Art audiobooks

The Secret Diary of a British Muslim Aged 13 3/4

By: Tez Ilyas

Narrated by: Tez Ilyas

Length: 9 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

'Essential...A complex blend of overexcited Adrian Mole-like anecdotes mixed with shocking moments of racism and insights into Muslim religious practices' Sunday Times

The hilarious and pubescent debut book from your favourite British Muslim comedian (that's Tez Ilyas, by the way) is coming to a shop near you. You may know and love Tez from his... Read more

How to Survive Family Holidays

By: Jack Whitehall, Michael Whitehall & Hilary Whit...

Narrated by: Hilary Whitehall, Jack Whitehall & Michael Whit...

Length: 7 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by Jack, Michael and Hilary Whitehall, this audiobook includes exclusive material not available in the book, plus a hilarious blooper reel at the end.

One part Lonely Planet, one part tell-all family memoir, this is the definitive and hilarious guide on how to survive your family holiday, by Jack Whitehall, with a little bit of help from... Read more

On a Pedestal

By: Roger Lytollis

Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe

Length: 10 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

This is a book for people who are interested in statues . . . and for people who aren't. It explores those immortalised in marble and bronze - and what the rest of us think about them.

As Roger Lytollis travels Britain he encounters a man at Liverpool's Beatles statue convinced that Rod Stewart was in the Fab Four. In Edinburgh he walks into a... Read more

The Champ & The Chump

By: James McNicholas

Narrated by: James McNicholas

Length: 9 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

A heart-warming, hilarious true story about fighting and family, based on the acclaimed stage show. For fans of books by Dave Gorman, James Acaster and Danny Wallace, along with boxing tales from the likes of Tyson Fury and Ricky Hatton.

The Champ
Terry Downes - known as 'The Paddington Express' - was a world champion boxer, US Marine,... Read more

Pivot

By: Laura Lexx

Narrated by: Laura Lexx

Length: 8 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

A story of dropping the ball, picking it back up, and turning things around.

58-year-old Jackie Douglas thinks she has everything she wants - kids, grandchildren, and a comfortable retirement with her husband, Steve. Until one afternoon she comes home to find Steve packing a bag and her comfortable life suddenly moves out of bounds.

Her best... Read more

Shiny and New

By: Dylan Jones

Narrated by: Simon Slater

Length: 10 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

The Eighties were about big ideas writ large - new money, new style, gender fluidity, gay pride, attritional politics, the 'special relationship', nuclear fear, AIDS, cocaine, ecstasy, tabloid royalty, the rise of urban pop, and ultimately geopolitical chaos. Using a big narrative approach, Dylan Jones' history of the decade in pop frames the... Read more

The Phoenix

By: Leo Hollis

Narrated by: John Hopkins

Length: 14 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

'A tour de force of biography, history, politics, philosophy and experimental science' ECONOMIST

The remarkable and inspiring story of how London was transformed after the Great Fire of 1666 into the most powerful city in the world, and the men who were responsible for that achievement.

'Wonderfully rich and informative ... a rare achievement'... Read more

Windswept & Interesting

By: Billy Connolly

Narrated by: Billy Connolly

Length: 8 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

WINNER OF THE 2022 BRITISH BOOK AWARDS AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR: NON-FICTION

The funny, frank and full autobiography of the nation's favourite comedian.

'It's the first time I've done this. Other people have written about me - or for me - but this time it's just my own life in my own words'

In his first full-length autobiography, comedy legend and... Read more

Sidesplitter

By: Phil Wang

Narrated by: Phil Wang

Length: 7 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the UK's brightest and best comedians takes an incisive look at race and belonging.

"But where are you really from?"

Phil Wang has been asked this question so many times he's lost count. So, finally, he decided to write a book about it. About how to be from two places at once.

Phil was born in the UK, in Stoke-on-Trent to an English mother... Read more

They Come Over Here

By: Phil Wang

Narrated by: Cherish Finden, Emmy the Great, Fern Brady, Jam...

Length: 2 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Comedian Phil Wang takes us through a funny and incisive look at race and belonging.

Inspired by his forthcoming book Sidesplitter, Phil and a panel of guests explore the subjects of food, music, politics, nature and empire, and what they mean in today's multicultural society.

Guests include comedian and Budpod co-host Pierre Novellie,... Read more

Ten to Win . . . And the Last Man In

By: Henry Blofeld

Narrated by: Henry Blofeld

Length: 9 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

'Is there anything in sport to compare with the sustained excitement of a cricket match, especially a Test match, in which the advantage continually fluctuates one way and then the other, and when the match enters its last few minutes, all four results are still possible?'

After entertaining countless radio listeners around the world for decades,... Read more

A Comedian's Prayer Book

By: Frank Skinner

Narrated by: Frank Skinner

Length: 1 hour 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Comedian and TV and radio host Frank Skinner talking to his biggest audience yet - God.

A Comedian's Prayer Book. The title is a worry, isn't it?...

God is a tough audience as far as audible response is concerned, but at least you don't have to explain the references. In this collection of prayers, much-loved comedian, broadcaster and radio host... Read more

The Clanlands Almanac

By: Sam Heughan & Graham McTavish

Narrated by: Graham McTavish & Sam Heughan

Length: 10 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

The follow up to the quarter of a million-copy selling, Sunday Times and New York Times #1 bestselling, Clanlands. Sam & Graham turn tour guides once again to bring listeners more epic tales from Scotland.

