Goodies-Related Audiobooks

This page includes spoken-word audiobooks which include contributions from one of the Goodies as a reader or performer; note that releases of radio shows can be found on the Radio Shows Records & CDs page of this site.  In some cases some of the items below (such as the Doctor Who Audio Adventures) have been broadcast on the radio; they are included on this page as they initially were sold as audiobooks and not made for broadcast.

The audio books appearing on this page are ones I've happened to find; I'm sure there are many others.

Tim's Audiobooks

Top Cat White Tie and Tails: Guide Cats for the Blind Vol.3 (CD)

CD & MP3 Download
Osmosys Records
Released 13 Aug 2007

Tim Brooke-Taylor is one of the contributors on this CD which was produced to raise funds for the British Computer Associate for the Blind.  The celebrities read or sing comic verse by the poet Les Barker.

Grasshopper Island (Audio CD) 

2 CD Set

Grasshopper Productions
Released 5 April 2010

Tim Brooke-Taylor plays "The Voices of Authority" in the 1971 television Grasshopper Island.  In this audio CD he is the storyteller, narrating the entire story with music from the original series.

The VHS & DVD releases of the Grasshopper Island television series can be found in the Tim's Solo Videos page of this site

The Wit of Golf (CD)

CD:
Hodder & Stoughton
Released 1 August 2010
ISBN: 978-1848941861

Official product description: "Here is a bumper bag of humorous anecdotes and amusing tales from golf’s best-loved personalities that proves golf is a funny old game—birdies, bunkers, and all!

Recorded live by Peter Alliss, Tim Brooke-Taylor, and Robert Powell in front of a an enthusiastic audience at Hindhead Golf Club in Surrey, here are dozens of hilarious stories about legendary players such as Seve Ballesteros, Nick Faldo, Jack Nicklaus, and Tiger Woods—and also caddies, club golf, pro-celebrity tournaments, and commentary gaffes!"

This collection was also issued as a hardcover & paperback book:

Hardcover Edition:
Hodder & Stoughton
Published 1 August 2010
ISBN: 978-0340919354
304 pages

Paperback Edition:
Hodder & Stoughton
Published 1 December 2010
ISBN: 0340919361
292 pages

Description of hardcover/paperback editions: "A bumper bag of humorous anecdotes and amusing tales from golf’s best-loved personalities, this collection that proves golf is a funny old game—birdies, bunkers, and all! Hilarious stories cover everything from caddies to the clubhouse by the game’s all-time great characters, including Peter Alliss, Nick Faldo, Sandy Lyle, Sam Torrance, and Ian Woosnam. Celebrity golfers Bruce Forsyth and Michael Parkinson provide rib-tickling anecdotes about pro-am tournaments and club golf. This wonderful collection of jokes, stories, and anecdotes is perfect for any golf fan."

See also The Zygon Who Fell to Earth in the Big Finish Doctor Who Audio Adventures section below

Five Hundred Mile Walkies (Cassette)

Author: Mark Wallington.  Read by Bill Oddie.

2 Cassette Set
Listen for Pleasure
Published 1988

Spid (Cassette and Audio Download)

Author: Ursula Moray Williams. Narrator: Bill Oddie

Cassette:
Chivers Children's Audio Books
Released November 1990
ISBN 978-0745185965 

Audio Download:
AudioGO Ltd
Released 18 November 2008
3 hours 2 minutes

Official Product Description: "Within minutes of Spid coming up through the plughole in Henry's bathroom. Henry and this very large spider are the best of friends. Unfortunately, no one in Henry's family likes spiders but through a series of adventures and mishaps they discover that a spider can be a great friend indeed."

