Since 1996, Focus on the Family Radio Theatre has produced innovative sound entertainment for families and individuals. These dramas feature cinema-quality sound blueprint and original music scores.

Whether for playing on road trips, entertaining the family, or just multitasking at home or work, audio dramas are a fantastic resource for meaningfully passing the time with adventures of cinematic quality. Whereas an audiobook typically involves a single narrator reading the book's text, an audio drama (too called "radio theatre") whisks the listener away in a dramatized, movie-like experience and features a cast of voice actors, immersive sound furnishings, and soundtracks ⁠— all without the requirement of getting stuck in front end of a TV. Moreover, this list of world-class productions extends beyond a broad range of genres and family-friendly material, encompassing both dramatized renditions of beloved literary classics and exciting originals.

Fans of C. S. Lewis will be enchanted by productions of The Chronicles of Narnia, C. South. Lewis at War, and The Screwtape Messages. Readers of classic books, such as Anne of Green Gables, Oliver Twist, Les Misérables, and The Undercover Garden, will feel their favorite stories in an entirely new way. Children are taught life lessons with the Adventures in Odyssey series while simultaneously having fun. Enthusiasts thrilled past the more than obscure volition be delighted to discover stellar productions of Billy Budd, Sailor and At the Back of the Northward Current of air. Those who have a taste for the mysteries of Sherlock Holmes will be enthralled by the innovative and bright Father Gilbert Mysteries. Even still, this falls brusque of roofing all the bachelor possibilities!

Check out the list below of the all-time audio dramas and relive these cherished adventures once more and over again!


 Ben-Hur An unforgettable account of betrayal, revenge, redemption, Focus on the Family Radio Theatre's production of Ben-Hur tells the tale of a nobleman who barbarous from Roman favor and was sentenced to live every bit a slave—all at the easily of his babyhood friend, Messala. Once nearly brothers, whatever hope of reconciliation is dashed after Messala is seriously injured during a roughshod chariot race won past the vindictive Ben-Hur. But what makes this adaptation of Lew Wallace's best-selling story unforgettable is the changed man Ben-Hur becomes after seeing Christ on the cantankerous.
Recorded in London with pic-style audio, this activeness-packed production shares that compassion is the true path to redemption.

Anne of Light-green Gables This captivating audio drama production based on the dear volume by Lucy One thousand. Montgomery allows listeners to personally experience the globe and characters presented in Anne of Green Gables in a whole new way! Anne of Green Gables is the story of a trivial girl's feisty spirit and potent determination that wins over the hearts of the people of Avonlea.
From the award winning team that brought you The Chronicles of Narnia, these classic stories feature performances past a full cast of actors, including Gemma Jones from Harry Potter and the Sleeping room of Secrets and many others. Also features motion-picture quality sound design and original music score .

Les Misérables The story that has thrilled millions comes to life in a make new way in Focus on the Family Radio Theatre'southward Les Miserables. This audio drama beautifully portrays the redeeming power of forgiveness through the story of Jean Valjean, an embittered convict whose life is inverse by a unmarried act of kindness. Recorded in London with some of England's finest actors, it volition mesmerize adults and families alike.

The Chronicles of Narnia(Complete Series) The classic stories of C. Southward. Lewis'due south The Chronicles of Narnia come to life through this beautifully boxed edition of fully dramatized audio adventures. Produced by Focus on the Family's acclaimed Radio Theatre, the serial is now presented in a collector-quality tin with original artwork and map of Narnia.
Recorded in London with an all-star cast of England's brightest talent from the stage and screen, an original orchestral score, and movie theatre-quality digital sound design, this innovative recording includes all seven original stories and nearly 22 hours of entertainment! Adults and children alike will be entranced by stories of backbone, self-sacrifice, friendship, and honor—in a world where talking creatures conspire with men, dark forces are bent on conquest, and the neat lion Aslan is the merely promise.
This is a repackaged, collector's edition of this bestselling Radio Theatre resource, which has sold more 340,000 copies.

Oliver Twist  An audio drama of the highest quality, Oliver Twist was recorded on location in London with an honour-winning cast. This archetype story will steal your heart every bit the timeless characters are brought to life in Focus on the Family Radio Theatre's edition of Charles Dickens' beloved tale. This amazing audio production comes on five CDs, with a bonus DVD that includes behind-the-scenes product footage and the documentary Modern Solar day Oliver. Purchase of the product too benefits Focus's "Wait No More than" adoption initiative.
With movie theater-quality audio and an original soundtrack, this audio drama tells the story of a young orphan sent from a child farm to begin life in a workhouse. After committing the unpardonable offense of asking for more food, Oliver is sent off to apprentice with a coffin-maker whose wife mistreats him. He runs away to London, where he meets the Artful Dodger and Fagin, who trains kids to be pickpockets. Despite his many trials and hardships, he finally gets his happy ending, bringing hope for redemption to all around him.

