Rogue Male - BBC Radio Drama & Unabridged Reading - Geoffrey Household Audiobook
Language: EnglishKeywords:
Assassin
Hitler
Manhunt
Survival Skills
Thriller
World War 2
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Read by Michael Jayston, Simon Cadell, Full Cast
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 256 Kbps
Unabridged
Geoffrey Household’s Rogue Male is a classic thriller and a triumph of suspense. Described by Household as a “bastard offspring of Stevenson and Conrad,” the book is no less remarkable as an exploration of the lure of violence, the psychology of survivalism, and the call of the wild.
First published shortly before the outbreak of war in 1939.
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Rogue Male꞉ Dramatised by Frederick Bradnum
Sir Ben is an anonymous, wealthy Englishman on a shooting trip to the continent.
In his sights is ‘the biggest game of all’ - the head of a brutal European dictatorship.
Set in Germany and England in the late 1930s.
If Sir Ben had succeeded in his mission, he would have changed the course of history…
Dramatised by Frederick Bradnum.
Sir Ben… Simon Cadell
Quive-Smith … David Goudge
Karl / Demeter … Ian Michie
Colonel / Policeman / Frank / Sergeant … Christopher Scott
Police Chief / 2nd Policeman/ Haddon / Bligh … Geoffrey Whitehead
Fisher / Guard / Inspector / Pat … David Rose
Vaner / 1st Policeman / Driver / Constable … Philip Sully
Saul / 1st Gestapo … Leslie Heritage
Peale / Soldier … Ian Targett
Tom / 2nd Gestapo / Kripo … Jonathan Scott
Mrs Whelkes / 2nd Woman … Ysanne Churchman
Patachon / Sergeant / Hans … Manning Wilson
Barmaid / 3rd Woman / Operator … Susan Sheridan
Mrs Erskine / 1st Woman … Joan Matheson
Producer: Graham Gauld
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1989.
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Rogue Male꞉ Read by Michael Jayston (Unabridged)
An anonymous, wealthy Englishman goes on a shooting trip to the continent.
In his sights is ‘the biggest game of all’: the head of a brutal European dictatorship.
A 15-part unabridged reading by Michael Jayston.
Producer: David Jackson Young.
Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in 2004.
Note - This is newly encoded with better sound quality than my old (now deleted) torrent. If you have the old version I recommend you delete it and replace with this.
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Rogue Justice꞉ Read by Michael Jayston (Abridged)
The hero - an anonymous, wealthy Englishman - is now caged in a German prison with scores to settle. But there’s been an air raid….
Read by Michael Jayston.
Geoffrey Household’s sequel to his acclaimed British thriller ‘Rogue Male’ was published over 40 years later in 1982.
Abridged in 5 parts by Patricia Hannah.
Producer: David Jackson Young.
Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in 2009.
I include this for completeness sake, as IMHO it’s pants compared to the first book.
Source files were from BBC Sounds at 320kpbs - edited to remove continuity announcers and saved as VBR with a target rate of 256kps for the radio drama & 192kbps for the readings.
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This post has 11 comments with rating of 3/5
March 2nd, 2026
Thanks, prettyrandom. Just to be clear (your thoroughness has confused me, lol!) — even though it was made for and broadcast on radio, the reading by Michael Jayston is just that, correct? An unabridged reading of the book, not a multi-cast dramatization? Thanks again!
March 2nd, 2026
Yes, there’s a dramatisation & an unabridged reading of Rogue Male plus and abridged reading of the sequel
March 2nd, 2026
Nice copy on The Internet Archive
March 2nd, 2026
Ha! I read the title and could immediately ‘hear’ the theme music! Was it really that long ago?
March 3rd, 2026
This is my favorite version! Thank you thank you. Does anyone know if Jayston ever read an Unabridged version of Rogue Justice??
March 3rd, 2026
You have uploaded the jacket twice
March 3rd, 2026
DonDaddavich> Does anyone know if Jayston ever read an Unabridged version of Rogue Justice??
Unfortunately he did not.
March 3rd, 2026
Cleanliness> You have uploaded the jacket twice
And you have uploaded precisely nothing, https://thrilleraudio.org/member/users/index?&mode=userinfo&username=Cleanliness
So what’s your point? Any why would anyone give a shit? Opinions are like arseholes, we all have one but no one wants to see yours.
March 3rd, 2026
prettyrandom — thank you for your answer, and again, your uploads.
March 5th, 2026
@Cleanliness / Morality: if you’d ever uploaded, you’d know there is only one cover image link.
Prettyrandom obviously made one image combining two covers since the torrent has both a dramatised version and a book reading.
March 8th, 2026
Thank you!
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