The Hobbit (BBC Radio Drama 1968)

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The Hobbit - Radio Drama | An Unexpected Party (Episode 1)

The Hobbit is a 1968 BBC Radio adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. The series was adapted by Michael Kilgariff and produced by John Powell in eight half-hour mono episodes for BBC Radio 4. 1. An Unexpected Party - Mr. Bilbo Baggins - Gandalf the Wizard - Thirteen Dwarves - Song of the Dwarves - Dark Business - A Map and a Silver Key - Interrupted Breakfast The radio series follows the plot of the original novel [revised 1951 version] very closely, except for the addition of The Tale Bearer, a narrator whose account of the story is often interrupted and embellished by the protagonist Bilbo Baggins in the role of secondary narrator. Although the script is closely based on the original novel, Kilgariff incorporates a few names and phrases from The Lord of the Rings that did not originally appear in The Hobbit. For more info: https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/The_Hobbit_(1968_radio_series) Bilbo, a stay-at-home hobbit, is approached by the wizard Gandalf to undertake a dangerous adventure, and despite his initial reluctance he soon finds himself accompanying Thorin and his party of dwarves on a long and difficult quest to recover the dwarves' treasure from Smaug the dragon, encountering trolls, goblins, Gollum (acquiring a magic ring near Gollum's cave), wargs, eagles, giant spiders, elves and men along the way. In the process Bilbo is transformed from a clumsy, timid and rather comic figure into a dignified and occasionally heroic everyman. Cast & Characters: Anthony Jackson – The Tale Bearer Paul Daneman – Bilbo Francis de Wolff – Smaug John Justin – Thorin Heron Carvic – Gandalf Leonard Fenton – Elvenking John Pullen – Elrond Wolfe Morris – Gollum Duncan McIntyre – Bombur Lockwood West – Dwalin Peter Pratt – Balin Alexander John – Dori Peter Williams – Bard the Bowman Denis McCarthy – Great Goblin Peter Baldwin – Galion, Glóin David Brierly – Fíli John Bryning – Master of Laketown Wilfred Carter – Ori Nicholas Edmett – Kíli Greta Gouriet – Spider Brian Haines – Bert, Bifur, Dáin II Ironfoot Betty Hardy – Spider Denys Hawthorne – Beorn Hayden Jones – Elf Guard, Elves, Goblins Hilda Kriseman – Spider Rolf Lefebvre – Óin Victor Lucas – Bill Denis McCarthy – Bofur, Great Goblin Ian Thompson – Herald of Laketown Anthony Viccars – Nori Marjorie Westbury – Thrush John Wyse – Roäc Music composed by David Cain Performed by David Munrow with The Early Music Consort Special sound effects and voice treatments by David Cain and Dick Mills, BBC Radiophonic Workshop Produced by John Powell

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