Talk:The Lord of the Rings (1955 radio series)
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Latest comment: 4 March 2009 by Ederchil in topic Limited info
Limited info
There's surprisingly little known about this adaptation, so I tried to do some research into the cast and airdates.
Letters mentions only Shelley and a "large cast" (so at least something is known, but we can't ask Carpenter anymore).
Norman Shelley was a top dog over at BBC radio at the time. Would people like Carleton Hobbs and Brian Haines be involved as well? I tried to look for it, by searching BBC publications from that period. Sadly I ran into some snags:
- The Listener is a main publication featuring a lot of information about radio and television programmes. Unfortunately, it's not available on-line, nor in MUSE, and my university library misses July 55-January 57 (kinda sucks)
- The Radio Times is another, still existing, publication, which, sadly, my University library doesn't have at all.
So a request to whoever finds the time: could you check your University library, to see if there is any review, announcement or advertisement for the series? Please? -- Ederchil (Talk/Contribs/Edits) 15:27, 4 March 2009 (UTC)