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Space Children

on BBC Radio 4 FM

A musical by DAVID RAY MARKHAM
This is the story of the last children to leave Earth, a planet rendered uninhabitable by wars and the destruction of the environment. Appalled by what they have done, the adults send the children out into space to make a better life....
Space children and the children from Ecaps played and sung by pupils from
WESTBURY ON TRYM CHURCH OF
ENGLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL, conducted by MARGARET HOPES Adapted and directed by ALEC REID BBCBristol. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
David Ray Markham
Conducted By:
Margaret Hopes
Directed By:
Alec Reid
the Queen of Ecaps:
Jill Balcon
Cheeky:
Ben Igo
Miranda:
Rachel Willis
Captain of the Spaceship:
Don Fellows
Co-pilot:
Alan Coveny
MachO:
Geoffrey Collins
Space Demons:
Paul Gregory
Space Demons:
Sheila Grant
Father:
Michael Drew
Mother:
Ella Hood

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