Charles Dickens at the BBC - A Radio Drama Collection torrent

Category: Adults, Classic, Literature, Radio Productions
Language: EnglishKeywords: Anthony Trollope Leon Garfield Mike Walker William Makepeace Thackeray
Written by Charles Dickens
Read by Alex Jennings, Robert Lindsay, Simon Cadell, Sir Ian McKellen, Full Cast
Format: M4B
Bitrate: Mixed
Dramatization
My collection of BBC radio adaptations of the works of Charles Dickens.
This contains multiple series which either have never been released to buy or are no longer available.
As is so often the case with classic stories, the Beeb have adapted some of them many times. Usually, but not always, tightening up the pace for modern audiences. I have included the most recent adaptations and the preceding one if I have it. Some of the older serials are more than twice the length of their modern counterparts.
Most of these are my recordings from the iPlayer/Sounds and they’re encoded at approx 128kbps 48kHz M4B
Seven of the stories are losslessly compiled from Audible rips so they are 63kbps 22.5kHz M4B (Thanks to kuprocrilu for these)
The two stories in MP3 format are the oldest recordings and were captured back when the Freeview TV platform was the best quality you could get for BBC Radio 7. They are encoded at 128kbps 44.1kHz VBR MP3, however they’re sonically limited by the source which was 160kbps MP2.
23 full cast adaptations and 1 unabridged reading (A Christmas Carol).
1836 - Sketches by Boz - 1999 - 10 x 30mins
1836 - The Pickwick Papers - 1977 - 8 x 60mins
1836 - The Pickwick Papers - 1997 - 6 x 30mins
1838 - Oliver Twist - 1994 - 6 x 30mins
1838 - Oliver Twist - 2013 - 10 x 15mins
1839 - Nicholas Nickleby - 1999 - 30 x 15mins
1840 - The Old Curiosity Shop - 2002 - 25 x 15mins
1841 - Barnaby Rudge - 2014 - 3 x 60mins
1843 - A Christmas Carol - 2019 - 3hours 30mins
1844 - Martin Chuzzlewit - 1987 - 10 x 60mins
1848 - Dombey and Son - 2007 - 20 x 15mins
1850 - David Copperfield - 2005 - 20 x 15mins
1850 - The Personal History of David Copperfield - 1991 - 10 x 60mins
1852 - Bleak House - 1998 - 5 x 60mins
1854 - Hard Times - 2003 - 4 x 60mins
1857 - Little Dorrit - 2001 - 5 x 60mins
1858 - A House to Let - 2006 - 5 x 15mins
1859 - A Tale of Two Cities - 2009 - 5 x 45mins
1861 - Great Expectations - 1991 - 6 x 60mins
1864 - Mrs Lirriper - 2007 - 3 x 60mins
1865 - Our Mutual Friend - 1984 - 10 x 60mins
1865 - Our Mutual Friend - 2009 - 20 x 15mins
1870 - The Mystery of Edwin Drood - 1990 - 5 x 60mins
1870 - The Mystery of Edwin Drood - 2020 - 10 x 15mins
Total run time - 4 days, 18 hours, 25 minutes.
That lot should keep you busy for a while…


My collection of BBC radio adaptations of the works of Charles Dickens.

This contains multiple series which either have never been released to buy or are no longer available.

As is so often the case with classic stories, the Beeb have adapted some of them many times. Usually, but not always, tightening up the pace for modern audiences. I have included the most recent adaptations and the preceding one if I have it. Some of the older serials are more than twice the length of their modern counterparts.

Most of these are my recordings from the iPlayer/Sounds and they’re encoded at approx 128kbps 48kHz M4B

Seven of the stories are losslessly compiled from Audible rips so they are 63kbps 22.5kHz M4B (Thanks to kuprocrilu for these)

The two stories in MP3 format are the oldest recordings and were captured back when the Freeview TV platform was the best quality you could get for BBC Radio 7. They are encoded at 128kbps 44.1kHz VBR MP3, however they’re sonically limited by the source which was 160kbps MP2.

23 full cast adaptations and 1 unabridged reading (A Christmas Carol).

1836 - Sketches by Boz - 1999 - 10 x 30mins

1836 - The Pickwick Papers - 1977 - 8 x 60mins

1836 - The Pickwick Papers - 1997 - 6 x 30mins

1838 - Oliver Twist - 1994 - 6 x 30mins

1838 - Oliver Twist - 2013 - 10 x 15mins

1839 - Nicholas Nickleby - 1999 - 30 x 15mins

1840 - The Old Curiosity Shop - 2002 - 25 x 15mins

1841 - Barnaby Rudge - 2014 - 3 x 60mins

1843 - A Christmas Carol - 2019 - 3hours 30mins

1844 - Martin Chuzzlewit - 1987 - 10 x 60mins

1848 - Dombey and Son - 2007 - 20 x 15mins

1850 - David Copperfield - 2005 - 20 x 15mins

1850 - The Personal History of David Copperfield - 1991 - 10 x 60mins

1852 - Bleak House - 1998 - 5 x 60mins

1854 - Hard Times - 2003 - 4 x 60mins

1857 - Little Dorrit - 2001 - 5 x 60mins

1858 - A House to Let - 2006 - 5 x 15mins

1859 - A Tale of Two Cities - 2009 - 5 x 45mins

1861 - Great Expectations - 1991 - 6 x 60mins

1864 - Mrs Lirriper - 2007 - 3 x 60mins

1865 - Our Mutual Friend - 1984 - 10 x 60mins

1865 - Our Mutual Friend - 2009 - 20 x 15mins

1870 - The Mystery of Edwin Drood - 1990 - 5 x 60mins

1870 - The Mystery of Edwin Drood - 2020 - 10 x 15mins

Total run time - 4 days, 18 hours, 25 minutes.

That lot should keep you busy for a while…