Just William: A Second BBC Radio Collection

A second wonderful collection of Just William stories, selected and read by Martin Jarvis

 

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.

 

The stories in this collection include: 

 

That Boy

The Bishop’s Handkerchief

William and Uncle George

The Haunted House

William and St Valentine

April Fool’s Day

Not Much

The Cure

William’s Wonderful Plan

The Outlaws and the Penknife

William the Reformer

William’s New Year’s Day

Aunt Florence and the Green Woodpecker

The Plan that Failed

William and the Begging Letter

A Question of Exchange

William and the Temporary History Teacher

The Outlaws and the Tramp

A Few Dogs and William

The Outlaws and the Missionary

William the Good

William and the Young Man

William and the Spy

William and the Badminton Racket

William Turns Over a New Leaf

William and Dear Little Peter

William and the Waxwork Prince

William and the White Cat

William and Photography

The Great Detective

The Fete - and Fortune

The Weak Spot

The Outlaws Go a-Mumming

William's Double Life

William to the Rescue

William the Film Star

William the Rat Lover

William the Showman

William And the Monster

William The Persian

The New Game

William and the Love Nest

The Cat And The Mouse

Waste Paper Wanted

William The Globe Trotter

William And The Prize Pig

A Present From William

A Night Of Mysteries

William and the Chinese God

William and the League of Perfect Love

Fireworks Strictly Prohibited

William the Psychiatrist

William Joins the Waits

Violet Elizabeth Takes Control

William – The Dear Little Boysie

William’s Brilliant Plan

The Outlaws and Aunt Jo

Violet Elizabeth’s Special Party