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Dan Dare

Series 2

Reign of the Robots 1/2

Duration: 35 minutes

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

Available for years

Dashing test pilot, Dan Dare and his crew finally return to Earth after battling The Mekon on Venus.

Landing in a seemingly deserted central London on 24th June 2045, they realise they've lost ten years.

With limited resources, ,Dan, Lieutenant Digby and the Eagle Corporation’s Professor Jocelyn Peabody must liberate Earth from an army of ruthless robots.

Their task becomes ever more desperate, when they discover the identity of the alien force behind the invasion.

Adventures based on the Eagle comic strip 'Dan Dare' created in 1950 by the Reverend Marcus Morris and Frank Hampson.

Dramatised in two parts by Simon Guerrier

Dan Dare …. Ed Stoppard
Digby …. Geoff McGivern
Professor Peabody …. Heida Reed
The Mekon …. Raad Rawi
George Bryan …. Dean Harris
On-board Computer …. Dianne Weller

Original music: Imran Ahmad

Director: Andrew Mark Sewell

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