The re-edited version was released on both cassette tape and CD sets which also included the soundtrack album (noticeably taken from a vinyl copy). This material was not restored to the 2002 re-edited CD version. Even so, a small amount of material was also lost, notably a minute long scene featuring Gandalf and Pippin on Shadowfax discussing the beacon fires of Gondor. The 26-part series was subsequently edited into 13 hour-long episodes broadcast from 17 July to 9 October 1982, restoring some dialogue originally cut for timing (since each hour-long episode is actually around 57 minutes, as opposed to 54 minutes for two half-hour episodes with overlaps and extra credits removed), rearranging some scenes for dramatic impact and adding linking narration and music cues. It was also aired in Australia.Ī soundtrack album featuring a re-recorded and in some cases expanded suite of Stephen Oliver's music was released in 1981. In the US it was on NPR with a new synopsis preceding each episode, narrated by Tammy Grimes. The series was broadcast in Canada on CBC AM in the summer of 1982. The first broadcast of Episode 2 was blacked out across a large part of southeast England because of a transmitter failure (a very rare occurrence even then). Each episode was repeated on the following Wednesday from 10:30pm to 11:00pm. The serial was originally broadcast from 8 March to 30 August 1981 on BBC Radio 4 on Sundays from 12 Noon to 12:30pm.
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