Things We Forgot to Remember: A BBC Radio 4 history series: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Things We Forgot to Remember: A BBC Radio 4 history series audiobook runs 10.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Michael Portillo (about 6.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 10.1 hours, it runs longer than 56% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Michael Portillo
Michael Portillo narrates 4 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 24 hours in all.
About as long, on the World shelf
1,152 World 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
Things We Forgot to Remember: A BBC Radio 4 history series is an audiobook by Michael Portillo: a 10.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Michael Portillo, released September 8, 2022, on the World and Europe shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Michael Portillo
- Released
- September 8, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, Europe
- ISBN
- 9781529196870
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Things We Forgot to Remember: A BBC Radio 4 history series audiobook?
Things We Forgot to Remember: A BBC Radio 4 history series runs 10.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.7 hours.
Is the Things We Forgot to Remember: A BBC Radio 4 history series audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Things We Forgot to Remember: A BBC Radio 4 history series?
Things We Forgot to Remember: A BBC Radio 4 history series is narrated by Michael Portillo.
Is Things We Forgot to Remember: A BBC Radio 4 history series worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.7 hours, saving 3.4 hours.