Audiobooks by David Mitchell

Armstrong and Miller: The BBC Radio 4 Comedies

"Two BBC radio series by the hilarious comedy duo Armstrong and Miller Sketches, songs, spoofs and memorable moments from beloved comedy double act, Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller. Hear the radio shows that inspired the duo’s hit TV sketch shows and introduced characters from the podcast Timeghost. Armstrong & Miller is packed with sketches and songs from the radio show that launched their careers and turned them into household names. Meet tough-guy cops 'Parsons and Lampkin' (and Lampkin’s mate Steve), there’s an insider’s view of National Trousers Day – ‘because involvement should be as easy as a walk to the wardrobe’ and other highlights including macho rock climbers, and the corrupt world of mountaineering. There’s a track from rock legends Strijka, and you can also hear how Logarythm – the world’s most successful school band – got together. It’s a show that will have you laughing from start to finish. In Armstrong & Miller: Children’s Hour, pompous critics and culture journalists Martin Bain-Jones (Armstrong) and Craig Children (Miller), present a frightfully clever culture show with a wry look at the fringes of popular music. They’re hip, they’re happening – so they say – and in these four episodes they discuss Boy Bands (Peter Andre would be in a band if he had any mates), Middle of the Road (those bland or unchallenging songs), as well as Brit Pop and Solo Artists. This laugh out loud cultural critique wrapped up in a spoof children’s show aimed squarely at adults and is co-written by David Mitchell and Robert Webb. Cast and credits Armstrong and Miller: The Radio Series Written and presented by Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller Also starring Samuel West and Tony Gardener First Broadcast BBC Radio 4, 4th - 25th Mar 1998 Armstrong and Miller: Children’s Hour Written by Alexander Armstrong, Ben Miller, Robert Webb and David Mitchell Also starring Luke Goss, Charlie Condou and Melissa Lloyd First Broadcast BBC Radio 4, 2nd - 30th Dec 1998 ©2026 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2026 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd"

Alexander Armstrong, Ben Miller, David Mitchell, Robert Webb (Author), Alexander Armstrong, Ben Miller, Charlie Condou, Full Cast, Luke Goss, Melissa Lloyd, Tony Gardner (Narrator)

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How to Flirt: The Complete Guide to Flirting, Dating and Getting What You Want in This Modern World (How to Use the Power of Words and Body Language to Attract Interact)

"This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. It's not just about dodging the friend zone; it's about being the reason she gets excited when her phone buzzes with your text and flipping the script on modern dating this isn’t another flirting or dating guide filled with pick up artist tactics. It’s your go-to guide for creating an instant that makes her chase you. You’ll get easy frameworks and techniques to help you flirt authentically and showcase your personality in the best way possible. You will learn how to... · Learn how to stay safe during a date · Tap into online dating · Take your date to the next level · Define your flirting goals and needs · Master flirting via texts You will learn approach tactics, savvy conversation strategies, ways to creating chemistry out of thin air and the final goal having more women like you, engage with you and be interested in you. Read on and become a master flirt!"

David Mitchell (Author), Digital Voice Mike G (Narrator)

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Unruly: The Number One Bestseller ‘Horrible Histories for grownups’ The Times

"THE NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Read by David Mitchell. A funny book about a serious subject, Unruly is for anyone who has ever wondered how we got here - and who is to blame. Think you know your kings and queens? Think again. Taking us right back to King Arthur (spoiler: he didn't exist), Unruly tells the founding story of post-Roman England up to the reign of Elizabeth I (spoiler: she dies). It's a tale of narcissists, inadequate self-control, excessive beheadings, middle-management insurrection, uncivil wars, and at least one total Cnut. How this happened, who it happened to and why it matters in modern Britain are all questions David Mitchell answers with brilliance, wit and the full erudition of a man who once studied history – and won't let it off the hook for the mess it's made. *The Times Number One Bestseller October 2023* 'Clever, amusing, gloriously bizarre and razor sharp. Mitchell – a funny man and skilled historian – tells stories that are interesting and fun. Here is Horrible Histories for grownups’ GERARD DEGROOT, THE TIMES ‘Chatty, irreverent and liberally sprinkled with gags and opinions. Horrible Histories with added swearing’ GUARDIAN 'Mitchell clearly knows his history, with a book that owes as much to Monty Python as it does to Simon Schama' ANDREW MARR, BROADCASTER ©2023 David Mitchell (P)2023 Penguin Audio"

