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I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THE PROGRAMMES I UPLOAD. CREDIT GOES TO THE ORIGINAL POSTERS. I AM SHARING THEM CAUSE I LOVE LISTENING TO RADIO PLAYS AND I HOPE OTHERS WILL ENJOY THEM TOO.Adapted by BRIAN SIBLEY.In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, The Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell, by chance, into the hands of the hobbit, Bilbo Baggins.From his fastness in the Dark Tower of Mordor, Sauron's power spread far and wide. He gathered all the Great Rings to him, but ever he searched far and wide for the One Ring that would complete his dominion.On his eleventy-first birthday Bilbo disappeared, bequeathing to his young cousin Frodo the Ruling Ring and a perilous quest -- to journey across Middle-earth, deep into the shadow of the Dark Lord, and destroy the Ring by casting it into the Cracks of Doom.The Lord of the Rings tells of the great quest undertaken by Frodo and the Fellowship of the Ring: Gandalf the Wizard, the hobbits Merry, Pippin, and Sam, Gimli the Dwarf, Legolas the Elf, Boromir of Gondor, and a tall, mysterious stranger called Strider.
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00:00The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
00:18Prepared for radio in 13 episodes by Brian Sibley
00:23With Ian Holm, Michael Horden, Robert Stevens, John LeMessurier and William Nye
00:30Episode 13, adapted by Brian Sibley
00:35The Grey Havens
00:37The ants have suddenly changed this place
00:40Good old treebeard
00:41Here he comes
00:45Welcome to the treegarth of Orthanc
00:50But why do you come here?
00:52To see how your work goes, my friend
00:54And to thank you for your aid in all that has been achieved
00:58Oh, well, that is fair enough
01:00For to be sure, ants have played their part
01:03Tell me, what of the task that I set you?
01:07How is Saruman?
01:10Is he not yet weary of his imprisonment in the Tower of Orthanc?
01:13For I don't suppose that he will think you have improved the view from his windows
01:18Ah, I thought you would come to that, Gandalf
01:23Weary of Orthanc
01:25Very weary at last, but not so weary of his tower as he was of my voice
01:31Was?
01:33What about is?
01:34Is he dead?
01:35No, no, not dead as far as I know, but he is gone
01:39Gone?
01:40Yes, he is gone seven days
01:44I let him go
01:45Huh?
01:46There was little left of him when he crawled out
01:49And as for that worm creature of his, he was like a pale shadow
01:52But treebeard
01:53Now do not tell me, Gandalf, that I promised to keep him safe, for I know it
01:58But things have changed since then
02:02And I kept him until he was safe
02:05Safe from doing any more harm
02:07It is as I feel
02:10Gandalf, you should know that above all I hate the caging of live things
02:15And I will not keep even such creatures as these caged beyond great need
02:19A snake without fangs may crawl where he will
02:23You may be right, but this snake had still one tooth left, I think
02:28He had the poison of his voice
02:31And I guess that he persuaded you, even you, treebeard
02:35Knowing the soft spot in your heart
02:37Well, he is gone, there is no more to be said
02:42But the tower of Orthanc now goes back to the king, to whom it belongs
02:47Though maybe he will not need it
02:50That will be seen later
02:52But I will give all this valley to the Ents to do with as they will
02:56So long as they keep watch upon Orthanc
02:58And see that none enter it without my leave
03:01It is locked, I made Saruman lock it and give me the keys
03:07Now I thank you once more
03:09And I bid you farewell
03:11May your forest grow again in peace
03:14When this valley is filled, there is room to spare
03:18West of the mountains, where once you walked long ago
03:21We thank you
03:23But I am forgetting my manners
03:25Will you stay here and rest a while?
03:27No, treebeard
03:28For we have a long journey yet before us
03:31Maybe there are some that would be pleased to pass through Fangorn Forest
03:35And so shorten their road home
03:37The Lord Aragorn returns to Monasterith
03:39And most of the rest of our company go with me to Rivendell
03:43But our friend here, Legolas the Elf
03:46May be pleased to accept this invitation
03:49That is so, Master Elrond
03:50Come, Gimli
03:52By Fangorn's leave we will visit the deep places of the Entwood
03:56And see such trees as are nowhere else to be found in Middle-earth
04:00And thus journey to our own lands in Mirkwood and beyond
04:04I will come with you
04:06For the sake of our friendship, which I hold dear
04:09Here then, at last, comes the ending of the Fellowship of the Ring
04:15Yet I hope how long you will return to my land with the help you promised
04:20We will come, if our lords allow it
04:23Legolas to tend your gardens and I to instruct your stonemasons
04:27When we come, my lord
04:29Your fair land shall be blessed for a while
04:32For a while
04:34A month, a life, a hundred years of men
04:39I will look for that day and that blessing, my friends
04:43Well, farewell, my hobbits
04:47You should come safe to your own homes now
04:50And I shall not be kept awake for fear of your peril
04:54Farewell, Gimli
04:56Farewell, Legolas
04:57Farewell
04:58We will send word when we may
05:01And some of us may yet meet at times
05:04But I fear that we shall not all be gathered together again
05:09Safe journey, Master Dwarf and Master Elf
05:25Farewell
05:29I, too, must bid you now farewell
05:35I do not think that we shall meet again
05:39For the world is changing
05:41I feel it in the water
05:42I feel it in the earth
05:43And I smell it in the air
05:46Maybe not in Middle-earth, Fangorn
05:47But when the lands that lie under the wave are lifted up again
05:51Then, in the willow meads of Tassaranan
05:54We may meet in the spring
05:56Ah, the sight and the smell of the spring in Nandasarion
06:00Farewell, Masters
06:03And farewell, my merry little folk
06:07Goodbye, Treebeard
06:08You are a hasty people, you hobbit children
06:12The laughing folk, the little people
06:14Half-grown hobbits, the hole-dwellers
06:17Yet you have already grown since I saw you last
06:19It's those ant-drafts you gave us to drink, Treebeard
