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Miracle
- The Boys Who Escaped the Gas Chamber in Auschwitz
- By: Michael Calvin, Naftali Schiff
- Narrated by: Laurence Dobiesz, Michael Calvin, Naftali Schiff
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Brought to you by Penguin. An unforgettable testament to hope and the bonds of brotherhood, Miracle reveals the untold story of the boys who escaped the gas chamber in Auschwitz, the only known Holocaust survivors to walk away from the jaws of the Nazi killing machine. Early on the morning of...
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Miracle
- The Boys Who Escaped the Gas Chamber in Auschwitz
- Narrated by: Laurence Dobiesz, Michael Calvin, Naftali Schiff
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 22-01-26
- Language: English
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Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China
- By: Ezra F. Vogel
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 33 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall71
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Performance62
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Once described by Mao Zedong as a "needle inside a ball of cotton", Deng was the pragmatic yet disciplined driving force behind China's radical transformation in the late 20th century. He confronted the damage wrought by the Cultural Revolution, dissolved Mao's cult of personality, and loosened the policies that had stunted China's growth. Obsessed with modernization, Deng opened trade relations with the West, which lifted hundreds of millions out of poverty. Yet he also answered to his authoritarian roots, most notably when he ordered the crackdown in 1989 at Tiananmen Square.
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Read the book instead
- By Furry Cheese on 22-06-21
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Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 33 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 23-03-21
- Language: English
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Queer Georgians
- A hidden history of lovers, lawbreakers and homemakers
- By: Anthony Delaney
- Narrated by: Anthony Delaney
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall56
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Performance55
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Brought to you by Penguin. History Hit podcast presenter Dr Anthony Delaney reveals the real people that inspired Gentleman Jack and the gay romances in Bridgerton, long written out of the nation's story and now lovingly restored. Mother Clap's Holborn coffee house is open to all comers, a place...
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Sometimes shocking surprising intriguing
- By J. Hunt on 04-11-25
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Queer Georgians
- A hidden history of lovers, lawbreakers and homemakers
- Narrated by: Anthony Delaney
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 04-09-25
- Language: English
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The Gunpowder Plot
- By: Antonia Fraser
- Narrated by: Patricia Gallimore
- Length: 16 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall161
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Performance144
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Story142
With a narrative that grips the reader like a detective story, Antonia Fraser brings the characters and events of the Gunpowder Plot to life. Dramatically recreating the conditions and motives that surrounded the fateful night of November 5, 1605, she unravels the tangled web of religion and politics that spawned the plot.
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Good, thorough but a little ponderous
- By David on 24-02-15
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The Gunpowder Plot
- Narrated by: Patricia Gallimore
- Length: 16 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 07-02-13
- Language: English
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Hitler, the Germans, and the Final Solution
- By: Ian Kershaw
- Narrated by: Nick Sandys
- Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance37
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This book is the culmination of more than three decades of meticulous historiographic research on Nazi Germany by one of the period’s most distinguished historians. The volume brings together the most important and influential aspects of Ian Kershaw’s research on the Holocaust for the first time. The writings are arranged in three sections - Hitler and the Final Solution, popular opinion and the Jews in Nazi Germany, and the Final Solution in historiography - and Kershaw provides an introduction and a closing section on the uniqueness of Nazism.
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Serious study
- By Aux on 29-01-25
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Hitler, the Germans, and the Final Solution
- Narrated by: Nick Sandys
- Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 22-01-19
- Language: English
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Crimea
- By: Orlando Figes
- Narrated by: Malk Williams
- Length: 20 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall327
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Performance283
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Story282
The terrible conflict that dominated the mid-19th century, the Crimean War, killed at least 800,000 men and pitted Russia against a formidable coalition of Britain, France and the Ottoman Empire. It was a war for territory, provoked by fear that if the Ottoman Empire were to collapse then Russia could control a huge swathe of land from the Balkans to the Persian Gulf. But it was also a war of religion, driven by a fervent, populist and ever more ferocious belief by the Tsar and his ministers that it was Russia's task to rule all Orthodox Christians and control the Holy Land.
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Great listen overall
- By Fingers on 31-01-19
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Crimea
- Narrated by: Malk Williams
- Length: 20 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 12-07-18
- Language: English
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Queen Victoria's Matchmaking: The Royal Marriages That Shaped Europe
- By: Deborah Cadbury
- Narrated by: Charlotte Strevens
- Length: 13 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall62
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Performance52
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Queen Victoria had over 30 surviving grandchildren, and to maintain and increase power in Europe, she hoped to manoeuvre them into dynastic marriages. Yet they often had plans of their own, and her matchmaking was further complicated by tumultuous international upheavals. Queen Victoria's Matchmaking travels through the glittering, decadent palaces of Russia and Europe, weaving in scandals, political machinations and family tensions.
