# Andy Serkis to raise COVID-19 relief funds by reading entire Hobbit live online

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**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [May 8, 2020, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andy-serkis-to-raise-covid-19-relief-funds-by-reading-entire-hobbit-live-online/853369 "2020-05-08T00:01:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andy-serkis-to-raise-covid-19-relief-funds-by-reading-entire-hobbit-live-online/853369/1 "2020-05-08T00:01:08Z")

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> **[Coronavirus: Andy Serkis reads entire Hobbit live online for charity](https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-52568497)**
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> More than 650,000 watch the Gollum actor narrate Tolkien's fantasy classic in one 11-hour sitting.

I’m guessing he’ll do Gollum’s voice pretty well.

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**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andy-serkis-to-raise-covid-19-relief-funds-by-reading-entire-hobbit-live-online/853369/2 "2020-05-08T03:18:16Z")

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That should be precious - what an unexpected event!

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**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andy-serkis-to-raise-covid-19-relief-funds-by-reading-entire-hobbit-live-online/853369/3 "2020-05-08T10:46:03Z")

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Cool. I’m actually re-reading The Hobbit right now (well not RIGHT NOW, but last night I read a chapter)

Brian