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Stephen Fry brings Harry Potter to life once more - in an unabridged reading of the latest J.K Rowling novel to be made into a feature film.

J K Rowling’s modern day schoolboy hero is brought to life once again by Stephen Fry, in another unabridged reading of the latest Harry Potter novel to be made into a feature film.

The terrifying Sirius Black is the only prisoner ever to have escaped Azkaban - and his one aim now he’s free is to hunt down young wizard in learning Harry Potter!

Harry begins his third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry to find that the sinister prison guards of Azkaban have been called in to guard the school and the three friends soon begin to learn why it is that wizards live in fear of Azkaban prison.

Dementors

With Hogwarts under siege and the soul-sucking Dementors prowling its grounds, will Professor Lupin, the new ‘Defence Against the Dark Arts’ teacher, be able to protect Harry – or help him and his friends Ron and Hermione to defend themselves?

Novelist, actor and director Stephen Fry (Blackadder, A Bit of Fry & Laurie, Death Comes To Time, Wilde, Bright Young Things, Tooth and countless others) is rightly celebrated as one of Britain’s cleverest and most thoughtful commentators on life. His anarchic wit makes him the perfect reader for Harry Potter.

His readings have already won him a ‘Talkie Award’ for his previous reading of J.K Rowling’s first world-conquering Harry Potter novel Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and a ‘Gold Spoken Word Award’ for this release, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

Prue Goodwin, from the National Centre for Language and Literacy, says, "Listening to good books read aloud opens up the world of literature to children who may find books daunting. Many a reluctant reader has turned to the book for a repeat experience of a great story".

Talking books - whether on tape or CD - can be a neat way to entice kids to keep reading and exploring the worlds of fiction available to them in books. The ‘word for word’ series (who’ve already given us the fabulous complete Hitchhikers’ Guide To The Galaxy, read by Douglas Adams, among others) is especially good – releasing unabridged texts only.

Also available from BBC Worldwide in the Word For Word range are: Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling - read by Stephen Fry as part of the 'Word For Word' series of audio books - is available on CD now from BBC Worldwide.

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