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Originally Posted by barryem
Audible also has a lot of audiodrama, which is very much like watching a TV show except there's no picture. Actors perform the various parts and the key here is "perform", not read. The BBC radio networks do regular daily audiodramas, usually a few each day, and Audible gets the best of those to sell.
You can also find them on archive.org.
Barry
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Sounds a lot like Old Time Radio. The stories are told via what the characters say, narrators and the sound effects. To tell the truth I think they are better than TV. OTR helps you to stretch your imagination more. For that matter as far as audio books there was a time when all storytelling was audio only. Back before many could read and books were hand copied there were people who wandered from town to town telling stories in exchange for the hospitality of the community. it's also how news got around in those days. People would memorize small songs that contained the message of the news. We still have some fragments of wisdom passed down through rhymes too. i.e. 30 days hath september ...