Alan Bennett: Plays: BBC Radio dramatisations: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Alan Bennett: Plays: BBC Radio dramatisations audiobook runs 12.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Maggie Smith and Patricia Routledge and others (about 8.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
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What our data says
- At 12.7 hours, it runs longer than 83% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Maggie Smith
Maggie Smith narrates 8 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 45 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,020 Literary Fiction 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 Bennett: Plays: BBC Radio dramatisations is an audiobook by Alan Bennett: a 12.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Maggie Smith, Patricia Routledge and John Sir Gielgud, released July 7, 2016, on the Literary Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Maggie Smith, Patricia Routledge, John Sir Gielgud
- Released
- July 7, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781785293474
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Alan Bennett: Plays: BBC Radio dramatisations audiobook?
Alan Bennett: Plays: BBC Radio dramatisations runs 12.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.5 hours.
Is the Alan Bennett: Plays: BBC Radio dramatisations audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Alan Bennett: Plays: BBC Radio dramatisations?
Alan Bennett: Plays: BBC Radio dramatisations is narrated by Maggie Smith, Patricia Routledge and John Sir Gielgud.
Is Alan Bennett: Plays: BBC Radio dramatisations worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.5 hours, saving 4.2 hours.