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Classic Dystopias: A BBC Radio Drama Collection: The Time Machine, We, The Trial, Brave New World, N
Full-cast dramatisations of six masterpieces from the founding fathers of dystopian fiction Dark and disturbing, provocative and prescient, dystopian literature has long captured our imagination with its nightmarish visions of forbidding future worlds. Included here are six classic novels of time-travel, totalitarianism and terror, written by some of the masters of speculative fiction and adapted for radio with all-star casts. The Time Machine by HG Wells - A Victorian inventor takes a fateful journey into the far future, where mankind has diverged into two species - the Eloi and the Morlocks. Robert Glenister and William Gaunt star in this pioneering science fiction adventure. We by Evgeny Zamyatin - In a post-revolutionary future, OneState is ruled according to the principles of rationality. The penalty for dissent is death. But when engineer D-503 meets the beautiful 1-330, he begins to question everything... Starring Anton Lesser, Don Warrington and Brigit Forsyth. The Trial by Franz Kafka - Josef K is an ordinary man who lives a quiet life. Then, one morning, he is awoken by two men and arrested - but what is his crime? Mike Gwylim stars in this gripping dramatisation by Hanif Kureishi. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley - It's 2116 and Helmholtz Watson and Bernard Marx are token rebels in a society where eugenics, promiscuity and happiness are gently enforced. Into this world comes an outsider, John, who will show the duo what rebellion really means... Starring Justin Salinger, John Coy and Milton Lopes. Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell - Winston Smith works for the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history to suit the Party. When he finds love with Julia, he awakens to new possibilities - but free thinking is forbidden, and Big Brother is always watching... Christopher Eccleston and Pippa Nixon star in Orwell's chilling tale. The Chrysalids by John Wyndham - In a post-apocalyptic world devastated by genetic mutation, the God-respecting people of Waknuk regard deviation as the work of the Devil. Young David and his friends can communicate by telepathy: but as Mutants, they must hide their powers or face the consequences of discovery... Starring Matthew Beard, Verity-May Henry and Emma Cunniffe. First published 1899 (The Time Machine), 1921 (We), 1925 (The Trial), 1932 (Brave New World), 1949 (Nineteen Eighty-Four), 1955 (The Chrysalids) (P) 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. © 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
Aldous Huxley, Franz Kafka, George Orwell, H.G. Wells, John Wyndham, Yevgeni Zamyatin (Author), Anton Lesser, Brigit Forsyth, Christopher Eccleston, Don Warrington, Full Cast, Jonathan Coy, Justin Salinger, Matthew Beard, Mike Gwylim, Pippa Nixon, Robert Glenister, William Gaunt (Narrator)
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Classic Radio Sci-Fi: BBC Drama Collection: Five BBC radio full-cast dramatisations
Five seminal science fiction classics are brought vividly to life in these gripping BBC Radio dramatisations, with casts including Robert Glenister, William Gaunt, Carleton Hobbs and Joanne Froggatt. "Frankenstein" (1994) is adapted from one of the first science fiction novels, Mary Shelley's tale of a scientist who tries to play God and creates a monster. "The Time Machine" (2009) dramatises one of the first stories to feature time travel, HG Wells' thrilling tale of an inventor who discovers a dystopian future. "The Lost World" (1975) is based on a classic fantasy adventure story by Arthur Conan Doyle's, whose notion of dinosaurs roaming our world was the inspiration for Jurassic Park. "R.U.R." (1989) is a radio production of Karel Capek's thought-provoking play which introduced the word 'robot' to the English language. "Solaris" (2007) dramatises Stanislaw Lem's pioneering ghost story set in space, both a suspenseful thriller and a philosophical meditation on guilt and the human condition. Accompanying this collection is a bonus PDF file featuring extensive sleeve notes by Andrew Pixley. Duration: 10 hours approx.
Arthur Conan Doyle, H G Wells, H.G. Wells, HG Wells, Karel Capek, Mary Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Stanislaw Lem (Author), , Full Cast, Joanne Froggatt, Karel Capek, Robert Glenister, William Gaunt (Narrator)
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The Time Machine: Classic Radio Sci-Fi
Wells' thrilling story of an inventor who travels in time and discovers a nightmarish dystopian future has been adapted several times for TV and film. This first ever UK radio adaptation, starring Robert Glenister as the Time Traveller and William Gaunt as H. G. Wells, brings Wells' fascinating ideas and extraordinary visions to vivid life. It opens in 1943, when Wells is recording a talk for the Home Service in which he questions mankind's future. After the broadcast, he spends the evening with American journalist Martha, and tells her the astonishing news that his bestselling book The Time Machine was not fantasy but fact. Wells explains that he was actually present at the dinner party in Richmond fifty years earlier, when the Time Traveller returned from his first fateful journey into the future. He reveals to Martha the full story of the Time Traveller's encounter with the Eloi and the Morlocks - and what really happened to him afterwards...
H.G. Wells (Author), Robert Glenister, William Gaunt (Narrator)
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The Graxis Wardens, Galanar, Elaria and Tarkov are heading for the planet Velyshaa, where ultimate knowledge, victory or defeat awaits them. But the Dalek Supreme's forces are in pursuit. How will history remember these final days on Velyshaa?
Nicholas Briggs (Author), David Tennant, Ishia Bennison, William Gaunt (Narrator)
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Galanar and Elaria have discovered that they were created to destroy the Daleks forever... But how can they do that when they are facing a Dalek execution squad? Meanwhile, Kaymee uncovers the truth about the Daleks and the NFS Plague...
Nicholas Briggs (Author), David Tennant, Ishia Bennison, William Gaunt (Narrator)
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The Daleks seem poised to eradicate the deadly NFS plague. The Graxis Wardens are adrift in Dalek territory, hopelessly outnumbered. It would seem that the future belongs to the Dalek Supreme...
Nicholas Briggs (Author), David Tennant, Ishia Bennison, William Gaunt (Narrator)
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Dalek Empire 3.3 The Survivors
The Galactic Union remain blissfully unaware of the Dalek threat. And in the Border Worlds, the Daleks appear to be helping cure the deadly NFS plague which has claimed millions of lives. Now it may be too late to stop them...
Nicholas Briggs (Author), David Tennant, Ishia Bennison, William Gaunt (Narrator)
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Agent Galanar is on a covert mission to find a definitive proof of menace of the Daleks. But the Border Worlds are being ravaged by a deadly plague infection. An infection the Daleks are offering to cure...
Nicholas Briggs (Author), David Tennant, Ishia Bennison, William Gaunt (Narrator)
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Dalek Empire 3.1 The Exterminators
At the end of Dalek Empire 2, Siy Tarkov set off from Valyshaa with vital information warning of an imminent Dalek invasion. 20 years later, the only proof Tarkov ever existed is a garbled message, calling for help. But no-one is listening...
Nicholas Briggs (Author), David Tennant, Ishia Bennison, William Gaunt (Narrator)
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