Oh yeah, I remember those now you mention it .......

[davem]

Originally Posted by Mithalwen

All I know is that it is a perrenial source of enjoyment and comfort and the tapes don't get let out of my possession to anyone . Maybe others feel the same way about the films

I have to agree. I have the BBC adaptation on tape, CD & on my mp3 player. I think I'd only read the book twice when the series was first broadcast (in 1981), so it became part of 'LotR' to me, & has remained so (Brian Sibley, one of the two adaptors, gives some thoughts about the series here. It was originally broadcast in 26 half hour episodes, & I remember listening to it on Sundays lunchtimes (repeated on Wednesday nights). A year or so later it was re-broadcast as 13 hour long episodes on Sunday afternoons. (Nice pic of three of the cast here during the recording - Michael Hordern as Gandalf, John Le Mesurier as Bilbo & Ian Holm as Frodo here & a few more here.

Very happy memories if that particular adaptation - & it captures the mood & spirit of the work far better than the movies (& I haven't heard anyone who knows both adaptations argue with that...)