One of the most celebrated adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic is returning in a premium collector’s format with The Lord of the Rings: The Complete BBC Radio Full-cast Dramatisation Limited Edition. Arriving in December 2026, this deluxe release presents the complete 1981 BBC Radio production across 14 LPs, marking its first release on vinyl in the original 26-episode broadcast format.
Features
- A limited edition deluxe 14LP vinyl box set of the original 1981 BBC Radio full-cast dramatisation of JRR Tolkien’s masterpiece
- Released for the first time in its original 26-episode broadcast format
- Over 13 hours of newly-mastered audio drama in superb stereo sound
- Includes a standalone disc of the series’ celebrated soundtrack by the renowned composer Stephen Oliver
- Pressed on Clear and Forged Gold coloured vinyl
- Individually numbered with re-imagined artwork
Details
Disc 1
- Episode 1: The Long Awaited Party
- Episode 2: The Shadow of the Past
Disc 2
- Episode 3: The Black Riders
- Episode 4: Trouble at the Prancing Pony
Disc 3
- Episode 5: The Knife in the Dark
- Episode 6: The Council of Elrond
Disc 4
- Episode 7: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Episode 8: Mines of Moria
Disc 5
- Episode 9: The Mirror of Galadriel
- Episode 10: The Breaking of the Fellowship
Disc 6
- Episode 11: The Riders of Rohan
- Episode 12: Treebeard of Fangorn
Disc 7
- Episode 13: The King of the Golden Hall
- Episode 14: Helm’s Deep
Disc 8
- Episode 15: The Voice of Saruman
- Episode 16: The Black Gate Is Closed
Disc 9
- Episode 17: The Window On the West
- Episode 18: Minas Tirith
Disc 10
- Episode 19: Shelob’s Lair
- Episode 20: The Siege of Gondor
Disc 11
- Episode 21: The Battle of Pelennor Fields
- Episode 22: The Houses of Healing
Disc 12
- Episode 23: Mount Doom
- Episode 24: The Return of the King
Disc 13
- Episode 25: Homeward Bound
- Episode 26: The Grey Havens
Disc 14 – Bonus Tracks
- The Lord of the Rings
- A Elbereth Gilthoniel
- The Road Goes Ever On
- In Western Lands Beneath the Sun
- Seek for the Sword That Was Broken
- Shadowfax
- O Lórien
- Forth Rode the King
- The March of the Ents
- The Battle of Pelennor Fields
- Lament for the Fallen
- Gil-galad Was an Elven King
- In Caras Galadhon
- The Tree-lords
- Gwaihir’s Song
- Long Live the Halflings
- The Healing of the Shire
- Bilbo’s Last Song
Label: Demon Records
Number of Discs: 14
Release Date: December 4, 2026
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Official description
One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them; One ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them.“
Presenting ‘The Lord of the Rings’, a limited edition deluxe 14LP vinyl box set of the original 1981 BBC Radio full-cast dramatisation of JRR Tolkien’s masterpiece, released for the first time in its original 26-episode broadcast format. Over 13 hours of newly-mastered audio drama in superb stereo sound with every tense cliffhanger (and stirring theme music reprise) intact, plus a standalone disc of the series’ celebrated soundtrack by the renowned composer Stephen Oliver.
The contents are pressed on Clear and Forged Gold coloured vinyl. Each box set is individually numbered and features beautiful original artwork, re-imagining the landscape of Tolkien’s Middle-earth.
Starring Ian Holm (Alien, The Lord of the Rings & The Hobbit, Chariots of Fire) as Frodo, Michael Hordern (Barry Lyndon, Gandhi, Paddington) as Gandalf, John Le Mesurier (Dad’s Army) as Bilbo, Bill Nighy (Love Actually) as Sam, and Robert Stephens (Romeo and Juliet) as Aragorn, alongside Gerard Murphy (Batman Begins), Peter Vaughan (Game of Thrones), Simon Cadell (Watership Down) and Michael Graham Cox (The Stone Tape) this acclaimed 1981 full-cast production was dramatised by Brian Sibley and Michael Bakewell.
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