The Lord of the Rings was dramatised for the BBC by Brian Sibley and Michael Bakewell and was first broadcast in 1981. Featuring a cast made up from some of the finest actors of the time, most notably Ian Holm as Frodo, who went on to play Bilbo in Peter Jackson’s three films.
Frodo - Ian Holm
Gandalf - Sir Michael Hordern
Aragorn - Robert Stephens
Gollum - Peter Woodthorpe
Bilbo - John le Mesurier
Sam - William Nighy
Merry - Richard O’Callaghan
Pippin - John McAndrew
Legolas - David Collings
Gimli - Douglas Livingstone
Boromir - Michael Graham Cox
Denethor - Peter Vaughan
Faramir - Andrew Seear
Theoden - Jack May
Eomer - Anthony Hyde
Eowyn - Elin Jenkins
Saruman - Peter Howell
Grima Wormtongue - Paul Brooke
Elrond - Hugh Dickinson
Galadriel - Marion Diamond
Celeborn - Simon Cadell
Treebeard - Stephen Thorne
Butterbur - James Grout
Farmer Maggot - John Bott
Lord of the Nazgul - Philip Voss
Mouth of Sauron - John Rye
The Narrator - Gerard Murphy
The making of the Rings - Brian Sibley
The recording of the Rings - Jane Morgan, Director, The Lord of the Rings
Posted: July 8th, 2008 by Lee | | Filed under J.K. Rowling