Audiobooks narrated by Michael Hordern

Gandalf in the BBC radio Lord of the Rings, Jeeves in the BBC Wodehouse and a voice in the Paddington stories — cast parts in dramatisations, every one. His Narnia is a reading, but of each book in an abridged edition at a little over two hours, sold beside the complete single-reader set; the store lists him as both Michael Hordern and Sir Michael Hordern, so search both. The Wind in the Willows and the M. R. James ghost stories are his, complete.

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1 series · 9 recording comparisons

Best known for

• The Lord of the Rings (BBC radio, as Gandalf)
• The Wind in the Willows
• The M. R. James Collection
• The Chronicles of Narnia (abridged)
• Jeeves & Wooster (BBC radio)

Series Michael Hordern appears in

We do not list individual books for these: each is either shared between narrators or includes titles that are not in Michael Hordern’s recordings, and we hold one narrator credit per series rather than per volume. We would rather say so than guess which titles are which.

• The Chronicles of Narnia in orderC.S. Lewis · 7 books · A different reader per book on the read editions — Michael York, Lynn Redgrave, Derek Jacobi, Jeremy Northam, Alex Jennings, Kenneth Branagh and Patrick Stewart; BBC full-cast dramatisations are also on sale

Where Michael Hordern is one of the choices

Books sold as more than one recording, with Michael Hordern among the options. Each page says which one to buy and why.

• The Voyage of the Dawn TreaderC.S. Lewis · 3 recordings
• The Two TowersJ.R.R. Tolkien · 3 recordings
• The Return of the KingJ.R.R. Tolkien · 3 recordings
• The Lion, the Witch and the WardrobeC.S. Lewis · 3 recordings
• Prince CaspianC.S. Lewis · 3 recordings
• The Silver ChairC.S. Lewis · 3 recordings
• The Horse and His BoyC.S. Lewis · 3 recordings
• The Last BattleC.S. Lewis · 3 recordings
• The Magician's NephewC.S. Lewis · 3 recordings

Recordings featuring Michael Hordern

A selection from Michael Hordern’s Audible UK catalogue, not the whole of it: 19 titles, with the type column saying what kind of recording each one is. Checked against the UK store; lengths are as the store gives them.

Authors Michael Hordern reads

• C.S. Lewis1 series on this site

Portraits — C.S. Lewis: Photo: Unknown photographer · Public domain · cropped, via Wikimedia Commons.

Who else reads these

Narrators who work on the same series — useful when a series is split between readers and you want to know whose voice you are getting.

• Fiona ShawThe Thursday Murder Club (books three onward), The Horse and His Boy
• Kenneth BranaghPoirot (2017 films), Wallander, Belfast
• Derek JacobiI, Claudius, Cadfael, Gladiator
• Sylvester McCoyDoctor Who (Seventh Doctor), The Hobbit
• Michael YorkCabaret, Logan's Run, Austin Powers
• Patrick StewartStar Trek: The Next Generation, X-Men

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