06:22You remember, you said you'd give us a drink
06:23That would keep us green and growing for a long, long while
06:26So I did, by root and twig, so I did
06:31Well now, merry and Pippin
06:35We must part
06:37Goodbye, Treebeard
06:39Goodbye, Treebeard
06:40I wish we could have a seeing stone like the one that Saruman threw at us
07:03Then we could see all our friends and speak to them from far away
07:07Only one now remains that you could use
07:09For you would not wish to see what the stone of Minas Tirith would show you
07:13No
07:13But the Palantir of Orthanc the king will keep
07:17To see what is passing in his realm
07:18And what his servants are doing
07:21For do not forget, Peregrine Took
07:24That you are a knight of Gondor
07:26And I do not release you from your service
07:29You are on leave now
07:31But I may recall you
07:34Yes, Aragorn
07:36But now our paths too must part
07:39Farewell, Gandalf
07:42Farewell
07:44Elrond, half-elven
07:46Fare thee well
07:48Farewell, Elfstone
07:50Goodbye, Merrily Adok
07:53Brave squire of Théoden
07:55Goodbye, Aragorn
07:57Goodbye, Sam
07:59I'm glad I didn't turn out to be the play-acting spy you took me for at Bree
08:04Oh, sir
08:05It's all right, Sam
08:07You were right to doubt the sinister ranger with his strange tale
08:13You are well called Sam Wise
08:17Oh, Mr. Strider, sir
08:18And lastly
08:21Farewell, Frodo
08:24Ring-bearer
08:26Much has chanced since you put your foot
08:31Or should I say your finger
08:33In it, the prancing pony
08:35Ah
08:36I am pleased those words came true about you
08:39Renewed shall be blade that was broken
08:42The crownless again shall be king
08:45You help them come true, Frodo
08:48And remember, dear friends of the Shire
08:51That my realm lies also in the north
08:54And I shall come there one day
08:57Now
08:59Farewell
09:02And with that they parted
09:06And it was then the time of sunset
09:09And when after a while they turned and looked back
09:12They saw the king of the west sitting upon his horse
09:16And the falling sun shone upon him
09:19And the white mantle of Aragorn was turned to a flame
09:24Then Aragorn took the green elf stone and held it up
09:29And there came a green fire from his hand
09:33So the dwindling company went on
09:43Until at last, one evening
09:45They came over the high moors
09:47To the brink of the deep valley of Rivendell
09:49And saw far below
09:51The lamps shining in Elrond's house
09:54And they went down and crossed the bridge
09:58And came to the doors
09:59And all the house was filled with light and song
10:03For joy at Elrond's homecoming
10:07Well, Mr Frodo
10:14We've been far and seen a deal
10:17And yet I don't think we've found a better place than this
10:19There's something of everything here
10:21The shire and the golden wood
10:24And Gondor and king's houses
10:26And inns and meadows and mountains all mixed
10:29Yes, Sam
10:32Yes, there is something of everything
10:37Except the sea
10:49First of all, before they had eaten or washed
10:51Or even shed their cloaks
10:53The hobbits went in search of Bilbo
10:56They found him all alone in his little room
10:59Ah, hello
11:01So you've come back
11:04And tomorrow's my birthday
11:06Yes, Bilbo
11:08I know
11:09So I wanted to be back in time
11:12How clever of you
11:13Do you know I shall be a hundred and twenty-nine
11:15Yes
11:16In one more year, if I'm spared
11:18I shall equal the old two
11:20Yes
11:21I shall like to meet him
11:22You will
11:22We shall see
11:23Bilbo, why didn't you come to Aragorn and Arwen's wedding?
11:27Oh, I was invited, of course
11:29And I waited for it long enough
11:31But somehow when it came to it
11:33I found I had so much to do here
11:36And packing is such a bother
11:37But now then
11:39You've all been having a lot of adventures by all accounts
11:42We have
11:43We went through the dwarf mines of Moria
11:45Yes
11:45And we met the Ents of Fangorn
11:47And there were battles with terrible orcs
11:49And Mary here was fearfully brave
11:50And was made an esquire to King Therden of Rowan
11:53Oh, how splendid
11:54And young Pippin is now a knight of Gondor
11:57How wonderful
11:57And I saw the elves of Lothlorien, Mr Bilbo
12:00Just like you used to tell me tales about
12:01Did you now, sir?
12:02Oh, well
12:03Yes, and Sam rescued Frodo from Orcs
12:05And killed a huge spider
12:07And then they both went all alone into Mordor with the ring
12:09Well, well
12:10Fancy my old ring causing such a disturbance
12:13Well, it's gone now, Bilbo
12:16Yes
12:16Well, I don't suppose I would have had the strength or luck to deal with it
12:21The trouble was
12:22It grew
12:23But I didn't
12:25Don't adventures ever have an end, I wondered
12:28When you went away
12:31Well, it seems they do
12:35Well, now then
12:36I shall have to make a note or two of these things that you've been doing
12:39When nearly a fortnight had passed
12:43Frodo looked out of his window
12:45And saw that there had been a frost in the night
12:47And the cobwebs were like white nets
12:51Then, suddenly, he knew that he must go
12:56Well, Frodo
12:57You feel then that it is time for you to depart from us
13:01Yes, Elrond
13:02I want to see my home again
13:05As so you should
13:06Rivendell is the last homely house east of the sea
13:11But I suspect not now so homely as it was
13:15When the desperate matter of the ring was put in hand
13:17And what will happen now to the three rings of the elf lords?
13:22It is as I said at our council
13:24Now so long ago
13:26The three will fail
13:28And many fair things will fade
13:31And be forgotten
13:32You bear one of the three
13:34And the Lady Galadriel bears another
13:37But where is the third?
13:38Ask not now, Frodo
13:40For it will be revealed to you ere long
13:42But come
13:44You must gather your friends
13:46And say farewell to Bilbo
13:48Yes
13:48Little master
13:52Bilbo
13:55Yes, sir
13:56A time for parting is upon us, little master
14:03Goodbye, Bilbo
14:06I must go back to the shire
14:09Well, goodbye, my boy
14:11If you must go, you must
14:13I'm sorry, I shall miss you
14:15It's nice just to know that you're about the place
14:18Oh, you better take these books of mine with you
14:22Oh
14:22Translations from the Elvish by B.B.
