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The Lord of the Rings dramatisation – cast

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
Author: Lee

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