When Bertie's attendance is requested at his aunt's party, he calls in Jeeves for help. To add to Bertie's woes and Jeeves responsibilities, the two discover that Bertie's ex-fiance will also be in attendance.

P.D. James is “the greatest living mystery writer.”–People
Private detective Cordelia Gray is invited to the sunlit island of Courcy to protect the vainly beautiful actress Clarissa Lisle from veiled threats on her life. Within the rose red walls of a fairy-tale castle, she finds the stage is set for death.
“Richly intricate and literate,” James’s second Cordelia Gray mystery “shows James at the...

The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn are agog with curiosity when the Gazette advertises: "A murder is announced and will take place on Friday, October 29th, at Little Paddowcks at 6:30 p.m." A childish practical joke? Or a spiteful hoax? Unable to resist the mysterious invitation, the locals arrive at Little Paddocks at the appointed time when, without warning, the lights go out and a gun is fired. When the lights come back on, a gruesome scene is...

In "A Man Lay Dead" a game of "murders" at Sir Hubert Handesley's country house party becomes far too realistic for anyone's liking. First a guest arrives with a dangenerously lethal dagger and then, when the gong sounds to announce the start of the game, the victim plays dead in a very convincing manner. In the second play, "A Surfeit of Lampreys", the aristocratic Lampreys are charming, but penniless, so a visit from the wealthy head of them family...

'We at this table pledge our allegiance to the Dalek cause. Our armies will reduce the galaxies to ashes, their people to dust. And Earth we will conquer first!' In their quest to gain control of the Solar System, the Daleks have taken possession of the Time Destructor, a weapon which threatens the safety of all who stand in their way. As they head up an alliance of alien races bent on destroying the human race, in their midst is none other than the...

'There is only one form of life that matters. Dalek life!' The TARDIS has been stolen from Gatwick Airport, and the Doctor and Jamie are hot on its trail. A series of cryptic clues lead them to an antiques shop owned by Edward Waterfield, and there it becomes clear that an elaborate trap has been laid for them - but by whom, and for what purpose? Only a journey back in time to the 1860s will reveal the answer... The Daleks are in search of the Human...

"Voices of servicemen, factory workers, and domestic servants alternate with those of the great and the good, such as Lord Bereridge, David Lloyd George, and Nancy Astor, to describe daily life in peace and war. Momentous events such as Scott's doomed expedition to the South Pole, Shackleton's crossing of the Antarctic, and the sinking of the Titanic are vividly described."--Container.

Taken from the BBC archive, hear recordings about the events of British history during the 1940's, described by the people who lived them.