Alan and Thora: A BBC Radio Collection: The Last of the Sun, A Cream Cracker under the Settee & Waiting for the Telegram: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Alan and Thora: A BBC Radio Collection: The Last of the Sun, A Cream Cracker under the Settee & Waiting for the Telegram audiobook runs 1.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Thora Hird and Alan Bennett (about 1.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 1.6 hours of listening.
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| 30 min / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day | 2 days |
| 2 hours / day | 1 day |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 2 days |
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What our data says
- At 1.6 hours, it is shorter than 71% of the 8,856 Arts & Entertainment audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Thora Hird
Thora Hird narrates 4 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 16 hours in all.
About as long, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf
205 Arts & Entertainment audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Alan and Thora: A BBC Radio Collection: The Last of the Sun, A Cream Cracker under the Settee & Waiting for the Telegram is an audiobook by Alan Bennett: a 1.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Thora Hird and Alan Bennett, released December 1, 2004, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 1.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Thora Hird, Alan Bennett
- Released
- December 1, 2004
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Arts & Entertainment
- ISBN
- 9781405698375
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How long is the Alan and Thora: A BBC Radio Collection: The Last of the Sun, A Cream Cracker under the Settee & Waiting for the Telegram audiobook?
Alan and Thora: A BBC Radio Collection: The Last of the Sun, A Cream Cracker under the Settee & Waiting for the Telegram runs 1.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.1 hours.
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Who narrates Alan and Thora: A BBC Radio Collection: The Last of the Sun, A Cream Cracker under the Settee & Waiting for the Telegram?
Alan and Thora: A BBC Radio Collection: The Last of the Sun, A Cream Cracker under the Settee & Waiting for the Telegram is narrated by Thora Hird and Alan Bennett.