David Mitchell (Author), David Mitchell (Narrator)

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That Mitchell and Webb Sound: The Complete Series 1-5: The BBC Radio 4 comedy show

"All five series of the award-winning sketch show - plus standalone comedy Daydream Believers 'Fresh and full of invention' The Telegraph Welcome to the inside-out world of Mitchell and Webb, a strange and surreal place populated by misfits, eccentrics, talking animals and a few stray Radio 4 arts programme presenters. Included here are all five series of their fantastically skewed comedy show, packed with offbeat sketches and peculiar characters. Meet seedy snooker commentators Ted and Peter; poorly matched crime-fighting duo Angel Summoner and BMX Bandit; a cop who doesn't get results but, by God, he does things by the book; and some nervous Nazis who've just noticed their caps have skulls on them... Find out what James Bond is really like as a party guest; thrill to The Surprising Adventures of Sir Digby Chicken-Caesar; and play the maths quiz that everyone is talking about, but no one understands - Numberwang! In addition, you can listen to the Alpine Archers on Radio Switzerland; join Raymond Terrific and his panel of boffins on Big Talk; and tune in to the exciting new reality show Make Me a Celebrity Centaur, featuring soap stars, cutting-edge surgery and some horses. Absurd, imaginative, and very funny, this acclaimed series won a Sony Silver Award and led to the hugely successful TV series That Mitchell and Webb Look. It stars David Mitchell and Robert Webb, with Olivia Colman, James Bachman and Sarah Hadland. Also included is the half-hour sci-fi comedy Daydream Believers, in which David Mitchell and Robert Webb star as tetchy novelist Ray and his gormless flatmate Colin and, in a parallel space adventure concocted by Ray, as Baron Amstrad and his retro-looking android Info. The supporting cast incudes Olivia Colman, Mark Benton, Simon Greenall and Mark Evans. Production credits That Mitchell and Webb Sound Written by and starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb With Olivia Colman, Sarah Hadland and James Bachman Produced by Gareth Edwards First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 28 August-2 October 2003 (Series 1), 10 February-17th March 2005 (Series 2), 24 May-28 June 2007 (Series 3), 25 August-29 September 2009 (Series 4), 26 November-17 December 2013 (Series 5) Daydream Believers Written by and starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb With Olivia Colman, Mark Benton, Simon Greenall and Mark Evans Produced by Gareth Edwards First broadcast BBC Radio 2, 5 May 2007 NB: Contains humour that some listeners may find offensive © 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd."

David Mitchell, Robert Webb (Author), David Mitchell, James Bachman, Olivia Colman, Robert Webb, Sarah Hadland (Narrator)

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[German] - Utopia Avenue (Ungekürzte Lesung)

"Über die phantastischste Sixties-Band, von der Sie noch nie gehört haben! In der Londoner Psychedelic-Szene der späten Sixties finden sich Folksängerin Elf Holloway, Bluesbassist Dean Moss, der Gitarrenvirtuose Jasper de Zoet and der Jazzdrummer Griff Griffin und erschaffen zusammen einen einzigartigen Sound. Dies ist die Geschichte von Utopia Avenues kurzer, rasanter Reise, von den kleinen Clubs in Soho und den englischen Provinzkäffern bis nach Amerika - gerade als der Sommer der Liebe etwas viel Dunklerem weicht. Ein greller Trip ins Land der Träume, der Drogen, des Sex, des Wahnsinns und der Trauer. Ein Hörbuch über einen Faustischen Pakt für Ruhm und Erfolg und eine gewaltige Liebeserklärung an die Musik der Sixties und deren Kraft, uns über alle Grenzen hinweg zu verbinden. Johannes Steck ist mit seiner ausdrucksstarken Bass-Stimme der perfekte Lead-Sprecher für 'Utopia Avenue'."

