Humor audiobooks

I'm Alan Partridge

By: Steve Coogan

Narrated by: Steve Coogan & Full Cast

Length: 1 hour 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Steve Coogan is Alan Partridge, the crass chat show host who has a spectacular fall from grace in these 3 BBC TV episodes. 'Knowing me, Knowing Yule' (29 December 1995) In a special Christmas edition of his television chat show, the irrespressible Alan bids the nation good tidings from 'an exact replica reproduction' of the interior of his... Read more

The News Quiz: The Very Best Of 2004

By: BBC

Narrated by: Simon Hoggart & Various

Length: 2 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Since 1977, BBC Radio 4's funniest and quirkiest game show has been answering questions and offering wit and wisdom on global happenings, national news and quite frankly pathetic parochial events. Regular panellists Alan Coren, Jeremy Hardy, Andy Hamilton and Linda Smith are once again joined by a plethora of guests from the worlds of media... Read more

As You Like It

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: David Morrissey, Full Cast, Helena Bonham Carte...

Length: 1 hour 59 minutes

Abridged: No

In this BBC full-cast production of As You Like It, Rosalind is banished from the Royal court, heartbroken over Orlando. Will the two find a way to reunite?

A comedy of wit, disguise and love, Shakespeare's tale about the enchanted world of the Forest of Arden remains as moving as it is funny.

Helena Bonham Carter stars as Rosalind, with David... Read more

Much Ado About Nothing

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: Samantha Spiro, Emilia Fox, Maxine Peake, Chiwe...

Length: 2 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

In this BBC full-cast production of Much Ado About Nothing, some handsome soldiers return from battle. Yet one soldier finds himself locked in a merry war of his own...

In Shakespeare's comedy of wit, love and miscommunication, Beatrice and Benedick and Hero and Claudio are pushed into and pulled out of love, their friends playing cupid with... Read more

Round the Horne: Movie Spoofs

By: Marty Feldman & Barry Took

Narrated by: Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden, ...

Length: 2 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

As one of the most consistently funny radio series of the 1960s, Round The Horne was always a favourite among listeners to the BBC Light Programme's comedy hour on Sundays.
With its colourfully bizarre collection of characters and memorable catchphrases, its brilliantly inventive and sometimes outrageous scripts, Round The Horne was a unique... Read more

The Mighty Boosh: The Complete Radio Series 1

By: Julian Barratt & Noel Fielding

Narrated by: Full Cast, Julian Barratt & Noel Fielding

Length: 3 hours

Abridged: No

Described by the Observer as ‘Some of the most inventive comedy writing of the decade’, and eliciting an exclamation of ‘Wow!’ from Simpsons’ creator Matt Groening, come with us now on a journey through time and space - to the world of The Mighty Boosh... Here are all six episodes of the BBC Radio 4 series, complete and uncut, from the winners... Read more

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Christmas Clue

By: BBC

Narrated by: Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden, Humphrey Lyttelton,...

Length: 2 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Originally broadcast on Christmas Day 2003, the I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue Players present their unique interpretation of Dickens' A Christmas Carol, starring Humphrey Lyttelton as Ebenezer Scrumph, Colin Sell as his downtrodden assistant Crotchet, and Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Barry Cryer as the Ghosts of Christmas Future, Present... Read more

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue

By: BBC

Narrated by: Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden, Humphrey Lyttelton,...

Length: 2 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Clued-up listeners will already be familiar with I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, the only authentic antidote to panel games. Ardent fans, and those with less well-indulged ears, are in for a treat with this eighth collection of episodes which, as ever, muddy the line between ad-lib and sheer mayhem. Chairman Humphrey Lyttelton once again takes... Read more

Ronnie Barker At The Beeb

By: Ronnie Barker

Narrated by: Ronnie Barker & Various

Length: 2 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Few are better at reducing people to tears of mirth than Ronnie Barker. Here, in a classic compilation, is the incomparable laughter-maker with some of the great highlights from a stellar radio and TV career that spanned more than thirty years. From his early radio shows – Floggit’s, The Navy Lark and Lines from my Grandfather’s Forehead – to... Read more

A Midsummer Night's Dream

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: Becky Simpson, David Threlfall, Full Cast, Samu...

Length: 2 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

In this BBC full-cast production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hermia, Lysander, Demetrius and Helena run to the woods and stumble into a life separate from time itself.

Fairy magic wreaks havoc and midsummer madness takes over as lovers tread the delicate line between fantasy and reality.

Sylvestra le Touzel stars as Titania in this delightful... Read more

Spanking New On 7

By: BBC

Narrated by: Mr Robin Ince

Length: 1 hour 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Spanking New on 7 is BBC7's first original comedy series. Compered by Robin Ince (from BBC2's The Office, E4's The Pilot Show and Radio 4's The In-Crowd) it showcases new or unknown stand-up comedians.This release features the best of the first series, including material not featured in the original BBC7 broadcasts.
Spanking New on 7 has an... Read more

Ross Noble Goes Global Series 2

By: Ross Noble

Narrated by: Ross Noble

Length: 1 hour 52 minutes

Abridged: No

A brilliant new BBC Radio 4 series of comedy travelogues presented by award-winning stand-up and ‘Just a Minute’ regular, Ross Noble. Perrier Award nominee Ross Noble has received huge critical acclaim and become known as an exciting and original talent in the UK. Now he takes his show worldwide, to destinations as diverse as Australia, Italy,... Read more

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue: Anniversary Special

By: BBC & Iain Pattinson

Narrated by: Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden, Humphrey Lyttelton,...

