Prelude, The Complete Series (BBC Radio 4 Classical Serial): Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Prelude, The Complete Series (BBC Radio 4 Classical Serial) audiobook runs 1.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Ian Mckellen (about 1.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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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 69% of the 8,856 Arts & Entertainment audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Ian Mckellen
Ian Mckellen narrates 13 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 167 hours in all.
- The Charles Dickens BBC Radio Drama Collection: 15 BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations
- The Charles Dickens BBC Radio Drama Collection: The Later Years: Eight BBC Radio full-cast dramatisations
- Classic BBC Radio Shakespeare: Tragedies: Hamlet; Macbeth; Romeo and Juliet
- The Oscar Wilde BBC Radio Drama Collection: Five full-cast productions
- Look Back in Anger: A BBC Radio 4 full-cast production
About as long, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf
195 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
Prelude, The Complete Series (BBC Radio 4 Classical Serial) is an audiobook by William Wordsworth: a 1.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Ian Mckellen, released December 1, 2011, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 1.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ian Mckellen
- Released
- December 1, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Arts & Entertainment
- ISBN
- 9781445877006
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Prelude, The Complete Series (BBC Radio 4 Classical Serial) audiobook?
Prelude, The Complete Series (BBC Radio 4 Classical Serial) runs 1.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.3 hours.
Is the Prelude, The Complete Series (BBC Radio 4 Classical Serial) audiobook free?
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Who narrates Prelude, The Complete Series (BBC Radio 4 Classical Serial)?
Prelude, The Complete Series (BBC Radio 4 Classical Serial) is narrated by Ian Mckellen.