History is Alive (But Mainly on Commercial Street)

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An audiobook / podcast novel.... There is a killer on the loose, and the victims have all been found in the vicinity of Commercial Street; an otherwise quiet boulevard in the middle of the business district of a small town. The victims have been largely disembowelled, leading the local press to bes…

Gavin Milnthorpe


    • Feb 14, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 4m AVG DURATION
    • 81 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from History is Alive (But Mainly on Commercial Street)

    The Bookie Booker Prize (a very short audio play)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2023 13:01


    Gavin is a writer. He thinks he's a brilliant writer. He should be winning all the awards out there, the Booker, the Pulitzer, the Other Ones...but the Writing Establishment just don't understand his genius... But, for some reason, the Writing Establishment are quite taken with his Dad and his Granny...even though one of them has ONLY WRITTEN ONE SENTENCE! Gavin isn't amused and so, sometimes, life imitates art.

    Evil Henchmen (and henchwomen) Induction Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2021 3:28


    A short sketch, read by a proper actor.

    A Lonely Man (The Last Cut #2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2021 3:49


    This comes later in the musical when one of our heroes, let's call him Brian, reveals that he doesn't want to leave the pit because it's all he knows.

    lonely man last cut
    It's Dark (The Last Cut Song #1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2021 2:37


    The opening number from The Last Cut. Imagine a dark stage, this song starts A Capella. Soon after, a harmony. Then, a headtorch comes one, then another...

    song capella it's dark last cut
    Anticipatory Anticipation (Which Must Take Ages) (A sketch)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2020 3:03


    Planning these twists at the end of a movie must be very time consuming....

    Rub Him Out (A sketch)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2020 1:54


    How do you deal with those who know too much?

    History is Alive (But Mainly on Commercial Street) Chapter 17 All

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2020 49:37


    History is Alive (But Mainly on Commercial Street) Chapter 16 Part 5 Roberta

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2020 2:50


    We return to Roberta.

    History is Alive (But Mainly on Commercial Street) Chapter 16 Part 4 Vinnie

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2020 2:37


    We return to Vinnie.

    History is Alive (But Mainly on Commercial Street) Chapter 16 Part 3 Charlie

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2020 1:48


    We return to Charlie.

    History is Alive (But Mainly on Commercial Street) Chapter 16 Part 2 Bob

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2020 2:29


    History is Alive (But Mainly on Commercial Street) Chapter 16 Part 1 Jackie

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2020 2:50


    We return to Jackie.

    History is Alive (But Mainly on Commercial Street) Chapter 15 Part 3 Vinnie

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2020 1:07


    We return to Vinnie.

    History is Alive (But Mainly on Commercial Street) Chapter 15 Part 2 Roberta

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2020 1:37


    We return to Roberta.

    History is Alive (But Mainly on Commercial Street) Chapter 15 Part 1 Jackie

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2020 9:30


    We return to Jackie.

    History is Alive (But Mainly on Commercial Street) Chapter 14 Part 4 Vinnie

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2020 2:45


    We return to Vinnie.

    History is Alive (But Mainly on Commercial Street) Chapter 14 Part 3 Charlie

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2020 0:54


    We return to Charlie.

    History is Alive (But Mainly on Commercial Street) Chapter 14 Part 2 Bob

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2020 2:55


    History is Alive (But Mainly on Commercial Street) Chapter 14 Part 1 Jackie

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2020 3:03


    We return to Jackie.

    History is Alive (But Mainly on Commercial Street) Chapter 13 Part 3 Charlie

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2020 1:13


    We return to Charlie.

    History is Alive (But Mainly on Commercial Street) Chapter 13 Part 2 Vinnie

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2020 9:02


    We return to Vinnie.

    History is Alive (But Mainly on Commercial Street) Chapter 13 Part 1 Jackie

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2020 3:49


    We return to Jackie.

    History is Alive (But Mainly on Commercial Street) Chapter 12 Part 3 Vinnie

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2020 4:00


    We return to Vinnie.

