The Hobbit by the BBC

BBC, 1997
The radio adaptation of the BBC on 4 cd's, with on the fifth cd the music. Plus a map of Wilderland and a booklet on the making of the radio adaptation. Together in a slipcase.

The Hobbit by The Mind's Eye

American radio adaptation of The Hobbit on 6 cassettes, packaged in a wooden box.

The Lord of the Rings by the BBC on cassettes (black box)

HarperCollins, 1981
Adapted by Brian Sibley and Michael Blakewell. On 13 cassettes, with a booklet and a map, packaged in a black box. About 13 hours.

The Lord of the Ring by the BBC on cassettes

HarperCollins, 2001
Adapted by Brian Sibley and Michael Blakewell. On 13 cassettes, with on the 14th the music by Stephen Oliver. With a booklet and a map. In a slipcate. About 13 hours.

The Lord of the Rings by the BBC on cd

BBC, 1995
Adapted by Brian Sibley and Michael Blakewell. On 13 cd's in a booklike slipcase. With a booklet and a map. And a 14th cd with the music by Stephen Oliver. About 13 hours.

The Lord of the Rings by the BBC on cd (US pressing)

9781602834927
BBC Audiobooks America. On 13 cd's, with a bonus cd with the music and a map of Middle-earth. Lenght: 13 hours, 15 minutes. In a slipcase.*

Stephen Oliver, Music of the BBC radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings

Cd, 1981
The very fine music Stephen Oliver made for the BBC radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings on a seperate cd, without cutting or actors talking through it. Text by Tolkien. Style: classical.

Microphones in Middle-earth

Cd-r with recordings of the talks given at Church House, Westminster, England on the BBC radio dramatisation of The Lord of the Rings on 5th March 1981. Brian Sibley and Michael Bakewell, co-adapters of the series, talk about how they tackled the task (33 minutes) and Penny Leicester (co-producer), Stephen Oliver (composer), David Collings (played Legolas) and Peter Woodthorpe (voiced Gollum) discuss their work on the series. Their discussion is prefaced by extracts from a tape prepared by Christopher Tolkien to aid pronunciation and followed by a live performance by Peter Woodthorpe as Gollum (39 minutes).

The Lord of the Rings of the BBC on cd, part 1

BBC, 2001
Part 1 on 4 cd's in een jewel case. Added a new openings monologue by Bilbo (Ian Holm).

The Lord of the Rings by the BBC on cd, part 3

BBC, 2001
On 4  cd's in a jewel case.

The Lord of the Rings by The Mind's Eye

American radio adaptation on 9 cd's in a wooden box. Playing time: 12 hours.

The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. The Mind's Eye

1565117077
Minneapolis, 2002. The American radio adaptations of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings on cd. The cd's are housed in four folders, together in a slipcase. Covers by John Howe.*

Tales from the Perilous Realm radio play

BBC, 2002
Radio adaptation by Brian Sibley of Farmer Giles of Ham, Smith of Wootton Major, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Leaf by Niggle on 3 cd's. Almost 3 hour.

In a Hole in the Ground There Lived a Tolkien

BBC radio play, 1992
An interesting radio play, written by Humphrey Carpenter, on Tolkien's years in Leeds. An actor plays Tolkien and we learn how his interest in languages came about and how The Hobbit was written. The cd also contains an interview with Carpenter on Tolkien for the Radio 4 program "Kaleidoscope".


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