Your First Animal Book and Safety First at Home and Play (Cassette & Audio Download)

Audio Download (Your First Animal Book):
Bill Oddie & The Children's Company Band
The Children's Company - OMiP
Released 4 November 2012
Running Time: 22 minutes

Tracks:
1. Look, Listen & Learn With the Animals
2. Hey Diddle Diddle
3. Hurrah for Billy Brumble
4. Ladybird, Ladybird
5. Incy Wincy Spider
6. Snail
7. Three Little Ducks
8. Little Rabbit On a Hill
9. Fuzzy Wuzzy Caterpiller
10. I Went Out to a Farm One Day
11. See the Horses
12. Hickory Dickory Dock
13. A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go
14. One Two Three Four Five
15. The Fox Went Out On a Chilly Night
16. Spikey and Spiney and Prickly

Funny Poems Series (Cassettes & Audio

Jungle Jingles and Other Animal Poems (Audiobook)

Author: Dick King-Smith   Reader: Bill Oddie

Cassette
Random House Children\'s Books
Released 1 September 1995
ISBN: 0552204137

From the Graveyard: 10 Tales of Terror (Cassette)

Author: Robert Eastland

Read by Peter Bowles, Bernard Cribbins, Colin Baker, Bill Oddie, Jenny Seagrove, Sheila Hancock, Andrew Sachs, George Sewell, Joss Ackland & Fenella Fielding

2 Casssette Set
Published by Telstar Talking Books in 1995
ISBN: 978-1870759250

Spilled Blood: 10 Murder Mysteries (Cassette)

Author: Robert Eastland

Read by Peter Barkworth, Hannah Gordon, Peter Bowles, Kate O\'Mara, June Whitfield, Bernard Cribbins, Fenella Fielding, Bill Oddie, Frances De La Tour, and Andrew Sachs.

2 Cassette Set
Published by Telstar Talking Books on 29 July 1996
ISBN: 978-1870759267 

Playtime Rhymes

Featuring Imelda Staunton and Danny John-Jules, with Bill Oddie, Brian Blessed and Sophie Aldred

CD
Walker Books WB 117
Published 2002
ISBN 0-745-9597-5
59 minutes

A selection of 27 songs and rhymes from Michael Foreman\s Playtime Rhymes.

Farmer Duck (CD)

Story by Martin Waddell.  Illustrations by Helen oxenbury.  Music By Barry Gibson.

Performed by Sophie Aldred and Bill Oddie.

CD
Candlewick Audio
Released 2002
ISBN: 9780763624255

From the back cover: "Listen to this favorite story, dance and sing along to the music, follow the actions, hear the play, and join in the fun games!

This Candlewick Audio CD is packed with entertaining story-based activites for children to enjoy again and again - whether in a group or along.  Ideal for any situation - at home, in the car, in the classroom, or even at a party - it's a whole story experience, and it's a whole lot of fun!"

This Is The Bear 

Words by Sarah Hayes.  Pictures by Helen Craid.  Music by Barry Gibson.

Story performed by Sophie Aldred, Brian Blessed, Jane Horrocks, Danny John-Jules, Bill Oddie, and Imelda Staunton.

CD
Walker Audio - WB 129
ISBN: 0-7445-8655-0
Released 2003
Running Time: 71 minutes 

From the back cover: "Listen to this favourite story, dance and sing along to the music, do the actions, hear the play and join in with the fun games!  This Walker Audio CD is packed with entertaining story-based activities for children to enjoy again and again - whether in a group or along.  Ideal for any situation - at home or in the car, in the nursery, in the classroom, or even at a party - it's a whole story experience, and it\'s a whole lot of fun!"

Unfinished Business (CD)

2 CD Set
Pulished by Prism Leisure on 8 March 2005
ISBN: 978-1905392049 

Contains 8 suspense short stories read by celebrities, including one read by Bill Oddie.  The full list of titles are:

Disc One
1. Portrait Of A Murderer - Joseph Schollar (Read by Andrew Sachs)
2. Unfinished Business - Harriet Longdale (Read by Hayley Mills)
3. Gardener's Choice - Mark Alexander (Read by Bill Oddie)
4. Poison Pen - Charles Caldwell (Read by Julian Clary)