14:28I hope you'll be able to read them
14:29My handwriting is rather spidery, I'm afraid
14:33Thank you, Bilbo
14:34Here's a little bag of gold for you, Sam
14:38Oh, but Mr. Bilbo, sir
14:40No, no, no, no
14:40You take it, Sam
14:41Take it
14:42May come in useful
14:43If you think of getting married
14:45Oh, Mr. Bilbo
14:46And as for you young fellows, Mary and Pippin
14:48I'm not much to give you except good advice
14:51Don't let your heads get too big for your hats
14:55Oh, and one other thing
14:57I want you to have these
15:00Oh, thank you
15:02Thank you
15:03Oh, what beautiful pipes
15:04Yes, they're pretty, aren't they?
15:06They're bound with silver
15:07And the mouthpieces are pearl
15:09Think of me when you smoke them
15:12I shall
15:12The elves made them for me
15:14But I don't smoke
15:17Now
15:19Now, then
15:26Now, where were we?
15:28Yes, of course
15:29Giving presents
15:30Yes
15:31Which reminds me
15:32What's become of my ring, Frodo
15:35That you took away?
15:37Hmm?
15:37I've lost it, Bilbo, dear
15:40I got rid of it, you know
15:42Yes, what a pity
15:43I would like to have seen it again
15:44Ah
15:46Oh, dear
15:47You're a silly of me
15:48That's what you went for, wasn't it?
15:50To get rid of it, hmm?
15:52Yes, Bilbo
15:53The thing is, you see
15:54It's all
15:55It's all rather confusing
15:57Are you still there?
15:58I think when all's said and done
16:00Perhaps it's more comfortable
16:02To sit here
16:03And listen to all you young fellows' adventures
16:06Than having to be part of them
16:09I don't think Mr Bilbo's done much writing while we've been away
16:16I shouldn't think he'll ever write our story now
16:19I heard that, Sam Gamgee
16:21You see, the trouble is
16:23I'm getting so sleepy
16:25And when I have time to write
16:27I only really like writing poetry
16:30I wonder
16:31Frodo, my dear fellow
16:33Yes, don't worry
16:34If you would collect all my notes and papers
16:36And my diary, too
16:38And take them with you, if you will
16:41Yes, of course
16:42You see
16:43I haven't much time for the selection and arrangements and all that
16:46So get Sam to help you
16:48Oh
16:49And when you've knocked things into shape
16:51Come back
16:53And I'll run over it
16:54And I won't be too critical
16:56Yes, Bilbo
16:59I'll do it
16:59And, of course, I'll
17:02I'll come back soon
17:04It won't be dangerous anymore
17:07Not now
17:09There's a real king
17:10Thank you
17:11Thank you, my dear fellow
17:13That really is
17:16A very great
17:18Relief
17:20Frodo
17:26Yes, Elrond
17:29I think, Frodo
17:31That maybe you will not need to come back
17:35Unless you come back very soon
17:37Why?
17:41About this time of the year
17:42When the leaves are gold before they fall
17:46Look for Bilbo in the woods of the Shire
17:49I shall be with him
17:52The next day Gandalf and the hobbits took their leave of Elrond and his household
18:00And turned their faces once more towards the Shire
18:03How far are you going with us, Gandalf?
18:06At least as far as Bree
18:08I want to see old Barley Man Butterbur
18:11This is the Ford where we had all that trouble with those riders, isn't it, Gandalf?
18:15Yes, Sam
18:16And it was almost a year ago
18:17Are you all right, Frodo?
18:19What's the matter, Mr. Frodo?
18:20I
18:20Are you in pain, Frodo?
18:24Well, yes, I am
18:25It's my shoulder
18:28The wound aches
18:29And the memory of darkness is heavy upon me
18:31Alas
18:32There are some wounds that cannot be wholly cured
18:35I fear it may be so with mine
18:38Oh, there is no real going back
18:42Though I may come to the Shire
18:45For it will not seem the same
18:47For I shall not be the same
18:49I am wounded with knife, sting and tooth
18:53And a long burden
18:55Where shall I find rest?
19:03So it was
19:04That near the end of a wild and wet evening
19:07In the last days of October
19:08With the rain blowing in their faces
19:11From the low clouds that hurried through the darkening sky
19:14The five travellers came to the prancing pony at Bree
19:19Oh, ring the bell, Sam
19:25Right on, Mr. Frodo
19:26Who is it?
19:36It's us, Nob
19:37We've come back
19:38Bless my soul
19:41Mr. Butterbird
19:43Master
19:44They've come back
19:46Oh, have they?
19:47Well, I'll learn them
19:48Now, see here, you
19:50Oh
19:51Well, I never
19:53You woody painted ninny
19:55Can't you give old friends their names?
19:57Hello, Mr. Butterbird
19:59Well, well, well
20:01And where have you come from?
20:02I never expected to see any of you folk again
20:04And that's a fact
20:04Going off into the wild with that strider
20:06And all those black riders about
20:08And I'm right glad to see you
20:10And none more than Gandalf
20:12Oh, well
20:14Come in, come in
20:15They're the same rooms as before
20:16They're free
20:17Well, when I say free
20:19I mean they're empty, you know
20:20Most rooms are empty these days
20:23Well, come in, come in
20:24Make yourself alone
20:25Excuse me, Mr. Underhill
20:29But
20:29Oh, there I go
20:31I mean, Mr. Baggins
20:32And all
20:33I won't make so bolder
20:35To suggest you to come to the common room
20:36The night
20:36You'll be tired
20:37But if you could spare me
20:38An half an hour
20:39Before you go to your beds
20:40I'd dearly like to have some talk with you
20:42You know, quiet like
20:43By yourself
20:44That's just what we should like to
20:45Come
20:46Sit
20:47Tell us how things are in Bree
20:49Ah
20:49Oh, thank you
20:51Well, now
20:53Things in Bree
20:56Are far from well, Gandalf
20:57Business is downright bad
20:59No one comes nigh Bree now
21:01From outside
21:01And the inside folk
21:03I mean, they stay at home mostly
21:04And keep their doors barred
21:05Well, why, Mr. Butterback?
21:07Well, there was trouble right here in Bree
21:08That's what happened, Mr. Brandybuck
21:10We had a real set-to
21:11And there were some folk killed
21:13Killed dead
21:14If you'll believe me
21:16And we thought we'd left all the trouble behind us
21:19Ah
21:19Well, that you haven't, Master
21:21More's the pity
21:22You see, we're not used to such trouble
21:24And the rangers have all gone away, folk tell me
21:26I don't think we rightly understood till now
21:29What they did for us
21:30No, there's
21:32Well, there's dark shapes in the woods
21:34Oh, dreadful things
21:36That make the blood run cold to think of
21:38It's all been very disturbing
21:40I expect it has
21:42Nearly all lands have been disturbed these days
21:44Very disturbed
21:46But cheer up, Barley man
21:47The rangers have returned
21:50No
21:50What?
