Michael KilgarriffCritiques

A delightful adaptation, though I never quite got used to the voices, coming from the later BBC dramatization of the Lord of the Rings and the much more recent film adaptations. It feels much older for sure, but there's a charm to that, too.½

Classic story, decent adaptation. Thumbs up from me.

Well done! This version (The Hobbit - Dramatised - by the BBC) is like listening to a movie or play, not really reading from a book. The only problem I have is the conversation sometimes were hard to hear because the music was just as loud.

I've read The Hobbit but when I saw that it was available as an audiobook with a full cast from the BBC I couldn't resist it. I'm pretty sure that parts were left out but the essence of the story remains. Lots of fun to listen to this short version.

Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit living in Bag End and enjoying his quiet life. Then a band of dwarves and Gandalf the sorcerer descends on him and they recruit him to go with them to the Lonely Mountain, the ancestral home of the dwarves, which is being held by a dragon named Smaug. There is a huge treasure trove in the mountain and Bilbo is promised a one-fourteenth share of it. Off they go into the wilderness. Many adventures ensue the most famous of which is Bilbo's encounter with Gollum, a goblin who promises to show Bilbo out of the underground labyrinth if Bilbo can answer all his riddles. Bilbo does so but when Gollum reneges he puts on the mysterious ring he found which confers invisibility. Bilbo helps the dwarves many times on their journey to the Lonely Mountain and he negotiates a settlement between the Lake People and the dwarves when the Lake People come to claim some of the treasure for killing Smaug. Eventually the adventure concludes and Bilbo reaches his comfortable home again.

It's a great work to either read or listen; especially with a child along for the ride.

Abridged 1968 BBC dramatisation of The Hobbit.

The BBC abridged dramatisation unfortunately doesn't deliver, as it doesn't get the tone or the voices right.

I didn't realize this was an abridged version when I borrowed it from the library but it was really enjoyable. I felt like I was listening to the movie.
The audio though was all over the place. I can forgive the original but I feel like the new release could have edited the sounds better.

Listened to abridged Audio CD in December 2015. Do not recommend--so much of the charm was missing. And battle scenes just sounded like a bunch of noise. Very difficult to discern what was happening.

The Hobbit is one of my all-time favorite books. I recently listened to the HighBridge audiobook dramatization and it was pretty good, too! If I made a list of books I felt everyone should read, The Hobbit, would be on that list.

The book itself good like listening to a tall tale in an ale house. But I found the BBC production hard to follow and had to keep adjusting the volume.

This collection of knock knock jokes is as corny as only knock knock jokes could be. And these jokes are for kids as most knock jokes are. So this book accomplishes what it sets out to do. The book is divided into chapters of topics. Some make sense, some don't. Remember, this is a knock knock joke book. One chapter that makes sense is "I Didn't Come Here to be Insulted." These jokes are for pugalists. Knock knock. Who's there? Dummy. Dummy who? Dummy a favor and get lost. This is a fun books for kids.

A very enjoyable dramatisation which includes all the key events in the book without being too long. The story is great in its own right, or as a prequel to the Lord of the Rings trilogy.½

Humour for the young and punny. Knock knock jokes just make me groan. I thought our family would be done with this book in weeks but a decade later it still gets used often. I do not recommend allowing this book in the car for long trips.

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