Martin Jarvis: Audiobooks Narrated

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, Martin Jarvis narrates 77 unabridged English-language audiobooks in our catalog, 538.7 hours in all; the median one runs 5.1 hours.

77titles

539listening hrs

5.1median hrs

The narrator in numbers

Titles narrated: 77
Total listening time: 538.7 hrs
Median length: 5.1 hrs
Release years: 1969 to 2026
Longest: The Plays of J. B. Priestley: A BBC Radio Collection of 13 Full-Cast Productions including An Inspector Calls (21 hrs)
Shortest: Clarissa the Clown and the Village Folk (0.3 hrs)
Recordings with four or more narrators: 38

Shelf mix

Where Martin Jarvis's audiobooks sit on the store's shelves. A title can sit on more than one.

Store shelf	Titles	Share
Theatre & Radio	20	26%
Suspense	9	12%
Classics (Literature)	9	12%
Fiction	8	10%
Police & Detective	6	8%
Paranormal	3	4%
Arts & Entertainment	3	4%
Kids	3	4%

Narrates alongside

Narrators credited with Martin Jarvis on the same recordings.

Narrator	Shared titles
Simon Templeman	6
Rosalind Ayres	5
Christopher Neame	4
Matthew Wolf	4
Miriam Margolyes	4
Moira Quirk	4
Darren Richardson	3
Anton Lesser	3
Jd Cullum	3
André Sogliuzzo	3
Kenneth Danziger	3
Susan Sullivan	3

Audiobooks narrated by Martin Jarvis

Every title, with its store running time. Ordered by popularity on the store (rating counts, used only for ordering and never shown).

