The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury / BBC

Posted by Star Eater on September 15, 2015 at 6:53am

18 Jun 2014 | 58 minutes | 128/44 | LINK

Part of the Dangerous Visions series.

Derek Jacobi and Hayley Atwell lead an all-star cast in a thrilling new dramatisation, re-imagining Ray Bradbury's timeless fable of doomed Martian colonisation.

When the first expedition to Mars mysteriously disappears, Earth sends a second to find out what happened. But the real mission is classified. And only Captain Wilder knows the truth.

Dramatised for radio by Richard Kurti and Bev Doyle.

Original Music: Imran Ahmad
Sound Design: Alistair Lock
Executive Producer: Dirk Maggs

Producer/Director: Andrew Mark Sewell
A B7 Production for BBC Radio 4.

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  • Lesa Williams September 15, 2015 at 11:02pm

    Yippee ! Thanks for this gem !

  • Martin Ridley September 15, 2015 at 5:35pm

    Thank you so much

  • Anson (Bob) Roberts September 15, 2015 at 10:11am

    The BBC's Dangerous Visions productions actually spanned two series plus three documentaries.  The surprising thing about the entire presentation is that it did not contain a single Harlan Ellison piece despite the title! I would have expected Jeffy or Repent, Harlequin or any of the stories in Ellison's seminal works.

    I have both series and the documentaries, if anyone is interested.

    • Luke Danes > Anson (Bob) Roberts September 15, 2015 at 11:29am

      This was good stuff! I really liked their take on "Do androids dream..."!

    • Star Eater > Anson (Bob) Roberts September 15, 2015 at 10:20am

      I'm definitely interest Bob. I have the Illustrated Man to put up shortly but I think that's all I have.

    • Anson (Bob) Roberts > Star Eater September 15, 2015 at 4:50pm

      I'll clean up the tags and get both sets up on my server in a day or so.

  • Anson (Bob) Roberts September 15, 2015 at 10:01am

    CAST
    Captain Wilder    Derek Jacobi
    Spender    Hayley Atwell
    The Lawyer    Anna Madeley
    Hathaway    Mark Lewis Jones
    Parkhill    John Altman
    Evie    Zoe Tapper
    Biggs    Jonathan Rhodes
    Thompson    Dean Harris
    Young Wilder    Ryan Sewell
    Pluto Survey Officer    Rachael Naylor
    Soldier    Jacob James
    Prison Officer    Robert Lock
    Miss Edwards    Mellissa Aston-Munslow
    Robert    Owen Sewell
    Mayflower Rocket Kids    Polehampton Junior School

  • Gayle Crane September 15, 2015 at 8:46am

    This sounds exciting!  And Derek Jacobi!  I know what I'm going to do when I finish my work today. Thank you !!

    • semoshorts > Gayle Crane September 15, 2015 at 10:01am

      Thanks for sharing.

  • abby September 15, 2015 at 7:04am

    Thanks, S.E.!

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