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Why, Robot?: Episode 3: The Companion

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Episode 3: The Companion

The Companion

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By Anita Sullivan. A medically trained Companion-series humanoid watches over Eunice.

By Anita Sullivan. A medically trained Companion-series humanoid watches over Eunice's old age with an unorthodox interpretation of Asimov's Three Laws. Read by Sheila Steafel.

Story by Anita Sullivan inspired by Issac Asimov's three laws of robotics, read by Sheila Steafel. Colin - a medically-trained, 'Companion-series' humanoid - watches over Eunice's old age with an unorthodox interpretation of 'The Three Laws of Robotics'. 

Anita Sullivan lives in Sussex. Her first play for radio, commissioned by Sweet Talk, was runner up in the Richard Imison Awards. Recent work includes Homesick and Torchwood: Asylum in 2009 and The Beacon (a five-part adaptation of Susan Hill's novel) in March 2010. She has also written for theatre companies as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company, Plymouth Theatre Royal, Pop-Up children's theatre, Eastern Angles and Borderline. The Companion is Anita's second short story for Sweet Talk, following The Phantom Cosmonaut, part of the 'Sputnik' series, in 2007.

Written by Anita Sullivan
Read by Sheila Steafel

Producer -  Jeremy Osborne
A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4.

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Series of stories inspired by Isaac Asimov's three laws of robotics

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