Repeat of BBC Drama - Lewis and Tolkien - The Lost Road

Whether you like or loathe elves and talking lions, JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis each created compelling fictional worlds whose influence has become global.

CS Lewis was an academic and broadcaster whose prolific publication of literary criticism, novels, Christian apologia and the Narnia books for children brought him an international reputation in his lifetime.

By the time of his death in 1973, JRR Tolkien's 'The Lord of The Rings' and 'The Hobbit', (along with other published stories and poems which drew upon the mythology of Middle Earth), had already made him a cult figure around the world.

Haydn Gwynne, Tom Goodman-Hill and Pip Torrens star in Robin Brooks' playful tribute to the long friendship between the two men, and the way it shaped their achievements.

Elf Queen ...... Haydn Gwynne
JRR Tolkien ...... Tom Goodman-Hill
CS Lewis ...... Pip Torrens
Worm ...... Carolyn Pickles
Betjeman ...... Harry Jardine
Informator ...... John Norton
Marcus ...... Arthur Hughes
Tiny Elf Princess ...... Isabel Brooks

Produced and directed by Jonquil Panting.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2013.