In Our Time: 25 Key Figures in Ancient History: A BBC Radio 4 Collection: Audiobook
Part of In Our Time
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the In Our Time: 25 Key Figures in Ancient History: A BBC Radio 4 Collection audiobook runs 19 hours unabridged, narrated by Melvyn Bragg (about 12.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 19 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 38 days |
| 1 hour / day | 19 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 13 days |
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What our data says
- At 19 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 1,484 Ancient Civilizations audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Melvyn Bragg
Melvyn Bragg narrates 24 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 326 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Ancient Civilizations shelf
35 Ancient Civilizations audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors
- The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt
- The Peloponnesian War
- The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World
- Testament: The Ancient Egyptian series epic from the bestselling Master of Adventure, Wilbur Smith
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
In Our Time: 25 Key Figures in Ancient History: A BBC Radio 4 Collection is an audiobook by Melvyn Bragg: a 19-hour unabridged recording, read by Melvyn Bragg, released October 13, 2022, on the Ancient Civilizations shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 19 hrs
- Narrated by
- Melvyn Bragg
- Released
- October 13, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Ancient Civilizations
- Series
- In Our Time
- ISBN
- 9781529197198
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How long is the In Our Time: 25 Key Figures in Ancient History: A BBC Radio 4 Collection audiobook?
In Our Time: 25 Key Figures in Ancient History: A BBC Radio 4 Collection runs 19 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.6 hours.
Is the In Our Time: 25 Key Figures in Ancient History: A BBC Radio 4 Collection audiobook free?
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Who narrates In Our Time: 25 Key Figures in Ancient History: A BBC Radio 4 Collection?
In Our Time: 25 Key Figures in Ancient History: A BBC Radio 4 Collection is narrated by Melvyn Bragg.
Is In Our Time: 25 Key Figures in Ancient History: A BBC Radio 4 Collection worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.6 hours, saving 6.3 hours.