The Lord of the Rings (BBC Dramatization, Library Edition)

jude pepper said 113 Discs To Rule Them All one of the curious differences between our two nations is that in England the advent of television was never seen as any reason to discontinue storytelling on radio. American fans of THE JACK BENNY PROGRAM and THE SHADOW continue to bemoan the "fact" that television rendered radio drama obsolete, but it turns out that never occurred to the Brits. radio drama continues to thrive in the U.K.in 1981 BBC Radio took on the formidable task of the greatest book ever written. they must've done something right, because un. Discs To Rule Them All. one of the curious differences between our two nations is that in England the advent of television was never seen as any reason to discontinue storytelling on radio. American fans of THE JACK BENNY PROGRAM and THE SHADOW continue to bemoan the "fact" that television rendered radio drama obsolete, but it turns out that never occurred to the Brits. radio drama continues to thrive in the U.K.in 1981 BBC Radio took on the formidable task of the greatest book ever written. they must've done something right, because un. P Rinx said Buy the best dramatic version of the Lord of the Rings. This is the best of all the dramatization of the Lord of the Rings. I first heard this on NPR playhouse on National Public Radio. It is very well done with good sound effects, quality acting and great music.There are two formats of this dramatization. This version is divded by the original NPR/BBC episodes. The second verson is dividedby Books (aka) The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King.Buy the pictured version which is by presented in the original 1Buy the best dramatic version of the Lord of the Rings This is the best of all the dramatization of the Lord of the Rings. I first heard this on NPR playhouse on National Public Radio. It is very well done with good sound effects, quality acting and great music.There are two formats of this dramatization. This version is divded by the original NPR/BBC episodes. The second verson is dividedby Books (aka) The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King.Buy the pictured version which is by presented in the original 13 episodes. It has the original . episodes. It has the original . Better than the movie Jane Solzhenitsyn This BBC radio production is much truer to the books; in fact, a lot of the script follows the text word for word. Naturally, nearly none of Tolkien's descriptive narrative is included, since there just isn't enough room on this production for it; by necessity, it consists almost entirely of conversations. As such, much in this recording would be lost to the ears of a listener who has not read the books; s/he would be traveling along with the Fellowship as though blindfolded, unable to "see" the country charm of

But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell, by chance, into the hands of the hobbit, Bilbo Baggins.From his fastness in the Dark Tower of Mordor, Sauron's power spread far and wide. DramatizationThirteen CDs, 13 hoursIn ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, The Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. He gathered all the Great Rings to him, but ever he searched far and wide for the One Ring that would complete his dominion.On

The years after the Great War were devoted to his work as an academic: as Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford, where he was soon to prove himself one of the finest philologists in the world. He had already started to write a great cycle of the myths and legends of Middle-Earth which was to become The Silmarillion. . John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, creator of Middle-Earth and author of The Hobbit, The Lord

From School Library Journal Grade 4-9-This trilogy of Tolkien's Middle Earth is presented in dramatization from the BBC, with original music and sound effects. . Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc