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The Operators
- On the Streets with Britain's Most Secret Service
- Narrated by: Alex Hyde-White
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
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Summary
Few outside the security services have heard of 14 Company. As deadly as the SAS yet more secret, the operators of 14 Company are Britain's most effective weapon against international terrorism. For every bomb that goes off, 14 Company prevent 12. The selection process is the most physically, intellectually, and emotionally demanding anywhere in the world. This is the true story of one operator and of some of the most hair-raising military operations ever conducted on the streets of Britain.
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- podge elliott
- 23-01-21
A good listen but...
A good listen, really interesting but didn’t like the narrator, which spoiled it for me. He sounds very robotic and a bit dull....
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- Steve M
- 23-03-21
Not sure how the narrator got the job.
This book is really very good if you have an interest in N.Ireland and the British army. It can come across as a little confusing if your not familiar with the lingo but it’s a very good read. By that I mean just buy the book and read it yourself. The narrator of this story is awful. His voice and pronunciation of words he clearly has no knowledge of just ruins the listening experience. Yes I would recommend this book but in paperback. You will have a better experience.
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- J MARTINEZ
- 20-03-21
When you order your narrator from Wish
Great book spoilt by terrible narration.
I read this book a long time ago and decided to visit revisit it with the Audiobook.
What can I say? it's still a great book but ruined by the narrator. He seems to switch schizophrenically between accents for the same character, sometimes all in one sentence. The main character for example seems to switch freely between a sort of gruff sounding 'mockney' to what you might call a stereotypical army officer accent. Other failed attempts at accents are too numerous to list.
The recording seems to have been done in a single take with some simple words misread or mispronounced. This would be forgiveable if the same words were not read correctly later in the book. This give the impression that having known a mistake was made earlier, no one could be bothered to go back and edit!
Some simple research wouldn't have hurt either. the book features a lot of radio voice procedure. This was again completely unbelievable and came across more like a supermarket tannoy announcement.
If you can put all that aside, this is a great book.
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- Joanna Balgarnie
- 17-05-21
Great but change the narrator
Really enjoyed this book apart from the photography section which was too technical. Fascinating insight with great detail and very human touches.
However, I’m afraid that the narration almost spoilt it especially in the first half. Accents changed mid sentence, pronunciation was regularly distracting - I’m sure a more suitable narrator could have been found. I was close to giving up because of it.
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- Sledge
- 15-02-21
Narration lets it down
Decent book badly narrated.
Pronunciation of some of the areas, cars etc were so bad it was laughable.
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- A. H
- 18-10-21
Awful accents by the narrator.
Good, solid book, but the narrator seems to be stuck between Clive James, Worzel Gummidge and a member of a Korean pop group.
So hard to understand Northern Ireland when it sounds like the locals are members of Camberwick Green on speed!
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- Simon R.
- 24-05-21
not bad
like mentioned i don't think the American guy should have narrated this, his knowledge of military acronyms was lacking, the book story was good but I can see it could be confusing for anyone who hasn't used brevity code
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- Amazon Customer
- 22-05-21
Ingesting book, awful narration
A really good insight into the training and work of the operators in 14 Company. Unfortunately the narration really let it down. For some bizarre reason the narrator kept attempting regional accents that he was totally ill equipped to perform.
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- Ravi Chauhan
- 16-05-21
Great book, wrong narrator
Great book but the narrator was the wrong pick, just didn't fit with the book
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- Anonymous User
- 22-01-21
Sounds like Alexa reading you a story
Personally I didn't find it engaging and struggled to force myself to finish, overall and I suppose due to the sensitivity of the role of an operator it is exaggerated and not factually accurate
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