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We Happened to Be Passing: A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation by David Nobbs

We Happened to Be Passing: A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the We Happened to Be Passing: A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation audiobook runs 0.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Malcom Raeburn and Olwen May and others (about 0.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

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Arts & Entertainmentstore shelf
2011released
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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

We Happened to Be Passing: A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation is an audiobook by David Nobbs: a 0.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Malcom Raeburn, Olwen May and Maggie Fox and others, released March 1, 2011, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
0.7 hrs
Narrated by
Malcom Raeburn, Olwen May, Maggie Fox, James Nickerson, Hugo Chandor, Szilvi Naray Davey
Released
March 1, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Arts & Entertainment
ISBN
9781408473092

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How long is the We Happened to Be Passing: A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation audiobook?

We Happened to Be Passing: 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 We Happened to Be Passing: A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation?

We Happened to Be Passing: A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation is narrated by Malcom Raeburn, Olwen May, Maggie Fox and James Nickerson and others.