David Baddiel Audiobooks

David Baddiel, born in 1964, is an English comedian, presenter, screenwriter and author who has managed several careers most performers would settle for singly. He came to fame alongside Rob Newman in The Mary Whitehouse Experience, then formed one of British comedy’s defining partnerships with Frank Skinner – and, as a lyricist on Three Lions, he has a credit on what has become the de facto anthem of English football since 1996.

His second act has been on the page. Baddiel has written a string of children’s books – The Parent Agency, The Person Controller, AniMalcolm, Birthday Boy, Head Kid and The Taylor TurboChaser – and remains restlessly productive: recent years have brought filmed stand-up specials, a podcast with Baroness Warsi and a travelogue with Hugh Dennis.

Comedians tend to make natural audiobook writers – the material is composed for the voice – and Baddiel’s decades in performance mean the rhythms are already built in. Brilliant Bestsellers by Baddiel, a three-book audio collection, offers his storytelling in generous bulk, while My Family points the humour somewhere closer to home, as the title hints. Expect the register that has kept him in the national conversation since the days of Three Lions: quick, warm, argumentative and never far from a punchline. For UK listeners this is comedy royalty in audiobook form – familiar enough to feel like company, sharp enough to stay interesting.