Take It From Here: The Early Years: 43 Episodes from Series 1-8 of the Classic BBC Radio Comedy: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Take It From Here series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Take It From Here: The Early Years: 43 Episodes from Series 1-8 of the Classic BBC Radio Comedy audiobook runs 19.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Joy Nichols and Alma Cogan and others (about 13.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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What our data says
- At 19.9 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 4,209 Comedy, Satire & Parody audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Take It From Here
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 38.5 hours in all.
More narrated by Jimmy Edwards
Jimmy Edwards narrates 6 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 65 hours in all.
About as long, on the Comedy, Satire & Parody shelf
37 Comedy, Satire & Parody audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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About this listen
Take It From Here: The Early Years: 43 Episodes from Series 1-8 of the Classic BBC Radio Comedy is book 1 of Frank Muir's Take It From Here series: a 19.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Joy Nichols, Alma Cogan and Dick Bentley and others, released August 28, 2025, on the Comedy, Satire & Parody shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 19.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Joy Nichols, Alma Cogan, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, June Whitfield
- Released
- August 28, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Comedy, Satire & Parody
- Series
- Take It From Here #1
- ISBN
- 9781529962321
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Take It From Here: The Early Years: 43 Episodes from Series 1-8 of the Classic BBC Radio Comedy audiobook?
Take It From Here: The Early Years: 43 Episodes from Series 1-8 of the Classic BBC Radio Comedy runs 19.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13.3 hours.
Is the Take It From Here: The Early Years: 43 Episodes from Series 1-8 of the Classic BBC Radio Comedy audiobook free?
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Who narrates Take It From Here: The Early Years: 43 Episodes from Series 1-8 of the Classic BBC Radio Comedy?
Take It From Here: The Early Years: 43 Episodes from Series 1-8 of the Classic BBC Radio Comedy is narrated by Joy Nichols, Alma Cogan, Dick Bentley and Jimmy Edwards and others.
Is Take It From Here: The Early Years: 43 Episodes from Series 1-8 of the Classic BBC Radio Comedy worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13.3 hours, saving 6.6 hours.