Sunday 1 March 2020

Dan Dare: Reign Of The Robots

DAN DARE: REIGN OF THE ROBOTS (320kbs-m4a/161mb/1hr10mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 21st & 28th December 2019

Dan Dare, Lieutenant Digby and the Eagle Corporation’s Professor Jocelyn Peabody finally return to Earth after battling The Mekon on Venus. Landing in a seemingly deserted central London, they establish that, with the date being 24th June 2045, they have lost ten years.

With limited resources, Dare, Digby and Peabody set about liberating the Earth from an army of ruthless robots. The task becomes more desperate than ever when they discover the alien force behind the invasion.

More adventures based on the Eagle comic strip 'Dan Dare' created in 1950 by the Reverend Marcus Morris and Frank Hampson.

Original music: Imran Ahmad

Dramatised by Simon Guerrier from an original story by Frank Hampson.

Director: Andrew Mark Sewell.

Made by B7 Media

DAN DARE: REIGN OF THE ROBOTS - 1. EPISODE 1 (320kbs-m4a/80mb/35mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 21st December 2019

Dan Dare ... Ed Stoppard
Digby ... Geoff McGivern
Professor Peabody ... Heida Reed
The Mekon ... Raad Rawi
George Bryan ... Dean Harris
On-board Computer ... Dianne Weller

DAN DARE: REIGN OF THE ROBOTS - 2. EPISODE 2 (320kbs-m4a/81mb/35mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 28th December 2019

Dan Dare ... Ed Stoppard
Digby ... Geoff McGivern
Professor Peabody ... Heida Reed
The Mekon ... Raad Rawi
Sir Hubert ... Michael Cochrane
Eko ... Amy Humphreys
On-board Computer ... Dianne Weller

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