My First Planet
I was particularly disappointed by My First Planet. What a waste of a talent like Nicholas Lyndhurst... It seems like no one's heart is really in it, it's being done with half an eye on the clock (it's almost five o'clock, we can go home). What a boring series and most of all: badly written, badly acted, and made without a soul, without any feeling.
Although I did not write this review, after listening I agree wholeheartedly with it and couldn't say it better. It is courtesy of Sad Sack on Usenet. Let me know how you feel if you download it and tell me whether or not you would download subsequent installments if I post them.
Unfortunately, Burrows the leader of the colony has died on the voyage, so his Number 2, Brian (Nicholas Lyndhurst) is now in charge. He's a nice enough chap, but no alpha male, and his desire to sort things out with a nice friendly meeting infuriates the colony's Chief Physician Lillian (Vicki Pepperdine - “Getting On”), who'd really rather everyone was walking round in tight colour-coded tunics and saluting each other. She's also in charge of Project Adam, the plan to conceive and give birth to the first colony-born baby. Unfortunately, the two people hand-picked for this purpose - Carol and Richard - were rather fibbing about being a couple, just to get on the trip.
Add in an entirely unscrupulous Chief Scientist, Mason and also Archer, an idiot maintenance man who believes he's an "empath" rather than a plumber, and you’re all set to answer the question - if humankind were to colonize space, is it destined to succumb to self-interest, prejudice and infighting? (By the way, the answer’s “yes”. Sorry.)
A Pozzitive production
My First Planet is a Pozzitive production, produced by David Tyler. His radio credits include Cabin Pressure, Armando Iannucci’s Charm Offensive, Bigipedia, Another Case Of Milton Jones, Jeremy Hardy Speaks To The Nation, Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off, The 99p Challenge, The Castle, The 3rd Degree and even, going back a bit, Radio Active. His TV credits include Paul Merton – The Series, Spitting Image, Absolutely, The Paul & Pauline Calf Video Diaries, Coogan’s Run, The Tony Ferrino Phenomenon and exec producing Victoria Wood’s dinnerladies.
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