David Mitchell (Author), Johannes Steck (Narrator)

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[German] - Der Wolkenatlas (ungekürzt)

"Sechs Lebenswege, die sich unmöglich kreuzen können: darunter ein amerikanischer Anwalt, der um 1850 Ozeanien erforscht, ein britischer Komponist, der 1931 vor seinen Gläubigern nach Belgien flieht, und ein koreanischer Klon, der in der Zukunft wegen des Verbrechens angeklagt wird, ein Mensch sein zu wollen. Und dennoch sind diese Geschichten miteinander verwoben. Mitchells originelle Menschheitsgeschichte katapultiert den Leser durch Räume, Zeiten, Genres und Erzählstile und liest sich dabei so leicht und fesselnd wie ein Abenteuerroman. 'Mitchell kartographiert Seelen und schreibt Weltliteratur.' - Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 'David Mitchell nimmt den Leser mit auf eine literarische Achterbahnfahrt. Und man wünscht sich, diese Reise möge nie enden.' - A. S. Byatt, 'Einer der wichtigsten jungen britischen Autoren.' - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung."

David Mitchell (Author), Carin C. Tietze, Johannes Steck, Stefan Wilkening (Narrator)

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Mitchell on Meetings

"David Mitchell investigates how the humble meeting took over the world - and what we should do about it In this fantastic follow-up to Behaving Ourselves: David Mitchell on Manners, the comedian and columnist turns his attention to meetings, examining our love/hate relationship with them and asking how we evolved from getting together for a 'thing' to shouting at each other onscreen via Zoom. On the agenda: David talks to fellow comedian Russell Kane about the different ways introverts and extroverts behave in meetings; meets Dutch sociologist Wilbert van Vree to sum up several millennia of meetings - from hunter-gatherers, to the Middle Ages, to the modern-day office; and gets some tips from executive coach Sophie Bryan about being a good chairman (and dealing with the awkward person in the room). Exploring how our meetings culture is spinning out of control, David sits in on a council Zoom meeting in Cheshire (not that one); picks the brains of Imperial College Business School meetings expert Sankalp Chaturvedi, and chats to the former Leader of the House of Commons, Sir David Lidington, about Cabinet briefings and ministerial meetings. And, joining historian and author Professor Margaret Macmillan, he tackles one of the 20th Century's biggest meetings, the 1919 Paris Conference, discovering that there's nothing new about management away-days or brainstorming sessions - they were both being used 100 years ago. As he learns the secrets of communication, consensus, and coming together productively, can David overcome his scepticism and learn to love meetings? Production credits Written and presented by David Mitchell With Pete Broadbent, Bishop of Willesden; Cat Brogan; Wilbert van Vree; Russell Kane; Sophie Bryan; Councillor Gill Merry; Councillor Kathryn Flavell; Councillor Laura Crane; Sir David Lidington; Sankalp Chaturvedi; Professor Margaret Macmillan Produced by Chris Ledgard First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 13-27 March 2021 © 2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (p) 2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd"

David Mitchell (Author), David Mitchell (Narrator)

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[German] - Der Wolkenatlas

David Mitchell (Author), Carin Tietze, Johannes Steck, Stefan Wilkening (Narrator)

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Behaving Ourselves: David Mitchell on Manners

"David Mitchell sets out on a vigorous but impeccably polite investigation into the confusing world of manners. Are they really in decline, as many would have us believe? Or are we just throwing off the shackles of the Victorian obsession with etiquette? Over the course of the series, David eats his lunchtime sandwiches with children in a primary school, and later goes to a street market to see manners - good and bad - in action. He explores where our manners come from with Professors Steven Pinker from Harvard University and the author Henry Hitchings. What do we mean by 'civility' and 'good manners' in public places? Why are people still pinching vicars' bottoms, and what can the state do to improve standards of public behaviour? And, David asks, how is the digital age changing our sense of public space? Produced by Chris Ledgard."

