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    • 5 out of 5 stars 69 ratings
    • William Hanson and Jordan North are unlikely best friends. William's a posh etiquette expert, and Jordan's an expert in all things common. In this hit...
    • By: Alan Partridge
    • Narrated by: Alan Partridge
    • Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 30-09-11
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 9,682 ratings
    • Journalist, presenter, broadcaster, husband, father, vigorous all-rounder – Alan Partridge – a man with a fascinating past and an amazing future....

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    • My Very Funny Memoir
    • By: Jenny Eclair
    • Narrated by: Jenny Eclair
    • Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 03-10-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 143 ratings
    • Daughter of Major Derek Hargreaves (spy?) and June Hargreaves (spy's wife?) sister of Sara (born to be Head Girl) and Ben (the usurper), Jenny's comedy career took off via drama school, cider, sausage rolls, sleeping with men who looked like they lived under a carpet, punk poetry, anorexia,...

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    • By: Jarvis Cocker
    • Narrated by: Jarvis Cocker
    • Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
    • Release date: 26-05-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 869 ratings
    • We all have a random collection of the things that made us—photos, tickets, clothes, souvenirs, stuffed in a box, packed in a suitcase, crammed into a drawer....

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    • By: Chris Broad
    • Narrated by: Chris Broad
    • Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 05-10-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,029 ratings
    • When Englishman Chris Broad landed in a rural village in northern Japan he wondered if he'd made a huge mistake. With no knowledge of the language and zero teaching experience, was he was about to be the most quickly fired English teacher in Japan's history....

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    • By: Daisy May Cooper
    • Narrated by: Daisy May Cooper, Paul Cooper
    • Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 28-10-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,514 ratings
    • Life hasn't always been straightforward for Daisy May Cooper: growing up in rural poverty in Gloucestershire with her brother, Chaz, she had to work a myriad of low-paid and unrewarding jobs just to make ends meet....

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    • A Comedian's Guide to Autism
    • By: Pierre Novellie
    • Narrated by: Pierre Novellie
    • Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 18-07-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 140 ratings
    • Comedian Pierre Novellie was on stage when a heckler suggested he was autistic. Usually, this disruption would be water off a duck's back but two things made this heckler different: first, he was himself autistic. Second, he turned out to be absolutely right....

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    • Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression - and the Unexpected Solutions
    • By: Johann Hari
    • Narrated by: Johann Hari
    • Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
    • Release date: 23-01-18
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 4,263 ratings
    • From the New York Times best-selling author of Chasing the Scream, a radically new way of thinking about depression and anxiety....

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    • Learning to live again
    • By: Louise Thompson
    • Narrated by: Louise Thompson
    • Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
    • Release date: 23-05-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 459 ratings
    • Louise was like any other excited mother-to-be during her first pregnancy, but no one could have predicted what happened when she gave birth. During an emergency c-section, she had severe complications and fought for her life over a number of days, whilst her son was taken into NICU....

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    • Life Lessons on Going Under, Getting Over It, and Getting Through It
    • By: Michael Rosen
    • Narrated by: Michael Rosen
    • Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
    • Release date: 02-02-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 86 ratings
    • Getting Better is an essential companion for anyone who has loved and lost, or struggled and survived....

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    • How ’90s TV (Almost) Prepared Me for Life
    • By: Josh Widdicombe
    • Narrated by: James Acaster, Josh Widdicombe
    • Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 16-09-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,113 ratings
    • In his first memoir, Josh Widdicombe tells the story of a strange rural childhood, the kind of childhood he only realised was weird when he left home and started telling people about it....

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    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
    • True Stories, from terrified people. The darkest unexplained stories, direct from the source. Keep one eye open, or you may end up on the show.
    • Memoirs of a Car Tragic
    • By: Chris Harris
    • Narrated by: Chris Harris
    • Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 09-11-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 354 ratings
    • Chris Harris has driven more cars than most people could ever dream of. His vast knowledge is legendary. And now for the first time, Harris is going all out, taking us down the road of his life-long adventure with the automobile....

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    • How One Woman Stopped Drinking and Started Living
    • By: Clare Pooley
    • Narrated by: Karen Cass
    • Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
    • Release date: 28-12-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,142 ratings
    • Like many women, Clare Pooley found the juggle of a stressful career and family life a struggle, so she left her successful career to look after her family....

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    • Thrown Away Children
    • By: Louise Allen
    • Narrated by: Melanie Crawley
    • Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 21-11-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 12 ratings
    • A young girl's life is shadowed by secrets and lies. When Willow arrives in the Allen household, curious things begin to happen. Who is the strange child dressed in outlandish clothes who refuses a mobile phone? What are the mysterious allegations that have been made about her?

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    • Thrown Away Children, Book 1
    • By: Louise Allen
    • Narrated by: Melanie Crawley
    • Series: Thrown Away Children, Book 1
    • Length: 8 hrs
    • Release date: 08-07-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 138 ratings
    • In her brand-new series Thrown Away Children, Louise Allen shares the harrowing stories she is exposed to as a foster mother. The first in the series, Stella's Story, tells the astonishing true story of a young girl scarred by an abusive past....

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    • A Memoir of Love and Loss
    • By: Reverend Richard Coles
    • Narrated by: Richard Coles
    • Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
    • Release date: 01-04-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 778 ratings
    • The Reverend Richard Coles's deeply personal account of life after grief will resonate, unforgettably, with anyone who has lost a loved one....

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    • Stories of Healing and Hope from the Supervet's Surgery
    • By: Noel Fitzpatrick
    • Narrated by: Noel Fitzpatrick
    • Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 24-10-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • From the sublime to the ridiculous, Professor Noel Fitzpatrick has seen it all in his veterinary practice. Dogs (and their humans): stories of healing and hope from the Supervet’s surgery is a funny, uplifting and at times heartbreaking celebration of our connection with our loyal canine friends....

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    • How an Undercover Unit Infiltrated the Global Drug Trade
    • By: Guy Stanton, Peter Walsh
    • Narrated by: Karl Jenkinson
    • Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
    • Release date: 07-10-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 44 ratings
    • Guy Stanton was a burly London gangster with a big reputation. For years he operated at the top of the drugs trade, moving huge shipments around the world. He knew the leading players in global organized crime....

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    • 5 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • No gimmicks; just Great Company.Join Jamie every Wednesday as he's joined by great guests for great conversation: it's GREAT COMPANYA JamPot Original ...