Disc Two
1. Just For You - Robert Eastland (Read by Hannah Gordon)
2. The Lonely Trail - Paul Finch (Read by Leslie Grantham)
3. Photo Finish - Robert Eastland (Read by Joss Ackland)
4. Carter's First Case - Charles Caldwell (Read by Roger Daltrey)

Whizz (CD)

2 CD Set
Prism Leisure
Released 8 March 2005
ISBN: 978-1905392056
Over 2 hours

Contains 8 suspense short stories read by celebrities, including one read by Bill Oddie.  The full list of titles are:

Disc One:
1. The Devil's Throat - Robert Eastland (Read by George Sewell)
2. Whizz - Robert Eastland (Read by James Bolam)
3. Somebody In The Garden - Robert Eastland (Read by Jon Pertwee)
4. The Ogre Of The Scragg - Robert Eastland (Read by Bill Oddie)

Disc Two:
1. A Lesson Never Learned - Paul Finch (Read by Peter Bowles)
2. The Hostel - Paul Finch (Read by Dennis Waterman)
3. The Red Room - Stella Whitelaw (Read by Kate O\'Mara)
4. The Lettuce Field - Robert Eastland (Read by Ross Kemp)

The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark (Book & CD)

Author: Jill Tomlinson.  Illustrator: Paul Howard

Read by Bill Oddie.

Paperback Book with CD
Published by Egmont Books Ltd on 7 July 2008
ISBN: 978-1405240758
32 pages 

Product Description: "Plop, the Baby Barn Owl, is like every Barn Owl there ever was, except for one thing - he is afraid of the dark. "Dark is nasty" he says and so he won\'t go hunting with his parents. Mrs Barn Owl sends him down from his nest-hole to ask about the dark and he meets a little boy waiting for the fireworks to begin, an old lady, a scout out camping, a girl who tells him about Father Christmas, a man with a telescope and a black cat who takes him exploring. He realizes that through these encounters that dark is super after all."

One Flew into the Cuckoo's Egg (CD & Audiobook)

What's the Time Mr. Wolf?

Featuring Rod Argent, Robert Howes & Tim Renwick with Bill Oddie

Audio Download
Published by The Children\'s Company - OMiP on 4 November 2012
Running Time: 37 minutes

Tracks:
1. Summer Time At Bigley-On-Sea (feat. Rod Argent, Robert Howes & Tim Renwick)
2. Reginald J Wolf Wins the Race Against Time (feat. Rod Argent, Robert Howes & Tim Renwick)

See also Doctor Who and the Pirates in the Big Finish Doctor Who Audio Adventures section below

Big Finish Doctor Who Audio Adventures

Big Finish publishes a line of full-cast audio drama and audiobooks based on cult television series and classic characters including a large number of productions involving Doctor Who.  These are available on CD and as digital downloads (many of the shows have also been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra).

Since 2002 each of the Goodies has made an appearance in a Big Finish Doctor Who Adventure, with Graeme voicing the recurring character of the Meddling Monk in multiple stories (although not in all of his appearances).

Bang-Bang-a-Boom! (CD & Digital Download)

Big Finish Productions
Released December 2002
ISBN: 1-903654-77-7
Running Time: approximately 2 hours 24 minutes

Graeme Garden appears in this Doctor Who adventure.

Written By: Gareth Roberts and Clayton Hickman
Directed By: Nicholas Pegg

Cast: Sylvester McCoy (The Doctor); Bonnie Langford (Melanie Bush); Sabina Franklyn (Dr. Eleanor Harcourt); Graeme Garden (Prof Ivor Fassbinder); Vidar Magnussen (Lieutenant Strindberg); Nickolas Grace (Loozly); Patricia Quinn (Angvia); Anthony Spargo (Nicky Newman); Jane Goddard (Geri/Cyrene); David Tughan (Logan); Gareth Roberts (News Anchorman); Barnaby Edwards (Robot Waiter/Tannoy Voice); Nicholas Pegg (Alien Juror/Announcer); Andy Hardwick (The Breebles); Gareth Jenkins (The Breebles); Nicholas Briggs (Continuity Announcer)

Official Synopsis from Big Finish's website (http://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/bang-bang-a-boom-205):

Dark Space 8 - an advanced monitoring station floating serenely among the stars. Its crew - a dedicated and highly-skilled group of professionals, calmly going about their vital work. Its mission - to boldly host the Intergalactic Song Contest.