The Hugger-mugger Garden  Mary, a young orphaned girl, meets her bedridden cousin, Colin. She discovers an enchanting hole-and-corner place, separate from the outside world. It is in this place that Colin and Mary learn lessons about overcoming obstacles. By putting their faith in God and others, their lives are forever altered. This story will captivate audiences of all ages.
From the accolade winning squad that brought you lot The Chronicles of Narnia, these classic stories feature performances by a full cast of actors, including Gemma Jones from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and many others. This complete audio theatrical performances with original musical scores features motion-picture quality sound design.

Bonhoeffer: The Cost of Freedom Bonhoeffer: The Toll of Freedom  Peabody Award winner!
With faith comes a price. What are yous willing to pay? That's the question explored in Bonhoeffer: The Cost of Freedom. Chronicling the life of German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, this provocative Peabody accolade-winning dramatization shares the story of i man's battle confronting the evils of Nazism, a decadent civilization, and compromising church building—something that's not so foreign to society today. Challenging and compelling, information technology'south entertainment with a bulletin!

The Screwtape Messages  From the award-winning sound drama team that brought you Radio Theatre's Amazing Grace and The Chronicles of Narnia. In his enduringly popular masterpiece The Screwtape Letters, C. Southward. Lewis re-imagines Hell as a gruesome bureaucracy. With spiritual insight and wry wit, Lewis suggests that demons, laboring in a vast enterprise, have horribly recognizable human attributes: contest, greed, and totalitarian penalization. Avoiding their own painful torture as well as a desire to dominate are what drive demons to torment their "patients."
The fashion and unique night humor of The Screwtape Letters are retained in this total-cast dramatization, as is the original setting of London during Earth War II. The story is carried by the senior demon Screwtape played magnificently past award-winning actor Andy Serkis ("Gollum" in Lord of the Rings) as he shares correspondence to his apprentice demon Wormwood. All 31 letters lead into dramatic scenes, gear up in either Hell or the existent world with humans—aka "the patient," as the demons say—along with his circumvolve of friends and family. This Radio Theatre release too stars Geoffrey Palmer (Tomorrow Never Dies), Laura Michelle Kelly (Sweeney Todd), Eileen Page (The Underground Garden), and other world-class actors.
Includes x new songs inspired by the classic book, four behind-the-scenes video documentary featurettes, and a v.ane surround sound mix. Four CDs, approx. 4 hours total.

Adventures in Odyssey  Yous'll never believe it—Eugene has invented a robot version of Whit! And if yous think that's foreign, await until y'all hear about all the other odd things going on in Odyssey: Eugene and Connie are getting married? Tom is shutting down the Timothy Center so Bart Rathbone can turn it into a space camp? And—most amazing of all—Harlow Doyle actually solves a case? What in the world is going on? Find out in these wild and wacky adventures that include some of the near of import lessons you'll ever learn!

Silas Marner  Edward Woodward (star of The Equalizertelevision serial) and Jenny Agutter are merely 2 of the experienced cast that lends its talents to this enchanting audio-play adaptation of the famous story past George Eliot. Betrayed by his all-time friend and maliciously defendant of being a thief, Silas Marner loses everything—his fiancée, his friends, his reputation, and—worst of all—his faith in God and his fellow man. When a cute, golden-haired child enters his life—a girl he loves as if she were his ain daughter—his life is amazingly inverse for the better.

The Hiding Place Enter into The Hiding Place to relive Corrie 10 Boom's heart-pounding business relationship as a leader in the Dutch Hole-and-corner during World War Ii. In this latest release from Focus on the Family's Radio Theatre, you'll find tragedy, perseverance, and the reality of God'due south astonishing love. With a cast of internationally acclaimed actors, cinema-quality audio effects, and total orchestration, you'll experience this classic, real-life story like never before.

At the Back of the North Wind In this Radio Theatre sound drama adaptation of George MacDonald's classic story, a beautiful woman known equally the North Wind blows through a small village in Victorian London, and everyday lives are mysteriously enveloped past a ability and a glory. Along the manner, she visits a poor stable boy named Diamond and takes him with her on her journeys. At the Back of the N Wind explores the identify of death in our lives, social injustice, and our deep need for dear and forgiveness.
C. S. Lewis, author of the classic Chronicles of Narnia series, said of MacDonald, "What he does best is fantasy—fantasy that hovers between the emblematic and the mythopoeic. And this, in my stance, he does better than any man. MacDonald is the greatest genius of this kind whom I know."

