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Much Ado About Nothing: A BBC Radio Shakespeare production by William Shakespeare

Much Ado About Nothing: A BBC Radio Shakespeare production: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Much Ado About Nothing: A BBC Radio Shakespeare production audiobook runs 2.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Samantha Spiro and Maxine Peake and others (about 1.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

2.2listening hrs
Rom-Comstore shelf
2004released
Free for new listeners

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What our data says

  • At 2.2 hours, it is shorter than 98% of the 7,183 Rom-Com audiobooks in our catalog.

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

Much Ado About Nothing: A BBC Radio Shakespeare production is an audiobook by William Shakespeare: a 2.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Samantha Spiro, Maxine Peake and Julian Rhind-Tutt and others, released December 1, 2004, on the Rom-Com shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
2.2 hrs
Narrated by
Samantha Spiro, Maxine Peake, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Chiwetel Ejiofor, David Tennant, Emilia Fox
Released
December 1, 2004
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Rom-Com
ISBN
9781405697798

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Much Ado About Nothing: A BBC Radio Shakespeare production audiobook?

Much Ado About Nothing: A BBC Radio Shakespeare production runs 2.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.5 hours.

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Who narrates Much Ado About Nothing: A BBC Radio Shakespeare production?

Much Ado About Nothing: A BBC Radio Shakespeare production is narrated by Samantha Spiro, Maxine Peake, Julian Rhind-Tutt and Chiwetel Ejiofor and others.