Shape Of Things To Come

Last Edited: 21-Aug-2018
A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas
Broadcast source is BBC Radio Four unless otherwise indicated. Recording quality is considered good unless otherwise indicated.

BBC science fiction anthology.

Date Title Cast Parameters
BBC R4
26-Aug-1991
Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley
Gary Cady, Jack Klaff, Moir Leslie, Jonathan Tafler, Frances de la Tour, Sean
Pertwee, Hugh Dickson, Nigel Carrington, Jane Whittenshaw, Susan Sheridan,
Andrew Wincott, Petra Markham, Timothy Carlton, Mark Straker, Joanna
Myers, Richard Pearce
Dramatised by Stephen Mulrine
Producer: Marilyn Imrie
120:01, 84397, S
BBC R4
28-Aug-1991
Kaleidoscope
by Ray Bradbury
Tom Watson, Finlay Welsh, Rebecca Hawking, John Yule, Stuart McQuarrie,
Neil Shackleton, John Adam Baker, Lynn Bains
Director Hamish Wilson
41:23, 29055, S
BBC R4
04-Sep-1991
The Midas Plague
by Frederick Pohl
Michael Drew, Dyanne White, Alan Covenay, Geoffrey Collins, Eric Allen,
Caroline Hunt, Nick Chivers, Clarence Smith, Richard Pearce, Fraser Kerr,
Catherine Neal
Director: Alec Reid
44:28, 31225, S
BBC R4
05-Sep-1991
Flowers for Algernon
by Daniel Keyes
Joanna Myers, Barrie Cookson, Ronald Herdman, Clarence Smith, Nigel
Carrington, Alan Barker, Auriol Smith
Director Matthew Walters
31:21, 14631, S
25:19, 11814, S
BBC R4
08-Sep-1991
The Chrysalids
by John Wyndham
Robin Browne, William Eedle, Jennifer Piercey, Martyn Read, John Rye, Stephen
Garlick, Susan Sheridan, Amanda Murray, Judy Bennett, Spencer Banks, Philupa
Ritchie, Jenny Lee, Kathryn Hurlbutt, Elizabeth Rider, Peter Baldwin, Sonia
Fraser, Michael Spice, Jane Knowles, Elissa Derwent
Dramatised by Barbara Clegg
Director Michael Bartlett
30:15, 7057, m
28:07, 6558, m
29:53, 6971, m
BBC R4
09-Sep-1991
Space-Ache
by Snoo Wilson
Siriol Jenkins, Neil Roberts, Elizabeth Bell, John Telfer, Geoffrey Collins, Nat
Brenner, Clarence Smith, Snoo Wilson, Julia Hills, Vanessa Dodd, Neil Ben, Brett
Usher, Paul Nicholson, Graham Wyles, Craig Edwards, Ronald Herdman
Director: Alec Reid
74:02, 52052, S
BBC R4
12-Sep-1991
Who Goes Here?
by Bob Shaw
Douglas Hodge, David March, Timothy Carlton, Terence Edmond, Charles Millham,
Adjoa Andoh, Paul Russell, Andrew Wincott, David Bannerman, Peter Penry-Jones,
Ann Windsor, Mark Straker, Eric Allan, Jane Whittenshaw
Dramatised By: Wilfredo Acosta
Director: Glyn Dearman
31:16, 21951, S
25:40, 18024, S
BBC R4
14-Sep-1991
Tiger! Tiger!
by Alfred Bester
Alun Armstrong, Tony Church, Lesley Manville, Siobhan Redmond, Miranda
Richardson, Andrew Hilton, Brett Usher, Christopher Ashley, Steve Hodson,
John Telfer, Terence Edmond, David Bannerman, Petra Markham, Eric Allan
Dramatised by: Ivan Benbrook
Director: Andy Jordan
44:33, 15662, S
44:14, 15197, S

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