Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea

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Earthsea

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Ursula Le Guin - Earthsea

Tales of wizards, dragons and magic by Ursula K Le Guin.

Earthsea: Series 2: Tehanu

Tehanu

Series 2

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Ursula Le Guin's enduring fantasy saga set in a magical world rich with wizards & dragons.

Tenar and Therru are on the run and in need of a dragon to rid them of their foes. Wizards and dragons fantasy with Rosie Boore.

On the run, Tenar and Therru find shelter on the royal ship. 

But it will take a dragon to finally rid them of their foes. 

Ursula Le Guin's enduring fantasy saga - based on the novel Tehanu adapted by Judith Adams. 

Published between 1968 and 2001, the five novels and short story collection of Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea cycle (A Wizard of Earthsea, The Tombs of Atuan, The Farthest Shore, Tehanu, The Other Wind and Tales from Earthsea) are re-told across twelve episodes. 

Series 2 takes in the action of Tehanu, The Other Wind and the short story Dragonfly from Tales of Earthsea.

Set on a vast archipelago of islands, where magic is a central part of life, they tell the stories of Tenar and Ged.  

Tenar . . . Nina Wadia
Ged . . . Robert Glenister
Tehanu . . . Laura Elphinstone
Therru . . . Rosie Boore
King Lebannen . . . Steven Robertson
Moss . . . Elizabeth Counsell
Aspen . . . John Lightbody
Kalessin . . . Emma Handy
Handy . . . Ryan Early
Therru's father . . . Stephen Hogan
Apple . . . Kerry Gooderson
Sailor . . . Sean Murray
Spark . . . Joseph Ayre

Original music by Jon Nichols

Director: Sasha Yevtushenko

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in October 2018.

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