21:51And there is a king again
21:53He'll soon be turning his mind this way
21:55Well, that sounds more hopeful
21:57Well, I'll allow, so long as he lets Bree alone
21:59He will
21:59He knows it
22:01And loves it
22:02Oh, does he now
22:03Though I'm sure I don't know why he should
22:05Sitting in his big chair up in his great castle
22:07Hundreds of miles away
22:08And drinking out of a golden cup
22:11We shouldn't wonder
22:11I mean, what's the pony to him
22:13Or mugs of beer
22:14Not that what might be his good mind
22:16No, that's just what he says about it
22:18What?
22:19He says?
22:20Well, of course he does
22:21It's Strider
22:22The chief of the rangers
22:24Strider?
22:26Yeah
22:26Well, him with a crown and all
22:29And a golden cup
22:30Well, well, what are we coming to?
22:33Better times for Bree, at any rate
22:36Well, I hope so, I'm sure
22:37Well, this has been the nicest chat I've had in a month of Mondays
22:42But, uh, I've no doubt you'll be glad of your beds now, eh?
22:47Strider a king
22:48Well, well, King Strider
22:49Hey, Knob
22:51Knob, you slow coach
22:52Knob
22:54Oh, no, no
22:56What does that remind me of?
22:57Not another letter you've forgotten, eh, Mr Butterbur?
22:59Oh, no, no, Mr Randy
23:01Don't go reminding me of that
23:02But, um, you've broken my thought now
23:05Uh, what was I talking about?
23:07It was Knob
23:08And there was, uh, a slow coach
23:10That's it
23:12That's it
23:13I, uh, I've something that belongs to you
23:15That pony of Bill Fern is
23:18Oh
23:18Well, it's here
23:20Oh
23:21What?
23:22My Bill?
23:23Yeah
23:24It come back all of itself, it did
23:25But where it had been to
23:27Oh, dear
23:28Well, you know better than me
23:29It was as shaggy as an old dog
23:31And as lean as a clothes rail
23:32But it was alive
23:33And Knob's been looking after him
23:35Oh, well, I was born lucky
23:37Whatever my gaffer may say
23:38Well, there's another wish come true
23:40Where is he?
23:41Well, there's no bed for me until I've seen him
23:43Well, goodbye, Mr Butterbur
23:48I'm glad to have stayed at the Prancing Pony
23:51In what I hope are happier times
23:54Well, goodbye
23:55And good luck on your road
23:56And good luck with your homecoming
23:58Oh, by the way
24:01You'll find that all's not well in the Shire neither
24:04What we hear is true
24:06Funny goings on, they say
24:08Oh, I should have warned you before
24:10But I forgot
24:11Barley man
24:12Well, you see, the trouble is
24:13One thing drives out another, as it were
24:15And I was full of my own troubles
24:16But if I may make so bold
24:18You've come back changed from your travels
24:20And you look now like focus can deal with troubles
24:24Out of hand
24:24I don't doubt you'll soon set all the rights
24:27Well, good luck to you
24:29Thank you, Mr Butterbur
24:30The oftener you come back
24:32The better I be pleased
24:33Farewell
24:34For now
24:35Barley man
24:36Goodbye, masters
24:37Goodbye, Mr Butterbur
24:38Goodbye, Nob
24:39Goodbye, sirs
24:40Oh, Nob
24:40Thank you for looking after Bill for me
24:42Oh, that's all right, Sam
24:44Goodbye
24:44No!
24:46No!
24:47Goodbye
24:48I wonder what old Barley man was hinting at
24:53I can guess some of it
24:54What I saw in the Lady Galadriel's mirror
24:57Trees cut down and all
24:59And my old gaffer turned out a bagshot row
25:01I ought to have hurried back quicker
25:03Never mind
25:04We've got Gandalf with us
25:05So things will soon be cleared up
25:06I am with you at present
25:08But soon I shall not be
25:10What?
25:10Gandalf
25:11I am not coming to the Shire
25:13You must settle its affairs yourselves
25:15That's what you've been trained for
25:17I don't know what you mean, Gandalf
25:18Do you not yet understand, Peregrine Took?
25:22No
25:23My time is over
25:24It's no longer my task to set things to rights
25:28Nor to help folks to do so
25:30And as for you, my dear friends
25:33You will need no help
25:35You're grown up now
25:37Grown very high
25:38Among the great you are
25:40And I no longer have any fear at all for any of you
25:47They set off following the East Road
25:49And in a little while
25:51They came to a point where Gandalf reigned Shadowfax to a halt
25:55Well, you may find more trouble ahead of you than you think
26:00But you'll manage all right
26:02Goodbye, dear friends
26:05But not for the last time
26:08Not yet
26:10Goodbye
26:12Goodbye
26:13Goodbye
26:14On Shadowfax
26:16Goodbye, Gandalf
26:23Well, here we are
26:27Just the four of us that started out together
26:30We've left all the rest behind, one after another
26:33Seems almost like a dream that has slowly faded
26:37Not to me
26:38To me
26:39It feels more like falling asleep again
26:42Their return to Hobbiton
26:48Was one of the saddest hours in their lives
26:51As they drew near
26:53They saw a new mill
26:55A great ugly brick building
26:58Straddling the stream
27:00Which it fouled with a steaming and stinking overflow
27:04But as they crossed the bridge
27:07And looked up the hill
27:08They were even more horrified
27:11It's worse even than what I saw in Galadriel's mirror
27:14The chestnuts have gone
27:16And look at Bagshot Row
27:18It's a gravel quarry
27:20Oh, no
27:20The party tree
27:22Where Mr Bilbo made his farewell speech
27:24Look, they've cut it down
27:26Don't you like it, Sam?
27:30No, but then you always was soft
27:32Sandy man
27:33Aye, that's right, lad
27:35Ted Sandy man
27:36Do you like my new mill?
