WILLIAM THE BOLD

FAMILY ROUNDABOUT

First published in 1948, this is the story of two families during the inter-war years. We are shown the matriarchs around whom their families spin; but whether they direct their children gently or forcefully, in the end they have to accept them as they are. We see that families can both entrap and sustain; that parents and children must respect each other; and that happiness necessitates jumping or being pushed off the family roundabout.

JUST WILLIAM COLLECTION

This collection of stories follows the adventures of that irrepressible and ageless schoolboy William Brown. Perpetually scruffy, mud-stained and mischievous, he is a lovable scamp whose pranks always end in disaster - for his elders at least!

JUST WILLIAM: A BBC RADIO COLLECTION

Richmal Crompton's stories featuring irrepressible schoolboy William Brown have been firm favourites with both young and old for decades. Perpetually scruffy, mud-stained and mischievous, he is a lovable scamp whose pranks usually end in disaster - for his harassed elders at least. With friends Ginger, Douglas and Henry (the Outlaws) and the angelic thorn-in-his-side, the lisping Violet Elizabeth Bott, William has rightly joined the literary, and radio, immortals. Martin Jarvis, who has been hailed as 'the wizard of the talking book' (The Daily Telegraph), has made the voice of William his own, and this collection of 54 laugh-out-loud stories will delight long-standing fans and first-time listeners alike.

MORE WILLIAM

On Christmas Day a centipede appeared on Aunt Evangeline's plate, the library clock was dismantled and the conjuring trick with the egg went wrong! William is back leaving a trail of havoc behind him!

WILLIAM THE PIRATE

William's great enemy is boredom and he will do anything to avoid it. He'll rescue babies from great danger or have swashbuckling piratical adventures. But he has always resisted gardening. Until now, that is. William is up to something and the flowerbeds will never be the same again.