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Looking for the Hobbit

À la recherche du Hobbit (French for Looking for the Hobbit) is an exploratory documentary series directed by Olivier Simonnet in 2014, in which illustrator John Howe, story-teller Nicolas Mezzalira, and Professor Leo Carruthers of the University of Paris-Sorbonne explore real-world settings and famous myths that inspired J.R.R. Tolkien's mythology. The documentary explores many locations of Medieval significance.

  • Status: Ended
  • Original Language: fr
  • In Production: No
  • Number of Seasons: 1
  • Number of Episodes: 5
  • First Air Date: 2014-11-30

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Season 1: Season 1

Air Date: 2014-11-30

Episode Count: 5

John Howe, the famous illustrator of Tolkien's novels and the conceptual artist for Peter Jackson's films, decided to find out more and set off in search of the legends - and the places that gave rise to them.