27:38No, I do not
27:39See here, Sandy man
27:41I've a score to pay in this village
27:43And don't you make it any larger with your jeering
27:45Or you'll foot a bill too long for your purse
27:47Things have changed here
27:48Sharky's the boss at Bagden
27:50And he runs the Shire
27:51He'll soon deal with the likes of you
27:53Well, I think it's about time
27:54That someone dealt with this Sharky
27:56Oh, and how are you going to do that?
27:58Four of you against Sharky
28:00He's got the means to deal with you
28:02As you'll see soon enough
28:03Oh, Mary
28:03What's happening?
28:05We'll find out
28:06Hobbits of the Shire
28:13The horn of Rohan calls you
28:15Come out, Hobbits of the Shire
28:25Frodo Baggins has returned
28:27He'll wait until the boss hears about this
28:30Well, run and tell him if you dare, Sandy man
28:32They're back
28:33Mr. Baggins and his friends are back
28:34I'm in the nick of time
28:36Hello again, my dear Hobbit
28:38No, but it's good to see you all again
28:41And you, Mr. Cotton
28:42And young Sam's with you, I see
28:44There you are, Rose
28:46I said he'd come back
28:47Hello, Sam
28:49Hello, Rose
28:50How are you?
28:51Oh, fine, thank you, Sam
28:52And you?
28:53Been mixing in strange company by the looks of him, Rose
28:56Oh, Dad!
28:57Hello, Dad!
28:58What's become of your waistcoat, lad?
28:59I don't know with wearing ironmongery
29:01Whether it wears well or no
29:03Hello, Mr. Gamgee
29:04Glad to see you
29:05Aye, I'm glad indeed I am to see you safe back
29:07But you didn't ought to have so bag-end
29:10As I always said
29:10That's what started all this mischief
29:12Digging up Backshot Row
29:14Throwing me out of me house and home
29:15And ruining my taters
29:17I'm sorry, Mr. Gamgee
29:18But now I've come back
29:19I'll do my best to make amends
29:21Ah, can't say fairer than that
29:22And I hope my Sam's behave himself
29:25Give him satisfaction
29:26Perfect satisfaction, indeed
29:28If you will believe it
29:29He's now one of the most famous people in all the land
29:32Why, Sam?
29:33Mr. Frodo, please
29:34But what has been going on here?
29:37Oh, much, Mr. Tooke
29:38That there Lotho Sackville Baggins
29:41Made himself chief
29:42And started doing whatever he liked
29:43Let all those ruffians into the shire, he did
29:46Aye, and that's when things really went from bad to worse
29:48Ah, but since Sharky's come
29:50It's been plain ruination
29:52Who is this Sharky?
29:54Biggest ruffian of the lot
29:56Never seen him, we ain't
29:57Up at Bag End he is
29:58He's the chief now
29:59Hey, look out
30:00Look out
30:01Here come his men now
30:02Now keep together, all of you
30:05We can withstand them
30:07Now, no killing
30:08There must be no killing
30:10And what are you not doing?
30:11This is not your country
30:12And you're not wanted
30:14Ha!
30:14Take off, lad
30:16Don't move, any one of you
30:18Oh, Sam
30:19We say so
30:20Your day is over
30:21The Dark Tower has fallen
30:23There is a king in Gondor
30:24And this is Mr. Frodo Baggins
30:26The king's friend
30:27That's for your king
30:30Get him
30:31Lay one finger on anyone
30:33Or you will be shot
30:34Die down, lads
30:35Let him have it
30:36It was not a long fight
30:55But when it was over
30:57Many ruffians and some hobbits lay dead
31:00The four companions continued to Bag End
31:04In search of Sharky
31:06There's no sign of any boss here
31:08All we've found is rats and mice
31:10Perhaps we should search those sheds outside
31:13I'm sure we could get some of those hobbits to help us
31:15Oh, this is worse than Mordor
31:16It's much worse in a way
31:17But it comes home to you because it is home
31:20And you remember it before it was all ruined
31:22Yes
31:23This is Mordor
31:25Oh, no
31:27Not Mordor
31:28Saruman
31:30Sharky
31:32So you have heard my other name, have you?
31:34All my people used to call me that in Isengard, I believe
31:36A sign of affection, possibly
31:39I have looked forward to meeting you, Mr. Baggins
31:42But evidently you did not expect to see me here
31:45No, I did not
31:45But I might have guessed
31:47You were yet capable of a little mischief in a mean way
31:50Quite capable, and more than a little
31:52I have done much that you will find it hard to mend or undo in your lives
31:57And it will be pleasant to think of that
31:59Well, if that's what you find pleasure in, I pity you
32:01But it will be a pleasure of memory only, I fear
32:06Go at once and never return
32:09I will if you will ask those little rats
32:11Crowding the doorway to this hole to let me pass
32:13Well, you ask them, Saruman
32:15Kill him, kill him
32:18Kill him
32:19Kill him
32:21Do not think that when I lost all my goods, I lost all my power
32:24Whoever strikes me shall be accursed
32:29And if my blood stains the shire
32:32It shall wither
32:34And never again be healed
32:37Do not, do not believe him, Hobbits
32:40He has lost all power save his voice
32:43And that can still daunt you and deceive you if you let it
32:47But I will not have him slain
32:50It is useless to meet revenge with revenge
32:53It will heal nothing
32:54Go, Saruman
32:56By the speediest way possible
32:58Let's make sure he goes, Mr Frodo
33:06Yes, Sam
33:08Worm
33:16Worm
33:17Coming, Master
33:18To the road again, Worm
33:19These fine fellows and lordlings are turning us adrift again
33:23Come along
33:23Here's one last little remembrance for you, Mr Baggins
33:29So you try and stab my master, would you, Saruman?
33:33Will you try your last trick?
33:34No, Sam
33:35No
33:36Do not kill him, even now
33:39For he has not hurt me, you see
33:41His blade failed against my dwarf male
33:44And in any case, I do not wish him to be slain in this evil mood
33:50He was great once
33:54Of a noble kind that we should not dare to raise our hands against
33:59You are wise and cruel, Halfling
34:01You have robbed my revenge of sweetness
34:04And now I must go hence in bitterness
34:07In debt to your mercy
34:09I hate it and you
34:13But do not expect me to wish you health and long life
34:17You will have neither
34:19That is not my doing, I merely foretell
34:22Come, Worm
34:24Come
34:25Wormtongue
34:28You do not need to follow him
34:30You can have rest and food here a while
34:33Until you are stronger and can go on your way
34:36Come on, Worm
34:36Let him go, Wormtongue
34:39I know of no evil that you have done to me
34:42No evil
34:44Oh, no
34:45Didn't you wonder, Mr Baggins
34:48What had become of your cousin Lotho
34:51You know, don't you, Worm
34:53Will you tell them?
