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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

A Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisation

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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Written by: J. R. R. Tolkien
Narrated by: Ian Holm, Bill Nighy, Michael Hordern, John Le Mesurier, Peter Woodthorpe, Robert Stephens, John McAndrew, David Collings, Douglas Livingstone, Richard O'Callaghan, Full Cast
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The evil Saruman has been defeated by Gandalf, but in Mordor the battle for the Ruling Ring continues. Wounded by the giant spider, Shelob, Frodo has been captured by the dreaded orcs. Sam, alone and in possession of the Ring, must rescue his master if their mission - to find the Cracks of Doom, and there destroy the Ring - is to continue. Meanwhile, the other Fellowship members are preparing for war against the armies of the Dark Lord, Sauron....

Widely regarded as a broadcasting classic, the BBC Radio dramatisation of 'The Lord of the Rings' stars Ian Holm, Michael Hordern, Robert Stephens, John Le Mesurier and Peter Woodthorpe.

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Best audio drama of all time I hope this group does the silmarilion as well

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I love a good radio drama style audiobook. It keeps things interesting and changing the type of media I digest holds my attention better. If you want a true, direct reading of the books, this ain’t for you but if you want a classic radio drama with first class voice acting, it absolutely is.

Fun fact: the actor who played Frodo in this series went on to play Bilbo in the LOTR movies.

Radio Drama Style, not a true reading, still love it!

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Remember it's likely best to destroy the ring of power in your own life. There's some weird piano near the end.

Excellent

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Loved it!! Felt like I was listening to a live play performance. Definitely a better way to read the series #Audible1

Best way to ‘read’ the series

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overall same as the prior entries, battles can be a bit weird- when they shout and scream is a bit eargreating. Perhaps a product of their time, they used much singing and choirs- such as the Rohirrim charge and the Battle of Pelennor Fields was narrated by an opera style vocalist with snippets of dialogue between verses- which in my opinion possess the best lines written in the entire series.

Botched the best part of the series

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this isnt the audio book. i used my credit on it thinking it waa. huge disapointment. dont get fooled like i did.
its a recreation from the bbc.
im here fkr tolkin. not this. and preferably a nice production instead of the boring style we currently have

this isnt the audio book

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