1953-10-04 Escape - Zero Hour

A giant of 20th century genre fiction, Bradbury’s imaginative stories lend themselves particularly well to the audio medium. Here’s a collection of dramatizations and readings from BBC Radio. In FLAC whenever possible. 1959-03-05 The Veldt (dramatized by Jack Pulman)A futuristic cautionary tale about the perils of smart technology, where danger prowls in the nursery... Ray Bradbury's gripping sci-fi story first published in 1950. Lydia/Witch… Diana OlssonGeorge… John CazabonPeter… Jon HewittWendy/Grethel… Nina LudlowDavid… Bruce Wightman Adapted by Jack Pulman. Produced by Frederick Bradnum and first broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1959 1962-09-12 There Will Come Soft Rains (dramatized by Nesta Pain)2026: With surroundings destroyed and devoid of human life, an automated house carries on... Dramatization of Ray Bradbury’s short story, adapted and produced by Nesta Pain. Cast: The Woman ...... Joan Miller Commentator ...... David King-WoodMusic composed and conducted by Antony HopkinsSingers: Ann Dowdall and John Carol Case. 1968-05-03 Leviathan 99 (adapted by H. B. Fortuin)A fantastical adaptation of Moby Dick, Ray Bradbury takes audiences past the moon and the stars in search of the greatest and brightest comet in the universe. Join a deranged captain, an eight-foot-tall telepathic spider, and our reluctant hero. You can call him Ishmael. Adapted and produced by H. B. Fortuin and starring Denys Hawthorne as Ishmael

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A giant of 20th century genre fiction, Bradbury’s imaginative stories lend themselves particularly well to the audio medium. Here’s a collection of dramatizations and readings from BBC Radio. In FLAC whenever possible.1959-03-05 The Veldt (dramatized by Jack Pulman)A futuristic cautionary tale about the perils of smart technology, where danger prowls in the nursery... Ray Bradbury's gripping sci-fi story first published in 1950.Lydia/Witch… Diana OlssonGeorge… John CazabonPeter… Jon HewittWendy/Grethel… Nina LudlowDavid… Bruce WightmanAdapted by Jack Pulman. Produced by Frederick Bradnum and first broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 19591962-09-12 There Will Come Soft Rains (dramatized by Nesta Pain)2026: With surroundings destroyed and devoid of human life, an automated house carries on... Dramatization of Ray Bradbury’s short story, adapted and produced by Nesta Pain. Cast:The Woman ...... Joan MillerCommentator ...... David King-WoodMusic composed and conducted by Antony HopkinsSingers: Ann Dowdall and John Carol Case.1968-05-03 Leviathan 99 (adapted by H. B. Fortuin)A fantastical adaptation of Moby Dick, Ray Bradbury takes audiences past the moon and the stars in search of the greatest and brightest comet in the universe. Join a deranged captain, an eight-foot-tall telepathic spider, and our reluctant hero. You can call him Ishmael.Adapted and produced by H. B. Fortuin and starring Denys Hawthorne as Ishmael

A giant of 20th century genre fiction, Bradbury’s imaginative stories lend themselves particularly well to the audio medium. Here’s a collection of dramatizations and readings from BBC Radio. In FLAC whenever possible. 1959-03-05 The Veldt (dramatized by Jack Pulman)A futuristic cautionary tale about the perils of smart technology, where danger prowls in the nursery... Ray Bradbury's gripping sci-fi story first published in 1950. Lydia/Witch… Diana OlssonGeorge… John CazabonPeter… Jon HewittWendy/Grethel… Nina LudlowDavid… Bruce Wightman Adapted by Jack Pulman. Produced by Frederick Bradnum and first broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1959 1962-09-12 There Will Come Soft Rains (dramatized by Nesta Pain)2026: With surroundings destroyed and devoid of human life, an automated house carries on... Dramatization of Ray Bradbury’s short story, adapted and produced by Nesta Pain. Cast: The Woman ...... Joan Miller Commentator ...... David King-WoodMusic composed and conducted by Antony HopkinsSingers: Ann Dowdall and John Carol Case. 1968-05-03 Leviathan 99 (adapted by H. B. Fortuin)A fantastical adaptation of Moby Dick, Ray Bradbury takes audiences past the moon and the stars in search of the greatest and brightest comet in the universe. Join a deranged captain, an eight-foot-tall telepathic spider, and our reluctant hero. You can call him Ishmael. Adapted and produced by H. B. Fortuin and starring Denys Hawthorne as Ishmael

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