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I have been a fan of the Lord of the Rings since I read it at college, just prior to the Fellowship of the Ring being made. This rendition of the epic saga contains 14 CDs, 13 of which are the radio serialisation, while the 14th is extended pieces of the music that was used in the serialisation. The series features the vocal talents of Ian Holm and Sir Michael Hordern. Fans of the films will recognise the casting of Holm, however as Frodo in this edition, not as Bilbo. The series is accompanied by a booklet detailing an index of the chapter titles and the background of the music, interview with the producer and music editor. It also reveals interesting links, like that of the voice talent of Gollum also did the Ralph Bakshi animation of the same character. It also comes with an enlarged version of the map of Middle-Earth enclosed with all editions of the book. All CDs are numbered and have individual icons for each episode on a gold lettering on black disc, with the slightly inaccurate cover of a Gandalf-like figure carrying the Ring, though artistic licence should be allowed as it looks good. The series is well cast and I was skeptical of it being a convincing illustration of the series given the vocal only dramatisation with sfx and occasional narration, but it has been done well, with appropriately scripted additional dialogue attending to stage direction and action being detailed, which in other hands could sound stilted or wooden, but it flows intimately with the general direction of the plot. It has to be emphasised that this is an adaptation, not a word-for-word reading of the text. This caused some tension over editing and may not be considered 'faithful' by canon, but I feel that it has been well done. My only criticism is the omission of Tom Bombadil, but as this issue has been raised since before I was even born, I feel it is a moot point in buying into this series. Well done BBC on an excellent collectors setRead full review
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