Wells, H G

Last Edited: 06-May-2019 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.


Date
Title
Cast
Parameters
Publ. 1894
BBC R4
1-Mar-1982

In The Avu Observatory
Read By: David Ashford
Producer: Mitch Raper

13:36, 6374, S
01-Dec-2003
In The Avu Observatory
read by Dermot Crowley
abridged and produced by Duncan Minshull

13:44, 6419, S
Publ. 1894
BBC R4
06-Sep-1982

The Diamond Maker
Read By: Nigel Stock
Producer: Jeremy Mortimer

14:20, 3359, m
start missing

Publ. 1894
BBC R4
03-Sep-1982
The Stolen Bacillus Read By: Nigel Stock
Producer: Jeremy Mortimer
14:55, 3496, m
start missing
Publ. 1895
Simon  and
Schuster Audio
The Time Machine
Leonard Nimoy, John de Lancie
2 files
1:55:38, 105 MB, S
BBC R3
22-Feb-2009

The Time Machine
Robert Glenlster, William Gaunt, GunnarCauthery, Jill Cardo,
Manjeet Mann, Donnla Hughes, Stephen Critchlow, Chris
Pavlo, Robert Lonsdale, Inam Mirza, Dan Starkey
Dramatist: Philip Osment
Producer: Jeremy Mortimer
102:02, 93796, S
Audio Content
1999
The Time Machine
read by Patrick Horgan
8 files
3:11:10, 43.7 MB,
Publ. 1895
BBC R4
02-Jun-1988

The Wonderful Visit
Bernard Cribbins, Richard Pearce, Margot Boyd, Norman Bird,
Kim Wall, Hilda Schroder, Joanna MacKie, John Baddeley, Emily
Richard, Pauline Letts, Zelah Clarke, Peter Craze, Simon Cuff,
Michael Tudor Barnes, Alan Dudley
Dramatised By: Stephen Gallagher
Music By: Mia Soteriou
Directed By: Martin Jenkins

57:25, 53827, S
1896, 1898,
1901, 1903,
BBC R4
24-Jul-1978
to
28-Jul-1978

A Week of H. G. Wells
  1. The Truth about Pyecraft
  2. The New Accelerator
  3. In the Abyss
  4. The Man Who Could
    Work Miracles 
  5. The Purple Pileus
Read By: Timothy Klghlley
Adapted By: Neville Teller
Producer: Pamela Howe

  1. --
  2. --
  3. 23:43, 22220, S
  4. --
  5. --

Publ. 1896
R4:
1990

Island of Dr Moreau

Kim Wall, Kenneth Colley, Garard Greene, Terry Malloy,
Donny Shiller, Alex Jones, Peter Meakin, Janet Dale,
Neil Foster, Richard Mitchly, [some credits garbled]
Dramatised by David Calcutt.
Directed by Nigel Bryant
84:35, 59480, S

R4:
21-Jul-2008
to
25-Jul-2008
Island of Dr Moreau
Read by Jonathan Pryce
abridged by Matthew McGooghan
produced by Clive Brill
14:03, 13180, S
13:56, 13064, S
14:05, 13216, S
14:09, 13277, S
14:05, 13211, S
Publ. 1896
BBC R4
28-Dec-1977

The Red Room
read by Gabriel Woolf
Adapted By: Joanna Scott-Moncrieff

13:36, 6380, m
Publ. 1896
R7:
14-Jan-2006
The Sea Raiders
Read by Robert Bathurst
Produced by Gemma Jenkins
23:25, 21966, S
Publ. 1897
Cover to Cover
Invisible Man
read by Edward Hardwicke
6 files
5:24:30, 185 MB, M
ARTC Invisible Man
adapted by Thomas E. Fuller
directed by Thomas E. Fuller 29:16, 37441, "s"
left channel only
clipping
Publ. 1897
BBC R3
07-Sep-2004

The Star
read by Patrick Stewart
20:34, 12055, m
Publ. 1898
BBC Home Svc.
26-Apr-1955

Mr Ledbetter's Vacation
Richard Williams, Robertson Hare, Godfrey Kenton, John Gabriel,
Manning Wilson, Rolf Lefebvre
Adapted for broadcasting by Lance Sieveking
Produced by Ayton Whitake

26:28, 24816, s
Publ. 1898
BBC R4
04-Mar-2017
11-Mar-2017

The War of the Worlds
Blake Ritson, Samuel James, John Dougall, Sanchia McCormack,
Carl Prekopp, David Sterne, Maeve Bluebell Wells, Finlay
Robertson, Nick Murchie, Sarah Ridgeway, Georgie Glen, John
Bowler, David Sturzaker
dramatised by Melissa Murray
Directed by Marc Beeby

