Where to Start with Alex Jennings
- Best entry point → The Chronicles of Narnia: Complete Audio Collection
- Best standalone → Terry Pratchett: The BBC Radio Drama Collection
- What fans keep coming back to → The Complete Barchester Chronicles
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The Chronicles of Narnia: Complete Audio Collection
The Chronicles of Narnia (Chronological Order) #1–7 • Book 1
by C.S. Lewis, Kenneth Branagh, Alex Jennings, Michael York, Lynn Redgrave, Derek Jacobi, Jeremy Northam, Patrick Stewart
Narrated by Kenneth Branagh, Alex Jennings, Michael York, Lynn Redgrave, Derek Jacobi, Jeremy Northam, Patrick Stewart
★ 4.65 ABR Score (731.2K ratings)★ 4.28 Goodreads (712.6K) ★ 4.84 Audible (18.6K)33h 45m listening time • Released 2019 -
Terry Pratchett: The BBC Radio Drama Collection
by Terry Pratchett, Martin Jarvis, Sheila Hancock, Anton Lesser, Alex Jennings, Philip Jackson, Mark Heap
Narrated by Alex Jennings, Anton Lesser, Full Cast, Mark Heap, Martin Jarvis, Philip Jackson, Sheila Hancock
★ 3.95 ABR Score (1.8K ratings)★ 4.1 Goodreads (781) ★ 4.45 Audible (1.0K)13h 13m listening time • Released 2018 -
The Complete Barchester Chronicles
by Martyn Wade, Anthony Trollope, Juliet Aubrey, Simon Russell Beale, Brenda Blethyn, Jilly Bond, Selina Cadell, John Carlisle, David Collings, Kenneth Cranham, Emma Fielding, Julia Ford, Clive Francis, Jamie Glover, David Haig, Douglas Hodge, David Horovitch, Peter Howell, Alex Jennings, Rosemary Leach, Gabrielle Lloyd, Alec McCowan, Leo McKern, Anna Massey, Stephen Moore, Richard Vernon, Derek Waring
Narrated by Alex Jennings, Amanda Root, Anna Massey, Brenda Blethyn, David Haig, Eleanor Bron, Emma Fielding, Full Cast, Kenneth Cranham, Leo McKern, Rosemary Leach, Simon Russell Beale
★ 3.78 ABR Score (318 ratings)★ 4.21 Goodreads (24) ★ 4.46 Audible (294)18h 46m listening time • Released 2008 -
From Shakespeare - With Love: The Best of the Sonnets
by William Shakespeare, David Tennant, Juliet Stevenson, Anton Lesser, Alex Jennings, Roy McMillan, Tom Mison, Anne-Marie Piazza, Hugh Ross, Benjamin Soames, David Timson, Trevor White, Maxine Peake, Stella Gonet, Bertie Carvel, Gunnar Cauthery, Jonathan Keeble
Narrated by David Tennant, Juliet Stevenson, Anton Lesser, Maxine Peake, Stella Gonet, Bertie Carvel, Alex Jennings
★ 3.69 ABR Score (135 ratings)★ 4.1 Goodreads (88) ★ 4.47 Audible (47)1h 15m listening time • Released 2009 -
The Charles Dickens BBC Radio Drama Collection: The Early Years
by Charles Dickens, Alex Jennings, Anna Massey, Bill Nighy, Julia McKenzie, Pam Ferris, Phil Daniels, Robert Glenister, Sandi Toksvig, Tim McInnerny
Narrated by Full Cast, Anna Massey, Alex Jennings, Phil Daniels, Julia McKenzie, Tim McInnerny, Robert Glenister
★ 3.64 ABR Score (69 ratings)★ 4.47 Goodreads (15) ★ 4.5 Audible (54)35h 7m listening time • Released 2018 -
Alexander: The Story of a Legendary Leader
by David Wade, Alex Jennings, Barry Foster, Brian Cox, Geraldine James, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Michael Maloney, Simon Ward, Sam Crane, David March, Malcolm Sinclair, Keith Drinkel, Gary King, Barry Gordon, Philip Anthony, John Evitts, John Webb, James Telfer, David Thorpe, Patti Holloway, Oona Beeson, Teresa Gallagher, Rachel Atkins, Jill Graham, Diana Payan, John Moffat, Michael Onslow, John Rye, John Baddeley, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Charles Kay, Dominic Letts, Mark Straker, Jonathan Adams, Seán Barrett, Richard Pearce, Matthew Sim, John Hollis, Renu Setna, Glyn Dearman, Richard Lattimore, Wilfredo Acosta, Melvyn Bragg, Paul Cartledge, A.G. Leventis, Diana Spencer, Rachel Mairs
Narrated by Alex Jennings, Barry Foster, Brian Cox, Geraldine James, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Michael Maloney, Simon Ward
★ 3.62 ABR Score (34 ratings)★ 4.2 Goodreads (30) ★ 4.25 Audible (4)5h 41m listening time • Released 2020 -
The Somerset Maugham BBC Radio Collection
by W. Somerset Maugham, Patrick Allen, Douglas Blackwell, Louise Brealey, David Calder, Anthony Daniels, Megan Dodds, Nicholas Farrell, Philip French, Julian Glover, Hannah Gordon, Garard Green, Wendy Hiller, Alex Jennings, Cara Kelly, John Light, Janet Maw, Ronald Pickup, Nicholas Le Prevost, Peter Rumney, Owen Scott, Sarah Smart, Sian Thomas
