The Hobbit (radio series)

The Hobbit is a 1968 BBC Radio adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's 1937 children's fantasy novel of the same name.

The series was adapted by Michael Kilgarriff in eight episodes for BBC Radio 4 broadcast in the autumn of 1969. Music was written by David Cain. Paul Daneman played the titular role of the hobbit, Bilbo Baggins.[1] It was produced by John Powell.[2] The recording has been described as a classic.[2]

  1. ^ "The Hobbit". BBC Genome, from Radio Times. October 1968. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  2. ^ a b Groom, Nick (5 September 2023). "Six: Just War". Tolkien in the Twenty-First Century. Simon and Schuster. pt. 135. ISBN 978-1-63936-504-3.