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#The lord of rings cast series#
As with the films, the radio series omitted the sequence of the Hobbits meeting Tom Bombadil.Part of the Riders of Rohan sequence is described in song by a bard in operatic style rather than acted, which tends to distance the listeners from the action.In a later scene in the book the standard is no longer black but bears the White Tree of Gondor there is no reference to this apparent transformation in the radio series. Aragorn receives a black standard from Arwen as a sign that he should rouse the Army of the Dead.At one point, Minas Anor and Minas Tirith are referred to as though they were separate cities these are merely alternate names for the same city.The script by Brian Sibley and Michael Bakewell attempts to be as faithful as possible to the original novels, but there are some errors and alterations.
#The lord of rings cast archive#
The series has not been heard on the digital BBC archive station BBC 7, despite frequent requests, reportedly because of copyright issues.
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The 13-episode series was also rerun on Radio 4 in 2002.
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The soundtrack, now digitally remastered, was also included with The Return of the King set, with a demo of John Le Mesurier singing Bilbo's Last Song included as a bonus track. The re-edited version also included some additional music cues, which had to be taken from the soundtrack album because the original master tapes for the series music had been lost. This version omitted the original episode divisions, and included a new opening and closing narration for the first two sets, and an opening narration only for the last, recorded by Ian Holm. In 2002, to benefit from the success of Peter Jackson's movies, the BBC reissued the series in three sets corresponding to the three original volumes ( The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King). The re-edited version was released on both cassette tape and CD sets which also included the soundtrack album (noticeably taken from a vinyl copy).Ī soundtrack album featuring a completely re-recorded and in some cases expanded suite of Stephen Oliver's music was released in 1981. The 26-part series was subsequently edited into 13 hour-long episodes, restoring some dialogue originally cut for timing (since each hour-long episode is actually around 57 minutes, as opposed to 54 minutes for two half-hour episodes), rearranging some scenes for dramatic impact and adding linking narration and music cues. The series was also broadcast in the US on NPR with a new synopsis preceding each episode, narrated by Tammy Grimes. The first broadcast of Episode 2 was blacked out across a large part of south east England because of a transmitter failure (a very rare occurrence even then). Each of the original 26 episodes received two broadcasts per week - standard practice for many BBC radio serials even today.