Narrated by Alex Jennings, Janet Maw, full cast
★ 3.57 ABR Score (32 ratings)★ 4.33 Goodreads (12) ★ 4.5 Audible (20)15h 4m listening time • Released 2020 -
The Fyodor Dostoevsky BBC Radio Drama Collection
by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Roger Allam, Joseph Arkley, Nicholas Boulton, Jonathan Forbes, John Gray, Paul Hilton, Boris Isarov, Alex Jennings, Barnaby Kay, Gary Lilburn, Roy Marsden, Clive Merrison, Jim Norton, Ronald Pickup, Paul Rhys, David Suchet, Jane Whittenshaw, Lia Williams, Rowan Williams
Narrated by Roy Marsden, Alex Jennings, Roger Allam, Paul Rhys, Nicholas Boulton, Paul Hilton, David Suchet, full cast, Barnaby Kay, Lia Williams
★ 3.55 ABR Score (29 ratings)★ 4.42 Goodreads (12) ★ 4.35 Audible (17)17h 28m listening time • Released 2021 -
The People's Princess
by Shelagh Stephenson, Alex Jennings, Rebecca Saire, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Chris McHallem, Richard Howard, Mark Lambert, Jill Cardo, Nial Cusack
Narrated by Alex Jennings, Chris McHallem, Jill Cardo, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Mark Lambert, Nial Cusack, Rebecca Saire, Richard Howard
★ 3.52 ABR Score (6 ratings)★ 3.67 Goodreads (3) ★ 3.33 Audible (3) -
Our Mutual Friend (Woman's Hour Drama)
by Charles Dickens, Alex Jennings, Pauline Quirke
Narrated by Alex Jennings, Full Cast, Pauline Quirke
★ 3.52 ABR Score (14 ratings)★ 4.29 Audible (14)4h 32m listening time • Released 2012 -
The Alexander Pushkin BBC Radio Collection
by Alexander Pushkin, Alex Jennings
Narrated by Alex Jennings, Geoffrey Streatfeild, Ralph Fiennes, Bill Nighy, Paul Scofield, Simon Callow, Hattie Morahan, Alison Pettitt, Greg Wise, full cast, Alan Howard, Moira Lister, Max Irons, Linus Roache
★ 3.42 ABR Score (4 ratings)★ 4.5 Goodreads (2) ★ 4.5 Audible (2)11h 49m listening time • Released 2023 -
The Buckingham Palace Connection & More
by Ted Willis, Michael Aldridge, Seán Barrett, Hugh Burden, Joyce Carey, Jeremy Clyde, Alaric Cotter, Nicholas Courtenay, Annette Crosbie, Alan Cuthbertson, David Daker, Anthony Daniels, Hugh Dickson, Maurice Denham, William Eedle, Adrian Egan, Deryck Guyler, Frances Jeater, Alex Jennings, Hilda Kriesman, Moir Lesley, Preston Lockwood, Miriam Margolyes, Trevor Martin, Geoffrey Matthews, Ian McShane, Mary Miller, Barbara Mitchell, Richard Pascoe, Elizabeth Proud, Andrew Sachs, Leslie Sands, Christopher Scoular, Cyril Shaps, Bob Shearman, Victor Spinetti, Henry Stamper, Lockwood West, Jo Manning Wilson, Mary Wimbush, Haydn Wood
Narrated by Miriam Margolyes, Maurice Denham, Elizabeth Proud, Alex Jennings, Frances Jeater, Jeremy Clyde, Annette Crosbie, Leslie Sands, Mary Wimbush, Mary Miller, Trevor Martin, Christopher Scoular, Hugh Burden, Adrian Egan, full cast
★ 3.41 ABR Score (2 ratings)★ 3 Goodreads (1) ★ 3 Audible (1)8h 59m listening time • Released 2023 -
Electric Ink
by Alistair Beaton, Tom Mitchelson, Alex Jennings, Ben Willbond, John Sessions
Narrated by Alex Jennings, Ben Willbond, Debbie Chazen, Elizabeth Berrington, full cast, John Sessions, Polly Frame, Robert Lindsay, Stephen Wight, Zita Sattar
★ 3.38 ABR Score (2 ratings)★ 3 Goodreads (1) ★ 3 Audible (1)5h 35m listening time • Released 2020 -
Intrigue and Satire: Later Restoration Comedies: 11 BBC Radio Full Cast Productions including The Recruiting Officer and The Way of the World and more
by Aphra Behn, Celia Imrie, Sian Thomas, Alex Jennings, Sheila Hancock, Frances Barber, Indira Varma, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Josie Lawrence, Adjoa Andoh, Hugh Bonneville, Kris Marshall, Nicholas Parsons, Peter Eyre, Full Cast, Susanna Centivre, William Congreve, Delarivier Manley, John Vanburgh, George Farquhar
Narrated by Celia Imrie, Sian Thomas, Alex Jennings, Sheila Hancock, Frances Barber, Indira Varma, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Josie Lawrence, Adjoa Andoh, Hugh Bonneville, Kris Marshall, Nicholas Parsons, Peter Eyre, Full Cast
★ 3.36 ABR Score (1 ratings)★ 5 Audible (1)19h 6m listening time • Released 2023
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