An essential collection of four of Shakespeare's best-known tragedies - the acclaimed BBC Radio 3 productions. Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, The Tempest and King Lear.
Arctic explorer, survival expert and naturalist Freddy Spencer Chapman was trapped behind enemy lines when the Japanese overran Malaya in 1942. His response was to begin a commando campaign of such lethal effectiveness that the Japanese deployed an entire regiment against him, hunting for him as they did for no other. He was wounded, and racked by tropical disease. His companions were killed, or captured...