Desolation Jests: A BBC Radio Sketch Comedy: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Desolation Jests: A BBC Radio Sketch Comedy audiobook runs 1.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Rory Bremner and David Jason and others (about 1.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 1.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 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 1.9 hours, it is shorter than 94% of the 62,518 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Rory Bremner
Rory Bremner narrates 11 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 84 hours in all.
- The News Quiz 2013: Series 79, 80, 81 and 82 of the topical BBC Radio 4 comedy panel show
- Frost: That Was The Life That Was: The Authorised Biography
- Whose Line Is It Anyway?: The complete BBC radio series
- The Party Party: BBC Radio 4 political comedy
- The Opus Pocus: 1001 Arabian Nights: or The Princess, the Pirate and the Baboon!
About as long, on the Fiction shelf
536 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
Desolation Jests: A BBC Radio Sketch Comedy is an audiobook by David Renwick: a 1.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Rory Bremner, David Jason and Jan Ravens and others, released May 21, 2020, on the Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 1.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Rory Bremner, David Jason, Jan Ravens, John Bird
- Released
- May 21, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781529126747
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Desolation Jests: A BBC Radio Sketch Comedy audiobook?
Desolation Jests: A BBC Radio Sketch Comedy runs 1.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.2 hours.
Is the Desolation Jests: A BBC Radio Sketch Comedy audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Desolation Jests: A BBC Radio Sketch Comedy?
Desolation Jests: A BBC Radio Sketch Comedy is narrated by Rory Bremner, David Jason, Jan Ravens and John Bird.