Arthur C. Clarke - Childhood's End

ARTHUR C. CLARKE - CHILDHOOD'S END (320kbs-m4a/264mb/1hr55mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 16th & 23rd February 2025

**** This programme was suggested by Hadrian Jeffs as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra's All Request Weekend ****

Classic sci-fi novel written by Arthur C Clarke.

Dramatised in two parts by Tony Mulholland.

Music by Jeff Mearns.

Director: Brian Lighthill

Originally broadcast as a Classic Serial on BBC Radio 4 in November 1997.

First and last broadcast on BBC 7 in January 2003.

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ARTHUR C. CLARKE - CHILDHOOD'S END - 1. BEGINNING (320kbs-m4a/131mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 16th February 2025

The world is at war.

Self-destruction is inevitable.

Then the Overlords arrive.

What do they want?

Jan .... Steven Pacey
Karellen .... Peter Jeffrey
Stormgren .... Philip Voss
Young Katerina .... Yana Weinstein
Katerina .... Alison Pettitt
Doctor .... Patricia Perry
Wainwright .... Bernard Lloyd
Katya .... Lynn Farleigh
Sir Kenneth .... Paul Webster
Luther .... Paul Birchard
Mark .... Leon Tanner
Kircher .... Jonathan Owen
The Thai President .... Sue Kimberley
The Terrorist .... Katherine Messenger

ARTHUR C. CLARKE - CHILDHOOD'S END - 2. END (320kbs-m4a/132mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 23rd February 2025

The Overlords have been unseen, ruling the world from a distance for over 50 years.

Now they are about to reveal themselves...

Katie .... Sarah-Jane Holm
Jeffrey .... James Richards
George .... Christian Rodska
Mia .... Suzanne Hitchmough
Rupert .... Cornelius Garrett
Sullivan .... Gerard McDermott
Vindarten .... Kim Durham
Thanthalteresco .... Graham Padden
Rashaverak .... Sunny Ormonde
Jan .... Steven Pacey
Karellen .... Peter Jeffrey