So Neil Gaiman recently pointed out to me that the incredible fantasy Old Harry's Game is available -- not from American sources, but from Amazon UK. I yearn to put cash in creator Andy Hamilton's pocket, so buying used copies available via the resale market in America is not the option I'm looking for. But how do you go about this sort of international purchase? (I know, I know, everyone else has been doing it for years -- but I'm new to this.)

Old Harry's Game aired on BBC Radio between 1995 and 2005 and had a total of 30 half-hour episodes (four six-episode series, one four-episode series, and a two-episode Christmas-New Year's special). The concept is that two men are killed in a traffic accident caused by one of them, and both end up in Hell, to suffer eternal torment at the hands of Satan and his demons. One of the men (Thomas Quentin Crimp) is one of the most evil men who ever lived; the other (Professor Richard Whittingham) is one of the best. And the pair intrigue Satan, who tries to convince the professor that mankind is inherently evil, while the professor tries to convince Satan that mankind is inherently good.

Deep? Well, writer Andy Hamilton (who also plays Satan) is not one to pass by a cheap joke, and little of the content is politically (or religiously) correct. But my first hearing found it to be both funny and thought-provoking, and I've sought ever since for commercial releases of the award-winning radio show. Now (thank you, Neil!) I find BBC CDs at Amazon UK:

Volume One has half of the episodes of the first two seasons.
Volume Two has half of the episodes of the second two seasons.
Old Harry's Game Christmas Special is the two-parter.
Series Five has the complete fifth season of four episodes (and a photo of Hamilton as Satan)

And, hey! It says there's a Series Six that will be released Nov. 5.

So has anyone out there bought items from Amazon UK? Is it just a matter of giving a U.S. credit card number? What sort of crippling shipping costs are involved in CD purchases? Radio drama and comedy still live in England, and I'm guessing this is the only way I can support them.