#	Title	Author	Length
1	Good Omens	Terry Pratchett	12.6 hrs
2	Terry Pratchett: The BBC Radio Drama Collection: Seven full-cast dramatisations	Terry Pratchett	13.2 hrs
3	Under Orders	Dick Francis	9.9 hrs
4	BBC Radio Shakespeare: A Collection of Eight Comedies	William Shakespeare	16.5 hrs
5	Crisis: A Dick Francis Novel	Felix Francis	10.6 hrs
6	A Night to Remember: The Classic Account of the Final Hours of the Titanic	Walter Lord	5.1 hrs
7	Just William: A Second BBC Radio Collection	Richmal Crompton	14 hrs
8	Guilty Not Guilty: A Dick Francis Novel	Felix Francis	10.3 hrs
9	Silks	Felix Francis	10.8 hrs
10	The War Of The Worlds: Classic Radio Sci-Fi	H.G. Wells	2.7 hrs
11	The 101 Dalmatians	Dodie Smith	4.5 hrs
12	Just William: A BBC Radio Collection: Classic readings from the BBC archive	Richmal Crompton	13 hrs
13	Journey's End: A BBC Radio 4 drama	R.C. Sherriff	2 hrs
14	Just William's Luck	Richmal Crompton	2.9 hrs
15	The Unpleasantness At The Bellona Club	Dorothy L. Sayers	2.5 hrs
16	Triple Crown	Felix Francis	9.9 hrs
17	Metamorphoses: Penguin Classics	Ovid	18.5 hrs
18	Dick Francis's Bloodline	Felix Francis	9.3 hrs
19	The Oscar Wilde BBC Radio Drama Collection: Five full-cast productions	Oscar Wilde	12 hrs
20	Just William's Greatest Hits: The Definitive Collection of Just William Stories	Richmal Crompton	4.9 hrs
21	Hands Down: A Dick Francis Novel	Felix Francis	10.9 hrs
22	The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Horse And His Boy	C.S. Lewis	2.4 hrs
23	Even Money	Felix Francis	10.5 hrs
24	The The Misanthrope	Translated By Richard Wilbur	1.9 hrs
25	Dick Francis's Refusal	Felix Francis	9.8 hrs
26	Peter Pan: Brought to life by magical storytellers	J. M. Barrie	2.2 hrs
27	Crossfire	Felix Francis	10 hrs
28	The Browning Version	Terence Rattigan	1.5 hrs
29	Pack of Lies	Hugh Whitemore	1.9 hrs
30	Beloved Clara	Lucy Parham	1.8 hrs
31	The The Doctor's Dilemma	George Bernard Shaw	1.9 hrs
32	The Best Bear in All the World	Paul Bright	1.6 hrs
33	Front Runner: A Dick Francis Novel	Felix Francis	9.8 hrs
34	The Merchant Of Venice: A BBC Radio Shakespeare production	William Shakespeare	2 hrs
35	Iced: A Dick Francis Novel	Felix Francis	10.2 hrs
36	The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm	Norman Hunter	4.2 hrs
37	Clarissa the Clown, Majesty the Magician, and Roberto the Robot: Read by Martin Jarvis	Andrew Segal	0.4 hrs
38	Orson's Shadow	Austin Pendleton	1.9 hrs
39	Odyssey of Love	Lucy Parham	1.7 hrs
40	Mary Stuart	Peter Oswald	2 hrs
41	The The Alan Ayckbourn Collection	Alan Ayckbourn	9.9 hrs
42	Racing Demon	David Hare	2.1 hrs
43	My Father’s Fortune: A Life	Michael Frayn	10.1 hrs
44	You Never Can Tell	George Bernard Shaw	1.7 hrs
45	'Dig Two Graves'	Edwin Alexander	10 hrs
46	Flood and Fang: Book 1	Marcus Sedgwick	2.6 hrs
47	Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos: 6th Doctor Novelisation	Philip Martin	4.6 hrs
48	Doctor Who And The Dinosaur Invasion	Malcolm Hulke	4.1 hrs
49	The Third Man and The Fallen Idol	Graham Greene	4.2 hrs
50	Clarissa the Clown and the Village Folk	Andrew Segal	0.3 hrs
51	Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful: The Complete Series 1-3: A BBC Radio full-cast comedy drama	Guy Jenkin	8.1 hrs
52	Nicholas Freeling: Van der Valk & Castang: Six BBC Radio thrillers featuring Piet Van der Valk & Inspector Henri Castang	Nicholas Freeling	10.9 hrs
53	The Prisoner of Zenda & Rupert of Hentzau: Two BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations	Anthony Hope	2.9 hrs
54	Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead	Tom Stoppard	1.9 hrs
55	Sherlock Holmes Theatre	William Gillette	4.6 hrs
56	Sweeney Todd and the String of Pearls: An Audio Melodrama in Three Despicable Acts	Yuri Rasovsky	2.3 hrs
57	Twelfth Night	Martin Jarvis	2.1 hrs
58	Tales from the Mausoleum Club: 13 full-cast curious tales	James Hendrie	5.9 hrs
59	The Plays of J. B. Priestley: A BBC Radio Collection of 13 Full-Cast Productions including An Inspector Calls	J. B. Priestley	21 hrs
60	Just a Minute: The Very Best of Vintage: A Timeless Collection of Classic Episodes	Tbd	14.9 hrs
61	Crown House: A BBC Radio 4 Regal Drama	Juliet Ace	3.9 hrs
62	L.P Hartley: The Go- Between, & More: Four BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatisations & Readings	L. P. Hartley	6.4 hrs
63	The Hauntening: The Complete Series 1-4: A BBC Radio 4 Comedy	Tom Neenan	3 hrs
64	Gush: A BBC Radio 4 Parody	Nick Newman	2.9 hrs
65	The August Strindberg BBC Radio Collection: 13 Full-Cast Productions including Miss Julie, The Father and The Dream Play	August Strindberg	20 hrs
66	Can You Hear Me	Anna Lyse Erikson	1.2 hrs
67	The Susan Hill BBC Radio Drama Collection: 14 Full-Cast Dramas	Susan Hill	15.5 hrs
68	Joe Orton: A BBC Radio Drama Collection: Three Full-Cast Productions & Joe Orton’s Diaries	Joe Orton	3.6 hrs
69	Little Women, Good Wives & A Marble Woman: Three BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatisations	Louisa May Alcott	6.1 hrs
70	A Prison Diary	Jeffrey Archer	7.4 hrs
71	Family Matters	Rohinton Mistry	16.4 hrs
72	Arthur Schnitzler: A BBC Radio Drama Collection: Nine Full Cast Productions plus a reading of Dream Story	Arthur Schnitzler	13 hrs
73	Journey’s End, The White Carnation & more: Six Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisations	R.C. Sherriff	8.2 hrs
74	Dr David Audley: The Labyrinth Makers & Other Paths to Glory: Two BBC Radio Full-Cast Spy Thrillers	Anthony Price	2.9 hrs
75	Seneca’s Tragedies: Thyestes & Oedipus: Two Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisations & Seneca’s Letters	Seneca	5.5 hrs
76	Six Characters in Search of an Author & other plays: Three Full-Cast BBC Radio Productions	Luigi Pirandello	5.8 hrs
77	Doctor Who: The Planetary Collection: 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th & 10th Doctor Novelisations	Philip Martin	19 hrs

Computed from unabridged English-language audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

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