Amazing Grace The Radio Theatre production of Amazing Grace provides a prequel view to events featured in Amazing Grace, the movie. It offers listeners a more than in-depth and personal story of each of the master characters—William Wilberforce (an evangelical Christian politico), John Newton (author of Amazing Grace), and Olaudah Equiano (slave turned quaker merchant)—iii men instrumental in overthrowing the slave trade. The original Radio Theatre drama will bring out the essential spiritual elements in each story and show how the efforts of each man turned the tide of public opinion.

A Christmas Carol Experience Charles Dickens'south honey story of Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, and the ghosts of Christmases past, present, and future in a xc-minute full-cast drama production. Since 1996, Focus on the Family Radio Theatre has produced innovative audio entertainment for families and individuals. These dramas feature movie house-quality sound design and original music scores.

Billy Budd, Sailor Listeners will be absorbed by this moving tale of practiced versus evil through the life of winsome young sailor Billy Budd. Aboard a 1700s British warship, virtuous Billy is unfairly accused of treason by the villainous Primary of Artillery—a cold-blooded superior officer intent on Billy's devastation. Adapted from Herman Melville'south famous novel and presented by Focus on the Family unit's Peabody Award–winning Radio Theatre squad, Billy Budd volition remind listeners of another man, perfectly just, who suffered and died a criminal's decease.

At Dwelling in Mitford Combing the stellar script-accommodation skills of honor-winning writer Paul McCusker with the best-selling novel by Jan Karon, Radio Theatre's At Home in Mitford will get out listeners longing for more. Set in the charming village of Mitford, this volume volition please listeners equally information technology draws them into the life of Father Tim, an Episcopal rector who finds himself running on empty and longing for modify. His bachelor beingness is changed and enriched past a lovable cast of characters, including a stray dog, a lone boy, and a comely neighbour.

Male parent Gilbert Mysteries When Louis Gilbert turned in his detective badge to become an Anglican priest, he thought his days of solving difficult mysteries were over. At present, as the vicar of an ancient church in a small English village, Gilbert finds himself as the centre of one foreign mystery after some other. And he brings to each ane his unique combination of streetwise smarts and spiritual intuition. All ix Begetter Gilbert Mysteries are offered in this special 10-CD collection, providing over 10 hours of sound entertainment.

The Legend of Squanto Discover the incredible story of ane of American history's least known, withal well-nigh compelling, figures every bit it unfolds in The Legend of Squanto. This Focus on the Family radio theatre drama is more than just a tale nearly an honest human being who triumphed over tragedy. It is also a tribute to honor, integrity, and the God-given ability to look beyond the color of i's skin . . . and into the middle.

C.  S. Lewis at War  Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis is widely considered one of the greatest Christian books of the twentieth century. What most people don't realize is that it was first created as a serial of radio broadcasts that came about due to the disharmonize and adversity faced by Uk during Earth War II.
C. Due south. Lewis at War is a powerful and entertaining radio theatre–way audio drama on CD that brings to life this amazing catamenia in Lewis's life. It provides a rare insight into Lewis's life, friends, and family, illuminating a time of personal difficulty that also brought along some of his near influential works: The Screwtape Letters, The Problem of Pain, and Mere Christianity. Recorded in London and written by Paul McCusker, the script comes live with a full bandage of accolade-winning British voice actors, cinematic sound effects, and an original score.
The story begins when England was at war with Federal republic of germany. Injury and death impacted everyone. Solar day-to-mean solar day living was immensely difficult. Children were evacuated from London and sent to other parts of the country (Lewis himself took in a few). It was a time of strain, heartbreak, and weariness. A visionary in the BBC's religious department—James Welch—passionately believed Christianity should be meaningful and relevant to the British people in this hour of demand. Looking for new and diverse ways to present programs that explored Christian ideas, he contacted Oxford tutor, lecturer, and author C. S. Lewis. Reluctant at first, Lewis finally agreed to make a case for a "moral constabulary," drawn from mutual human feel that he believed was essential equally a foundation for religion in Christ. He presented his thoughts in a series of Broadcast Talks that were later gathered together and published as Mere Christianity.
This behind-the-scenes drama powerfully integrates the ideas Lewis explored in Mere Christianity with the very real influence that comes from living out a Christian life in a flow of trauma, proclaiming the reasons to trust God even when the world screams otherwise.
In addition to the three-hour Radio Theatre product, C. S. Lewis at War includes a complete and unabridged dramatic reading of Mere Christianity—capturing the clarity, intelligence, and wit of the original archetype. This provides listeners with a full x hours of audio entertainment on 8 CDs.