Time travel, Martian invasions and free love all have one thing in common - H.G. Wells.

Helen Antrobus explores how the world was changed through the writings of one author as H.G. Wells brought science fiction to the masses with the War of the Worlds, the Time Machine and many more iconic stories.

Discover how a series of underground tunnels and a telescope in an attic room helped to pave the way for the sci-fi we know today.

 

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Presenter: Helen Antrobus

Producer: Jack Glover + Sophie Wilkinson

Sound Design: Jesus Gomez

Mark Syson-Harvey

Sophie Wilkinson

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