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Journey into Space: The World in Peril

By: Charles Chilton
Narrated by: Don Sharp, Alfie Bass, Andrew Faulds, Guy Kingsley Poynter, full cast, David Jacobs
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Publisher's summary

The complete third series of this classic BBC Radio sci-fi drama epic – plus extra bonus material.

Charles Chilton’s classic radio sci-fi series Journey into Space thrilled listeners between 1953 and 1958, attracting almost eight million people to its gripping tale of the far future and the thrills of interstellar travel - the last radio programme in the UK to attract a bigger evening audience than television.

In this, the third series, Captain Jet Morgan, Doc Matthews, engineer Mitch Mitchell and radio operator Lemmy Barnet once more set out for Mars, but this time alone. Their orders - to discover all they can about the threatened Martian invasion of Britain. Jet and his comrades are stretched to their limits as they take on the awesome Martian power, and when they learn the astounding secret of the invasion plan, there is a race against time to warn a defenceless Earth....

Production Credits:

Written and produced by Charles Chilton.

Music composed and orchestra conducted by Van Phillips.

Cast:

Jet Morgan - Andrew Faulds

Mitch – Don Sharp

Doc - Guy Kingsley Poynter

Lemmy Barnett – Alfie Bass

Other parts by David Jacobs, Alan Tilvern and Pat Campbell.

First broadcast BBC Light Programme, 26 September 1955 – 6 February 1956.

©2006 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2006 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

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Good adventure story

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Adventure stories with a science theme are rare today, this is one of the best, it stands the test of time and the Characters are well played

Who was your favorite character and why?

The Martian, principled and ethical

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A BBC Radio Show. Lots of fun from the era!

This is a radio show from the BBC. 20 shows each an 1/2 hour. The sound effects and dialogue show the era - and it was great fun. This was recorded in the days when TV was just about replacing Radio Shows.

But that increased the enjoyment of listening. Hard to believe that at certain times of the week, people stopped everything to listen to a show. Now with DVR and the ability to record and control live TV, we forget what had to be done each week to keep the show going.

For the small price, it was well worth it.

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Brilliant Old-Time Radio Drama

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"Journey Into Space" is by far one of the most exciting series amongst all of those old classic radio dramas. This is the 2nd story-line in its long serial of programs. If you are a fan of audio books or radio dramas of any kind, you will most surely enjoy "Journey Into Space". It is a shame that this medium is not as popular as it once was but it's great that you can still enjoy these old shows with the help of the internet.

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Terrific sci-fi classic

Just great! BBC radio at its best. Charles Chilton was the real deal! Don’t miss it!

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