Looking for the Hobbit

À la recherche du Hobbit (French for Looking for the Hobbit) is a 5-episode exploratory documentary series directed by Olivier Simonnet in 2014, in which illustrator John Howe, story-teller Nicolas Mezzalira, and Professor Leo Carruthers of L’université Paris-Sorbonne explore the real-world settings that inspired J.R.R. Tolkien's creation of Middle-earth, focusing mostly on places of Medieval significance.

John Howe, the central figure of the series cast actively illustrating in the outdoors, tours some of the film-set locations in New Zealand, before traveling to spots in Germany, Iceland, and elsewhere to retrace a few places influential on his own vocation and on Tolkien's. Some characters from English Medieval legend, such as King Arthur, are portrayed.

The series, initially released in France, was produced and distributed by European companies ARTE Deutschland TV GMBH and Cerigo Films, and is available on Amazon Prime Video, with English narration.

Episodes

 * 1) Tolkien's Worlds
 * 2) The Magical Forest of Brocéliane
 * 3) In the Footsteps of King Arthur
 * 4) The Lost Gold of the Rhine
 * 5) The Creatures of the North