About the Narrators
Joss Ackland, CBE, was born Sidney
Edmond Jocelyn Ackland in London in 1928. He is a distinguished English actor
who has appeared in over 130 films and in title roles on the London stage.
Among his credits are Lethal Weapon 2, The
Hunt for Red October, and Evita.
Jenny Agutter is an English film and television actress. She began her career as a child actor in the mid 1960s, starring in the BBC television series The Railway Children and the film adaptation of the same book. She moved on to adult roles with Walkabout, An American Werewolf in London, Logan’s Run, and Equus. Agutter is the winner of two AudioFile Earphones Awards.
James Bolam is an English actor
best known for his roles on BBC radio and television in the 1970s. He was
appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2009 Birthday
Honors.
Tony Britton is a renowned British classical stage actor who has performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company. On television, he has appeared in Holby City, The Way We Live Now, and The Saint.
Charles Dance, OBE, is an English
actor, director, and screenwriter. He was a member of the Royal Shakespeare
Company in the 1970s and went on to appear in many BBC television shows after
his breakthrough role in The Jewel in the
Crown. He most recently starred in the HBO Game of Thrones series.
Eleanor Bron, an Earphones Award–winning narrator, is an English actress whose stage career includes many productions, such as The Clean House, All about My Mother, and In Extremis. On television she has appeared in Fat Friends, Ted and Alice, Hippies, Vanity Fair, and as Patsy’s mother in Absolutely Fabulous. Her film credits include Wimbledon, Iris, and The Little Princess.
Charles Dance, OBE, is an English
actor, director, and screenwriter. He was a member of the Royal Shakespeare
Company in the 1970s and went on to appear in many BBC television shows after
his breakthrough role in The Jewel in the
Crown. He most recently starred in the HBO Game of Thrones series.
Neil Hellegers grew up in New Jersey and attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned a BA in theater arts and a minor in psychology before getting an MFA in acting from the Trinity Rep Conservatory in Providence, Rhode Island. He moved to New York City in 2003 and, since then, has made a career of theatrical performance, percussion, theater education, and audiobook narration. He currently lives in Brooklyn with his wife and son.