David Mitchell (Author), David Mitchell (Narrator)

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[German] - Die Knochenuhren

"An einem verschlafenen Sommertag des Jahres 1984 begegnet die junge Holly Sykes einer alten Frau, die ihr im Tausch für 'Asyl' einen kleinen Gefallen tut. Jahrzehnte werden vergehen, bis Holly Sykes genau versteht, was die alte Frau für ihre Existenz bedeutet. Die Knochenuhren folgt den Wendungen von Holly Sykes Leben von einer tristen Kindheit am Unterlauf der Themse bis zum hohen Alter an Irlands Atlantikküste, in einer Zeit, da Europa das Öl ausgeht. Ein Leben, das gar nicht so ungewöhnlich ist und doch punktiert durch seltsame Vorahnungen, Besuche von Leuten, die sich aus dem Nichts materialisieren, Zeitlöcher und andere kurze Aussetzer der Gesetze der Wirklichkeit. Denn Holly - Tochter, Schwester, Mutter, Hüterin - ist zugleich die unwissende Protagonistin einer mörderischen Fehde, die sich in den Schatten und dunklen Winkeln unserer Welt abspielt - ja, sie wird sich vielleicht sogar als deren entscheidende Waffe erweisen. Metaphysischer Thriller, moralische Betrachtung und Chronik unseres selbstzerstörerischen Handelns - dieser kaleidoskopische Roman mit seiner Vielfalt von Themen, Schauplätzen und Zeiten birst vor Erfindungsreichtum und der Intelligenz, die David Mitchell zu einem der herausragenden Autoren seiner Generation gemacht haben."

David Mitchell (Author), Johannes Steck (Narrator)

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David Mitchell: Back Story

"David Mitchell, who you may know for his inappropriate anger on every TV panel show except Never Mind the Buzzcocks, his look of permanent discomfort on C4 sex comedy Peep Show, his online commenter-baiting in The Observer or just for wearing a stick-on moustache in That Mitchell and Webb Look, has written a book about his life. As well as giving a specific account of every single time he's scored some smack, this disgusting memoir also details: - the singular, pitbull-infested charm of the FRP (‘Flat Roofed Pub’) - the curious French habit of injecting everyone in the arse rather than the arm - why, by the time he got to Cambridge, he really, really needed a drink - the pain of being denied a childhood birthday party at McDonalds - the satisfaction of writing jokes about suicide - how doing quite a lot of walking around London helps with his sciatica - trying to pretend he isn’t a total **** at Robert Webb’s wedding - that he has fallen in love at LOT, but rarely done anything about it - why it would be worse to bump into Michael Palin than Hitler on holiday - that he’s not David Mitchell the novelist. Despite what David Miliband might think"

David Mitchell (Author), David Mitchell (Narrator)

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How to Cope with Mitchell and Webb

"Read by David Mitchell and Robert Webb the comedy duo tackle various subject matters in a 'How to Cope with…' guide addressing various scenarios, and everyday situations. David Mitchell and Robert Webb tackle various subject matters in a 'How to Cope with…' guide talking you through every day scenarios and situations. The subject matters talked about are 'How to Cope with… Being Normal, Pubs, Being dumped Parts 1 and 2, Coffee, Malmaison Hotels, Nudists, The Smoking Ban, Actors, Servants and Getting Older'. This recording doesn't need to remind us just how great Mitchell and Webb are as a comedy duo and will by no means need to even attempt at getting the listeners attention once the play button is pressed but will simply show us once more everything we know and love about Mitchell and Webb and why their quirky hilarity and foibles work so well together. For example… How to cope with Actors…Try 'not be put off by their luvvie-ness' and 'do not assume that all actors are all thick…Stephen Fry is an actor and also a world class boffin. David Mitchell's GCSE results are very impressive'."

David Mitchell, Robert Webb (Author), David Mitchell, Robert Webb (Narrator)

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