The Way It Is: The BBC Radio 4 Comedy Series: Series 1-7 of the spoof news show: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Way It Is: The BBC Radio 4 Comedy Series: Series 1-7 of the spoof news show runs 23.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Laura Shavin and Simon Evans and others (about 15.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 23.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 47 days |
| 1 hour / day | 24 days |
| 2 hours / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 16 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 23.5 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 8,856 Arts & Entertainment audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Phil Cornwell
Phil Cornwell narrates 7 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 77 hours in all.
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- Dead Ringers: Series 1-7 plus Specials: The BBC Radio 4 Impressions Show
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- World of Pub: The Complete Series 1 and 2: A BBC Radio Full-Cast Comedy
About as long, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf
104 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 Way It Is: The BBC Radio 4 Comedy Series: Series 1-7 of the spoof news show is an audiobook by Laura Shavin, Simon Evans and Phil Cornwell: a 23.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Laura Shavin, Simon Evans and Phil Cornwell and others, released July 9, 2026, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 23.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Laura Shavin, Simon Evans, Phil Cornwell, Dave Lamb, Fiona Allen, Chris Pavlo
- Released
- July 9, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Arts & Entertainment
- ISBN
- 9781529911817
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Way It Is: The BBC Radio 4 Comedy Series: Series 1-7 of the spoof news show as an audiobook?
The Way It Is: The BBC Radio 4 Comedy Series: Series 1-7 of the spoof news show runs 23.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 15.7 hours.
Is The Way It Is: The BBC Radio 4 Comedy Series: Series 1-7 of the spoof news show free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Way It Is: The BBC Radio 4 Comedy Series: Series 1-7 of the spoof news show?
The Way It Is: The BBC Radio 4 Comedy Series: Series 1-7 of the spoof news show is narrated by Laura Shavin, Simon Evans, Phil Cornwell and Dave Lamb and others.
Is The Way It Is: The BBC Radio 4 Comedy Series: Series 1-7 of the spoof news show worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 15.7 hours, saving 7.8 hours.