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Old 02-12-2007, 02:08 PM   #1
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At least I got the poster...
The one I linked to? I don't have that - I tried to read the text on the back by enlarging the pic, but couldn't make anything out. I remember buying the Radio Times (with pics of members of the TS in 'costume') when it was broadcast, but I have no idea what happened to it. I always associate the Fraser illustrations with LotR now, & have come very close to buying the Folio Society editions (even though they are supposed to be riddled with typos) just to have an edition containing them. They strike me as quite 'fitting', & I can imagine the original Red Book having such 'woodcut' illustrations.

In fact, I do have a bit of a bonus due, & Daerons do have the Folio set (& The Hobbit & The Sil)...

Edit to correct artist's name...

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Old 02-12-2007, 02:25 PM   #2
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I can't see all the links ...as posters go it is small basically it is more a frieze of the cassette covers but it does "tell the story". I would love to do an "episode by episode " thread for the series but I guess it might just be you and me....
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Old 02-12-2007, 02:37 PM   #3
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I can't see all the links ...as posters go it is small basically it is more a frieze of the cassette covers but it does "tell the story". I would love to do an "episode by episode " thread for the series but I guess it might just be you and me....
The one I linked to is quite big - it has the large colour pic used on the Radio times cover & on the back are pics of the cast & lots of text about the production. I think we could make it a three hander at least, as Lal could listen too. Don't know if anyone else here has heard it - plus it might ruin the movies for those who do listen to it

And when is the Beeb going to release a DVD of their production of the Jackanory Hobbit???
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We're showing our age here...

I read the Hobbit because of Jackanory - I missed the last episode becasue I had to go to Brownies... Thorin's death was the second thing in a book to make me cry - the first being the death of Ginger in Black Beauty.... who needs films eh
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I have the CDs with the BBC productions of both Hobbit and LotR, as well as their production of "Tales of the Perilous Realm". I love listening instead of watching (haven't dug out the DVDs of the EE movies in ages), so I'd be interested in sharing ideas, though I'm not sure just how regularly I could keep up.
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I have the CDs with the BBC productions of both Hobbit and LotR, as well as their production of "Tales of the Perilous Realm". I love listening instead of watching (haven't dug out the DVDs of the EE movies in ages), so I'd be interested in sharing ideas, though I'm not sure just how regularly I could keep up.
Double posting - I love TftPR! Giles is great (Brian Blessed!!!!), Niggle is nice, & the Bombadil adaptation shows that the episode is not undramatisable. However, Smith disappoints, & that's the one I was most looking forward to.....
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Well a quartet would be enough for me.... Will start a thread tomorrow unless Dave beats me to it.... The recordings are available through the library I believe...
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I read the Hobbit because of Jackanory - I missed the last episode becasue I had to go to Brownies... Thorin's death was the second thing in a book to make me cry - the first being the death of Ginger in Black Beauty.... who needs films eh
I have very vague memories of the Jackanory Hobbit. I remember the cast (Bernard Cribbins, David Wood, Jan Francis, Maurice Denham & Jan Francis) & the set. There's info about it if you Google, but I don't even know if they kept the tapes

I did manage to see the whole thing, having been unceremoniously ejected from the Brownies just before earning my Cross-dressing badge....(it wouldn't happen in these more enlightened days )
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I did manage to see the whole thing, having been unceremoniously ejected from the Brownies just before earning my Cross-dressing badge....(it wouldn't happen in these more enlightened days )
... might have missed the age limit too

Well my excuse was that as Sixer of the Gnomes, the Noldor needed my leadership.... so I guess I was playing Fingolfin since I inherited the post from my domineering elder sibling......
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