The Desmond Olivier Dingle and The National Theatre of Brent: Four BBC Radio Productions: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Desmond Olivier Dingle and The National Theatre of Brent: Four BBC Radio Productions runs 6.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Robert Austin and Maggie Steed and others (about 4.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 6.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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What our data says
- At 6.9 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 2,498 Theatre & Radio audiobooks in our catalog.
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About as long, on the Theatre & Radio shelf
69 Theatre & Radio 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
The Desmond Olivier Dingle and The National Theatre of Brent: Four BBC Radio Productions is an audiobook by Patrick Barlow: a 6.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Robert Austin, Maggie Steed and Kevin Eldon and others, released February 26, 2026, on the Theatre & Radio shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Robert Austin, Maggie Steed, Kevin Eldon, Patrick Barlow, Anne Reid, Dawn French
- Released
- February 26, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Theatre & Radio
- ISBN
- 9781529975628
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Desmond Olivier Dingle and The National Theatre of Brent: Four BBC Radio Productions as an audiobook?
The Desmond Olivier Dingle and The National Theatre of Brent: Four BBC Radio Productions runs 6.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.6 hours.
Is The Desmond Olivier Dingle and The National Theatre of Brent: Four BBC Radio Productions free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Desmond Olivier Dingle and The National Theatre of Brent: Four BBC Radio Productions?
The Desmond Olivier Dingle and The National Theatre of Brent: Four BBC Radio Productions is narrated by Robert Austin, Maggie Steed, Kevin Eldon and Patrick Barlow and others.