The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Lord of the Rings BBC Radio series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King runs 3.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Richard O'Callaghan and Peter Woodthorpe and others (about 2.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 3.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day | 4 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 3.2 hours, it is shorter than 96% of the 4,887 Epic Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Lord of the Rings BBC Radio Series
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 9.1 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 12.3 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 |
| 3 | The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King | 3.2 hrs |
More narrated by Peter Woodthorpe
Peter Woodthorpe narrates 5 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 27 hours in all.
About as long, on the Epic Fantasy shelf
42 Epic Fantasy 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 Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King is book 3 of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings BBC Radio series: a 3.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Richard O'Callaghan, Peter Woodthorpe and Douglas Livingstone and others, released September 3, 2007, on the Epic Fantasy shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 3.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Richard O'Callaghan, Peter Woodthorpe, Douglas Livingstone, John Le Mesurier, David Collings, Robert Stephens
- Released
- September 3, 2007
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Epic Fantasy
- Series
- Lord of the Rings BBC Radio Series #3
- ISBN
- 9781405646215
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King as an audiobook?
The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King runs 3.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.1 hours.
Is The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King?
The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King is narrated by Richard O'Callaghan, Peter Woodthorpe, Douglas Livingstone and John Le Mesurier and others.