Biggles

This section contains a few Biggles items that I have picked up over time.

Biggles Flies North, Read by Michael Palin. Originally broadcasted by the BBC. You can listen on line or download from the links below (approx 12mb each). If you prefer to download the story in one large file (approx 95MB) then click here.

Biggles Flies North - Part 1 of 8    Biggles Flies North - Part 2 of 8    Biggles Flies North - Part 3 of 8    Biggles Flies North - Part 4 of 8

Biggles Flies North - Part 5 of 8    Biggles Flies North - Part 6 of 8    Biggles Flies North - Part 7 of 8    Biggles Flies North - Part 8 of 8

Biggles and the Deep Blue Sea.

From the following link you can download or read online a PDF copy of the book "Biggles and the Deep Blue Sea".

Biggles and the Deep Blue Sea

Biggles: Adventures Through Time.

On 3rd September 2009 BBC Radio 4 broadcasted a half hour documentary on Biggles. The write-up in the Radio Times magazine reads as follows:

"A top-hole half hour as Alexander Armstrong recounts the career of debonair fighter pilot James Bigglesworth and his creator, the equally adventurous Captain W E Johns. Transporting you back to an era of chivalry, derring-do and an unfortunate line in imperialism and sexism (Biggles preferred cigarettes to women), we hear how the enduring hero was able to survive firing-squads and hangings ... but not the wrath of some indignant librarians. Yet despite a shift in attitude to race and ethnicity, Biggles has remained a popular figure in children's fiction. His profile was originally raised thanks to a high-flying "Children's Hour" radio serial, but it seems that - with many of the books still in print - young readers still have a soaring desire to buckle up and take to the skies."

You can download the broadcast here. (24 MB Approx)