The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Lord of the Rings BBC Radio series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring runs 4.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Peter Woodthorpe and Douglas Livingstone and others (about 3.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 4.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day | 5 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 4.6 hours, it is shorter than 93% of the 1,909 Epic Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Lord of the Rings BBC Radio Series
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 9.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring | 4.6 hrs |
| 2 | The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers | 4.5 hrs |
More narrated by Peter Woodthorpe
Peter Woodthorpe narrates 4 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 24 hours in all.
- The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers
- Edgar Wallace: A Classic BBC Radio Crime Collection: Four Full-cast Dramatisations
- Frank Wedekind: Spring Awakening & more: Four Full-Cast BBC Radio Productions
About as long, on the Epic Fantasy shelf
31 Epic Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers
- Tales of the Celestial Kingdom
- The Bull and the Spear [Dramatized Adaptation]
- In the Shadow of the Fall
- The Fall of Erinworld: The Sword with the Amber Eye
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring is book 1 of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings BBC Radio series: a 4.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter Woodthorpe, Douglas Livingstone and David Collings and others, released September 3, 2007, on the Epic Fantasy and Better in Audio shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Peter Woodthorpe, Douglas Livingstone, David Collings, Robert Stephens, Michael Hordern, Bill Nighy
- Released
- September 3, 2007
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Epic Fantasy, Better in Audio
- Series
- Lord of the Rings BBC Radio Series #1
- ISBN
- 9781405646192
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring as an audiobook?
The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring runs 4.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.1 hours.
Is The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring?
The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring is narrated by Peter Woodthorpe, Douglas Livingstone, David Collings and Robert Stephens and others.