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Listen with Gilbert: The Hobbit Comes to Radio
Published 1 week, 6 days ago
Description
Bilbo Baggins leaves the comfort of home and enters a world of riddles, songs, trolls, and dragons. In this Listen with Gilbert deep dive, we explore how the BBC’s 1968 full-cast production turned Tolkien’s The Hobbit into radio drama—from Paul Daneman’s Bilbo and Anthony Jackson’s Tale Bearer to David Cain’s music and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop’s sound effects.
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