56:45, 53089, S
56:37, 52965, S

Mercury
Theatre
30-Oct-1938
The War of the Worlds
Orson Welles (producer, director, host, performer, Dan
Seymour (announcer), Paul Stewart , Frank Readick, Kenny
Delmar, Ray Collins, Carl Frank, Richard Wilson, William Alland,
Stefan Schnabel, William Herz, Howard Smith
Bernard Herrmann (composer, conductor)
John Houseman (producer, adaptor, script editor)
Howard Koch (adaptor)
  1. Broadcast version 1
  2. Broadcast alternative version
  3. Broadcast alternative version with added static
  4. 75th anniversary version (BBC R4X)
  5. Randy Riddle interview and broad version
  1. 59:19, 27806, M
  2. 60:16, 51650, M
  3. 59:44, 70163, s
  4. 54:38, 51217, S
  5. 91:56, 86186, s
NBC Radio
Lux Radio
Theatre
08-Feb-1955
The War of the Worlds
Paul Daneman,  Isabel Rennie, Harold Kasket, Alan Dudley,
LeRoy Lingwood, Brian Hewlett, Christopher Bidmead, Ronald
Herdman, Ian Thompson, Anthony Jackson, Walter Fitzgerald,
Frank Henderson, Carole Boyd, Rolf Lefebvre, Peter Sallis,
Denys Hawthorne, Anthony Hall, Beth Boyd
dramatisation by John Manship White
produced by John Powell
49:43, 34966, s
South African
1956
The War of the Worlds
Frank Spears, Joyce Birch, Jeremy Dix-Heart, Morris Thompson,
Gordon Finroyan
Adapted by John Manchip-White
Produced in Cape Town Studios by Cecil Jubber
6 files
2:47:24, 153 MB, M
BBC Home Svc
09-Jun-1967
to
14-Jul-1967
The War of the Worlds

63:38, 59670, s
WKBW
1971
The War of the Worlds

63:38, 59670, S
LA Theatre
Works
1997
The War of the Worlds
Leonard Nimoy, John de Lancie, Meagan Fay, Jerry Hardin,
Gates McFadden, Daryl Schultz, Armin Shimerman, Brent
Spiner, Tom Virtue, and Wil Wheaton
Adapted by Howard Koch
58:59, 55300, S
unknown
The War of the Worlds

6 files
2:43:25, 37.4 MB, M
Listen for
Pleasure
The War of the Worlds
Read by Robert Hardy
112:38, 66000, M
unknown
The War of the Worlds
read by Simon Ward
8 files
1:52:41, 64.4 MB, M

The War of the Worlds
read by Patrick Horgan
12 files
5:58:07, 81.9 MB, M
Publ. 1901
R7:
28-Jan-2006
04-Feb-2006

A Dream of Armageddon
Read by Robert Bathurst
Produced by Gemma Jenkins

26:34, 24910, S
26:07, 24494, S

US NPR
04-Jun-2000

A Dream of Armageddon

52:10, 18345, S
Publ. 1901
Simon and
Schuster Audio

The First Men in the Moon
Leonard Nimoy, John de Lancie, William Shatner, Ethan Phillips,
Dwight Schultz, Krtwood Smith

2 files
1:48:00, 98.8 MB, S

BBC R4
17-Jan-1981

The First Men in the Moon
Hywell Bennett, William Rushton, David March, Paul Rosebury,
Stephen Garlick, Malcolm Jarrard, David McAlister, David
Bradshaw, Hayden Wood
Dramatised for radio by Terry James
Directed by Glyn Dearman

87:17, 81841, S
BBC R4
18-Jan-1996
to
08-Feb-1996

The First Men in the Moon
Donald Sinden, James Bolam, Tom Georgeson, Gary Olson,
Jilly Bond, Chris Pavlo, Anthony Jackson, Kerry Shale, Robert
Whelan, Nick Mercer, Ali Hames
Music by Robert Rigby
Directed by Martin Jameson

4 files
1:48:23, 99.2 MB, S

BBC R4
19-Jul-1999
to
23-Jul-1999

The First Men in the Moon
Read by Tom Baker
Music from Philip Glass' 1981 composition, "Façades"
Produced by Patricia McLoughlin

5 files
1:06:34, 38 MB, m

20-Jul-2009 to
24-Jul-2009

The First Men in the Moon
read by Tim Pigott-Smith
abridged by Neville Teller

13:35, 12739, S
13:49, 12954, S
13:42, 12860, S
13:56, 13076, S
13:42, 12860, S

Publ. 1901
R7:
21-Jan-2006
The New Accelerator
Read by Robert Bathurst
Produced by Gemma Jenkins
26:09, 24516, S
Publ. 1903
BBC R4
20-Oct-1986
The Magic Shop Read By: Garard Green
Producer: Mitch Raper
13:57, 8166, m
Publ. 1905
BBC R4
19-Feb-1984
to
18-Mar-1984
Kipps -
the Story of a Simple Soul

Paul Daneman, Mark Straker, Nickolas Grace, Kathryn Hurlbutt,
Rosalind Ayres, John Hollis, Jane Wenham, Michael Jenner,
Moir Leslie, Jon Strickland, Michael Bilton, Christopher Biggins,
John Webb, Helen Atkinson Wood, Christopher Good, Spencer
Banks, Margot Boyd, Helena Breck, Penelope Lee
Dramatist: Michelene Wandor
Music by: Ilona Sekacz
Directed By: Martin Jenkins
5 files
4:33:48, 3131 MB, S
R4:
07-May-2006
14-May-2006
Kipps -
the Story of a Simple Soul
Bryan Dick, Donald Sumpter, Deborah Findlay, Lesley
Vickerage, Jonathan Keeble, Robert Whitelock, Myles
Taylor, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Jordan Clarke, Megan Jones,
Sinead Matthews, Simon Balfour
dramatised by Mike Walker
Producer/director John Taylor
56:45, 53205, S
56:55, 53365, S
Publ. 1909
BBC R4
24-May-1987
to
07-Jun-1987

