The adventures of a reluctant hero, a powerful and dangerous ring, and the cruel dragon Smaug the Magnificent.

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.

Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.


Unabridged
Narrated By: Robert Inglis
Duration: 10:58:39
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64kbps


The radio series follows the plot of the original novel [revised 1951 version] very closely, except for the addition of The Tale Bearer, a narrator whose account of the story is often interrupted and embellished by the protagonist Bilbo Baggins in the role of secondary narrator.

Bilbo is approached by the wizard Gandalf to undertake a dangerous adventure, and despite his initial reluctance he soon finds himself accompanying Thorin Oakenshield and his party of dwarves on a long and difficult quest to recover the dwarves' treasure from Smaug the dragon. On the way, he encounters trolls, goblins, and giant spiders, and finds a magic ring with the power of invisibility.

1 An Unexpected Party
2 Out of the Frying Pan into the Fire
3 Riddles in the Dark
4 Strange Lodgings
5 Barrels Out of Bond
6 A Warm Welcome
7 The Gathering of the Clouds
8 The Cloud Bursts


The Tale Bearer.......Anthony Jackson
Bilbo Baggins.........Paul Daneman
Gandalf...............Heron Carvic
Gollum................Wolfe Morris
Thorin Oakenshield....John Justin
Elrond................John Pullen
The Elvenking.........Leonard Fenton
Beorn.................Denys Hawthorne
Bard the Bowman.......Peter Williams
Balin.................Peter Pratt
Smaug.................Francis de Wolff


Duration: 3:33:35 [Total Length]
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 256kbps