Call the Midwife: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Midwife series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Call the Midwife audiobook runs 12.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Nicola Barber (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 12.1 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 5,212 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Nicola Barber
Nicola Barber narrates 52 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 483 hours in all.
About as long, on the Memoirs shelf
484 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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- Educated: The international bestselling memoir
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Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Call the Midwife is book 1 of Jennifer Worth's Midwife series: a 12.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Nicola Barber, released August 28, 2012, on the History & Culture and Memoirs shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Nicola Barber
- Released
- August 28, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- History & Culture, Memoirs, Women
- Series
- The Midwife Trilogy #1
- ISBN
- 9781611749250
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Call the Midwife audiobook?
Call the Midwife runs 12.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.
Is the Call the Midwife audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Call the Midwife?
Call the Midwife is narrated by Nicola Barber.
Is Call the Midwife worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.