Earthsea by Ursula le Guin

Posted by Star Eater on May 2, 2015 at 6:09am

6 part serial covering the first 2 Earthsea novels. I will add them in as they become available.

Part 1 Shadow | Part 2 Schooling | Part 3 Lookfar

Part 4 The Ring | Part 5 Dragonfly | Part 6 The Other Earthsea

Ursula Le Guin's enduring fantasy saga set on the magical archipelago rich with wizards and dragons. Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra.

Based on the novels A Wizard of Earthsea and The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula Le Guin. Adapted by Judith Adams.

Hungry for power and knowledge, the young wizard Ged tampers with long-held secrets and releases a terrible shadow into the world. Meanwhile, Tenar is taken away from her home and family to become Arha, the guardian of the ominous Tombs of Atuan.

Published between 1968 and 1972, the first three books of Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea cycle (A Wizard of Earthsea, The Tombs of Atuan, The Farthest Shore) are re-told across six intertwined episodes. Set on a vast archipelago of islands, where magic is a central part of life, they tell the stories of Ged and Tenar. Ged is a boy from the island of Gont, born with innate magical talent and a reckless nature, who releases a terrible shadow into the world and must risk everything in order to restore the balance. Tenar, a girl from the island of Atuan, is taken from her home and family to become Arha, the Priestess Ever Reborn, guardian of the ominous Tombs of Atuan. Deep within the Tombs, Ged and Tenar encounter one another and seek a way of bringing peace to the troubled archipelago.

Ged ..... James McArdle 
Tenar ..... Aysha Kala 
Young Ged ..... Kasper Hilton-Hille 
Young Tenar ..... Nishi Malde 
Ogion ..... Paul Hilton 
Manan ..... Zubin Varla 
Thar ..... Souad Faress 
Father ..... David Hounslow 
Boy ..... Adam Thomas-Wright 
Oarsman ..... Mark Edel-Hunt 
Witch ..... Jessica Turner 
Serret ..... Lucy Hutchinson 
Shipmaster ..... Stephen Critchlow

Original music by Jon Nicholls. 
Sound design by Caleb Knightley.

Directed by Sasha Yevtushenko.

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  • Luke Danes May 8, 2015 at 3:25pm

    Thank you very much!

  • Martin Ridley May 8, 2015 at 11:27am

    thank you

  • Bruce Fisher May 7, 2015 at 2:55pm

    Double thanks SE for this Le Guin double header of Earthsea and the earlier Darkness.

    What makes even better is that they're all edited to just the programs themselves without extraneous BBC programming unlike some other posting on other sites.

    Much appreciated.

    Great having you back on the scene SE, hope your hang for the long haul.

    Thanks again. 

  • Star Eater May 7, 2015 at 3:15am

    All 6 parts are now up. Enjoy!

    Let me know if there are any problems with them. Haven't listened myself yet.

  • Anson (Bob) Roberts May 6, 2015 at 6:37pm

    My apologies to the forum. I will NOT be posting the 192/44 encode set.

    I received it today and there is a NOTICEABLE (and annoying) hum in the background of three of the six episodes.

    Simply put, it's junk.

    If I get a clean set, I'll post it, but I'm not holding my breath as my source does the best he can ....

    Again, my apologioes to all of you.

    Bob

    • Star Eater > Anson (Bob) Roberts May 7, 2015 at 2:28am

      My 128/44 set will be complete shortly. Hopefully they'll be good enough.

  • Bill Hollweg May 5, 2015 at 10:03pm

    Thank you!!!!

  • Star Eater May 2, 2015 at 12:16pm
    Mine is 128. Go for it.
  • Anson (Bob) Roberts May 2, 2015 at 11:08am

    I've been capping this series at 192/48 through a colleague with DAB connection to the BBC.

    Five of the six parts have been completed.

    What is the bitrate of your cap?

    • Luke Danes > Anson (Bob) Roberts May 6, 2015 at 2:33pm

      That would be a great share, the whole thing in 192k, Sir Bob!

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