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The Two Towers: A BBC Full-Cast Radio Drama

The Two Towers: A BBC Full-Cast Radio Drama

By,&Ian Holm, Michael Hordern, Robert Stephens, Bill Nighy, Peter Woodthorpe, John Le Mesurier (Narrator)
Audio dramaHigh FantasyEpic Fantasy
Published
1981
Language
English

Synopsis

The BBC's 1981 Radio 4 full-cast dramatization of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Two Towers, adapted by Brian Sibley and Michael Bakewell with music by Stephen Oliver. The Fellowship is broken: Merry and Pippin are carried off by orcs, Frodo and Sam press on toward Mordor with the creature Gollum as an unwilling guide, and Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli ride to Rohan as war with Saruman approaches.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

AdventurousDark
Quest

Genres

High Fantasy Epic Fantasy Fantasy Classics

Authors

J
J.R.R. Tolkien

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa in 1892 and raised in England after his mother brought him home at age three. Orphaned before he was thirteen — his mother died a devout Catholic convert — Tolkien went on to study Old and Middle English, Germanic languages, Welsh, and Finnish at Oxford. He graduated in 1915, married Edith Bratt before shipping out to the Western Front, and fought in the Battle of the Somme. Nearly all of his closest friends were killed. He contrac...

B
Brian Sibley

Brian David Sibley (born 14 July 1949) is an English writer. He is author of over 100 hours of radio drama and has written and presented hundreds of radio documentaries, features and weekly programmes. He is widely known as the author of many film "making of" books, including those for the Harry Potter series and The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies. Source: [Brian Sibley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Sibley) on Wikipedia.

Characters

Frodo BagginsProtagonist

The Ring-bearer pressing on toward Mordor with only Sam and the treacherous Gollum for company.

Samwise GamgeeProtagonist

Frodo's loyal companion whose resolve holds the quest together.

AragornProtagonist

The heir of Gondor leading the pursuit of Merry and Pippin's captors into the war building across Middle-earth.

GollumSupporting

A treacherous, ring-obsessed creature who guides Frodo and Sam toward Mordor.

GandalfSupporting

Returned as Gandalf the White to rally Rohan against Saruman and Sauron.

All characters in The Two Towers: A BBC Full-Cast Radio Drama