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JG Ballard - Concrete Island

Drama: SciFi & Fantasy

BBC Radio 4 Extra - JG Ballard - Concrete Island

A cocky young architect is stranded when he crashes off the motorway.

A cocky young architect becomes stranded when his car crashes off a motorway embankment. Stars Andrew Scott.

Driving home one Friday rush hour, a cocky young architect crashes down a motorway embankment. 

At first he seems bound to be rescued, but as he fails to make the passing commuters notice him, he finds himself trapped on a strange, neglected island between the highways. 

Can this modern day Crusoe survive in a strange new world?

Starring Andrew Scott.  

JG Ballard imaginative 1974 novel dramatised by Graham White.

Maitland    ......    Andrew Scott
Jane    ......    Georgia Groome
Proctor    ......    Ben Crowe
Catherine    ......    Joanna Brookes
Helen    ......    Philippa Stanton
David    ......    Matthew Watson

Director:  Mary Peate

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2013.

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