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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John Ronald Reuel Tolkien,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was born on the 3rd January, 1892.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He and his brother Hilary, experienced
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a difficult childhood; when Tolkien was
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just four, they lost their father, Arthur,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to rheumatic fever.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a widow with low income, his mother
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mabel, home school the brothers and played
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a vital role in their early education and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,development.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tolkien was a smart young boy, with a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fascination and thirst for languages.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tolkien sat the entrance exam for King
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Edward's School, Birmingham and passed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From the Autumn of 1900, for a fee of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,12 pounds a year, Tolkien would be
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,educated in an environment that would help
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fulfil his academic potential.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[John Garth] Going to King Edward's was vitally
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,important to Tolkien; he was an
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exceptionally talented boy. King Edward's
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,offered him a vast amount of scope and also
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the company of other boys who were
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,similarly talented.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which was probably quite hard for Tolkien
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to find.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Simon Stacey] Not only did he play rugby but
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was a leading light in the debating society
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the literary society; he was the life and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,soul really and he missed the school a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,great deal, I think, when he finally had
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to leave.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[VO] At the age of just 11, Tolkien and his
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brother Hilary, lose their mother, Mabel,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to diabetes. Grief stricken, he plunges
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,himself into school life more energetically
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than before. Academically he excels, but
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in 1905, meets his intellectual rival,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christopher Wiseman.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[John Garth] Tolkien met his greatest friend
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at King Edward's, Christopher Wiseman on
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the rugby pitch. A musician, a mathematician;
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,quite different from Tolkien.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They developed such a strong bond on the rugby
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,field that they called themselves;
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The Great Twin Brethren", which was a phrase
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from "Lays of Ancient Rome" by Lord
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Macauley.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Simon Stacey] They also were friendly rivals
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the school, both being very academic
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,boys. Wiseman had a formidable intellect
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he was interested in a lot of the things
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Tolkien was getting interested in;
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,languages, I think he was looking at
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Egyptian and was looking at hieroglyphics.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[John Garth] Tolkien and Wiseman must have
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,helped define each other through their
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,teenage years because they would argue;
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they would argue strongly about all their
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beliefs in life.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Simon Stacey] Wiseman was a very talented
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,musician; Tolkien was supposed to be tone
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,deaf but that didn't stop them getting on!
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[VO] Tolkien also befriends, son of the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,headmaster, Rob Gilson. Tolkien, Wiseman
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Gilson, form a strong bond which will
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,last throughout their school years and beyond.