Hordes Of The Things
A radio series parodying J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy, written by John Lloyd and Andrew Marshall
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 1980
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Episodes
- 4 (1 series)
- Starring
- Frank Middlemass, Paul Eddington, Simon Callow, Maggie Steed, Jonathan Lynn, Christian Rodska and Patrick Magee
- Writers
- Andrew Marshall and John Lloyd
- Producer
- Geoffrey Perkins
The kingdom of Albion is under threat from The Evil One. The elves have trusted the kingdom with a mystic device (the number seven) and have entrusted a wizard by the name of Radox The Green to find a hero to save the land, in the shape of Agar Son of Athar.
- Production company
- Laugh track
- None
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Tuesday 25th November 1980 on BBC Radio 4
- Last new broadcast
- Tuesday 16th December 1980 on BBC Radio 4
- Length of episodes
- 30 minutes
- Last repeat
- Monday 28th September 2020 at 12:00am on Radio 4 Extra
Website links
- epguides.com
A guide to when the episodes were broadcast. - Fan Site
A fan site dedicate to Hordes of the Things. - Wikipedia