Earthsearch

Name: Earthsearch
Brand: Penguin Random House UK
Availability: InStock
Author: James Follett
ISBN: 9781405698740

Author: James Follett

Narrator: Amanda Murray, Full Cast, Sean Arnold

Unabridged: 9 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: BBC Digital Audio

Published: 12/01/2004

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

The acclaimed BBC Radio 4 space drama arrives in its entirety for the very first time, with a bonus introduction by creator and writer James Follett. The starship Challenger has been on a 115-year-long mission, exploring other galaxies for suitable Earth-like planets to colonise. The present crew of four were born on the ship and have never left it. But when the Challenger attempts to return to the crew's home planet, it discovers that the Earth has vanished! When they were first broadcast on radio, Earthsearch and Earthsearch II generated a flood of fan letters to Radio Times. Now at last their superb sound is available, digitally remastered for the first time. Also included is an introduction from James Follett, first broadcast as part of BBC7's "Men, Martians, and Machines".

Reviews

Goodreads review by Timo on June 27, 2011

Let's make this aboslutely clear. This piece of sci-fi audio fun is sheer brilliance and I can not strongly enough make clear how much I love this. It just so good. Well produced (alhtough, it has to be said, that the Finnish version is so much better done), well acted and exciting. 100% brilliance.......more

Goodreads review by Todd on May 25, 2017

Earthsearch is a two part radio drama written by science fiction author James Follett and produced by the BBC in the early 1980’s. Although the sound effects are a bit cheesy it’s a fun story with a good cast (except for ‘Tidy’, perhaps the most annoying robot ever conceived). The tale involves the......more

Goodreads review by Matt on October 02, 2016

I did enjoy this radio play, but it took a bit if getting used to. The effects, which were groundbreaking for the time, are not much more than beeps and voice filters, and haven't aged particularly well. It feels very much a product if it's time That said, it was interesting and exciting. Each episod......more

Goodreads review by Andy on April 04, 2016

Great sci-fi series from the BBC. Who's in charge... the computers or the planet seeking astronauts just out from suspended animation?......more