34:55No
34:56No
34:57Then I will
34:58Worm killed Lotho, poor little fellow
35:02Nice little Lotho
35:04Didn't you, Worm?
35:06Stabbed him in his sleep, I believe
35:08Buried him, I hope
35:10The Worm has been very hungry lately
35:14Worm is not really nice
35:17You had better leave him to me
35:19You told me to
35:20You told me to do it
35:22You do what Shaki says always, don't you, Worm?
35:26Well, now he says
35:27Follow
35:28And let leave
35:32You of me, Worm
35:34The Worm has turned
35:36Saravan
35:37Die
35:38Die
35:40Look at Saravan's body
35:48There's a grey mist gathering about it
35:50Something ghastly is happening to him
35:52Look at his face
35:53It's shriveled to rags of skin upon a hideous skull
35:57No more beatings now, Saravan
36:00Poor old Grimus, free of him at last
36:04Don't let him get away
36:07No more killing
36:09And that's an end to that
36:16And it's a nasty end for both of them
36:18And I wish I needn't have seen it
36:20But it's good riddance
36:21And the very last end of the war, I hope
36:24Yes
36:25I hope so too
36:27The very last stroke
36:30Oh, but to think that it should fall here
36:33At the very door of Bag End
36:35Among all my hopes and fears
36:38I never expected that
36:40Well, I shan't call it the end
36:43Till we've cleared up the mess
36:45And that'll take a lot of time and work
36:47Come on
36:49It took less time than Sam had feared
36:52One of the first things done in Hobbiton
36:55Was the clearing of the hill and Bag End
36:57And the restoration of Bagshot Row
37:01The gaffer was reinstalled in number three
37:05Well, it's an ill wind as blows nobody no good
37:09As I always say
37:10And all's well as ends better
37:13We should give the place a new name
37:15What about Battle Gardens?
37:18Oh, elves and dragons, Mr. Mary
37:20It don't need to be called nothing fancy
37:21Simply call it New Row
37:23Very sensible and Hobbit-like, Mr. Gamgee
37:25Well, as far as I'm concerned
37:27It'll only ever have one name
37:28Oh, what's that, Pippin?
37:30Sharky's End
37:30Oh
37:31Well, now things really are beginning to get back to normal
37:38Except for the trees, Mr. Frodo
37:40They're a grievous loss
37:41Yeah, gaffer's right
37:43We ought to think that it'll only be my great-grandchildren
37:46Will see the shire as it ought
37:47Why, you ninny-hammer, Sam Gamgee
37:52What is it, Sam?
37:52The box that Lady Galadriel gave me
37:55Why didn't I think of it before?
37:56And me carrying it all the way from Lot Lorien to here
37:58I wondered when you'd remember it, Sam
38:00Well, let's have a look at it
38:01Hang on
38:02Here we are
38:02Well, open it up, Sam
38:05What's inside, Sam?
38:10Oh, it's dust
38:12Soft, fine, grey dust
38:16And a seed
38:19It's like a small nut with a silver shale, see?
38:23But what am I going to do with it?
38:26Use all the wits and knowledge you have of your own, Sam
38:29And then use the gift to help your work and better it
38:33And use it sparingly
38:35There is not much here
38:38And I expect every grain has a value
38:40So Sam planted saplings in all the places where specially beautiful or beloved trees had been destroyed
38:54And he put a grain of the precious dust in the soil at the root of each
39:01And at the end he found that he still had a little of the dust left
39:06So he went to the three-farthing stone, which is as near the centre of the shire as no matter
39:12And cast it in the air with a blessing
39:16The little silver nut he planted in the party field
39:22Where the tree had once stood under which old Bilbo Baggins had made his farewell speech to the hobbits of the shire
39:29And there, in spring, a beautiful young sapling leapt up
39:36It had silver bark and long leaves
39:40It was a mallorn tree
39:43Like those which grew in the golden wood
39:46East of the mountains
39:48Well, Sam
39:51It must be spring in Lothlorien
39:54The mallorn is in bloom
39:56Oh, yes, Mr. Frodo
39:57Isn't it beautiful?
40:00And more so because it reminds me of the Lady Galadriel
40:03And the fair folk of Lorient
40:05It will be the wonder of the neighbourhood, Sam
40:07You mark my words
40:09People will come from far and wide to see it
40:13The only mallorn west of the mountains
40:16And east of the sea
40:18Sam
40:24Sir?
40:26Sam, I've been thinking
40:28Why don't you move into Bag End with me?
40:31Hmm?
40:32Now it's all straightened out
40:33It's far too big a place for a hobbit on his own
40:36And a lonely place, too
40:38Now Merry and Pippin have moved back to Buckland
40:40Well, it's very kind of you, Mr. Frodo
40:44I don't know as I ought to
40:46Oh, there's no need to come yet if you don't want to
40:49But, well, you can't go on lodging with the Cottons forever
40:53And if you came here
40:55You wouldn't need to worry about the gaffer
40:57Because he'd be close at hand
40:58Well, it's not that, Mr. Frodo
41:00Well, what is it, Sam?
41:04It's Rosie, Mr. Frodo
41:05Ah
41:06Well, it seems she didn't like my going abroad at all
41:10But as I hadn't spoken, she couldn't say so
41:12And I didn't speak because I had a job to do first
41:15But now I have spoken
41:16And she says, well, you've wasted a year
41:17So why wait longer?
41:18And wasted, I said
41:19But I wouldn't call it that
41:20Still, I can see what she means
41:22And, oh, Mr. Frodo, I feel torn in two
41:26But, my dear Sam, how easy
41:31Get married as soon as you can
41:34And move in and bring Rosie with you
41:35There's room enough in Bag End
41:37For as big a family as you could wish for
41:40Oh, well, thank you very much, Mr. Frodo
41:42I mean, that is, we...
