David Walliams Audiobooks

David Walliams, born in 1971, is an English actor, comedian and television personality who became, almost as a second career, one of the bestselling children’s authors in the world. He rose to prominence alongside Matt Lucas on the BBC sketch shows Little Britain and Come Fly with Me, sat on the judging panel of Britain’s Got Talent from 2012 to 2022, and was appointed OBE in 2017 for services to charity and the arts – his fundraising swims for Sport Relief took in the English Channel, the Strait of Gibraltar and the Thames.

The children’s books began in 2008, under contract with HarperCollins, and became a phenomenon: more than 50 million copies sold worldwide, translations into 53 languages, several television adaptations, and a critical shorthand that reaches straight for Roald Dahl. He has been described as the fastest-growing children’s author in the UK.

Our catalogue carries a generous helping of Walliams, including The Midnight Gang, Code Name Bananas and The World’s Worst Children. The Dahl comparison that follows him around is really a note about register: broad, mischievous comedy with a proper story underneath, written by someone who spent decades learning exactly what makes an audience laugh.

That performer’s instinct matters in audio. These are books built from voices, villains and set pieces, and they make dependable family listening – the sort of thing that survives a long car journey with everyone’s goodwill intact.