The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series)
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For other uses, see The Lord of the Rings (disambiguation).
In 1981, BBC Radio 4 produced a dramatisation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings in 26 half-hour stereo instalments. The novel had previously been adapted as a 12-part BBC Radio adaptation in 1955 and 1956 (of which no recordings are known to have survived), and a 1979 production by The Mind's Eye for National Public Radio in the US.
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Genre | Radio drama |
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Running time | 30 minutes per episode |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Language(s) | English |
Home station | BBC Radio 4 |
Starring | Ian Holm Michael Hordern Robert Stephens Bill Nighy James Grout Simon Cadell John Le Mesurier Jack May Peter Vaughan |
Created by | J. R. R. Tolkien |
Written by | Brian Sibley[1] Michael Bakewell |
Directed by | Jane Morgan Penny Leicester |
Narrated by | Gerard Murphy |
Original release | 8 March ā 30 August 1981 |
No. of episodes | 26 |
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Like the novel on which it is based, the radio series tells the story of an epic struggle between the Dark Lord Sauron of Mordor, the primary villain of the work, and an alliance of heroes who join forces to save the world from falling under his shadow.