The King Must Die: A Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisation: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The King Must Die: A Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisation runs 10 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ian Bura and Gary Bond and others (about 6.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 10 hours, it runs longer than 52% of the 11,102 Drama audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Gary Bond
Gary Bond narrates 5 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 45 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Drama shelf
3,325 Drama audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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
The King Must Die: A Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisation is an audiobook by Mary Renault: a 10-hour unabridged recording, read by Ian Bura, Gary Bond and Frances Jeater and others, released April 24, 2025, on the Drama and Theatre & Radio shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ian Bura, Gary Bond, Frances Jeater, Carole Boyd, Alex Jennings
- Released
- April 24, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Drama, Theatre & Radio, Classics (Literature)
- ISBN
- 9781529188165
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The King Must Die: A Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisation as an audiobook?
The King Must Die: A Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisation runs 10 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.6 hours.
Is The King Must Die: A Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisation free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The King Must Die: A Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisation?
The King Must Die: A Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisation is narrated by Ian Bura, Gary Bond, Frances Jeater and Carole Boyd and others.
Is The King Must Die: A Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisation worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.6 hours, saving 3.3 hours.