At The Tale of Ears, we are collecting and cataloguing every single audiobook, radio dramatisation, audio soundscape, you-name-it that we can find, from anywhere in the world. It’s all here, in pages rich with production history, images and promotional material, cast information, release details and interesting stories.

Mileage varies of course, new content is being added daily and there’s still a vast amount of data in notes which has yet to appear on the site. Also we’re always looking for updates and further detail – if you spot anything missing or incorrect, please get in touch. Would love to hear from you!

Update 10^th March 2026: The very first Artist Profile pages have started appearing! Many many more to come.

Update 4^th March 2026: Completed basic, ‘stub’ pages for every The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit recording currently in the database. Please let us know about other ones!

Update 26^th Feb 2026: Original research has brought to life new details about the very first unabridged commercial reading of The Hobbit. In 1968, British actor Harold Innocent at KPFK-FM Pacifica Radio, got there first! Read about it here.

Update 22^nd Feb 2026: The Elder Days section now has a page for every known item. Lots more detail to follow, especially concerning release histories.

Update 12^th Feb 2026: A new section Tolkien and the BBC is being populated. It will grow to become a complete picture of BBC Tolkien-related broadcasts, both radio and television. This first set of data goes up to 1970.

Update 1^st Nov 2025: A large number of pages have been added for adaptations of The Lord of the Rings. Still many more to come, of course…

Update 8^th Sept 2025: Delivered third presentation to the Tolkien Society’s annual conference, Oxonmoot. This time covering adaptations of The Lord of the Rings. Great feedback and a wealth of new material was collected that will be appearing in these pages in the coming months.

Update 9^th May 2025: Index pages for each area with content timelines are now in place. Gradually each entry in the timeline will become a link to a detail page.