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The Second Best Bed: A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation by Christopher Green

The Second Best Bed: A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Second Best Bed: A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation runs 0.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Caroline Quentin (about 0.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

0.7listening hrs
Fictionstore shelf
2011released
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  • At 0.7 hours, it is shorter than 97% of the 62,518 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

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About this listen

The Second Best Bed: A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation is an audiobook by Christopher Green: a 0.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Caroline Quentin, released December 1, 2011, on the Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
0.7 hrs
Narrated by
Caroline Quentin
Released
December 1, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fiction
ISBN
9781445876733

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Second Best Bed: A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation as an audiobook?

The Second Best Bed: A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation runs 0.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 0.5 hours.

Is The Second Best Bed: A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Second Best Bed: A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation?

The Second Best Bed: A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation is narrated by Caroline Quentin.