The History Boys: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The History Boys runs 2.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Frances De La Tour and Clive Merrison and others (about 1.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 2.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day | 3 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 2 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 2.5 hours, it is shorter than 66% of the 8,856 Arts & Entertainment audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Clive Merrison
Clive Merrison narrates 11 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 127 hours in all.
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- Sherlock Holmes: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes: Classic Drama from the BBC Archives
- The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes
About as long, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf
189 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
The History Boys is an audiobook by Alan Bennett: a 2.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Frances De La Tour, Clive Merrison and Richard Griffiths, released April 1, 2006, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 2.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Frances De La Tour, Clive Merrison, Richard Griffiths
- Released
- April 1, 2006
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Arts & Entertainment
- ISBN
- 9781405628938
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The History Boys as an audiobook?
The History Boys runs 2.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.7 hours.
Is The History Boys free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The History Boys?
The History Boys is narrated by Frances De La Tour, Clive Merrison and Richard Griffiths.