In 1981 BBC Radio 4 produced a dramatisation of The Lord of the Rings in 26 half-hour stereo installments. The 26-part series was subsequently edited into 13 hour-long episodes broadcast from 17 July to 9 October 1982. The 13-episode series was rerun on Radio 4 in 2002.
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In 1981 BBC Radio 4 produced a dramatisation of The Lord of the Rings in 26 half-hour stereo installments. The 26-part series was subsequently edited into 13 hour-long episodes broadcast from 17 July to 9 October 1982. The 13-episode series was rerun on Radio 4 in 2002 to promote the station’s newly created digital platform. Ian Holm, who voiced Frodo Baggins in the radio serial, went on to play Bilbo in Peter Jackson’s movie trilogy.
The script by Brian Sibley and Michael Bakewell attempts to be as faithful as possible to the original novel, but there are some errors and alterations. Peter Woodthorpe and Michael Graham Cox previously voiced the same roles in Ralph Bakshi’s animated version.
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