Journey into Space: The Red Planet

Nov 8, 2024 11:34 AM

Author:Charles Chilton,Full Cast,David Kossoff,Andrew Faulds,Bruce Beeby,Guy Kingsley Poynter

The complete second series of this classic BBC Radio sci-fi drama epic.

Charles Chilton's classic radio sci-fi series Journey into Space thrilled listeners between 1953 and 1958, attracting almost eight million people to its gripping tale of the far future and the thrills of interstellar travel - the last radio programme in the UK to attract a bigger evening audience than television.

This, the second series, opens with Jet and the crew on board the flagship Discovery, leading a fleet of spaceships. Their mission: to explore Mars, the mysterious and - as they believe - uninhabited red planet...

Production Credits

Written and produced by Charles Chilton.

Music composed and orchestra conducted by Van Phillips.

Cast

Jet Morgan - Andrew Faulds

Lemmy Barnett - David Kossoff

Doc - Guy Kingsley-Poynter

Mitch - Bruce Beeby

Other parts by David Jacobs, Anthony Marriot and Madi Hedd.

First broadcast BBC Light Programme, 12 September 1954 - 17 January 1955.

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