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Waiting For The Boatman: A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation by Stephen Wakelam

Waiting For The Boatman: A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Waiting For The Boatman: A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation audiobook runs 0.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Peter Hamilton and Harry Livingstone and others (about 0.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

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Arts & Entertainmentstore shelf
2012released
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  • At 0.7 hours, it is shorter than 87% of the 8,856 Arts & Entertainment audiobooks in our catalog.

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About this listen

Waiting For The Boatman: A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation is an audiobook by Stephen Wakelam: a 0.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter Hamilton, Harry Livingstone and Joe Dempsie and others, released October 1, 2012, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
0.7 hrs
Narrated by
Peter Hamilton, Harry Livingstone, Joe Dempsie, Tracy Wiles, David Tennant, Anton Lesser
Released
October 1, 2012
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Arts & Entertainment
ISBN
9781471301995

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Waiting For The Boatman: A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation audiobook?

Waiting For The Boatman: A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation runs 0.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 0.5 hours.

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Who narrates Waiting For The Boatman: A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation?

Waiting For The Boatman: A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation is narrated by Peter Hamilton, Harry Livingstone, Joe Dempsie and Tracy Wiles and others.