Length: 1 hour 53 minutes

Abridged: No

To celebrate thirty years of the extremely popular BBC Radio 4 comedy panel game, this release brings together two special editions - I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue Anniversary Special and I'm Sorry I Haven't a Desert Island - alongside the first ever edition of the programme, originally broadcast on 11 April 1972. Whilst the anniversary special... Read more

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue: Hamish And Dougal Series 2

By: Barry Cryer & Graeme Garden

Narrated by: Barry Cryer & Graeme Garden

Length: 1 hour 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Hamish and Dougal – two of the most popular characters from 'I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue' – return in their second radio series, alongside Mrs Naughtie (Alison Steadman), and the local Laird (Jeremy Hardy). In 'The Vampire of the Glen', our heroes are suspicious after the Laird asks them to dig a hole in his allotment large enough for a... Read more

Goon Again

By: Spike Milligan

Narrated by: Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers & Spike Milligan

Length: 1 hour 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Using scripts by Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens, The Goon Show was recreated at the Playhouse Theatre in London for one extra-special celebratory night, with Andrew Secombe (standing in for his father Harry), Jon Glover (as Spike Milligan) and Jeffrey Holland (as Peter Sellers). Together, the team performed two missing episodes of the show -... Read more

Little Bitty Lies - Abridged

By: Mary Kay Andrews

Narrated by: Debra Monk

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

“Little white lies have never been so risky—or so much fun.” — Orlando SentinelNew York Times bestselling author Mary Kay Andrews delivers a tantalizing tale about an abandoned Atlanta housewife and mother who tells one tiny white lie that sets her world spiraling outrageously out of control.This winning and wonderful romp focuses on all the... Read more

The Shop on Blossom Street - Abridged

By: Debbie Macomber

Narrated by: Linda Edmond

Length: 5 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Four lives knit together…There's a little shop on Blossom Street in Seattle called A Good Yarn. You go there to buy knitting supplies and patterns -- and now it's offering a knitting class. The first lesson: how to knit a baby blanket.For owner Lydia Hoffman, the shop represents her dream of beginning a new life free from the cancer that has... Read more

Changing Habits - Abridged

By: Debbie Macomber

Narrated by: Trini Alvarado

Length: 2 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: Yes

They were sisters once.Almost forty years ago, in a more innocent time, two girls enter the convent. Angelina and Joanna come from vastly different backgrounds, but they have one thing in common -- a desire to serve, to join in the community of sisters.Despite the relative seclusion of the convent house in Minneapolis, they're not immune to... Read more

A Redbird Christmas

By: Fannie Flagg

Narrated by: Fannie Flagg

Length: 5 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

With the same incomparable style and warm, inviting voice that have made her beloved by millions of readers far and wide, New York Times bestselling author Fannie Flagg has written an enchanting Christmas story of faith and hope for all ages that is sure to become a classic.
Deep in the southernmost part of Alabama, along the banks of a lazy... Read more

He's Just Not That Into You

By: Greg Behrendt & Liz Tuccillo

Narrated by: Liz Tuccillo & Greg Behrendt

Length: 3 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

He’s Just Not That Into You—based on a popular episode of Sex and the City—is tough love advice for otherwise smart women on how to tell when a guy just doesn’t like them enough, so they can stop wasting time making excuses for a dead-end relationship. It’s the best relationship advice you’ll ever receive.

For ages, women have come together over... Read more

A Christmas Story

By: Jean Shepherd

Narrated by: Dick Cavett

Length: 3 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

A beloved, bestselling classic of humorous and nostalgic Americana—the book that inspired the equally classic Yuletide film and the live musical on Fox.

The holiday film A Christmas Story, first released in 1983, has become a bona fide Christmas perennial, gaining in stature and fame with each succeeding year. Its affectionate, wacky,... Read more

When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?

By: George Carlin

Narrated by: George Carlin

Length: 7 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

On the heels of George Carlin's #1 New York Times bestseller Napalm & Silly Putty comes When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? -- infused with Carlin's trademark irreverent humor and biting cultural observations. Here we go again . . . George Carlin's hilarious When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? offers his cutting-edge opinions and... Read more

Fresh Air: Laughs

By: Terry Gross

Length: 3 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

A collection of interviews with top comedians from the award-winning NPR interviewer Terry Gross. Includes excerpts from a wide range of personalities spanning the last two decades: Al Franken, Joan Rivers, Tracey Ullman, Martin Short, Chris Rock, Jay Leno, Jackie Mason, Larry David, Phyllis Diller, and more. Read more

George Carlin Reads to You - Abridged

By: George Carlin

Length: 7 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Great comedy and a good deal, this new gift set gathers three timeless Carlin recordings including two Grammy® winners.



Please note: This is a historical recording. The audio quality represents the technology of the time when it was produced. Read more