James Follett - Earthsearch - Earthsearch II

JAMES FOLLETT - EARTHSEARCH - EARTHSEARCH II (320kbs-m4a/641mb/4hrs38mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 22nd June to 3rd July 2020

James Follett's cult sci-fi drama is a gripping sequel to his original Earthsearch.

Director: Glyn Dearman

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April/May/June 1982.

EARTHSEARCH - EARTHSEARCH II - 1. THE RETURN (320kbs-m4a/62mb/27mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 22nd June 2020

Four million years ago, the crew of the starship Challenger abandoned their search for Earth and made their home on Paradise, the third planet of a solar system on the fringe of the galaxy.

But now the crew's settled life is soon to be shattered...

Commander Telson ...... Sean Arnold
Sharna ...... Amanda Murray
Darv ...... Haydn Wood
Astra ...... Kathryn Hurlbutt
Tidy ...... David Gooderson
George ...... Stephen Garlick

EARTHSEARCH - EARTHSEARCH II - 2. FLOOD (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 23rd June 2020

Telson and Darv take the starship Challenger’s shuttle up to locate the android that killed Darv and Astra's son.

But they soon discover that they’re not alone...

Commander Telson ...... Sean Arnold
Sharna ...... Amanda Murray
Darv ...... Haydn Wood
Astra ...... Kathryn Hurlbutt
Tidy ...... David Gooderson
George ...... Stephen Garlick
Angel One ...... Sonia Fraser
Angel Two ...... Gordon Reid

EARTHSEARCH - EARTHSEARCH II - 3. SURRENDER (320kbs-m4a/65mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 24th June 2020

Believing they've outwitted the Angels, the Challenger crew prepare to wait out the flood.

Their victory, however, is short lived...

Commander Telson ...... Sean Arnold
Sharna ...... Amanda Murray
Darv ...... Haydn Wood
Astra ...... Kathryn Hurlbutt
Angel One ...... Sonia Fraser
Angel Two ...... Gordon Reid
Elka ...... Jill Lidstone
Tidy ...... David Gooderson
George ...... Stephen Garlick

EARTHSEARCH - EARTHSEARCH II - 4. SOLARIA (320kbs-m4a/65mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 25th June 2020

Bran wants the Challenger crew to destroy 'an artefact' floating in space. Will they co-operate?

Commander Telson ...... Sean Arnold
Sharna ...... Amanda Murray
Darv ...... Haydn Wood
Astra ...... Kathryn Hurlbutt
Bran ...... Michael Maloney
Angel One ...... Sonia Fraser
Angel Two ...... Gordon Reid
Solaria ...... Pauline Letts
Elkeran ...... Nicholas Courtney
Elka ...... Jill Lidstone
Tidy ...... David Gooderson

EARTHSEARCH - EARTHSEARCH II - 5. SUNDEATH (320kbs-m4a/63mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 26th June 2020

On an abandoned artificial sun, the crew of Challenger probes the computer in charge.

Commander Telson ...... Sean Arnold
Sharna ...... Amanda Murray
Darv ...... Haydn Wood
Astra ...... Kathryn Hurlbutt
Bran ...... Michael Maloney
Angel One ...... Sonia Fraser
Angel Two ...... Gordon Reid
Solaria ...... Pauline Letts
Elkeran ...... Nicholas Courtney
Elka ...... Jill Lidstone
Tidy ...... David Gooderson
Halsten ...... David McAlister

EARTHSEARCH - EARTHSEARCH II - 6. SUPERMASS (320kbs-m4a/63mb/27mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 29th June 2020

With the Angel computers weakened, the starship Challenger is plunging into a black hole.

Commander Telson ...... Sean Arnold
Sharna ...... Amanda Murray
Darv ...... Haydn Wood
Astra ...... Kathryn Hurlbutt
Angel One ...... Sonia Fraser
Angel Two ...... Gordon Reid
Bran ...... Michael Maloney
Elka ...... Jill Lidstone
Tidy ...... David Gooderson
Theros ...... John Warner
S.A.7 ...... Spencer Banks
George ...... Stephen Garllick

EARTHSEARCH - EARTHSEARCH II - 7. DEATHSHIP (320kbs-m4a/65mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 30th June 2020

Dragged into an artificial black hole, the crew of Challenger must face Spaceguard Six.

