BBC Audiobooks Classic Sci-Fi Range Launches
June 14, 2006 - Staff@seenituk
Classic radio Sci-Fi comes to CD next month with the launch of a new Classic Radio Sci-Fi series from BBC Audiobooks.
The initial three titles feature a host of well-known names which are sure to delight fans of science fiction, telefantasy, horror and general archive radio:
Giles Cooper's classic six-part adaptation from 1968, based on John Wyndham�s famous novel. Starring Gary Watson and Barbara Shelley, it features other notable cast members Peter Sallis, Peter Pratt, Christopher Bidmead, Marjorie Westbury (Steve from the Paul Temple series) and David Brierley.
This title also includes 10 minutes of deleted scenes which were originally removed prior to the serial�s sale overseas.
Cat number: 1846071518 3 CDs 2 hrs 50 mins �15.99
Aliens in the Mind
A six-part science fiction thriller from 1977, based on a story by classic Doctor Who writer and script editor Robert Holmes. It stars none other than Peter Cushing and Vincent Price as two novice sleuths on the trail of a race of mutant humans, and it also features Richard Hurndall in the role of Sir Graham McLudden.
Cat number: 1846071038 3 CDs 2hrs 45 mins �15.99
The Quatermass Memoirs
The thrilling five-part serial from 1996, which mixes new narrative, starring Andrew Keir as Professor Quatermass, with archive footage from the original Quatermass serials, plus narration by writer Nigel Kneale and actual news footage from the 1950s. It is a stirring, powerful piece much requested for CD release.
Cat number: 1846071054 2 CDs 1 hr 30 mins �12.99
Each release features new cover illustrations by Chris Achilleos –
the artist famous for the covers of the original 1970s Doctor Who books
– and a background sleeve note by Andrew Pixley.
The titles will be available from all good bookshops, online at www.bbcshop.com or by BBC Audiobooks direct mail on 0800 136 919. All three are available to download prices �10.80 each.