Audio - Children's Titles 1999
New Audio - Children's Titles
1999
Tristan Davies
Wallace & Gromit: Crackers in Space
Published November 99 by Headline Audio at £8.99
ISBN: 1-84032-191-1
Read by Peter Sallis
With Nick Newman
Performed by Peter Sallis, Jane Horrocks, Gareth Armstrong, Kulvinder Ghir, Raymond Pickard, Kathryn Pogson
More new, hilarious, dramatised adventures with Wallace and Gromit
It's the night before Gromit's birthday and Wallace is in the shed planning a surprise: a party for Gromit with lots of balloons and lashings of home-brewed cheese. It's a surprise alright when Wallace goes overboard with the helium and the shed disappears into orbit - where zero gravity makes the Home Brew Cheese Kit go into hyperdrive.
With West Wallaby Street facing its very own Edamageddon, Wallace assembles a crack team to journey into the unknown. Thus man and dog blast oft into space and, with First Knitting Officer Wendolene and Bill 'Cheesy' Cheeseman also aboard, this may be Wallace and Gromit's cheesiest mission yet.
Peter Sallis is well known as the voice of Wallace in the films and videos.
2 Cassettes Directed by Alby James
Clive King
Stig of the Dump
Published January 99 by Puffin Audio at £6.99
ISBN: 0140868089
Barney has found a wonderful place to play - the chalk-pit or rubbish dump near his granny's home. One day the ground gives way and Barney finds himself in a cave in the middle of the dump, and that's where he meets Stig.
Stig is living wild and has a lot to learn from Barney, but equally he has a lot to teach him. They soon become friends, discover each other's ways and embark on a series of extraordinary adventures. Already a classic among children's books.
Tony Robinson's best known roles are Baldrick in Blackadder; the Sheriff of Nottingham in Maid Marian and Her Merry Men, for which he also wrote the script; Alan in My Wonderful Life and or Time Team's presenter. He is also an award-winning scriptwriter and author of children's books.
Clive King moved to the village of Ash in Kent when he
was two, and this is the setting for Stig of the Dump. Educated at Rochester and Cambridge, later in life he visited many countries of the world as a sailor and taught and lectured in several others. He became a full-time writer in London at the age of 49 and now
lives with his family in Norfolk.
Published by Puffin in paperback
Abridged by Kati Nicholl
Produced by Martin Franks
Music composed by Martin Cook
Running time approx. 2 hours 45 mins
Two cassettes
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Jeremy Strong
Dinosaur Pox
Published January 99 by Puffin Audio at £6.99
ISBN: 0140869034
Read by Sophie Aldred
Jodie Bolton is not the happiest of girls. She hates her dark curly hair, she loathes her freckles, and she wants to look like a princess.
One day she wakes up to find that those problems no longer exist. instead she has to contend with purple and green blotches and scaly skin, because she has turned into a dinosaur. This is a mixed blessing for Jodie, for while she is the centre of attention, PE lessons and school dinners get her into some hilarious scrapes. But it is not until she visits the doctor that things get really out of hand …
Sophie Aldred has presented many children's television programmes, including WOW!, It's a Mystery and Words and Pictures. She also played Ace, Dr Who's assistant.
Produced by Martin Franks
Music composed by Martin Cook
Running time approx. 2 hours - unabridged
2 cassettes