Ann Veronica Angela Pleasance, Ian Cross, Susan Dowdall, John Gabriel,
Conrad Phillips, Patrick Horne, Theresa Streatfeild, Deborah
Appleby, Bonnle Hurren, Katherlne Parr, Gregory Depolnay,
Elva Maklns, Pavel Douglas, Michael Drew, Hilary Newcombe,
Jean Waggoner, Gregory de Polnay, Christopher Blake,
Patience Tomlinson, Alan Dudley
dramatised by Barry Campbell
Directed By: Brian Miller

3 files
2:47:47, 192 MB, S

19-Feb-2017
26-Feb-2017

Ann Veronica Bill Nighy, Amy Hoggart, Geoffrey Whitehead, Ruth
Alexander Rubin, Jonathan Keeble, Henry Devas, Ashley
Margolis, Emily Pithon, Victoria Brazier, Verity Henry,
Toby Hadoke
Dramatised by Ellen Dryden (1), Lavinia Murray (2)
Produced and directed by Pauline Harris

57:00, 53326, S
56:43, 53058, S

Publ. 1910
BBC R4
01-Sep-1989
to
15-Sep-1989

The History Of Mr Polly Shirley Cooklin, Brenda Kaye, Eve Karpf, Christopher Guinee,
Roger Snowdon, Nigel Lambert, Alaric Cotter, Graham Chinn,
Godfrey Kenton, Bill Monks, Henry Knowles, Carol Marsh,
Betty Baskcomb, Elizabeth Proud, Heather Bell,
Peter Woodthorpe

Directed By: Graham Gauld
3 files
2:39:56, 91.5 MB, S

Publ. 1911
NBC
16-Oct-1944
Author's
Playhouse
Country Of The Blind William Everett, Lorette Philbrandt, Fred Sulliavan, Charles
Eggleston, Armand Hunter, Harry Elbers, Herbert
Butterfield, Butler Adville
adapted by Peggy Phillips
directed by Homer Hecht
25:12, 5908, M
CBS
26-Nov-1947

Escape #16
Country Of The Blind

28:53, 13543, M
CBS
27-Oct-1957

Suspense #722
Country Of The Blind

18:26, 8644, M
CBS
13-Dec-1959
Suspense #831
Country Of The Blind

24:20, 5706, M
Publ. 1911
BBC R4
04-Apr-2001
The Door in the Wall
Paul Webster, Gillian Goodman, Ben Crowe, Cathy Sara,
Christian Rodska, Ian Brooker, Sean Connolly
play by Kelvin Segger
Director: Peter Leslie Wild
44:13, 41450, S
Publ. 1911
R7:
01-Feb-2009
Fantastic Journey
1. The Door in the Wall
read by Anton Lesser
produced by Gemma Jenkins
27:58, 26226, S
Publ. 1925
BBC Home Svc
11-Apr-1955
The Pearl of Love Read by Cyril Shaps 13:41, 6417, M
BBC R4
11-Dec-1985
to
18-Dec-1985
Ghost Stories
taken from The Valley of
the Spiders
  1. The Moth
  2. The Story of The Late
    Mr Elvesham
  3. The Temptation
    of Harringay
  4. The Inexperienced Ghost
  5. The Stolen Body
  6. The Door in the Wall
read by David McAlister 6 files
1:22:57, 75.9 MB, S
Publ. 1943
NBC
04-Dec-1944
Author's
Playhouse
Inexperienced Ghost
Herbert Butterfield, Wilms Herbert, Clair Baum, Charles Eggleston
adapted by Guy deVry
directed by Norman Felton
28:00, 6563, M
BBC WS
1982

Inexperienced Ghost

Donald Houston, Christopher Guard, Michael Cochrane, John
Gillett, Gary Cady
Director: Derek Hoddinott

26:11, 24598, s

Stories of the Unusual
read by Ralph Cosham
46 files
2:07:04, 145 MB, S

Documentaries and Collateral Material
Date Title Cast Parameters
various dates
75th Anniversary of Orson Welles and
the Mercury Theater Company performance
of the War of the Worlds
  1. Radiolab 4-3 -- War of the Worlds
    (25-Mar-2008)
  2. Archive Hour 13-42 -- Orson Welles
    and The War of the Worlds: Myth
    or Legend? (26-Oct-2013)
  3. Ideas -- War of the Welles (CBC R1
    30-Oct-2013)
  1. Jad Abumrad, Robert Krulwich
  2. Presented by Christopher Frayling
    Producer: Nick Freand Jones 

  3. R H Greene
    Southern California Public Radio
  1. 59:07, 69386, S
  2. 56:24, 52892, S
  3. 53:50, 50478, S