A seasonal meander through the wilds of Scotland.

'If Clanlands was a gentle road trip through Scotland, this Almanac is a top down, pedal... Read more

Private Faces and Public Places

By: Sian Phillips

Narrated by: Sian Phillips

Length: 26 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

The remarkably honest and brilliantly entertaining memoir of one of our finest acting Dames whose long and celebrated career includes her much-loved performance as Livia in I, Claudius and who was married for 20 years to the hell-raising Hollywood star Peter O'Toole.

Siân Phillips has a long and celebrated career on both stage and screen. For the... Read more

Fight!

By: Harry Hill

Narrated by: Harry Hill

Length: 7 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

'The funniest man in the world has written the funniest book in the world.' DAVID WALLIAMS

'A brilliant insight in to what it takes to go from regular funny bloke to one of the best stand ups I've ever seen.' LEE MACK

'Proper laugh-out-loud funny, fascinating, and doubles up as probably the best book of advice on how to be a comedian. A must for... Read more

Boy in a China Shop

By: Keith Brymer Jones

Narrated by: Keith Brymer Jones

Length: 7 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

The inspirational memoir from the star of OUR WELSH CHAPEL DREAM and THE GREAT POTTERY THROWDOWN

Readers LOVE Boy In A China Shop:
'What a brilliant book. Keith is so charming and funny and my goodness what a hard worker. I loved it. Get it and read it - enjoy.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'This book was enlightening and entertaining, full of laughs and heart. And... Read more

DON'T PANIC!

By: George Lewis

Length: 7 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

*****

THE ESSENTIAL NEW BOOK FOR FIRST-TIME DADS

'So funny you'll be glad you're having a baby!' - Josh Widdicombe

'Great advice - funny enough to read if it wasn't.' - Romesh Ranganathan

Are you ready for fatherhood?

DON'T PANIC - dad and comedian George Lewis is here with all the seriously useful practical and emotional advice that you need to keep... Read more

I Can Explain

By: Jamie Laing

Narrated by: Jamie Laing

Length: 7 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Funny, charming, and romantic to a fault, everyone loves Jamie Laing. The affectionate and exuberant blond puppy dog has come a long way - and broken many hearts - since he first graced our screens in 2011 as the joker of the Kings Road on Made in Chelsea. Ten years on, he became king of the ballroom making the final of Strictly Come Dancing.... Read more

Scala Radio's A Soundtrack for Life

By: Scala Radio

Narrated by: Charles Nove

Length: 7 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Bringing together much-loved masterpieces with exciting new works, this accessible and inspiring guide is a celebration of classical music.

Discussing pieces ranging from Vaughan Williams's The Lark Ascending and Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony to the scores for Avatar and Assassin's Creed, each entry puts the piece of music into context,... Read more

Catch Your Breath

By: Ed Patrick

Narrated by: Ed Patrick

Length: 5 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

***NOW INCLUDING NEW BONUS CHAPTER EXCLUSIVE TO THIS AUDIOBOOK***

'It's funny, touching and gobsmacking in equal measure. At its heart is a breathtaking account of life on the COVID frontline.' - Jay Rayner

'Ed's journey is funny, sad, harrowing, hilarious... I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO READ THIS.' - Colin Mochrie

A gut punch of a memoir by a doctor -... Read more

The Black Joy Project

By: Kleaver Cruz

Narrated by: Pascale Armand

Length: 5 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

A breathtaking and necessary love letter to a force that fuels Black life all around the globe, The Black Joy Project is Humans of New York meets The Black Book""A patchwork quilt of ... moments of triumph, antidotes to trauma narratives and rich, ebullient emotional and verbal spice for the soul."" – Michael W. Twitty, culinary and cultural... Read more

All Things Move

By: Jeannie Marshall

Narrated by: Fiona Hyatt

Length: 4 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

A deeply personal search for meaning in Michelangelo’s frescoes—and an impassioned defence of the role of art in a fractured age. What do we hope to get out of seeing a famous piece of art? Jeannie Marshall asked that question of herself when she started visiting the Sistine Chapel frescoes. She wanted to understand their meaning and... Read more

EL COFRE ENCANTADO

By: Raymundo Ramírez

Narrated by: Sofía López

Length: 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Hace algunos siglos vivía en babilonia un sabio rico de quien se decía tenía un cofre encantado, en el cual, según, guardaba celosamente un gran secreto. El secreto enseñaba como ser un gran triunfador. Este sabio se consideraba ser el hombre más feliz sobre la tierra. Algunos Reyes se acercaban a él para ofrecerle poder y riquezas y lo hacían... Read more

William Powell and Myrna Loy: The Lives and Careers of One of Classical Hollywood’s Most Iconic Duos

By: Charles River Editors

Narrated by: Mary Rossman

Length: 2 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

It is something of a cliché to say that an actor’s life was like a movie he or she might have starred in, but in the case of Myrna Loy, the cliché is true. It is easy to picture her as a little girl, riding the range with her rancher father, sitting around the table and participating charmingly in family discussions of current events. It is not... Read more