Aidan Turner at Poldark Preview Screening
If you love Aidan Turner as Kili in The Hobbit, then you’ll want to know of his next big thing: playing the lead in the BBC drama Poldark. Poldark was a big hit on […]
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BBC Launches Online Guide on Tolkien and the Great War
This year marks the centenary of World War One, also known as The Great War. The legacy of WWI is still part of our societies up to our time. Among the most immediate influences on […]
Tolkien’s War Experiences Explored in Upcoming BBC Radio Documentary
J. R. R. Tolkien mined his own experience on the front lines during World War I when he created the scenes of terrible battles and heartbreaking loss in The Lord of the Rings. The Birmingham […]
Alfrid Who?
When The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug hits our screens in a few days time, one of the new characters we’ll meet is Alfrid. But just who is he and what is he doing in […]
‘The Hobbit’ in ‘Doctor Who’ 50th Celebrations
If you love Doctor Who and The Hobbit you’re in for a treat with this BBC film The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot. There are lots of cameos throughout but very special ones for The Hobbit fans […]
Aidan Turner Turns Thirty
Happy Birthday Aidan Turner! Aidan, known to millions as the dwarf Kili, brother of Fili and nephew of Thorin Oakenshield, is thirty today. When he was first cast in The Hobbit Peter Jackson said,“Aidan is […]
Meet The Cast Of The Hobbit: Martin Freeman – An Unexpected Hero?
This is the first in a special “Meet The Cast Of The Hobbit” series by Middle-earth News Contributor NomadicWriter. Who would have imagined that Martin Freeman, who had previously played Tim in the BBC’s Golden […]
Martin Freeman to Appear on The Graham Norton Show
Thanks to SeaOtterDay for the heads-up! Martin Freeman will be appearing on The Graham Norton Show – along with Gerard Butler, Karen Gillan, and Noel Gallagher – tomorrow night in the UK (via BBC One), […]
