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Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge
Alan Partridge on the BBC (Book 4)
- Author
- Alan Bennett
- Narrator
- Alan Bennett
- Publisher
- BBC Audio
- Publish Date
- 1 September 2016
- Run Time
- 11 hours 4 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Rating
- 5.0 (1 review)
What to expect
A unique collection of eight Alan Bennett stories, read by the author.
Alan Bennett is one of Britain's best-loved authors and an acclaimed storyteller. Poignant, compassionate, wise and witty, this compilation includes eight of his best tales: His celebrated, iconic memoir The Lady in the Van; as well as two fascinating autobiographical accounts of his family and childhood. Uncle Clarence sees Bennett visiting the grave of a relative who died in Flanders in 1917; while in Hymn he joins forces with composer George Fenton and the Medici String Quartet to explore his musical memories.
Bennett's incisive, acute observations shine through in his fiction too, with wry, moving and darkly humorous meditations on death (Father! Father! Burning Bright and The Laying On of Hands), sex (The Shielding of Mrs Forbes) and middle-age ennui (The Clothes They Stood Up In). His gift for affectionate satire reaches its pinnacle in The Uncommon Reader, a delightful tale in which the Queen discovers the pleasures of literature.
This collection includes:
- The Lady in the Van (tracks 1-2)
- Uncle Clarence (track 3)
- The Clothes They Stood Up In (tracks 4-5)
- Father! Father! Burning Bright (tracks 6-7)
- Hymn (tracks 8-9)
- The Laying On of Hands (tracks 10-11)
- The Uncommon Reader (track 12)
- The Shielding of Mrs Forbes (track 13)
©2016 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2016 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
User Reviews
Book 5.0
Narration 5.0
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5.0 5.0
What a brilliant collection. Loved the way Alan reads, you can't get a better narrator than the author!.
Only just read some of these stories but listening to them being read by the author makes them even better.
Highly recommended.
Off to look for some more!Rocketman 2023-08-30
Details
- Author
- Alan Bennett
- Narrator
- Alan Bennett
- Duration
- 11 hours 4 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 September 2016
- ISBN
- 9781785293948
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- BBC Audio
- Genre
- Humour, Radio plays, scripts and performances
- Rating
- 5.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 5.0(1 review)
Synopsis
A unique collection of eight Alan Bennett stories, read by the author.Alan Bennett is one of Britain's best-loved authors and an acclaimed storyteller. Poignant, compassionate, wise and witty, this compilation includes eight of his best tales: His celebrated, iconic memoir The Lady in the Van; as well as two fascinating autobiographical accounts of his family and childhood. Uncle Clarence sees Bennett visiting the grave of a relative who died in Flanders in 1917; while in Hymn he joins forces with composer George Fenton and the Medici String Quartet to explore his musical memories.Bennett's incisive, acute observations shine through in his fiction too, with wry, moving and darkly humorous meditations on death (Father! Father! Burning Bright and The Laying On of Hands), sex (The Shielding of Mrs Forbes) and middle-age ennui (The Clothes They Stood Up In). His gift for affectionate satire reaches its pinnacle in The Uncommon Reader, a delightful tale in which the Queen discovers the pleasures of literature.This collection includes:The Lady in the Van (tracks 1-2)Uncle Clarence (track 3)The Clothes They Stood Up In (tracks 4-5)Father! Father! Burning Bright (tracks 6-7)Hymn (tracks 8-9)The Laying On of Hands (tracks 10-11)The Uncommon Reader (track 12)The Shielding of Mrs Forbes (track 13)©2016 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2016 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
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