Commander Telson ...... Sean Arnold
Sharna ...... Amanda Murray
Darv ...... Haydn Wood
Astra ...... Kathryn Hurlbutt
Angel One ...... Sonia Fraser
Angel Two ...... Gordon Reid
Bran ...... Michael Maloney
Elka ...... Jill Lidstone
Tidy ...... David Gooderson
Theros ...... John Warner
Kraken ...... Crawford Logan

EARTHSEARCH - EARTHSEARCH II - 8. MEGALOMANIA (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 1st July 2020

An android built by the computers on the spaceship Challenger suffers from severe logic failure

Commander Telson ...... Sean Arnold
Sharna ...... Amanda Murray
Darv ...... Haydn Wood
Astra ...... Kathryn Hurlbutt
Angel One ...... Sonia Fraser
Angel Two ...... Gordon Reid
Bran ...... Michael Maloney
Elka ...... Jill Lidstone
Tidy ...... David Gooderson
Kraken ...... Crawford Logan

EARTHSEARCH - EARTHSEARCH II - 9. EARTH (320kbs-m4a/65mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 2nd July 2020

The crew of starship Challenger finally locate their planet, but what will they find?

Commander Telson ...... Sean Arnold
Sharna ...... Amanda Murray
Darv ...... Haydn Wood
Astra ...... Kathryn Hurlbutt
Angel One ...... Sonia Fraser
Angel Two ...... Gordon Reid
Bran ...... Michael Maloney
Elka ...... Jill Lidstone
Tidy ...... David Gooderson
Peeron ...... George Parsons

EARTHSEARCH - EARTHSEARCH II - 10. EARTHVOICE (320kbs-m4a/65mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 3rd July 2020

The crew of spaceship Challenger's search is over, but Earth is not how they left it...

Commander Telson ...... Sean Arnold
Sharna ...... Amanda Murray
Darv ...... Haydn Wood
Astra ...... Kathryn Hurlbutt
Angel One ...... Sonia Fraser
Angel Two ...... Gordon Reid
Bran ...... Michael Maloney
Elka ...... Jill Lidstone
Tidy ...... David Gooderson
Peeron ...... George Parsons
Earthvoice ...... Michael Tudor Barnes

James Follett - Earthsearch - Earthsearch I

JAMES FOLLETT - EARTHSEARCH - EARTHSEARCH I (320kbs-m4a/658mb/4hrs46mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 21st October to 1st November 2019

James Follett's 10-part adventure serial in time and space.

Director: Glyn Dearman

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January/February/March 1981.
 
EARTHSEARCH I - 1. PLANETFALL (320kbs-m4a/66mb/29mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 21st October 2019

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 Challenger and have never left it. From birth they've been looked after by two 'Angels' - voices surrounding and guiding their every move. The crew follows their advice without question. A dangerous situation, perhaps, if the Angels aren't all their names imply...

Commander Telson ...... Sean Arnold
Sharna ...... Amanda Murray
Astra ...... Kathryn Hurlbutt
Darv ...... Haydn Wood
Angel One ...... Sonia Fraser
Angel Two ...... Gordon Reid
Christopher Scott ...... Sinclair

EARTHSEARCH I - 2. FIRST FOOTPRINT CITY (320kbs-m4a/66mb/29mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 22nd October 2019

As the starship Challenger returns to its solar system after a 115-year-long search for a planet suitable for colonisation - it's a home that the crew have never known.

Born aboard the craft, the four-strong space crew must come to terms with some shocking news...

Commander Telson ...... Sean Arnold
Sharna ...... Amanda Murray
Astra ...... Kathryn Hurlbutt
Darv ...... Haydn Wood
Angel One ...... Sonia Fraser
Angel Two ...... Gordon Reid
Sentinel ...... Alexander John
Simon ...... David Bradshawe

EARTHSEARCH I - 3. SANDS OF KYROS (320kbs-m4a/67mb/29mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 23rd October 2019

The Challenger's crew has returned to its solar system to discover that a million years has passed on Earth while only 115 years had passed on their starship.

After their devastating news, the four-strong crew face peril from a once benign force...

Commander Telson ...... Sean Arnold
Sharna ...... Amanda Murray
Astra ...... Kathryn Hurlbutt
Darv ...... Haydn Wood
Angel One ...... Sonia Fraser
Angel Two ...... Gordon Reid
Sentinel ...... Alexander John
George ...... John McAndrew

EARTHSEARCH I - 4. THE SOLARIC EMPIRE (320kbs-m4a/67mb/29mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 24th October 2019

Searching for Earth - which has mysteriously vanished from the solar system - two of the crew of the starship Challenger have landed on neighbouring planet, Kyros.

