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James Follett - Earthsearch

Earthsearch I

2. First Footprint City

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 7Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

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...

Starring Sean Arnold.

James Follett's adventure serial in time and space.

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

Director: Glyn Dearman

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1981. Show less

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