    History is Alive (But Mainly on Commercial Street) Chapter 12 Part 2 Jeff

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2020 3:24


    History is Alive (But Mainly on Commercial Street) Chapter 12 Part 1 Jackie

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2020 2:59


    We return to Jackie.

    History is Alive (But Mainly on Commercial Street) Chapter 11 Part 4 Roberta

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2020 2:16


    We return to Roberta.

    History is Alive (But Mainly on Commercial Street) Chapter 11 Part 3 Charlie

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2020 4:55


    We return to Charlie.

    History is Alive (But Mainly on Commercial Street) Chapter 11 Part 2 Bob

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2020 3:38


    History is Alive (But Mainly on Commercial Street) Chapter 11 Part 1 Jackie

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2020 5:44


    We return to Jackie.

    History is Alive (But Mainly on Commercial Street) Chapter 10 Part 4 Vinnie

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2020 2:30


    We return to Vinnie.

    History is Alive (But Mainly on Commercial Street) Chapter 10 Part 3 Emmett

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2020 2:16


    We return to Emmett.

    History is Alive (But Mainly on Commercial Street) Chapter 10 Part 2 Charlie

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2020 2:46


    We return to Charlie.

    History is Alive (But Mainly on Commercial Street) Chapter 10 Part 1 Jackie

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2020 6:04


    We return to Jackie.

    History is Alive (But Mainly on Commercial Street) Chapter 9 Part 5 Roberta

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2020 1:59


    We return to Roberta.

    History is Alive (But Mainly on Commercial Street) Chapter 9 Part 4 Vinnie

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2020 1:50


    We return to Vinnie.

    History is Alive (But Mainly on Commercial Street) Chapter 9 Part 3 Julia

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2020 4:26


    History is Alive (But Mainly on Commercial Street) Chapter 9 Part 2 Bob

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2020 5:20


    History is Alive (But Mainly on Commercial Street) Chapter 9 Part 1 Jackie

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2020 4:36


    We return to Jackie.

    History is Alive (But Mainly on Commercial Street) Chapter 8 Part 4 Julia

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2020 2:14


    History is Alive (But Mainly on Commercial Street) Chapter 8 Part 3 Vinnie

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2020 5:07


    We return to Vinnie.

    History is Alive (But Mainly on Commercial Street) Chapter 8 Part 2 Charlie

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2020 3:19


    We return to Charlie.

    History is Alive (But Mainly on Commercial Street) Chapter 8 Part 1 Jackie

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2020 7:58


    We return to Jackie.

    History is Alive (But Mainly on Commercial Street) Chapter 7 Part 5 Roberta

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2020 1:40


    We return to Roberta, our timid little cleaner.

    History is Alive (But Mainly on Commercial Street) Chapter 7 Part 4 Vinnie

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2020 2:52


    We return to Vinnie, our depressive painter.

    History is Alive (But Mainly on Commercial Street) Chapter 7 Part 3 Jeff

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2020 2:45


    We return to Jeff, as he dissects the concept of the traditional full English breakfast.

    History is Alive (But Mainly on Commercial Street) Chapter 7 Part 2 Charlie

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2020 6:55


    We return to Charlie, our verbose local journalist.

    History is Alive (But Mainly on Commercial Street) Chapter 7 Part 1 Jackie

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2020 5:56


    We return to Jackie, our fearless killer (who wears Unicorn-patterned pyjamas.)

    History is Alive (But Mainly on Commercial Street) Chapter 6 Part 5 Julia

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2020 2:37


    We return to Julia, our all conquering bank manager.

    History is Alive (But Mainly on Commercial Street) Chapter 6 Part 4 Emmett

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2020 7:38


    We return to Emmett, our crusading feminist.

    History is Alive (But Mainly on Commercial Street) Chapter 6 Part 3 Vinnie

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2020 2:44


    We return to our henna tattoo specialist - Vinnie.

    History is Alive (But Mainly on Commercial Street) Chapter 6 Part 2 Bob

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2020 3:01


    We return to Bob, our crack(ish) detective.

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