John Wyndham: A BBC Radio Drama Collection
Six classic BBC radio adaptations
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Narrated by:
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Bill Nighy
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Peter Sallis
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Barbara Shelley
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By:
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John Wyndham
About this listen
Bill Nighy, Barbara Shelley and Peter Sallis are among the cast in six classic BBC Radio dramatisations of stories by one of Britain's most popular science fiction authors.
'The Day of the Triffids', first broadcast in 1968, is set in a world in which most people have been left blind after a meteor shower, and lethal carnivorous triffids are roaming the land. 'The Kraken Wakes', dramatised for radio in 1998, is a gripping story of monsters from the deep, alien invasion and ecological disaster.
'The Chrysalids', first broadcast in 1981, explores the dangers of being different, while the 1989 adaptation of short story 'Survival' focuses on the lengths people will go to in order to survive.
'The Midwich Cuckoos', broadcast in 2003, is a disturbing tale of a village sealed off from the world for a day and subsequently taken over by terrifying inhuman children.
Dramatised for radio in 1998, 'Chocky' is a chilling tale of a boy who appears to be communicating with an invisible friend. Also included is 'Beware the Stare!', a half-hour radio documentary looking at 'The Midwich Cuckoos' in print and on screen.
Note: These are the BBC Transcription versions of The Day of the Triffids, prepared for sale to overseas territories. At the time, 12 minutes of material was deleted from these episodes to bring down the running time. However, these deleted scenes have been recovered and are included as bonus extra content at the end of the final episode.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Mrs EJ Blackwell-Combe
- 24-08-17
Brilliant adaptations with excellent cast.
I enjoyed each of these radio dramatisations enormously. I have only read The Crysalids, Day of the Triffids and The Kraken Wakes, so can't comment on how faithful the other adaptations are. I wasn't familiar with the story 'Survival', which was a nice, enjoyably creepy addition. Highly recommend this audio book.
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- Gemma
- 13-12-19
excellent collection!
have loved the triffids since I was a teenager but wasn't familiar with the rest of his work. I absolutely loved this entire collection and enjoyed learning a little about the author in the final chapter.
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- dot_stockport
- 02-07-17
fantastic
This is a great collection of bbc wyndham adaptations. Absolutely classic radio with an interesting short documentary piece about the hard to find out about author.
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- Kindle Customer
- 25-04-19
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- miss christina bengston
- 21-03-17
Oh my god sooooo good
I absolutely loved this. The dramatization was excellent. I was completely sucked into every story. Wyndham is a legend and these adaptations are classics I will listen to over and over again.
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- Book Lover
- 24-09-21
Why no chapter headings?
A great collection, but as often happens, one has to stab around trying to find the story you want to hear! Is it too much to ask to offer headings.
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- Pengwen
- 25-07-17
A mixed bag
One of the drawbacks which is presumably something that Audible control, is the lack of named books and chapters on the sidebar so you can choose easily to pick up or miss a particular story.
The Day of the Triffids and The Midwich Cuckoos are well known to most people some of the other stories may not be as well known . Overall despite the fact that they are unsettling, scary stories what struck me most was how dated they sounded . I found the portrayal of women just wearing in the end. It's been a long time since I read the Day of the Triffids, for example, perhaps it's the radio production focuses attention of the listener to this aspect more than reading the books. Perhaps it's simply because the books are a product of their time but it got in the way of my enjoyment. The highlight however was listening to Bill Nighys performance in the Midwich Cuckoos, such a great delivery, I could listen to him reading the phone book.
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- AlHazred
- 19-08-17
Masterfully done great voice performance
Hard to fault this radio play. Great listening and cracking stories. Highly Recommended. For lovers of a strange yarns and weird tales
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- D. J. Adams
- 27-09-22
Great collection let down by lazy Audible staff
A lovely collection but the lack of any chapter titles to distinguish the content is either lazy or incompetent and not a little disappointing.
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- Norley
- 02-02-19
Classic adaptations of classic stories
A little treasure trove of apocalyptic gems. Wyndham was a pioneer and, although the adaptations are somewhat abridged, they capture the spirit of the novels nicely. The vast majority of the voice acting is great and the effects suitably atmospheric, personally I had no problem hearing the voices over them.
As for the review that states the Triffids has parts out if sequence - the reviewer didn’t read that these were 10 minutes trimmed from the overseas version and included here as bonus material!
The collection wraps up with a short piece on Wyndham’s life which gives us a tiny glimpse into a very private man.
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