"The first instalment of the epic tale." Downloadable audio file. Dramatisation by Brian Sibley. Duration: 4:35:32. Title from: Title details screen. Unabridged. Full cast dramatization stars Ian Holm, Michael Hordern, Robert Stephens, John Le Mesurier and Peter Woodthorpe.
Summary:
A BBC radio full-cast dramatisation of the first book in JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy. Brian Sibley's famous 1981 adaptation, starring Ian Holm and Michael Hordern, has been divided into three corresponding parts, with newly-recorded beginning and end narration by Ian Holm.
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