Tolkien on "The Archers" - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Mithalwen · 01-16-2008, 02:04 PM

I know there is at least one other listener to this everyday story of country folk (set in a ficticitious county based on Warwickshire) ,on the downs. And yesterday Tolkien got a mention - Phil, one of the characters has just returned from NZ and his grandson said about LOTR being filmed there to which grumpy Prof Lloyd replied that you would be better off visiting Oxford if you wanted to discover the inspiration for Tolkien's mythology and Phil countered drily "or studying Old Norse" ..which is probably truer.

Anyway this little exchange inspired this thread on the other board I haunt which might be of interest

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/mbarchers/F...skip=0&show=20

Gwathagor · 01-16-2008, 08:16 PM

My dad loves The Archers, though I have never listened to it (that I can recall).

01-16-2008, 02:04 PM	#1
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,458	Tolkien on "The Archers" I know there is at least one other listener to this everyday story of country folk (set in a ficticitious county based on Warwickshire) ,on the downs. And yesterday Tolkien got a mention - Phil, one of the characters has just returned from NZ and his grandson said about LOTR being filmed there to which grumpy Prof Lloyd replied that you would be better off visiting Oxford if you wanted to discover the inspiration for Tolkien's mythology and Phil countered drily "or studying Old Norse" ..which is probably truer. Anyway this little exchange inspired this thread on the other board I haunt which might be of interest http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/mbarchers/F...skip=0&show=20 __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

01-16-2008, 08:16 PM	#2
Gwathagor Shade with a Blade Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: A Rainy Night In Soho Posts: 2,512	My dad loves The Archers, though I have never listened to it (that I can recall). __________________ Stories and songs.