Which Mort recording should you buy?

The usual Discworld split: a current full recording and an old abridgement far shorter than it.

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MortTerry Pratchett · 2 Audible UK recordings compared

Short answer

Sian Clifford. There is a certain neatness in Peter Serafinowicz playing Death in the book where Death takes an apprentice.

The recordings, compared

NarratorLengthTypeNotes
Sian Clifford, with Bill Nighy and Peter Serafinowicz Our pick7 hrs 57 minsUnabridgedThe current recording.
Tony Robinson3 hrs 2 minsAbridgedAbridged, to 38% of the length of the complete reading here.

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