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