Razia Iqbal has Adam Tolkien on air at the BBC. According to the broadcaster, Tolkien's grandson Adam worked "as assistant editor on the book". But first some shots of the great man, taken five years before his death.


Adam said that the text of the new book, The Children of Hurin, was "worked together". It is "a more serious tale".


These shots were taken during the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's (ABC) The 7.30 report.