Hordes Of The Things

Artists

Album Info

Release Date: 2009

Label: BBC Audio

Cast And Credits:

The Chronicler - Patrick Magee
King Yulfric, The Wise, The Third Of Albion - Paul Eddington
Crown Prince Veganin Of Albion - Simon Callow
Radox The Green - Frank Middlemass
Agar, Son Of Athar - Christian Rodska
Queen Elfreda Of Albion / Maiden Brodwena - Maggie Steed
Golin Longshanks / The Other Dwarves - Jonathan Lynn
King Yulfric's First Assistant Advisor / Hornshaper - David Ross
Dyandetes, The Three-Faced Sybil / Harpy / Agar's Mother - Miriam Margolyes
Harpy - Eve Karpf
The High Bishop Of Zylbor / The Evil Flesh-Eating Lord Of Craarn / Brother Scrivener - Aubrey Woods
Baddedas the Blue - Ballard Berkeley
The Dread Sphynx Of The Caverns / Sørquist Of Tranfax - Steven Pacey
Traug, The Last Amber Dragon - Derek Francis
Caradorn (A Yokel) - Gordon Gostelow
Maliadoc (Another Yokel) / King Yulfric's First Advisor / Windcharmer - Hugh Thomas
Hoblob, The Monstrous Spider - Bob Grant
Xanspur, The Skylord - Michael Cule
Stephen The Minotaur - Martha Knight

Episodes 1 - 4 of BBC Radio 4 series, broadcast 25 November, 2, 9 & 16 December 1980.
Written by APR Marshall and JHW Lloyd (Andrew Marshall and John Lloyd), the credited names being a parody of JRR Tolkien, of whose 'Lord Of The Rings' this is a satirical sideswipe. The style of the performance is very much along the same lines as The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy (which was partially written and mostly produced by John Lloyd, of Blackadder and QI fame), and both Hitch-Hiker's Guide and Lord Of The Rings were very popular radio series at that time - the latter having just been dramatised in 26 weekly parts on Radio 4.

CD recordings are divided into 10 untitled chapters for each episode, with the numberings running from 1 - 20 on each disc.

The inlay is a large (6 CD-sized panels) fold-out colour map of 'The Domain Of Middle Sea In The Elder Times' on one side, with a reproduction of the article about the series from the Radio Times, 22 - 28 November 1980, and the credits, all in mediaeval England art style lettering and faded, worn paper on the other side.