The Hobbit: Second Breakfast

You've heard plenty from us over the years about why we love Middle-earth, but toady we're sitting down with two fellow podcasters who've written a book on just that topic! We're absolutely honoured to welcome Alan and Shawn from The Prancing Pony Podcast to A Book at Breakfast to discuss their new book 'Why We Love Middle-earth: An Enthusiast’s Book about Tolkien, Middle-earth & the LOTR Fandom'. Be sure to also check out Alan's daily podcast, Today's Tolkien Times - especially the episode Chris appeared on back in January! playlist To hear us talk even more about Tolkien, check out our playlist of Tolkien-related episodes! https://linktr.ee/abookatbreakfast

We're back! And we're following Sue Townsend as she leads us into non fiction... Revisit our previous Adrian Mole Episodes. Check out the new official Adrian Mole site!

To mark the 20th anniversary of the theatrical release of The Return of the King - we're returning to some unfinished business from last year: a discussion of The Lord of the Rings on screen. Joining us to discuss all things Peter Jackson and Middle-earth is the wonderful Jess of the Shire! Check out her YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@Jess_of_the_Shire Support her on Patreon: https://shorturl.at/pqJ24 You can also find a playlist of all of our previous Tolkien episodes here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5H2XugJdxCPbp82bAZbibX?si=nz7WBOaYRpWEqIPwZS10dA&pi=e-o3kL3O3QSlOr

Merry Christmas! Every December, an envelope bearing a stamp from the North Pole would arrive for the children of J.R.R.Tolkien. Inside would be a letter in strange spidery handwriting and a beautiful coloured drawing or some sketches. The letters were from Father Christmas. This December, we're learning all about Father Christmas, the North Polar Bear and the Elves as we read reproductions of these wonderful letters. Check out this playlist of all of our Tolkien episodes: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5H2XugJdxCPbp82bAZbibX?si=pBxlaQOSRM2aNRR-YNOchA&pi=e-Hve3b8nsT52X

In this Whovember bonus episode, we're reading a Comic Book at Breakfast! In anticipation of the upcoming 60th anniversary special, 'The Star Beast', we're looking back to the 1980 Fourth Doctor DWM comic of the same name which Russell T Davies has adapted for screen. Who - and what - is Beep the Meep? Who are Sharon and Fudge? What are the Wrarth Warriors - and what does all of this mean for the Temple-Noble family and the Fourteenth Doctor?

Who is the Toymaker? Ahead of the return of "the greatest enemy the Doctor has ever faced" for Doctor Who's 60th Anniversary, we're raiding our bookshelves to find out everything we know about The Celestial Toymaker! We discuss The Celestial Toymaker, The Nightmare Fair, and Doctor Who: Tales of Terror!

IT'S WHOVEMBER! To celebrate the 60th anniversary of Doctor Who, we're time travelling back to 2013 to eat Fishless Fingers and Custard as we revisit the 50th anniversary episode in the form of Steven Moffat's epic Target novelisation of his masterpiece. Check out our previous Doctor Who episodes here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1B9X9mCYrvFSRjzQoc58aL?si=pRvFTFOQTxmWnPftk-eSDQ

Happy Halloween! We're celebrating Spooky Season by staying in a cemetery setting... with a bonus episode on Neil Gaiman's Carnegie Medal winning children's book.

It's Spooky Season, so we're heading to Highgate Cemetery to discuss Audrey Niffeneggar's macabre masterpiece over pancakes!

But what about second breakfast? We're continuing our discussion on JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit by diving into Peter Jackson's film adaptations and wondering whether or not they "perceive where the core of the original lies"!