With representatives from myriad worlds competing, the eyes of the universe are on the station. But dark deeds are afoot aboard Dark Space 8... and people are starting to die.

The haughty Queen Angvia, the gaseous gestalt Gholos, disposable pop idol Nicky Neumann, erratic Professor Fassbinder and the icily-efficient Dr Helena Harcourt ­ all are suspects. Could old political rivalries be manifesting themselves among the contestants? Is this the work of a breakaway terrorist faction? Or has someone just got it in for singer-songwriters?

With peace in the galaxy hanging by a thread, it's vital that the mystery is solved ­ and fast! Can Dark Space 8's unconventional new commander, with the help of his personal pilot, Mel, find the murderer in time to prevent a major intergalactic war?

Or will it be nul points for the entire universe...?

Doctor Who and the Pirates (CD & Digital Download)

Big Finish Productions
Released April 2003
ISBN: 978-184435024X
Running Time: approx 2 hours 6 minutes

Bill Oddie appears in this Doctor Who adventure.

Max Warp (CD & Digital Download)

(Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor Adventures 2.2)

Big Finish Productions
Released February 2008
ISBN: 978-1844353057
Approximate Running Time: 60 minutes

Graeme Garden appears in this Doctor Who adventure.

CD ONLY EXTRAS: The CD also includes bonus interviews with the cast.

Written By: Jonathan Morris
Directed By: Barnaby Edwards

Cast: Paul McGann (The Doctor); Sheridan Smith (Lucie Miller); Graeme Garden (Geoffrey Vantage); James Fleet (O'Reilley); Duncan James (Timbo); Nick Brimble (The Kith); Samantha Hughes (President Varlon); Katarina Olsson (Judd Gilbride)

Official Synopsis from Big Finish's website (http://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/max-warp-524):

Welcome to Max Warp! Broadcasting live from the Sirius Inter-G Cruiser Show. Hosted by outspoken columnist and media personality Geoffrey Vantage, with spaceship-guru-extraordinaire O’Reilley and daredevil pilot Timbo ‘the Ferret’.

When a test flight of the new Kith Sunstorm ends in disaster, the Sirius Exhibition Station is plunged into a web of murder and intrigue. Someone – or something – is trying to re-ignite a war between the Varlon Empire and the Kith Oligarchy.

As the fate of the galaxy hangs in the balance, only two investigators, the Doctor and Lucie, can hope to uncover the truth.

So strap yourself in, engage thrust, and prepare for... Max Warp!

WHAT THE PAPERS SAY:
"Graeme Garden is as much the star of this episode as Paul McGann and Sheridan Smith, and gives a great performance... More like this please!"

- Total Sci-Fi

"A very fun story. I really love the interplay between Lucie and the Doctor"
- Timelash.com

"This is classic Jonathan Morris, which means it's smart and genuinely funny"
- Doctor Who Magazine (Pick of the Month)

The Zygon Who Fell to Earth (CD & Digital Download)

(Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor Adventures, 2.6)

Big Finish Productions
Released June 2008
ISBN: 978-1844353095
Running Time: approximately 60 minutes

Tim Brooke-Taylor appears in this Doctor Who adventure.

Written By: Paul Magrs
Directed By: Barnaby Edwards

Cast: Paul McGann (The Doctor); Sheridan Smith (Lucie Miller); Steven Pacey (Trevor); Malcolm Stoddard (Urtak); Tim Brooke-Taylor (Mims); Lynsey Hardwick (Aunty Pat); Katarina Olsson (Grakus)

CD ONLY EXTRAS: The CD includes bonus interviews with the cast -- these extras are only available on the CD, not the download

Official Synopsis from Big Finish's website (http://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/the-zygon-who-fell-to-earth-528):

There are no monsters this time... are there?

