Behind the Author's Desk: Dramas of Famous Writers' Real Lives: A BBC Radio 4 drama collection: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Behind the Author's Desk: Dramas of Famous Writers' Real Lives: A BBC Radio 4 drama collection audiobook runs 13.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Richard Dormer and Ian Mcdiarmid and others (about 9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 13.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 28 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 days |
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What our data says
- At 13.6 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 63,227 Romance audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Richard Dormer
Richard Dormer narrates 4 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 26 hours in all.
About as long, on the Romance shelf
4,545 Romance 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
Behind the Author's Desk: Dramas of Famous Writers' Real Lives: A BBC Radio 4 drama collection is an audiobook by Judith Adam, Sian Ejiwunmi-Le Berre and Frances Bingham: a 13.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Richard Dormer, Ian Mcdiarmid and Paul Ritter and others, released June 24, 2021, on the Romance shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Richard Dormer, Ian Mcdiarmid, Paul Ritter, Alistair Mcgowan, Toby Jones, Tom Goodman-Hill
- Released
- June 24, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Romance
- ISBN
- 9781529143041
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Behind the Author's Desk: Dramas of Famous Writers' Real Lives: A BBC Radio 4 drama collection audiobook?
Behind the Author's Desk: Dramas of Famous Writers' Real Lives: A BBC Radio 4 drama collection runs 13.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9 hours.
Is the Behind the Author's Desk: Dramas of Famous Writers' Real Lives: A BBC Radio 4 drama collection audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Behind the Author's Desk: Dramas of Famous Writers' Real Lives: A BBC Radio 4 drama collection?
Behind the Author's Desk: Dramas of Famous Writers' Real Lives: A BBC Radio 4 drama collection is narrated by Richard Dormer, Ian Mcdiarmid, Paul Ritter and Alistair Mcgowan and others.
Is Behind the Author's Desk: Dramas of Famous Writers' Real Lives: A BBC Radio 4 drama collection worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9 hours, saving 4.5 hours.