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Melvyn Bragg: Audiobooks Narrated

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, Melvyn Bragg narrates 24 unabridged English-language audiobooks in our catalog, 326.1 hours in all; the median one runs 15.7 hours.

24titles
326listening hrs
15.7median hrs

The narrator in numbers

Titles narrated
24
Total listening time
326.1 hrs
Median length
15.7 hrs
Release years
2011 to 2026
Longest
In Our Time: 25 Thinkers Who Shaped Modern Philosophy: A BBC Radio 4 Collection (22.3 hrs)
Shortest
In Our Time: The Written World (2.3 hrs)
Recordings with four or more narrators
7

Shelf mix

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

Store shelfTitlesShare
Classics (Literature)417%
Non-Fiction313%
Historical (Fiction)313%
Military (History)28%
Literature28%
Lessons in Philosophy28%
Arts & Entertainment28%
Europe28%

Narrates alongside

Narrators credited with Melvyn Bragg on the same recordings.

NarratorShared titles
Ronald Pickup1
Stephen Knight1
Claire Tomalin1
Simon Armitage1
Brigit Forsyth1
Andrew Sachs1
Imelda Staunton1
John Nettles1
Clare Higgins1
Ruth Padel1
Luke Thompson1
Joan Bakewell1

Audiobooks narrated by Melvyn Bragg

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

#TitleAuthorLength
1The Islamic Golden Age: A BBC history 770 - 1258 CEBaroness Sayeeda Warsi5.5 hrs
2Charles Dickens: A BBC BiographyTess Hadley8.2 hrs
3In Our Time: 25 Thinkers Who Shaped Modern Philosophy: A BBC Radio 4 CollectionMelvyn Bragg22.3 hrs
4In Our Time: 25 Key Figures in Ancient History: A BBC Radio 4 CollectionMelvyn Bragg19 hrs
5In Our Time: 25 Journeys Through the History of the Islamic World: A BBC Radio 4 CollectionMelvyn Bragg15.6 hrs
6Tales of Terror: A BBC Radio Gothic Drama Collection: The Castle of Otranto, The Monk, The Mysteries of Udolpho & Northanger AbbeyAnn Radcliffe8.5 hrs
7Voices Of The Powerless The Complete SeriesMelvyn Bragg6.4 hrs
8In Our Time: The Written WorldMelvyn Bragg2.3 hrs
9A History of Ideas: Key philosophers and their theoriesMelvyn Bragg11.8 hrs
10The Matter of the North: How the north of England shaped modern BritainMelvyn Bragg5.9 hrs
11In Our Time: 25 Classic Novels: A BBC Radio 4 CollectionMelvyn Bragg18.7 hrs
12In Our Time: 25 Landmarks in Military History: A BBC Radio 4 CollectionMelvyn Bragg22.1 hrs
13In Our Time: 25 Pioneers in the History of Science: A BBC Radio 4 CollectionMelvyn Bragg20.4 hrs
14In Our Time: 25 Perspectives on the Visual Arts: A BBC Radio 4 CollectionMelvyn Bragg19.2 hrs
15In Our Time: 25 Figures and Events in Christian History: A BBC Radio 4 CollectionMelvyn Bragg16.7 hrs
16Goethe: A BBC Radio Drama Collection: Six Full-Cast Dramatisations including Faust, The Sorrows of Young Werther and moreJohann Wolfgang Von Goethes17.1 hrs
17In Our Time: 25 Iconic Poets and Poems in English: A BBC Radio 4 CollectionMelvyn Bragg17.3 hrs
18In Our Time: 25 Theories and Thinkers in the History of Mathematics: A BBC Radio 4 CollectionMelvyn Bragg18.5 hrs
19In Our Time: 25 Concepts and Theories in the History of Physics: A BBC Radio 4 CollectionMelvyn Bragg15.7 hrs
20In Our Time: 25 Explorations of Space: A BBC Radio 4 CollectionMelvyn Bragg17.1 hrs
21In Our Time: 25 Defining Ideas of Christianity: A BBC Radio 4 CollectionMelvyn Bragg15.6 hrs
22Alfred Lord Tennyson: In Memoriam, Idylls of the King, Maud & more: A BBC Radio CollectionAlfred Tennyson10.9 hrs
23Colette: Gigi, Cheri and more: A BBC Radio Drama CollectionColette Avital8.6 hrs
24The Legend of Robin Hood: A BBC Radio Collection: Drama, discussion and storytelling about the legendary heroic outlawAdam Thorpe2.9 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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