Audio
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Terry Pratchett’s Unseen Academicals – pre-order the full-cast audio release for free from Audible
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Football has come to the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork – not the old fashioned, grubby pushing and shoving, but the new, fast football with pointy hats for goalposts and balls that go gloing when you drop them. And now, the wizards of Unseen University must win a football match, without using magic, so they’re in…
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BBC hires new Commissioning Editor for Podcasts
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The BBC has hired its first ever Commissioning Editor for Podcasts with Jason Phipps, currently Head of Audio at The Guardian, taking up the role in May. Phipps, who previously worked as a BBC producer, will oversee the broadcaster’s portfolio of podcasts, as well as commission new titles and entries.
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Sky Q to gain HDR, Spotify and more UHD content
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The broadcaster is also promising a marked increase in the amount of UHD content available, including the entire Spider-Man franchise, greater personalisation and says it will bring a Sky Q app to Smart TVs and other third party devices.
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Download Stephen Fry’s new book, Fry’s English Delight, for free from Amazon’s Audible
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National treasure and renowned wit Stephen Fry explores the highways and byways of the English language in these celebrated programmes.
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Legendary film composer John Williams to perform at the Royal Albert Hall
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Williams will conduct the London Symphony Orchestra in the centrepiece of a season which will see orchestral screenings of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Jurassic Park, Home Alone, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Star Wars: A New Hope.
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Pre-order Chris Ryan’s Strike Back: Global Strike at Audible – new members can download it for free
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Global Strike, the highly anticipated next entry in Chris Ryan’s Strike Back series is getting an audiobook release and is now available to pre-order from Amazon’s audiobook service, Audible and new members can download a copy for free when they sign up to a 30 day trial.