41:44I like it very much
41:46Good
41:46That's settled, then
41:48And so it was settled
41:50Sam Gamgee married Rose the following spring
41:53And they came to live in Bag End
41:55And if Sam thought himself lucky
41:57Frodo knew that he was more lucky
42:00For there was not a hobbit in the shire
42:02That was looked after with such care
42:04As Frodo Baggins
42:06But, despite all Rosie's care
42:09Sam grew concerned at the way in which
42:12Frodo seemed still to be bothered
42:15By a shadow of old troubles
42:18Oh, the wound aches
42:24And the memory of darkness is heavy upon me
42:29Alas, there are some wounds that cannot be wholly cured
42:34If your hurt grieve you still
42:37And the memory of your burden is heavy
42:40Then you may pass into the west
42:43Until all your wounds and weariness are healed
42:47Where shall I find rest?
42:52Where shall I find rest?
42:56Where?
42:59Where shall I find rest?
43:03The following March
43:07Frodo was ill again
43:09But with a great effort
43:11He concealed it from Sam
43:13Who had other things on his mind
43:16Congratulations, Sam
43:21Thank you, Mr Frodo
43:23This could be a bit of affection for you
43:26Well, why is that?
43:27Well, Rosemary had settled to call him Frodo
43:30But it's not him, it's her
43:32So we don't know what to do
43:35Well, what's wrong with the old customs?
43:39Choose a flower name like Rose
43:41Oh, it'd have to be a beautiful flower
43:43Because, you see, I think she's very beautiful
43:46And it's going to be beautiful still
43:48Well, Sam
43:51What about Eleanor
43:52The sun star?
43:54Oh, oh
43:55You remember the little golden flower
43:57In the grass of Lothlory?
43:59Yes
43:59Oh, you're right again, Mr Frodo
44:02That's what I wanted
44:03Little Eleanor
44:05Was nearly six months old
44:07And it was autumn
44:08When Frodo called Sam and Rose
44:11Into his study one day
44:13Sam?
44:15Yes, Mr Frodo
44:15Oh, well
44:17Rather, I should say Rose
44:19Yes, Mr Frodo
44:20Rose, I wondered
44:21If you could possibly spare Sam
44:24So that we might go off together
44:25Well, Mr Frodo
44:27Of course, it won't be a long journey
44:29I know Sam can't be away for a long time now
44:33Well, not very easily, Mr Frodo
44:35No, no
44:35Of course not
44:36But never mind
44:38You can see me on my way
44:40And I won't keep Sam away
44:41For more than, oh, a fortnight, Rose
44:43That's all right, Mr Frodo
44:45Sam's looked after you all this time
44:47Of course he'll go with you
44:49Oh, thank you, Rose
44:50Well, I wish I could go all the way to Rivendell with you, Mr Frodo
44:54But the only place I really want to be in is here
44:57I'm that torn in two
44:59Oh, poor Sam
45:01It will feel like that, I'm afraid
45:03But you will be healed
45:04You were meant to be solid and whole
45:07And you will be
45:09Oh, that's Eleanor wanting a supper
45:11If you'll excuse me, Mr Frodo
45:13Of course, Rose
45:14Oh, and thank you
45:15Now, Sam
45:20These are the keys to Bag End
45:23And these are all my papers and writings
45:26What's that big red book, Mr Frodo?
45:29Well, here, see for yourself
45:31The downfall of the Lord of the Rings
45:36And the return of the King
45:38As seen by the little people
45:40Being the memoirs of Bilbo and Frodo of the Shire
45:44Supplemented by the accounts of their friends
45:47And the learning of the wise
45:49Why, you've nearly finished it, Mr Frodo
45:53Well, you've kept at it, I must say
45:55I've not quite finished, Sam
45:58Chapter 80 is still to be completed
46:01And there will still be some blank leaves left
46:05The last pages are for you
46:08On September the 21st
46:12They set out together
46:14It was a fair golden morning
46:17And Sam did not ask where he was going
46:20He thought he could guess
46:23Oh, bless me
46:25If that isn't the very tree we hid behind
46:28When the Black Rider first showed up, Mr Frodo
46:30Yes
46:31Oh, you shan't forget this road, Nari
46:32Bilbo often used to say there was only one road
46:36Still round the corner
46:40There may wait
46:42A new road or a secret gate
46:45And though I oft have passed them by
46:50A day will come at last
46:53When I shall take the hidden paths that run
46:56West of the moon
46:59East of the sun
47:01Oh, Mr Frodo
47:07It's the Lady Galadriel
47:10We still remember
47:24We who dwell in this fair land beneath the trees
47:27The starlight on the western seas
47:30When the leaves are gold before they fold
47:34Look for Bilbo in the woods of the shire
47:37I shall be with him
47:39Oh, my, Mr Frodo
47:44There rode Elrond and Galadriel
47:47Elrond wore a mantle of grey
47:50And had a star upon his forehead
47:53And a silver harp was in his hand
47:56And upon his finger
47:57Was a ring of gold with a great blue stone
48:00Vilia
48:02The mightiest of the three elven rings
48:06Galadriel sat on a white palfrey
48:09And was robed all in shimmering white
48:12Like clouds about the moon
48:14And on her finger was Nenya
48:17The ring wrought of mithril
48:19That bore a single white stone
48:21Flickering like a frosty star
48:24Riding slowly behind
48:27On a small grey pony
48:29And seeming to nod in his sleep
48:32Was Bilbo
48:34Well met, ring-bearer
48:36Frodo, son of Drogo
48:38Greetings, Samwise Gamgee
48:41Well, Master Samwise
48:43I hear and see that you have used my gift well
48:46The shire shall now be more than ever
48:48Blessed and beloved
48:50We greet you, fair people
48:51And our own dear Bilbo
48:54Hello, Frodo
48:56Well, I passed the old tooks' age today
48:59So that's settled
49:00Yes
49:00Now I think I'm quite ready to go
49:02On another journey
49:04You coming?
49:07Yes, I am coming, Bilbo
49:08The ring-bearers should go together
49:10Where are you going, Master?