Ten years later and Aunty Pat is in her prime. She's snagged herself an ex rock star at the Kendal Folk Festival and now, in the brave new world of the early 1980s they manage together a snazzy hotel on the poetic and shingly shore of Lake Grasmere. However, still waters run deep and friends from the past are returning, intent on milking the old cash-cow...

Featuring the song Falling Star sung by Steven Pacey, with music by Tim Sutton and lyrics by Barnaby Edwards.

The Book of Kells (CD & Digital Download)

(Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor Adventures, 4.04)

Big Finish Productions
Released September 2010
ISBN: 978-1844354788
Running Time: approximately 60 minutes

Graeme Garden appears in this Doctor Who adventure.

Written By: Barnaby Edwards
Directed By: Barnaby Edwards 

Cast: Paul McGann (The Doctor), Niky Wardley (Tamsin Drew), Jim Carter (Brother Bernard), Terrence Hardiman (King Sitric), Graeme Garden (Abbot Thelonious), Ryan Sampson (Brother Patrick), Ash Hidminster (Brother Lucianus), Nick Brimble (Olaf Eriksson)

Official Synopsis from Big Finish's website (http://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/the-book-of-kells-542):

\Anyone who's prepared to kill for a book interests me.\'

Ireland, 1006. Strange things have been happening at the isolated Abbey of Kells: disembodied voices, unexplained disappearances, sudden death. The monks whisper of imps and demons. Could the Lord of the Dead himself be stalking these hallowed cloisters?

The Doctor and his companion find themselves in the midst of a medieval mystery. At its heart is a book: perhaps the most important book in the world. The Great Gospel of Columkille. The Liber Columbae.

Lucie Miller

(Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor Adventures, 4.09)

Big Finish Productions
Released February 2011
ISBN: 978-1844355020
Running Time: approximately 60 minutes

Graeme Garden appears in this Doctor Who adventure.

Written By: Nicholas Briggs
Directed By: Nicholas Briggs

Cast: Paul McGann (The Doctor), Sheridan Smith (Lucie Miller), Niky Wardley (Tamsin Drew), Graeme Garden (The Monk), Carole Ann Ford (Susan Campbell), Jake McGann (Alex Campbell), John Banks (Seb Andrews) Nicholas Briggs (The Daleks)

Official Synopsis from Big Finish\'s website (http://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/lucie-miller-547):

Hello! Doctor, it's me. Lucie. Lucie Miller…\'

Lucie Miller needs the Doctor's help. The whole planet Earth needs his help. But he is nowhere to be seen. While Lucie struggles to survive a terrible sickness, an even greater threat to the human race is about to be unleashed.

And this will be the second Dalek invasion of Earth the Doctor's granddaughter has had to endure.

'You must accept the reality of your situation. You have been defeated.'

To The Death

(Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor Adventures, 4.10)

Big Finish Productions
Released March 2011
ISBN: 978-1844355037
Running Time: approximately 60 minutes

Written By: Nicholas Briggs
Directed By: Nicholas Briggs

Graeme Garden appears in this Doctor Who adventure.

Cast: Paul McGann (The Doctor), Sheridan Smith (Lucie Miller), Niky Wardley (Tamsin Drew), Graeme Garden (The Monk), Carole Ann Ford (Susan Campbell), Jake McGann (Alex Campbell), Nicholas Briggs (The Daleks)

Official Synopsis from Big Finish's website (http://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/to-the-death-548):

'He can\t be alive...\'

After a last, futile fight-back against the Daleks, Lucie, Susan and Alex are heading home to England in the desperate hope of saving the Doctor's life. But the true, terrible nature of the Daleks' plan is beginning to emerge and the Monk has blood on his hands.

To defeat the Daleks, it can only be a struggle… to the death.