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Ray Bradbury's Tales of the Bizarre

Series 1

I Sing the Body Electric

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

When a young mother dies, she's replaced by a 'Mk V, 110 volt, AC/DC, Electric Grandmother'.

What else?

Ray Bradbury introduces his own thought-provoking tale.

Dramatised by Catherine Czerkawska.

Tom …. David Jarvis
Father …. Angus McInnes
Agatha …. Buffy Davis
Timothy …. Colin Scott Moncrieff
The Mk V, AC/DC, Electric Grandmother …. Joanna Tope

Directed in Edinburgh by Hamish Wilson.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1996. Show less

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