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Back in June, Michael Sheen kicked off BBC Radio 2′s documentary season with “Hello, Good Evening and Welcome – The David Frost Story”.  It was reported back then that Michael would also be narrating a feature on the late great Richard Burton.

Here is what Radio 2 have to say about it:

Michael Sheen grew up in the shadow of the steel and coal industries of South Wales but there was another towering figure in his youth as he started showing signs of what was to become a glittering acting career. That figure was his fellow South Walian Richard Burton.

In this programme Michael looks back at the Burton legacy with the help of a selection of family, friends and colleagues including his last wife Sally, his nephew Guy Masterson, his close friend Robert Hardy, his biographer Melvyn Bragg and the film critic Barry Norman.

The broadcast will be aired Wednesday 18th August 2010 at 22:00

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Naxos Direct offer a large selection of Audio Books, many of which are read by our very own Michael Sheen, and they are currently offering 20% off the sale price. If you ever wanted to collect Michael’s audio work, now is the time!

Listed below are the titles which feature Michael Sheen as the artist narrating the book.

• The Great Poets: John Keats
• THOMAS: Under Milk Wood (1954) / Return Journey to Swansea / Selected poems and stories
• SHAKESPEARE: Romeo and Juliet
• Collection: Great Poets of the Romantic Age
• WILDE: The Picture of Dorian Gray
• DOSTOYEVSKY: Crime and Punishment
• SOPHOCLES: Oedipus the King
• DOSTOYEVSKY: The Idiot
• Collection: Poets of the Great War
• WILDE: Lady Windermere’ s Fan

Michael Sheen narrated the BBC Radio 2 documentary Hello, Good Evening and Welcome – The David Frost Story last night, and it is now available for download in our Downloads section.

Sir David Frost is famous the world over for his interviews with presidents and prime ministers but his journalistic side is just one part of his repertoire. Michael, who portrayed Frost on the big screen, celebrates his role at the centre of popular culture in 1960s Britain and America.

Contributors to this documentary include Sir David Frost, Sir Michael Parkinson, Robin Gibb, Ronnie Corbett, Kenneth Cope and Sheila Steafel.

BBC Radio 2 is kicking off its star-studded documentary season with Hello, Good Evening and Welcome – The David Frost Story.

Michael Sheen will be reading the documentary which will air Wednesday night at 10pm.  Later in the year, he will also present a programme on the journey of actor Richard Burton from the Welsh town of Port Talbot to the Hollywood high life.

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