By Richard Adams. A new two-part dramatisation by Neville Teller, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the classic novel's publication.

When the prophet Fiver predicts the destruction of their warren, not all the rabbits are prepared to listen.
Music arranged and played by Chris Leslie
Director Peter Leslie Wild
Repeated on Saturday at 9pm

Watership Down 3.00pm R4
Yes, it's a book about rabbits - but that's where the cute stuff stops. In honour of its 30th anniversary, Radio 4 presents a dramatisation of Richard Adams's brilliant allegorical fantasy adventure. Our rabbit heroes Hazel and Fiver's search for a new warren brings them into contact with the bunny equivalent of a fascist regime (complete with stormtroopers and secret police) and a far-from-benign utopia. Classic family listening it is but, like the novel, don't expect it to be comfortable. Jane Anderson