Brian Gulliver's Travels

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Comedy by Bill Dare. Brian Gulliver relates his bizarre adventures in undiscovered worlds

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Neil Pearson

Mariah Gale

Katherine Jakeways

Paul Bhattacharjee

Sean Baker

Sam Dale

Nyasha Hatendi

Jane Whittenshaw

Sally Orrock

Steven Canny

Bill Dare

Brian Gulliver's Travels: Series 1: Gelbetia

Gelbetia

Series 1

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Missing for years, Brian has stories to tell, including a trip to a country run by doctors

Missing for six years, Brian has stories to tell, including a visit to a country run by doctors. Stars Neil Pearson. From February 2011.

Brian Gulliver, a seasoned presenter of travel documentaries, finds himself in a hospital's secure unit after claiming to have experienced a succession of bizarre adventures. 

His begins with the tale of his travels in Gelbetia -  a country run by doctors.

Starring Neil Pearson and Mariah Gale.  

A satirical adventure story from Bill Dare.

Brian    ……    Neil Pearson
Rachel    ……    Mariah Gale
Brendal    ……    Katherine Jakeways
Dr Malik    ……    Paul Bhattacharjee
Nurse Hill    ……    Sean Baker
Judge    ……    Sam Dale
Juror    ……    Nyasha Hatendi
Cliptin    ……    Jane Whittenshaw
Nurse Suzy    ……    Sally Orrock

For years Bill Dare wanted to create a satire about different worlds exploring Kipling's idea that we travel, 'not just to explore civilizations, but to better understand our own'. But science- fiction and space ships never interested him, so he put the idea on ice. Then Brian Gulliver arrived and meant that our hero could be lost in a fictional world without the need for any sci-fi.

Gulliver's Travels is the only book Bill Dare read at university. His father, Peter Jones, narrated a similarly peripatetic radio series: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Producer:  Steven Canny

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2011.

Brian Gulliver's Travels: Series 1

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Brian Gulliver has been missing for six years. He's back with a story to tell

Comedy series from Bill Dare. Brian Gulliver, a presenter of travel documentaries, finds himself in a hospital's secure unit after claiming to have experienced a succession of biza

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