1968: TOLKIEN on THE LORD OF THE RINGS publishes Writers and Wordsmiths BBC Archive

JRR Tolkien talks to John Ezard about his extraordinarily popular The Lord of the Rings series of fantasy novels. The author discusses their genesis and themes, his penchant for invented languages – and how they are often misinterpreted.

This clip is from Release: Tolkien at Oxford. Originally broadcast March 30, 1968.

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