At first it appears to be uninhabited, but Astra and Darv soon discover otherwise...

Commander Telson ...... Sean Arnold
Sharna ...... Amanda Murray
Astra ...... Kathryn Hurlbutt
Darv ...... Haydn Wood
Angel One ...... Sonia Fraser
Angel Two ...... Gordon Reid
Thale ...... Graham Faulkner
Helan ...... Judy Franklin
Thorden ...... John Bott
Spegal ...... Stephen Garlick

EARTHSEARCH I - 5. THE POOLS OF TIME (320kbs-m4a/67mb/29mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 25th October 2019

Darv and Astra, two of the starship's crew, are in grave danger after being taken prisoner by the inhabitants of Zelda 5.

Their crewmates Telson and Sharna are in hot pursuit aboard the Challenger...

Commander Telson ...... Sean Arnold
Sharna ...... Amanda Murray
Astra ...... Kathryn Hurlbutt
Darv ...... Haydn Wood
Angel One ...... Sonia Fraser
Angel Two ...... Gordon Reid
Helan ...... Judy Franklin
Thorden ...... John Bott
Spegal ...... Stephen Garlick
Custodian of the Past ...... Eve Karpf
Old Man ...... Godfrey Kenton

EARTHSEARCH I - 6. ACROSS THE ABYSS (320kbs-m4a/65mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 28th October 2019

The starship Challenger, continuing its search for Earth, has left Zelda 5 and - with Grand Emperor Thorden on board - is heading toward the star cluster, Tersus 9.

Darv is certain that this is where Paradise - a planet discovered by the second generation crew - is to be found.

Commander Telson ...... Sean Arnold
Sharna ...... Amanda Murray
Astra ...... Kathryn Hurlbutt
Darv ...... Haydn Wood
Angel One ...... Sonia Fraser
Angel Two ...... Gordon Reid
Kroll ...... Michael Spice
Fagor ...... Sion Probert
Dren ...... John Webb

EARTHSEARCH I - 7. NEW BLOOD (320kbs-m4a/63mb/27mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 29th October 2019

Telson and Sharna, two of the Challenger's crew, have entered the floating hulk of its sister ship and discovered it houses a population with no knowledge of anything outside their own small world. To them, Earth is eternity.

Commander Telson ...... Sean Arnold
Sharna ...... Amanda Murray
Astra ...... Kathryn Hurlbutt
Darv ...... Haydn Wood
Angel One ...... Sonia Fraser
Angel Two ...... Gordon Reid
Fagor ...... Sion Probert
Lenart ...... Jane Knowles
Tandor ...... Pauline Letts
Forty One ...... John Church

EARTHSEARCH I - 8. MAROONED (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 30th October 2019

The crew of Challenger have mounted an escape, but their starship has vanished.

Commander Telson ...... Sean Arnold
Sharna ...... Amanda Murray
Astra ...... Kathryn Hurlbutt
Darv ...... Haydn Wood
Angel One ...... Sonia Fraser
Angel Two ...... Gordon Reid
Sentinel ...... Alexander John
George ...... John McAndrew

EARTHSEARCH I - 9. STAR CLUSTER - TERSUS NINE (320kbs-m4a/67mb/29mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 31st October 2019

Having destroyed the warrior android Fagor and returned safely to the starship Challenger, the crew have resumed their search for Earth and are heading - in a state of suspended animation - for Tersus Nine.

Commander Telson ...... Sean Arnold
Sharna ...... Amanda Murray
Astra ...... Kathryn Hurlbutt
Darv ...... Haydn Wood
Angel One ...... Sonia Fraser
Angel Two ...... Gordon Reid

EARTHSEARCH I - 10. EARTHFALL (320kbs-m4a/65mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 1st November 2019

Despite the difficulties put in their way by the two guardian 'Angels', the crew of the Challenger have found Paradise - an earth-like planet originally discovered by the second generation crew.

However, the 'Angels' are by no means beaten.

Commander Telson ...... Sean Arnold
Sharna ...... Amanda Murray
Astra ...... Kathryn Hurlbutt
Darv ...... Haydn Wood
Angel One ...... Sonia Fraser
Angel Two ...... Gordon Reid