Come on Tolkien, tell us all the source material you plagiarised from. Being a freemason I highly suspect he barely created anything, merely the face and role of one to he credited for the past archives of a world within this.

Just extraordinary. I was totally transported into his mind. Fascinating.

Tolkien died 1973. 1 ring to rule them all. 9 rings for human kings 7 rings to dwarf Lords 3 rings created by elven kings. Excellent timing prof. Tolkien!

Y’all wish he was your grandpa!

You’d think he lived seasonally in Morocco and Tibet/Nepal

I feel so close to his personality after listening to this, as if he still alive and this have been taken yesterday. HArdly to believe this great mind is long gone now and we wont see anything about the 4th age :( :( :(

Chuckled when he paused to smoke a pipe

LoTR is UK. How peacful and happy the peoples were before the orcs invaded the west.

The interviewer is so basic. Scripted interview nothing actually explored

He’s a real Englishman love his voice

Middle earth as in Middle Ages

Good interview, by a good interviewer.

I was today years old when I learned that Tolkien was actually an African.

The interviewer is a product of his time. Progressively more idiotic.

Too painful to listen to. Where did the BBC find them?

Barfields boy

Interesting observation re the absence of character supplication to any divine being within the LOTR but acknowledged within the wider mythology. The outcomes are dictated by mere character action or inaction.

I was particularly struck buy the "Guilt" question and just thought of the impact his work is still having in 2024. I watch people online respond to the films with awe & tears! The books sales have been phenomenal for a reason. Be true to your own vision.

I believe J.R.R. Tolkien's _The Lord of the Rings_ was likely hugely inspired by Richard Wagner's _Der Ring des Nibelungen_ . There are so many notable similarities.

Notice the pronunciation of 'Sauron' here 😄

Interviewer was very confrontational. Tolkein could have employed him as a critic, to help him write for the most hostile.

the interviewer really cant get his head into what fantasy is

"Terribly interesting old chap”

What a vile interviewer

Why oh why do we not hear voices speak in this way anymore? There such a unique blend of crisp calmness in every exchange...

Annoying interviewer.

Is it just me or is this interviewer... aggressive? God bless 'em, Tolkien seemed patient enough.

What a clueless interviewer! It's a FANTASY, you clown.And judging from the slight tones of annoyance in Tolkiens voice at times, he thinks the same. LOL 😅

More content please. This is a lovely channel.

That match strike at 23:20, what an absolutely class act :D

Holy shit I didn’t think I’d ever hear Tolkien actually speak let alone describe in detail their writing process

Omg i just love this man! God bless his imagination!❤ Thank you for sharing!

fascinating interview, except the surprising and ignorant statement singling the Jews out as warlike. What a pile.

IT'S ASHAME AMAZON HAS KILLED THIS CLASSIC

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I think this was a fantastic, and the interviewer did an amazing job. The questions he asked had depth and he had taken the trouble to understand the Tolkien's work. I was particularly impressed by the rather understated questioning toward the end of the interview. He drew out some very interesting information on Tolkien's beliefs that, I believe, have a pertinent baring on the formation of the mythology he created. I have read and thoroughly enjoyed The Lord of the Rings, and I must admit that I now have a greater appreciation for it after listening to this interview. I have read several criticism of the interviewer. Not many, but a few. I'm afraid I can't fully coprehend what these criticism are based on. People making such criticism should be grateful that this interview exists at all. It is, without doubt or exaggeration, a real treasure.

The interviewer's voice is extremely clear. Professor Tolkien's is sadly very garbled: partly because he speaks too quickly and mumbles quite a bit, and partly because he was obviously too distant from the microphone to be perfectly audible. It was yet another sad rendition for me I'm afraid

You've shown your quality...the highest.

If he ever saw what abomination amazon has made of his books he wouldn't have written them 😂

Professor Tolkien is playing with the interviewer. and exactly to the point of an earlier comment, Tolkien created a mythology.

He's grave is in wolvercote cemetery oxfordshire. My son works for ODS who look after all of oxford cemeteries and church yards . He said on the anniversary of his death lots of people go up and pay their respects and leave offerings.

I can hear the inyerviewer is an early precursor to the anti Christian found in all media today. He also says the character is kind of a Bhudda which is an insult to Christianity.

He was a bit of a contrarian, eh

Why wasn't Tolkien a millionaire in his own lifetime?

If I ever have a son I will name him tolkein

Fascinating interview. I love Tolkien, and the Lord of the Rings, the I can't entirely reconsile it with my values as an adult. I wish the interviewer had followed up on the comment that Tolkien made about touching your cap to the squire "being bad for the squire but good for you." On the face of it, it is complete nonsense. Even if I accept for a moment the idea that rich people are better than ordinary people (which I certainly do not), what the heck was he talking about. Why is it good for you, and why is it bad for the squire? And how could any system that is inherently bad for some party a good thing?

Nothing conciliatory about _this_ interviewer. Great listen! Thank you.

Both were great.