Looking for the name of an audiobook (and i suppose book!) I listened to probably 12+ years ago.

It was a history of well… Everything. The first chapter takes you from the big bang through planet formation and i think first life. I remember the chapter talking about “going back further… Going back further” or “jumping further forward, jumping further forward”.

It talked about history of the west yes, but included developments over eras in other regions of the world.

I remember it being narrated by a man, and quite well.

I thought it might “History of the World” bu J.M. Roberts, or “a short history of nearly everything” by Bill Bryson, but samples of neither of them didn’t seem familiar.

Shooting in the dark, but thank you!