by J. R. R. TOLKIEN prepared for radio in 26 episodes by BRIAN SIBLEY starring and 19: Shelob's Lair
So it was that amid a gathering gloom Theoden, the King of the Mark, made ready to lead all his Riders on the eastward road. Hearts were heavy and many quailed in the shadow. (But they were a stern people, loyal to their lord, and little weeping or murmuring was heard, even in the camp in the Hold where the exiles from Edoras were housed, women and children and old men.) Doom hung over them. but they faced it silently, and Music composed and conducted by STEPHEN OLIVER. Episode adapted by MICHAEL BAKEWELL
Directed by JANE MORGAN (Repeated: Wed 10.30 pm) (Gerard Murphy is a member of the Royal
Shakespeare Company)