My old tapes are all worn out, and two were eaten by my old car stereo, so I was thrilled to finally get a clean copy of the great BBC dramatization. I have dreamed Middle Earth since I was a child, and had enough visuals in my head to last a lifetime. This old experience of the books has meant that I have overlapping interpretations of the characters in my head, those I built from the readings and those who built themselves out of the air, the sound waves of this BBC production.

Gollum/Smeagol (Woodthorpe) takes my breath away. It is genius of him and the director that keeps his performance perfect, when in the hands of nearly anyone else it would have been absurd. As Frodo carries his burden through the long year, Ian Holm changes with him. His exhaustion, his bitter maturity, his love, his endurance, the awful changes as the Ring wraps aroung his psyche...this is all in Holm's performance.

And you fall in love with Sam all over again. Bill Nighy played Sam to a tee. (Today...

You can buy this in Amazon.com

In Canada, it costs about CDN$69.30 in Amazon.ca

I ordered this set for my own birthday present to myself and finally got it in the mail during Christmas (way before my birthday). I am in love with it and loved it seeing it still in the box. It was totally worth getting and fragile due to its properties of composition. Meaning, I am taking good care of it and it is sitting on my bedroom dresser right now holding up stuff. Worth getting for any "rings fan." They'd love it! Get it before they stop making it or something. I own this and many LOTR merchandise. Hope this helped you in some way.

You can buy this in Amazon.com

And it's available in Amazon UK, but I'm not sure about the price.