Interview with JRR Tolkien in 1968 and Adam Tolkien in 2007

Aleteia - published on 03/08/13 - updated on 06/07/17

For the release of The Children of Hurin the BBC's Newsnight program was given access to the book and an interview with Tolkien himself, which has never been broadcast before. Razia Iqbal from BBC also interviewed Adam Tolkien on The Children of Hurin in the same broadcast.

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