During the lockdown imposed by the coronavirus crisis, Big Finish is releasing free downloads of full-cast audio dramas – or #lockdownloads – for a limited time.  

Every Monday, a new story (or episode from a box set collection) can be downloaded exclusively from the Big Finish website’s Weekly Deals page at https://www.bigfinish.com/collections/v/weekly-deals.  

These stories can be unlocked by anyone who has registered for a Big Finish account (which is free to create) and played on the Big Finish listening app (which is free to install).  

Each story will be available for one week only, and comes accompanied by a special discount offer on related titles.  

This week’s free title is:  

Cicero, written by David Llewellyn, and starring Samuel Barnett and George Naylor.

Set in Rome in 80 B.C, the story sees philosopher, lawyer, and statesman figure Marcus Tullius Cicero embark on the investigation of a murder. You can watch the series 1 trailer below. 

A wealthy landowner has been murdered in the street. His son, Sextus Roscius, is accused of the crime. When every lawyer in the city turns down his case, there's only one man who can save Roscius from a guilty verdict and a particularly grisly execution…

Marcus Tullius Cicero: a mere twenty-six years old, but a rising star in the Forum. Together with his brother, Quintus, Cicero must investigate the murder of Roscius’s father and find the true culprit; but in their quest for justice, the brothers Cicero may be about to make some very powerful enemies indeed...

PLUS! Big Finish listeners can get the full Cicero Series 01 for half price, also on the Weekly Deals page. Click here to get the free episode and the series. 

AND IF THAT ISN'T ENOUGH you can also get a bundle of all SEVEN series of the Big Finish Originals range for just £98.99. That includes: ATA Girl, Transference, Cicero, Blind Terror, Shilling and Sixpence Investigate, Jeremiah Bourne In Time and the yet to be released series, The Human Frontier.

To get the bundle at this discounted rate of 30% OFF, click here and press CHOOSE from the dropdown. Hurry! Offer ends 23:59 (UK time) 26 April 2020.

Further free stories will be released over the next six weeks.