio/TV Program
Release date: 02-03-2023
Language: English
Publisher: BBC Audio

The complete BBC radio adaptations of Alexander McCall’s bestselling series.

Inspired by Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City, 44 Scotland Street started life as a serial in The Scotsman. It was a huge hit, and was soon novelised, adapted on stage and dramatised for BBC Radio 4. Collected here are all five radio series, in which we follow the interconnected lives of the residents of adjoining flats in a tenement in Edinburgh’s Georgian New Town.

There’s Pat, a young tenant who arrives at 44 Scotland Street to flat-share with handsome surveyor Bruce (a man with more of an eye for the ladies than for a sound property); Matthew, setting up the Something Special Gallery with little knowledge of art; and child prodigy Bertie Pollock, who wants the life of an ordinary little boy, but instead has psychotherapy, yoga and Italian conversation lessons. And at the local café, owner Big Lou is looking for love - but seems doomed to romantic disappointment…

Their chance day-to-day criss-crossings, quirky foibles and comic adventures are all observed by Number 44’s longest-term resident, anthropologist Domenica MacDonald, her painter friend Angus Lordie - and Angus’ dog, Cyril, the only canine in Scotland with a gold tooth.

Full of charm, humour and empathy, these delightful dramas star Carol Ann Crawford and Crawford Logan, with a superb cast including James Mackenzie, Samuel Keefe, Belle Jones and Anita Vettesse.

Also included is an edition of Radio 4’s Bookclub, in which Alexander McCall Smith talks about his novel 44 Scotland Street with James Naughtie and readers.

Written and dramatised by Alexander McCall Smith

Produced and directed by David Ian Neville

Music by Tom Cunningham

First broadcast BBC Radio 4: 30 April-4 May 2012 (Series 1), 9-13 February 2015 (The Blue Spode Tea Cup), 30 May-3 June 2016 (Edinburgh for Pretenders), 20-24 February 2017 (Series 4), 20-24 August 2018 (Series 5)

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