Microphones in Middle-earth...the BBC Lord of the Rings

[Brian Sibley]

Originally Posted by Lalwendë

Now here's a thorny question. If you had been given a whole extra hour of Auntie's time, would you still have cut out Tom?

Unfair!! I might have done, but a lot of other good material was also cut that - had there been time - might have cried out for reinstatement...

Originally Posted by Lalwendë

At least, speaking as an out and out Tom-nut, you did the cut coherently. What bothered me with the films was that where a change had to be made, it so often messed about with the integrity of narrative and character. It might be fun to listen to the early episodes but with the further adaptation of the three Tom chapters inserted into place.

I tried this - some years ago - but the changes in everyone's voices (and having 'Gandalf' as narrator) was just too distracting. However, content-wise, I think, it works...