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Fully of interesting information
- By Franklymydarling on 15-07-19
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Queen Victoria's Matchmaking: The Royal Marriages That Shaped Europe
- Narrated by: Charlotte Strevens
- Length: 13 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 13-02-18
- Language: English
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Liquid Rules
- The Delightful and Dangerous Substances That Flow Through Our Lives
- By: Mark Miodownik
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
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Overall37
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Performance34
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We all know that without water we couldn't survive, and that sometimes a cup of coffee or a glass of wine feels just as vital. But do we really understand how much we rely on liquids, or the destructive power they hold? Set over the course of a flight from London to San Francisco, Liquid Rules offers listeners a fascinating tour of these formless substances, told through the language of molecules, droplets, heartbeats, and ocean waves.
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All mixed up
- By andrew beeston on 19-03-21
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Liquid Rules
- The Delightful and Dangerous Substances That Flow Through Our Lives
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 19-02-19
- Language: English
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Death in the Air
- The True Story of a Serial Killer, the Great London Smog, and the Strangling of a City
- By: Kate Winkler Dawson
- Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall38
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Performance36
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A real-life thriller in the vein of The Devil in the White City, Kate Winkler Dawson's debut Death in the Air is a gripping, historical narrative of a serial killer, an environmental disaster, and an iconic city struggling to regain its footing. London was still recovering from the devastation...
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A tale of two cities
- By Anne Arnold on 24-10-18
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Death in the Air
- The True Story of a Serial Killer, the Great London Smog, and the Strangling of a City
- Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 20-10-17
- Language: English
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The Soviet Century
- By: Moshe Lewin, Gregory Elliott - editor
- Narrated by: Rich Miller
- Length: 16 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance2
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Departing from a simple linear history, The Soviet Century traces all the continuities and ruptures that led from the founding revolution of October 1917, to the final collapse of the late 1980s and early 1990s, passing through the Stalinist dictatorship, the impossible reforms of the Khrushchev years, and the glasnost and perestroika policies of Gorbachev.
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The Soviet Century
- Narrated by: Rich Miller
- Length: 16 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 07-05-24
- Language: English
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Entitled
- A Critical History of the British Aristocracy
- By: Chris Bryant
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 14 hrs and 11 mins
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Exploring the extraordinary social and political dominance enjoyed by the British aristocracy over the centuries, Entitled seeks to explain how a tiny number of noble families rose to such a position in the first place. It reveals the often nefarious means they have employed to maintain their wealth, power, and prestige and examines the greed, ambition, jealousy, and rivalry which drove aristocratic families to guard their interests with such determination.
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Interesting but spoiled by narrator
- By Mary Carnegie on 01-04-24
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Entitled
- A Critical History of the British Aristocracy
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 14 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 19-07-22
- Language: English
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How the French Won Waterloo - or Think They Did
- By: Stephen Clarke
- Narrated by: Justin Edwards
- Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins
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Overall62
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Performance52
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Published in the 200th anniversary year of the Battle of Waterloo, a witty look at how the French still think they won, by Stephen Clarke, author of 1000 Years of Annoying the French and A Year in the Merde. Two centuries after the Battle of Waterloo, the French are still in denial. If Napoleon lost on 18 June 1815 (and that's a big 'if') then whoever rules the universe got it wrong. As soon as the cannons stopped firing, French historians began rewriting history.
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A new look at Waterloo
- By JDEVLIN on 12-10-16
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How the French Won Waterloo - or Think They Did
- Narrated by: Justin Edwards
- Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 02-07-15
- Language: English
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Waterloo: The Campaign of 1815
- From Elba to Ligny and Quatre Bras Volume I
- By: John Hussey
- Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
- Length: 34 hrs and 6 mins
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Overall50
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Performance41
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The first of two ground-breaking volumes on the Waterloo campaign, this audiobook is based upon a detailed analysis of sources old and new in four languages. It highlights the political stresses between the Allies, the problems of feeding and paying for the Allied forces assembling in Belgium during the undeclared war and how a strategy was thrashed out. It studies the neglected topic of how the Allies beyond the Rhine hampered the plans of Blücher and Wellington, thus allowing Napoleon to snatch the initiative from them.
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It is great! Now PLEASE RELEASE VOLUME 2!
- By Nigel on 31-03-21
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Waterloo: The Campaign of 1815
- From Elba to Ligny and Quatre Bras Volume I
- Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
- Length: 34 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 08-05-20
- Language: English
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Napoleon the Great
- By: Andrew Roberts
- Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
- Length: 37 hrs and 23 mins
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Overall1,787
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Napoleon Bonaparte lived one of the most extraordinary of all human lives. In the space of just 20 years, from October 1795, when as a young artillery captain he cleared the streets of Paris of insurrectionists, to his final defeat at the (horribly mismanaged) battle of Waterloo in June 1815, Napoleon transformed France and Europe. After seizing power in a coup d'état, he ended the corruption and incompetence into which the revolution had descended.
