Lord of the Rings Radio Drama -

Lord of the Rings

With all of the excitement about the film, The Fellowship of the Rings, here's a pictorial directory to the multiple versions of the radio drama The Lord of the Rings
If you know of other versions, packages or related material, I would be happy to add it.
There are two primary versions of the Lord of the Rings. The BBC version and the Mind's Eye version. The Mind's Eye which became Soundelux and is now available from Highbridge Audio .

  From HighBridge the Mind's Eye Cassette Collection comes in an attractive wooden box.
Originally ISBN 0-88142-270-3
Now from HighBridge 1-56511-549-X

The CD collection comes in a similar wooden box as
ISBN # 1-56511-550-3
9 CDs

HighBridge also released the series in three 3cd packages in Target Stores 2002. These packages plus The Hobbit were then released to other stores after the exclusive ended.
The Fellowship of the Ring.
HBP 89091 ISBN 2502489091 for $14.99 each.

The cast includes:
Bilbo - Ray Reinhardt      Frodo - James Arrington     Merry - Pat Franklyn     Pippin - Mac McCaddon     Sam - Lou Bliss     Gandalf - Bernard Mayes     Narrator - Gail Chugg     Tom Bombadil - Bernard Mayes     Strider - Time Luce     Aragorn - Tom Luce
Additional Voices:
Pat Franklyn     Mac McCaddon     Bob Lewis     Gail Chugg     John Vickery     Erik Bauersfeld     Ray Reinhardt     Carl Hague

The BBC version has come in numerous package combinations.
The Cassette Package - 14 cassettes

The Boxed CD Set from the BBC - Contains 14 CDs
Running Time: 13 hrs 20 mins     ISBN: 0563388129
Undertaking the adaptation of Tolkien's best-known work was an enormous task. The BBC first broadcast was in 1956, but no known copies of the work exist. The current version was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 8 March 1981 and this magical dramatisation became an instant classic. Ian Holm stars as Frodo, Michael Hordern as Gandalf and Robert Stephens as Aragorn in J.R.R. Tolkien's fantastic tale of Middle Earth.
This dramatic box set of Lord of the Rings contains an extra CD of the music from the soundtrack.
Additional history can be found at: Wikiverse.org A World of Knowledge.

In the US, the BBC set is 13 CDs released from Bantam Doubleday as ISBN 0 553 45653 9

The Cast includes:
Frodo - Ian Holm     Gandalf - Michael Hordern     Aragorn - Robert Stephens    Gollum - Peter Woodthrope    Bilbo - John Le Mesurier    Sam - Willam Nighy    Merry - Richard O'Callaghan    Peppin - John McAndrew    Legolas - David Collings    Gimli - Douglas Livingstone    Boromir - Michael Graham Cox    Denethor - Peter Vaughan    Faramir - Andrew Seear    Theoden - Jack May    Eomer - Anthony Hyde    Eowyn - Elin Jenkins    Saruman - Peter Howell    Grima Wormtongue - Paul Brooke    Elrond - Hugh Dickson    Galadriel - Marian Diamond    Celeborn - Simon Cadell    ]Treebeard - Stephen Thorne    Butterbur - James Grout    Farmer Maggot - John Bott    Lord of the Nazgul - Philip Voss    Mouth of Sauron - John Rye    The Narrator - Gerald Murphy    plus others....

Other Related Info:
Tolkien Online - The One Ring.
Diary of a Recording: the 'Rings' movie soundtrack.
Other Audio - Music, Audio Books and more.
Adding Music to the written word exercise.
Planet Tolkien

A Paper Book THE BOOK OF LOST TALES
I, stands at the beginning of the entire conception of Middle-earth and Valinor. Here is the whole, glorious history of Middle-earth that J.R.R. Tolkien brought to mythic and dramatic life with his classic fantasy novels of the Ring Cycle.

With all of the excitement about the film, The Fellowship of the Rings, here's a pictorial directory to the multiple versions of the radio drama The Lord of the Rings If you know of other versions, packages or related material, I would be happy to add it. There are two primary versions of the Lord of the Rings. The BBC version and the Mind's Eye version. The Mind's Eye which became Soundelux and is now available from Highbridge Audio .

	From HighBridge the Mind's Eye Cassette Collection comes in an attractive wooden box. Originally ISBN 0-88142-270-3 Now from HighBridge 1-56511-549-X
	The CD collection comes in a similar wooden box as ISBN # 1-56511-550-3 9 CDs
	HighBridge also released the series in three 3cd packages in Target Stores 2002. These packages plus The Hobbit were then released to other stores after the exclusive ended. The Fellowship of the Ring. HBP 89091 ISBN 2502489091 for $14.99 each.
The cast includes: Bilbo - Ray Reinhardt Frodo - James Arrington Merry - Pat Franklyn Pippin - Mac McCaddon Sam - Lou Bliss Gandalf - Bernard Mayes Narrator - Gail Chugg Tom Bombadil - Bernard Mayes Strider - Time Luce Aragorn - Tom Luce Additional Voices: Pat Franklyn Mac McCaddon Bob Lewis Gail Chugg John Vickery Erik Bauersfeld Ray Reinhardt Carl Hague

	The BBC version has come in numerous package combinations. The Cassette Package - 14 cassettes
	The Boxed CD Set from the BBC - Contains 14 CDs Running Time: 13 hrs 20 mins ISBN: 0563388129 Undertaking the adaptation of Tolkien's best-known work was an enormous task. The BBC first broadcast was in 1956, but no known copies of the work exist. The current version was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 8 March 1981 and this magical dramatisation became an instant classic. Ian Holm stars as Frodo, Michael Hordern as Gandalf and Robert Stephens as Aragorn in J.R.R. Tolkien's fantastic tale of Middle Earth. This dramatic box set of Lord of the Rings contains an extra CD of the music from the soundtrack. Additional history can be found at: Wikiverse.org A World of Knowledge.
	In the US, the BBC set is 13 CDs released from Bantam Doubleday as ISBN 0 553 45653 9
The Cast includes: Frodo - Ian Holm Gandalf - Michael Hordern Aragorn - Robert Stephens Gollum - Peter Woodthrope Bilbo - John Le Mesurier Sam - Willam Nighy Merry - Richard O'Callaghan Peppin - John McAndrew Legolas - David Collings Gimli - Douglas Livingstone Boromir - Michael Graham Cox Denethor - Peter Vaughan Faramir - Andrew Seear Theoden - Jack May Eomer - Anthony Hyde Eowyn - Elin Jenkins Saruman - Peter Howell Grima Wormtongue - Paul Brooke Elrond - Hugh Dickson Galadriel - Marian Diamond Celeborn - Simon Cadell ]Treebeard - Stephen Thorne Butterbur - James Grout Farmer Maggot - John Bott Lord of the Nazgul - Philip Voss Mouth of Sauron - John Rye The Narrator - Gerald Murphy plus others....

Other Related Info: Tolkien Online - The One Ring. Diary of a Recording: the 'Rings' movie soundtrack. Other Audio - Music, Audio Books and more. Adding Music to the written word exercise. Planet Tolkien
A Paper Book	THE BOOK OF LOST TALES I, stands at the beginning of the entire conception of Middle-earth and Valinor. Here is the whole, glorious history of Middle-earth that J.R.R. Tolkien brought to mythic and dramatic life with his classic fantasy novels of the Ring Cycle.