Listen free for 30 days

Listen with offer

Preview
  • Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

  • By: Ian Fleming
  • Narrated by: David Tennant
  • Length: 2 hrs and 22 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (222 ratings)

£0.00 for first 30 days

Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

By: Ian Fleming
Narrated by: David Tennant
Try for £0.00

£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £7.99

Buy Now for £7.99

Pay using card ending in
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.

Summary

Crackpot is what everybody calls the Pott family. So when they go to buy a new car and come back with a wreck, nobody is surprised. Except for the Potts themselves. First, the car has a name. And she tells them what it is. Then they find that she can fly... and swim...

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a car on a mission to stop a criminal gang in its tracks and she is taking the Potts with her! Jump into the world s most loved magical car, for her first adventure ever!

© Ian Fleming Publications Ltd 1964, 1965, (P) Ian Fleming Publications Ltd, 2013. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a registered trademark of Danjaq LLC and United Artists Corporation, used under licence by Ian Fleming Publications Ltd. All rights reserved.

©1964 Ian Fleming (P)2013 Ian Fleming Publications Ltd
activate_samplebutton_t1

Listeners also enjoyed...

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and The Marvelous Land of Oz Bundle (Annotated) cover art
The Wombles cover art
Uncanny cover art
Winnie the Pooh: The Collected Stories cover art
Unbelievable cover art
Horrible Histories: Vicious Vikings cover art
A Box of Nothing cover art
Horrible Histories: Frightful First World War cover art
Nanny McPhee and The Big Bang cover art
The Complete Wizard of Oz Collection cover art
Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes cover art
The Lost Heir cover art
The Mysterious Howling cover art
The Kingdom by the Sea cover art
Truckers cover art
The Invention of Hugo Cabret cover art

What listeners say about Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    157
  • 4 Stars
    38
  • 3 Stars
    21
  • 2 Stars
    3
  • 1 Stars
    3
Performance
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    170
  • 4 Stars
    17
  • 3 Stars
    6
  • 2 Stars
    1
  • 1 Stars
    0
Story
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    129
  • 4 Stars
    41
  • 3 Stars
    18
  • 2 Stars
    2
  • 1 Stars
    2

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Fantastic story and performance

This was so lovely to listen to. So beautifully written, with great adventure and some beautiful words. I want David Tennant to read all of my audio books, so good!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

2 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

Not what I expected, but fantastic non-the-less

Been meaning to read this for years. Had no idea it was so different from the film. However, it was a fantastic little story made all the better by David Tennant's narration. I literally found myself giggling at some points!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang -Great story and Rendition

Title says it all really. As with most film adaptations, markedly different from film but still a great story and one can understand how it became the brilliant film it did. The loss of cinematic imagery was well compensated by the superb rendition by David Tenant. Most enjoyable from beginning to end.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

Loved by my son

My son (5) has been listening to this whilst in the bath recently and you can see the joy in his eyes as he listens.

He thinks Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is the best name for a car and is mesmerised by the idea that the car can be real with its own personality and be as much a part of the family as the people themselves.

The story is excellently read by David Tennant, although I'm not sure why he is reading with an English accent and not his native Scottish one. Sometimes older books can date/age and be less accessible to children today. This book has aged well; the language isn't too difficult or wordy and the overall ideas still resonate.

We would recommend it.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

9 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

BRILLIANT

kids love it, definite bed time favourite. Will definitely purchase more of the clection

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Joyous adventure.

This is a vigorous tale of dare and do. It is a life lived with purpose and wonder. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is genius.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

David Tennant, narrateur parfait!

Superb story, superb narration. After discovering the inimitable Anton Lesser, I know that a Tennant reading will enthral as well. Thank you, Fleming. A gem.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

4 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Brilliant

I really like this audio book and I recommend this to anyone who is looking for a good book

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Much better than the movie

I downloaded this for my children on long car journey and enjoyed it so much I immediately purchased the rest of the books in the series although not by Ian Fleming

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

Excellent Storytelling

David Tennant is an excellent storyteller and his voices are all incredible, it made the story even more interesting

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful