Edy Hurst's Podcast Version of... The War of the Worlds

Wishing you all the superlatives of the season with this brief message and an uplifting Carol for 2020.

Thanks to everyone for listening, subscribing and your kind words for what has been an absurd premise for a podcast.

The final two chapters of Book One will be out soon! And later in 2021 get ready for book two: The Earth Under Martians

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Written by H.G.Wells and Edy Hurst

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In our fourth interlude we take a look at beloved futurist and socialist horndog H.G. Wells' slight misfires on predicting the future, and also air out a song inspired by the previous chapters, 'Black Smoke (it's no joke)'

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Theme Song 'The Fall of Saigon' By Ichabod Wolf

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We're back in Surrey after a brief trip to London, but for how long? Not only have the Martians unleashed the heat-ray upon the county, but now they've got a strange new retaliation to earth's firepower. If I didn't know any better, I'd say this was personal.

As well as the chapter, we've got a fantastic guest song from Amelia Bayler, and a talk about all the sounds from monsters past with the Loremen themselves!

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The Curate was played by Tom Burgess, listen to his show with Peter Fleming here!

Credits:

Produced by Edy Hurst

Written by H.G.Wells and Edy Hurst

Theme Song 'The Fall of Saigon' By Ichabod Wolf

'What happened in Surrey' by Amelia Bayler

All others songs and music produced by Edy Hurst.

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London, home of Big Ben, the underground and now the ever growing threat of a Martian invasion.

As refugees from Woking and Surrey arrive, we join the narrator's brother to see his side of the story, and another of H.G. Wells' what's in the papers chapters.

We also take a look at British exceptionalism - what is it? Why is it here? Has it ever led us into terrible decisions that still are unresolved today?

This chapter I'm joined by the hugely talented Frank Foucault, a brilliant comedian and musician who has just released an album only available on facemask. He joins us for a quiz on true or false Victorian headlines, and also provides an absolute jam about wanting to read a book.

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Credits:

Produced by Edy Hurst

Written by H.G.Wells and Edy Hurst

Theme Song 'The Fall of Saigon' By Ichabod Wolf

'I wanna read a book' by Frank Foucault

All others songs and music produced by Edy Hurst.

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In this halloween special we read The Red Room, a short ghost Story by H.G. Wells.

What apparition haunts the redroom of an old manor house? Is it the Duke, or is wife who was killed by a bad case of the spooks? Or maybe, the real ghost is the friends we've made along the way?

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Produced by Edy Hurst

Written by H.G.Wells and Edy Hurst

Theme Song 'The Fall of Saigon' By Ichabod Wolf

All others songs and music produced by Edy Hurst

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When the going gets tough, what do you do? Strip off to the waist and steal a boat in boiling water? If you're the narrator, yes!

Also, we finally see the introduction of the Curate. To listeners of the musical, they may know the character as the Parson played by Phil Lynott. But what the heck is a curate? Where do they fit into the hierarchy of the Anglican Church? Well don't worry, I sit down with Tom Burgess to discuss this as he takes on the famous role.

Follow Tom Burgess on Twitter, and check out his amazing new podcast Into the Archives with Peter Fleming

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Credits:

Produced by Edy Hurst

Written by H.G.Wells and Edy Hurst

Theme Song 'The Fall of Saigon' By Ichabod Wolf

All others songs and music produced by Edy Hurst.

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How many Martian tripods does it take to screw in a light bulb? We're heading to the first town in Britain to be wholly lit by electricity (Weybridge) to find out in the next action-crammed chapter of the War of the Worlds.

Plus this week we've got two deep dives! One on the history of travel food via biscuits and the other on how the hell you can find out if an area was as posh as it is now in the past.

Joining me again as the artillery man is stand-up comedian and actor Tony Wright! And as the Lieutenant it's improviser, comedian and radio host, Jade Fearnley!

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Follow Jade on Twitter, Instagram, and check out her excellent improv group (including yours truly (that's me)) Murder Inc!

As always, be sure to follow on Twitter, Instagram, and like on facebook to stay up to date with the latest War of the Worlds news.

