1961 The Hobbit: BBC Children’s Hour

Date: 1961.01.04
Language: English
Organisation: BBC The Home Service
Programme: Children’s Hour
Duration: 13 x 20 minute episodes
Unabridged: No
Country: UK
Licenced: Yes

Children’s Hour was a recreational series for younger listeners as distinct from it’s educational series like For the Schools. In 1961 they produced a 13 episode serial abridged by Barbara Henderson and read by David Davis.

Sadly there are no known recordings of this series as the BBC did not usually retain recordings at this time and no off-air recordings are known to exist.