Serkis: ‘Hobbit reading will take you on an adventure’

Andy Serkis has told BBC Radio 5 Live why he wanted to do a continuous live reading of The Hobbit online.

Money raised will be split between NHS Charities Together and Best Beginnings.

Speaking to Nihal Arthanayake he said: “I just thought, everyone is under such stressful conditions... I wanted to find some way of alleviating [that], of taking people on an adventure.”

His reading will take place from 10:00 BST on bank holiday Friday, with streaming details to follow via his Hobbitathon Covid-19 Go Fund Me Page.

7 May 2020