Credits:

Produced by Edy Hurst

Written by H.G.Wells and Edy Hurst

Theme Song 'The Fall of Saigon' By Ichabod Wolf

All others songs and music produced by Edy Hurst.

Research Resources:

Biscuits

Local History by Tim Lambert

English Heritage by Dr. Annie Grey

Hardtack recipe - Bread Dad

Weybridge and Byfleet

Woking History by Iain Wakeford

(check out his ace War of the Worlds tracking here)

Byfleet - Exploring Surrey's past

Surrey History Centre

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What would you do if you saw a random army man in your garden? Invite them in for a candlelit dinner and a whisky? 

This chapter we see the introduction of the Artillery Man, a character that pops up in some form in nearly every adaptation of the War of the Worlds.

Whether it's David Essex in the Musical Version or Tim Robbins kinda-creepy-conspiracy-theory-guy in the Spielberg version, he's the Martian  war survivor with a heart of gold.

Naturally, I invited personal comedy friend Tony Wright on to play the role. We also talk about growing up near(ish) the Horsell Common, and Diggerland, the UK's premier heavy machinery based theme park.

You can follow Tony on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook, and be sure to check out his hilarious sketches with Somali and Me on Youtube

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Credits:

Produced by Edy Hurst

Written by H.G.Wells and Edy Hurst

Theme Song 'The Fall of Saigon' By Ichabod Wolf

All others songs and music produced by Edy Hurst.

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Was Wells a bad lad? Did he believe in the horrors of colonialism and eugenics? Is he guilty by association?

Regular listeners will remember that in Chapter 1 we took a deep dive into Victorian Racism, a subject that Wells rubbed shoulders with some of the worst proponents of scientific racism.

BUT as it turns, the answer is a fairly solid no, as it turns out, Wells was often outspoken for socially progressive, going so far as to write public letters calling for the abolition of segregation in America, and creating the blue prints for Universal Human Rights.

For this interlude from our telling of the War of the Worlds, I'm joined by writer and producer Simon Guerrier!

Simon has produced a number of documentaries on the life and times of H.G. Wells including the fabulous BBC Radio 3 documentary, HG and the H Bomb which was used as research for the deep dive in Chapter 6!

You can listen to both of them at the links on them - fancy that!

In this chat we talk about H.G. Wells and his response to eugenics, his love life, and his pursuit to always discover new and challenging ideas. We also have a little chat about Doctor Who and the role Wells played in shaping that.

As well as a producer, Simon is best known for his writing work for Doctor Who audio dramas with Big Finish

Listen to his upcoming episode of Doctor Who: Shadow of the Daleks written during lockdown is out in October and can be heard here

Doctor Who: Wicked Sisters his audio drama trilogy is out in November and get be heard here

Big Finish also have their own adaptation of War of the Worlds The Martian Invasion of Earth

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Credits:

Produced by Edy Hurst

Written by H.G.Wells and Edy Hurst

Theme Song 'The Fall of Saigon' By Ichabod Wolf

All others songs and music produced by Edy Hurst.

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If you've ever heard/read/seen the War of the Worlds before, you'll know that far and away the tripods are the most memorable part. AND THEY'RE HERE!

One leg is bad, two legs good, three legs? Perfect!

As the Martians ascend out of their pit will the narrator return the rented dog cart back? Will he bump into a bizarrely large amount of people in a war zone?

We've also got a run down on some of history's greatest tripods this episode and this weeks song is all about how great three legs are. Basically, it's a big of tripod celebration, what more could you want?

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'Top Tripods' reference articles:

TV Tropes.org 'Tripod Terror'

Delphi Tripod from thoughtco

Ancient Chinese Tripods (I know it's wikipedia I'm sorry but that's the easiest explanation of them)

Martian Tripod Robot article from the IEEE

The Alessi Juicy Salif Citrus Squeezer by Phillipe Starck - it is quite frankly absurd how many articles there are about a poorly functioning juicer, but this one from the Independent is a good read.

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