Brian Gulliver's Travels
Publisher: BBC Audio
Language: eng
Format: Audiobook
Description: The complete BBC Radio 4 satirical comedy series about a seasoned presenter of travel documentaries, Brian Gulliver, who finds himself in a hospital's secure unit after claiming to have experienced a succession of bizarre adventures.

In series 1 we hear about Brian's travels in Gelbetia, a country run by doctors; Juradia, where every other person is a lawyer; Osminia, a land where marriage is outlawed; Sham, a country where alternative therapies abound; Erosia, which has a very different view of sexual politics; and Jampoa, where fame definitely equals fortune.

In series 2 we hear about Brian's travels in Chamanoa, where genetics is pitted against education; Lessington, where ignorance reigns; Gravinia and Plumpf, a land where the military are revered above everything; Anidara, where he finds himself put out to stud; Hermicia, where charity is strangely in abundance; and Kognitia, where selective memory is taken to a new extreme
Table of contents: title: Series 1 (2011); title: Episode 1: Gelbetia - A medocracy run by doctors; title: Episode 2: Juradia - A litigious society of lawyers; title: Episode 3: Osminia - A different understanding of family; title: Episode 4: Sham - Believers in alternative therapies; title: Episode 5: Erosia - Unusual sexual politics; title: Episode 6: Jampoa - Obsessed with fame and celebrity; title: Series 2 (2012); title: Episode 1: Chamanoa - Nature vs. nurture society; title: Episode 2: Lessington - Where ignorance reigns; title: Episode 3: Gravinia and Plumpf - Military state vs. pacifists; title: Episode 4: Anidara - Humans farmed by animals; title: Episode 5: Hermicia - Altruists vs. the selfish; title: Episode 6: Kognitia - Forgetting is valued, memory impaired