49:13Beyond the sundering seas, Sam
49:15Well, I can't come
49:18No, Sam
49:19Not yet, anyway
49:22Not further than the grey havens
49:25Though you too were a ring-bearer
49:28If only for a little while
49:30Your time may come
49:33Don't be too sad, Sam
49:36You cannot always be torn in two
49:40You will have to be one and whole
49:43For many years
49:44Oh, you have so much to enjoy
49:49And to be
49:50And to do
49:52Come now, ride with me
49:56As they rode
49:58It seemed to Frodo
50:00That he wandered long
50:02In a dream of music
50:04That turned into running water
50:07And then suddenly
50:09Into a voice
50:12It seemed to be the voice of Bilbo
50:15Chanting verses
50:18His last song
50:22Day is ended
50:29Dim my eyes
50:32But journey long before me lies
50:35Farewell, friends
50:38I hear the call
50:41The ships beside the stony wall
50:44Foam is white
50:47And waves are grey
50:49Beyond
50:50The sunset
50:52Leads my way
50:53Foam is salt
50:56The wind
50:58Is free
50:59I hear
51:02The rising
51:04Of the sea
51:06You are come
51:10To the grey havens
51:12All is now ready
51:14Your ship awaits
51:16The third age
51:18Of Middle-earth
51:18Is over
51:19And the days
51:21Of the rings
51:21Are past
51:22You too
51:25Wear a ring
51:26Gandalf
51:26It is the third ring
51:28Frodo
51:28Naria
51:29Of the red stone
51:30Naria the great
51:31The ring of fire
51:32I too
51:34Am a ring bearer
51:36Though I wear it openly
51:37Wait for us
51:41Oh, Mr. Merry
51:43Mr. Pippin
51:43What are you fellows
51:45Doing here
51:46You tried to give us
51:47The slip once before
51:48And failed
51:49Frodo Baggins
51:49This time you have
51:50Nearly succeeded
51:51But you have failed again
51:53It was not Sam though
51:54That gave you away
51:55This time
51:55But Gandalf himself
51:57Yes
51:57For it will be better
51:59For Sam
51:59To ride back
52:00Three together
52:01Than one alone
52:01Well
52:04Here at last
52:06Dear friends
52:08On the shores
52:10Of the sundering sea
52:11Comes the end
52:14Of our fellowship
52:14In Middle-earth
52:16Hi Sam lad
52:17Take care of Bag End
52:19For us
52:20Won't you
52:20I will
52:21Mr. Bilbo
52:22Goodbye Mary
52:22And Pippin
52:23You young lads
52:25Really must stop growing
52:26You know
52:27Farewell
52:29Good masters
52:29Mary Haddock
52:30And Peregrine
52:31And you
52:32Samwise
52:33Faithful friend
52:34Of the ring bearer
52:35Farewell to you
52:37Namari
52:38Goodbye Mary
52:40Goodbye Mary
52:40Take care cousin
52:42Yes
52:42Pippin
52:44Goodbye Fred
52:46Sam
52:49Oh Mr. Frodo
52:52I thought you were going to enjoy the Shire
52:54For years and years
52:55After all you've done
52:57So I thought too once
52:59But I have been too deeply hurt Sam
53:03I tried to save the Shire
53:07And it has been saved
53:08But not for me
53:11It must often be so Sam
53:16When things are in danger
53:18Someone has to give them up
53:20Lose them
53:21So that others may keep them
53:24But you
53:27You are my heir
53:30All that I had
53:33And might have had
53:35I leave to you Sam
53:37You will be the most famous gardener in all history
53:44And you will read things out of the Red Book
53:48And keep alive the memory of the age that is gone
53:53So that people will remember the great danger
53:57And so love their beloved land all the more
54:01And that will keep you as busy and as happy as anyone can be
54:08As long as your part of the story goes on
54:12Mr. Frodo
54:15Mr. Frodo
54:17My dear
54:17My dear
54:18Now
54:21Go in peace
54:23I will not say
54:25Do not read
54:26For not all tears are an evil
54:30Then
54:33The ring bearers went aboard the ship
54:36The sails were drawn up
54:38And the wind blew
54:40And slowly
54:43The ship slipped away down the long grey firth
54:47And the light of the glass of Caladriel that Frodo bore
54:52Glimmered
54:54And was lost
54:56And the ship went out into the high sea
55:01And passed on
55:03Into the west
55:06Guided by the lonely star
55:15Beyond the earth
55:18Most horrible
55:19I'll find the havens bare and free
55:25And beaches of the starlit sea
55:31Ship by ship
55:33Ship by ship
55:34I seek the west
55:37And fields and mountains ever blessed
55:42Farewell to middle earth at last
55:48I see the stars above my mast
55:59Don't be too sad Sam
56:19You have so much to enjoy
56:22And to be
56:24And to do
56:26Sam
56:30My dear
56:32Well
56:35I'm back
56:38In the final episode of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings
56:53Adapted by Brian Sibley
56:56The part of Frodo was played by Ian Hull
56:58Gandalf by Michael Horton
57:01Aragorn by Robert Stevens
57:04Bilbo by John LeMessurer
57:06And Sam by William Nye
57:09Mary
57:11Richard O'Callaghan
57:12Pippin
57:13John McAndrew
57:14Legolas
57:15David Colleens
57:17Gimli
57:18Douglas Livingstone
57:19Treebeard
57:21Stephen Thorne
57:23Elrond
57:24Hugh Dixon
57:24Galadriel
57:26Marion Diamond
57:27Arwen
57:28Sonia Fraser
57:29Butterbur
57:31James Grout
57:32Knob
57:34Hayden Wood
57:35Saru Man
57:37Peter Howell
57:37Grima Wormtongue
57:40Paul Brooke
57:40Sandy Man
57:42Gordon Reed
57:43Gaffer Gamgee
57:45John Church
57:46Farmer Cotton
57:47Alan Dudley
57:48Rose
57:50Catherine Hulbert
57:51And Eleanor
57:52Harry Holm
57:53Home
57:54Ruffians
57:56John Bott
57:57John Livesey
57:58The narrator
58:00was Gerard Murphy
58:02The music was composed and conducted by Stephen Oliver
58:06and the singers were David James and Matthew Vine
58:10Radiophonic sound by Elizabeth Parker
58:14Technical presentation by Peter Novis and David Greenwood
58:19Assisted by Richard Beadsmore, Tim Sturgeon, Diana Barkham and Paul Pearson
58:25The music was composed and conducted by Peter Novis and the band of the band of the band of the band of David-Helagh
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