Tales from the Perilous Realm: Four BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations Audiobook (Free)

Four BBC radio dramatisations starring Michael Hordern as Tolkien – and also a particular archive compilation exploring Tolkien’s life and work

The tales in this collection all reflect an element of what Tolkien himself called ‘the perilous realm of Faerie’. Modified for radio by Brian Sibley, co-writer from the acclaimed BBC radio production of GOD, THE FATHER of the Bands, they are rich in myth, magic and experience. Among the helping solid are Brian Blessed, Nigel Planer, Sorcha Cusack, Paul Copley and Adam about Tales through the Perilous Realm: Four BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations Grout.

In Farmer Giles of Ham, having accidentally shot a huge, Farmer Giles’ fearless reputation is tested by Chrysophylax the dragon. In Smith of Wootton Major, a young guy eats simple containing

a silver star, and is granted usage of the magical land of Fäerie. Leaf by Niggle is certainly a thought-provoking allegory of the innovative process, as well as the Adventures of Tom Bombadil features Tom and the Hobbits in scenes from GOD, THE FATHER of the Bands which were not contained in the BBC Radio 4 dramatisation.

Also included is J R R Tolkien: An Audio Portrait, where Brian Sibley draws jointly interviews from radio and tv programmes featuring the writer himself, his original publisher Rayner Unwin, his biographer Humphrey Carpenter and many others torelate the storyplot of both Tolkien the man and the worlds he created.

Length: 5 hours 50 mins