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37 very listenable hours!
- By mjh on 24-02-15
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Napoleon the Great
- Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
- Length: 37 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 20-02-15
- Language: English
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Born to Be Hanged
- The Epic Story of the Gentlemen Pirates Who Raided the South Seas, Rescued a Princess, and Stole a Fortune
- By: Keith Thomson
- Narrated by: Feodor Chin
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall10
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Performance9
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Discover the “fascinating and outrageously readable” account of the roguish acts of the first pirates to raid the Pacific in a crusade that ended in a sensational trial back in England—perfect for readers of Nathaniel Philbrick and David McCullough (Douglas Preston, #1 New York Times...
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Splendid!
- By Simon M. on 10-01-24
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Born to Be Hanged
- The Epic Story of the Gentlemen Pirates Who Raided the South Seas, Rescued a Princess, and Stole a Fortune
- Narrated by: Feodor Chin
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 10-05-22
- Language: English
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Charmed Life
- The Phenomenal World of Philip Sassoon
- By: Damian Collins
- Narrated by: Thomas Judd
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
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Overall20
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Performance16
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The story of a fascinating man who connected the great politicians, artists and thinkers at the height of British global power and influence. A famed aesthete, politician and patron of the arts, Philip Sassoon lived in a world of English elegance and oriental flair. Gathering a social set that...
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Very poor reading
- By B D. on 21-05-17
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Charmed Life
- The Phenomenal World of Philip Sassoon
- Narrated by: Thomas Judd
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 02-06-16
- Language: English
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The Lost Boys
- A Family Ripped Apart by War
- By: Catherine Bailey
- Narrated by: Laura Kirman
- Length: 15 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall55
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Performance46
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Brought to you by Penguin. Berlin, September 1944. Ulrich von Hassell, former ambassador to Italy and a key member of the German Resistance, is executed for his part in an assassination plot against Hitler. In response to the attack, Himmler, leader of the SS, orders the arrest of all the...
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Too heavy going for me
- By Craig on 30-09-19
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The Lost Boys
- A Family Ripped Apart by War
- Narrated by: Laura Kirman
- Length: 15 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 01-08-19
- Language: English
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Enemy Coast Ahead
- The Memoir of Dambuster Guy Gibson
- By: Guy Gibson
- Narrated by: Nigel Gair
- Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall113
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Performance106
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A definitive new edition of a classic memoir, published in association with the RAF Museum. Guy Gibson was the leader of the famous Dambusters raid and Enemy Coast Ahead is a vivid, honest account, widely regarded as one of the best books on World War II. It is also an insider's account that sets down in clear, honest detail the challenges that the RAF faced in the war against Germany's Luftwaffe.
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Terrible Narrator
- By rascallybear on 21-10-20
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Enemy Coast Ahead
- The Memoir of Dambuster Guy Gibson
- Narrated by: Nigel Gair
- Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 29-07-20
- Language: English
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All You Need Is Love
- The End of The Beatles - Unpublished, Unvarnished and Told by The Beatles and Their Inner Circle
- By: Steven Gaines, Peter Brown
- Narrated by: Adam Stevens, Ben Jacobson, Anthony Howell, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
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Performance22
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In 1980-1981 former COO of Apple Corp, Peter Brown and author Steven Gaines interviewed everyone in the Beatles' inner circle and included a small portion of the transcripts in their international bestselling book The Love You Make, which spent four months on the New York Times bestseller list. But left in their archives was a treasure trove of unique and candid interviews that they chose not to publish, until now.
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Nothing to right home about.
- By Giulia R. on 07-12-25
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All You Need Is Love
- The End of The Beatles - Unpublished, Unvarnished and Told by The Beatles and Their Inner Circle
- Narrated by: Adam Stevens, Ben Jacobson, Anthony Howell, Emma Gregory, Philip Stewart, Robert G. Slade, Stefan Menaul, Todd Kramer, Mickey Knighton, ShinFei Chen
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 11-04-24
- Language: English
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Tweet of the Day
- A Year of British Birds
- By: BBC Natural History Radio
- Narrated by: Bill Oddie, Brett Westwood, Chris Packham, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall55
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Performance43
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First heard every weekday morning at 5.58am on BBC Radio 4, Tweet of the Day captured the imagination of early risers and bird lovers, proving so popular that it was named Radio Programme of the Year 2014. Each episode begins with a bird call or song, followed by fascinating ornithological detail about its owner. This collection contains every edition from the first series, British Birds.
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No track listing.
- By Absolutely amazing. Easy to apply and not a single bubble. Thank you. on 14-09-19
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Tweet of the Day
- A Year of British Birds
- Narrated by: Bill Oddie, Brett Westwood, Chris Packham, David Attenborough, John Aitchison, Kate Humble, Liz Bonnin, Martin Hughes-Games
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 05-07-18
- Language: English
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