Paul Tyreman

  • Read by: Paul Tyreman

    Duration: 8 hrs 30 mins

    As a young boy of eight, Jonny Bairstow was dealt a cruel blow. His father David 'Bluey' Bairstow, the combative and very popular wicketkeeper and captain of Yorkshire, took his own life at the age of 47. Jonny and his family strived to come to terms with the loss of their father and husband. Jonny found his way through his dedication to sport. He followed in his father's footsteps and chose cricket, eventually reaching the pinnacle of the sport and breaking the record for most Test runs in a year by a wicketkeeper.

    Biography - Sport
  • Read by: Paul Tyreman

    Duration: 8 hrs 30 mins

    As a young boy of eight, Jonny Bairstow was dealt a cruel blow. His father David 'Bluey' Bairstow, the combative and very popular wicketkeeper and captain of Yorkshire, took his own life at the age of 47. Jonny and his family strived to come to terms with the loss of their father and husband. Jonny found his way through his dedication to sport. He followed in his father's footsteps and chose cricket, eventually reaching the pinnacle of the sport and breaking the record for most Test runs in a year by a wicketkeeper.

    Biography - Sport
  • Read by: Paul Tyreman

    Duration: 8 hrs 57 mins

    Duncan Peck has travelled alone to Dartmoor in search of his cousin. He has come from the city, where the fires are always burning. In his cousin's village, Peck finds a place with tea rooms and barley fields, a church and a schoolhouse.

    Out here, the people live an honest life - and if there's any trouble, they have a way to settle it. They sit in the shadow of a vast wall, inscribed with strange messages. Anyone can write on the wall, anonymously, about their neighbours, about any wrongdoing that might hurt the community.

    Then comes the reckoning. The stranger from the city causes a stir. He has not been there long before the village wakes up to the most unspeakable accusation; sentences daubed on the wall that will detonate the darkest of secrets.

    Contemporary Fiction
  • Read by: Paul Tyreman

    Duration: 12 hrs

    Over four decades Michael Parkinson has had a very varied career, from working on highly acclaimed current affairs and film programmes to genial chatshow host, capable of drawing out the most reluctant guest.

    Biography - Entertainment
  • Read by: Paul Tyreman

    Duration: 8 hrs 30 mins

    Paul Hollywood is the man of the moment in British baking. His luxurious dough recipes have been single-handedly responsible for the mass ignition of ovens across the UK since the advent of The Great British Bake Off. Admired for his straight-talking style and amazing technical knowledge, Paul's judging partnership with Mary Berry has been described as one of television's best ever. Descended from a line of illustrious bakers, Hollywood originally trained as a sculptor, giving him the skilful hands his viewers delight in watching. From kneading dough as a 17-year-old apprentice to his father to working as head baker at the prestigious Dorchester Hotel, his professional career is legendary.

    Biography - Entertainment
  • Read by: Paul Tyreman

    Duration: 8 hrs 45 mins

    After years of watching Kenyan athletes win the world's biggest races, Adharanand Finn set out to discover just what it was that made them so fast - and to see if he could keep up in an epic marathon across the Kenyan plains.

    Biography - Sport
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