The Old Boys & other stories: Eleven Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisations: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Old Boys & other stories: Eleven Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisations runs 11.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Derek Waring and Mary Wimbush and others (about 7.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 11.8 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 4,891 Short Stories audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Mary Wimbush
Mary Wimbush narrates 16 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 108 hours in all.
- The Man Born To Be King: A BBC Radio 4 drama collection
- The Odyssey: An epic full-cast journey through the adventures of Odysseus and the world of Greek Mythology
- The Ultimate Iliad & Odyssey: Two Full-Cast Dramatisations: Rediscover the Epic Greek Myths Ahead of the Major Film
- A Radio Great: The Peter Tinniswood Monologues: A BBC Radio drama collection
- Tales from the Arabian Nights: A BBC Radio 4 Drama
About as long, on the Short Stories shelf
161 Short Stories audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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 Old Boys & other stories: Eleven Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisations is an audiobook by William Trevor: a 11.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Derek Waring, Mary Wimbush and Maurice Denham and others, released March 5, 2026, on the Short Stories shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Derek Waring, Mary Wimbush, Maurice Denham, Cecil Parker, Cyril Cusack, Eileen Walsh
- Released
- March 5, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Short Stories
- ISBN
- 9781529944181
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Old Boys & other stories: Eleven Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisations as an audiobook?
The Old Boys & other stories: Eleven Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisations runs 11.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.8 hours.
Is The Old Boys & other stories: Eleven Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisations free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Old Boys & other stories: Eleven Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisations?
The Old Boys & other stories: Eleven Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisations is narrated by Derek Waring, Mary Wimbush, Maurice Denham and Cecil Parker and others.
Is The Old Boys & other stories: Eleven Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisations worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.8 hours, saving 3.9 hours.