Great Musicians' Lives: A BBC biography collection: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Great Musicians' Lives: A BBC biography collection audiobook runs 15.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Francine Stock and Hanif Kureishi and others (about 10.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 15.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 31 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 days |
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What our data says
- At 15.5 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 8,856 Arts & Entertainment audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Francine Stock
Francine Stock narrates 6 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 73 hours in all.
About as long, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf
388 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
Great Musicians' Lives: A BBC biography collection is an audiobook by Francine Stock, Joan Bakewell and Matthew Parris: a 15.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Francine Stock, Hanif Kureishi and Joan Bakewell and others, released August 5, 2021, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Francine Stock, Hanif Kureishi, Joan Bakewell, Stuart Maconie, Phill Jupitus, Simon Armitage
- Released
- August 5, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Arts & Entertainment
- ISBN
- 9781529141481
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Great Musicians' Lives: A BBC biography collection audiobook?
Great Musicians' Lives: A BBC biography collection runs 15.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.3 hours.
Is the Great Musicians' Lives: A BBC biography collection audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Great Musicians' Lives: A BBC biography collection?
Great Musicians' Lives: A BBC biography collection is narrated by Francine Stock, Hanif Kureishi, Joan Bakewell and Stuart Maconie and others.
Is Great Musicians' Lives: A BBC biography collection worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.3 hours, saving 5.2 hours.