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The Saturday Play: The Lord of the Rings

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

Another chance to hear this classic dramatisation of the epic novel by JRR Tolkien, adapted for radio
13 episodes by Brian Sibley and Michael Bakewell.
4: The Ring Goes South."There lies our hope, if hope it be. To walk in peril to Mordor. We must send the ring to the fire." McAndrew
With Sean Arnold. John Church , Graham Faulkner , Alexander John Christopher Scott , Michael Spice and Haydn Wood. Music composed and conducted by Stephen Oliver. Director Penny Leicester

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Sibley
Unknown:
Michael Bakewell.
Unknown:
Sean Arnold.
Unknown:
John Church
Unknown:
Graham Faulkner
Unknown:
Alexander John
Unknown:
Christopher Scott
Unknown:
Haydn Wood.
Conducted By:
Stephen Oliver.
Frodo:
Ian Holm
Gandalf:
Michael Hordern
Aragorn:
Robert Stephens
Bilbo:
John Le Mesurier
Sam:
Bill Nighy
Merry:
Richard O'Callaghan
Pippin:
John McAndrew
Gimli:
Douglas Livingstone
Legolas:
David Collings
Boromir Michael:
Graham Cox
Elrond:
Hugh Dickson
Narrator:
Gerard Murphy
Source: Radio Times

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