On the Beach
Nevil Shute (adapted by Mike Walker)
Sunday 2/9 November 2008
160K
The end of human life on Earth is six months away and the clock is ticking, in this two-part dramatisation of Nevil Shute's account of the aftermath of a nuclear war, by award-winning radio writer Mike Walker.
On The Beach is the story of how people in Southern Australia react to their approaching death, as radioactive clouds caused by a nuclear war roll across the globe.
Part 1 - The first programme features the situation in Australia as Commander Towers and his crew arrive on the continent. There is a gradual realisation that there is no escape but, at the end, a radio signal is discovered that is pinpointed as coming from Seattle in the USA, leading people to question whether there may still be life in the northern hemisphere.
Part 2 - After picking up a radio signal, the USS Scorpion sets out from Australia for Seattle in the hope of finding survivors in the northern hemisphere.
Peter Holmes ...... Richard Dillane
Mary Holmes ...... Claudia Harrison
Dwight Towers ...... William Hope
Moira Davidson ...... Indira Varma
Tim Osborne ...... James Gordon-Mitchell
The Admiral ...... Jonathan Tafler
Ryan ...... Inam Mirza
Other parts played by Stephen Critchlow, Chris Pavlo, Dan Starkey, Jill Cardo, Robert Lonsdale, Gunnar Cauthery.
Producer/Toby Swift
William Gallagher, RT reviewer: After panic, after hysteria: Nevil Shute's novel is about the final months of life on Earth, with radiation from nuclear war spreading across the world. This is about waiting for the end: very unusually, perhaps even uniquely, it's powerful drama about the fear of the known. The book is famous, so playwright Mike Walker and director Toby Swift quickly fill you in: you get what's been going on. But then they make you really get it, really grasp and feel the true enormity of the drama. You'll feel choked - and then overwhelmed when suddenly there is just the faintest, tantalising suggestion of hope.
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Sad Tom
Don't be sad Tom, new link above and now at 160K ------------------------------------------------------ R
Great! Thank you!
Happy Tom :)
In the meantime, here 's some more details:
On the Beach
Nevil Shute (adapted by Mike Walker)
Sunday 2/9 November 2008
The end of human life on Earth is six months away and the clock is ticking, in this two-part dramatisation of Nevil Shute's account of the aftermath of a nuclear war, by award-winning radio writer Mike Walker.
On The Beach is the story of how people in Southern Australia react to their approaching death, as radioactive clouds caused by a nuclear war roll across the globe.
Part 1 - The first programme features the situation in Australia as Commander Towers and his crew arrive on the continent. There is a gradual realisation that there is no escape but, at the end, a radio signal is discovered that is pinpointed as coming from Seattle in the USA, leading people to question whether there may still be life in the northern hemisphere.
Part 2 - After picking up a radio signal, the USS Scorpion sets out from Australia for Seattle in the hope of finding survivors in the northern hemisphere.
Peter Holmes ...... Richard Dillane
Mary Holmes ...... Claudia Harrison
Dwight Towers ...... William Hope
Moira Davidson ...... Indira Varma
Tim Osborne ...... James Gordon-Mitchell
The Admiral ...... Jonathan Tafler
Ryan ...... Inam Mirza
Other parts played by Stephen Critchlow, Chris Pavlo, Dan Starkey, Jill Cardo, Robert Lonsdale, Gunnar Cauthery.
Producer/Toby Swift
William Gallagher, RT reviewer: After panic, after hysteria: Nevil Shute's novel is about the final months of life on Earth, with radiation from nuclear war spreading across the world. This is about waiting for the end: very unusually, perhaps even uniquely, it's powerful drama about the fear of the known. The book is famous, so playwright Mike Walker and director Toby Swift quickly fill you in: you get what's been going on. But then they make you really get it, really grasp and feel the true enormity of the drama. You'll feel choked - and then overwhelmed when suddenly there is just the faintest, tantalising suggestion of hope.
Hi luke and Abby,
The new one is done, sorry about that. That bogus set has resided on my computer for months and I checked it beginning and end. I have now revised my checking to beginning, end and several times in the middle. LOL. ---------------------------------------------------------- Enjoy ------------------------------------ Rick
Rick,
didn't Art Linkletter have a show once called "People are Funny"?
He sure had that right!
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