The Man Who Would Be King: A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Man Who Would Be King: A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation runs 1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Peter Polycarpou and Samuel James and others (about 0.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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| 1 hour / day | 1 day |
| 2 hours / day | 1 day |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 1 day |
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What our data says
- At 1 hours, it is shorter than 77% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Peter Polycarpou
Peter Polycarpou narrates 5 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 16 hours in all.
About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf
278 Classics (Literature) 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 Man Who Would Be King: A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation is an audiobook by Rudyard Kipling: a 1-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter Polycarpou, Samuel James and Richard Ridings and others, released November 1, 2018, on the Classics (Literature) and Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Peter Polycarpou, Samuel James, Richard Ridings, Blake Ritson
- Released
- November 1, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Literature), Action & Adventure (Fiction)
- ISBN
- 9781787533318
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Man Who Would Be King: A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation as an audiobook?
The Man Who Would Be King: A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation runs 1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 0.7 hours.
Is The Man Who Would Be King: A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Man Who Would Be King: A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation?
The Man Who Would Be King: A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation is narrated by Peter Polycarpou, Samuel James, Richard Ridings and Blake Ritson.