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Atomic Tales

Jul 27, 2025 1:02 PM

Author:Adam Tandy,Nat Sones,John Guerrasio,Jeff Harding,Liza Ross,Colin Stinton,Full Cast

Atomic Tales

Six sensational spoofs of classic 1950s American science fiction stories

BBC Audio present six fantastic tales of twisted futures and times beyond tomorrow...

Their Gaze Was Green - With the Earth under threat from Venusian terrorists, can clean-cut space heroes Jack and Chip thwart their evil, tentacled nemeses?

And Mother Makes Millions - A dashing male stranger enters a dystopian world where human women have become infertile. Is he really humanity's saviour, or does he have a sinister agenda?

I've Got Your Number - Cal Newton goes from hero to zero when his unique, numbered ID gets copied. Can he defeat his evil alter ego, Anti-Cal, and take back his life?

Land of Plenty - In tomorrow's world, all human food is delivered in sealed mag-cans to the residents of Mars. But what if the tin-openers fail, and people are forced to eat deadly leftovers?

Unstoppable! - When the interstellar Jupiter Express hurtles out of control towards Earth, it's up to ace galactic survey explorer Biff Morrow to save the day...

Night of the Cicadas - A mad scientist has created a new breed of huge, mutant, people-eating bugs, intent on taking over the world. Could this be the end for humankind?

Inspired by the pulp sci-fi of 'Fifties America, these perfectly pitched parodies are redolent of the atomic age - when the space race was at its height, Cold War paranoia was at fever pitch and the future seemed both thrilling and terrifying. They star John Guerrasio, Jeff Harding, Allison Warnyca, Lewis McLeod, Colin Stinton and Liza Ross.

Production credits

Written by Adam Tandy and Nat Sones

Produced by Adam Bromley

Starring John Guerrasio, Jeff Harding, Allison Warnyca, Lewis McLeod, Colin Stinton andLiza Ross

First broadcast BBC Radio 7, 18 March 2006 (Land of Plenty), 31 July-4 August 2006 (Their Gaze Was Green, And Mother Makes Millions, I've Got Your Number, Unstoppable!, Night of the Cicadas)

Reviews

'Like Jonathan Swift, Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own, and like Swift he is a satirist of enormous talent ... incredibly funny ... compulsively readable'

—— The Times

'Pratchett is at the peak of his power; it's hard to think of any humorist writing in Britain today who can match him'

—— Time Out

'The great Terry Pratchett, whose wit is metaphysical, who creates an energetic and lively secondary world, who has a multifarious genius for strong parody ... who deals with death with startling originality. Who writes amazing sentences'

—— New York Times

'His spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction'

—— Mail on Sunday

Riveting, moving and utterly feel-good.

—— Daily Mail

A beautifully woven tale of families and their secrets.

—— Liz Fenwick

Gentle yet poignant, it's a book to settle down with and enjoy Devon.

—— Devon Life

Lovely . . . Made me long for a long hot summer by the sea with friends and family. I loved that new beginnings turn up when you least expect them.

—— Jo Thomas, author of The Oyster Catcher

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