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Tolkien Remembered was a TV documentary about J.R.R. Tolkien which was first aired in 1992. The program presented Tolkien as somewhat of a literary renegade who read few modern writers and believed that English literature had ended with Chaucer.
Tolkien Remembered: With Marise Hepworth, Stephen Greif, Edith Bratt, Humphrey Carpenter. The reminiscences of those who knew J.R.R. Tolkien, author of "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings".
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is a 40-minute documentary on J.R.R. Tolkien, completed in 1984 and aired on television.
Produced by Jim Berrow, Ken Jones, and Alan Wallis, Tolkien Remembered recounts Tolkien's life as a creative writer, and features commentary and recollections by his four children, Christopher, John, Priscilla, and Michael. There is archival footage or audio included of Tolkien himself reading parts of his books, and of his brother, Hilary, and mother, Mabel.
•Tolkien Remembered at the Internet Movie Database
J. R. R. Tolkien. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien CBE FRSL ( / ˈruːl ˈtɒlkiːn /, ROOL TOL-keen; [a] 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer and philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings . From 1925 to 1945, Tolkien was the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon and a ...
Jun 17, 2024 · J.R.R. Tolkien (born January 3, 1892, Bloemfontein, South Africa—died September 2, 1973, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England) was an English writer and scholar who achieved fame with his children’s book The Hobbit (1937) and his richly inventive epic fantasy The Lord of the Rings (1954–55).
Each contributor discusses the life and work of the author John Tolkien (J. R. R. Tolkien) who is best known as the writer of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. They touch on Tolkien's early life in Birmingham and his later life in Oxford.
Synopsis. The reminiscences of those who knew J.R.R. Tolkien, author of "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings".
