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In 1946 he joined the [[BBC]]; and was a known [[Fitzrovian]]. In 1955 he was producer of the [[The Lord of the Rings (1955 radio series)|first BBC radio adaptation]] of [[Tolkien]]'s ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' (which did not please the author). He later brought work by [[Mervyn Peake]] to the airwaves |
In 1946 he joined the [[BBC]]; and was a known [[Fitzrovian]]. In 1955 he was producer of the [[The Lord of the Rings (1955 radio series)|first BBC radio adaptation]] of [[Tolkien]]'s ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' (which did not please the author). He later brought work by [[Mervyn Peake]] to the airwaves. |
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Terence Rogers Tiller (September 19, 1916–December 24, 1987) was an English poet and radio producer.
Early life
He was born in Truro, Cornwall. He studied history at Cambridge; after graduating BA he lectured there in medieval history, 1937 to 1939. During World War II he taught English literature at the University of Cairo.[1]
BBC
In 1946 he joined the BBC; and was a known Fitzrovian. In 1955 he was producer of the first BBC radio adaptation of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings (which did not please the author). He later brought work by Mervyn Peake to the airwaves.
Poet
As a poet, he was published by Hogarth Press: Poems (1941) and The Inward Animal (1943) as well as "Unarm, Eros". Notes for a Myth (1968) and That singing mesh, and other poems (1979) were published by Chatto and Windus in the Phoenix Living Poets series. He also edited New Poems 1960 with Anthony Cronin and Jon Silkin.
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- ^ Tiller, Terence (1966) Chess Treasury of the Air. Harmondsworth: Penguin; p. 1