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Sci-fi sitcom by Phil Whelans about a hopeless new space colony, with Nicholas Lyndhurst

Sci-fi sitcom by Phil Whelans about a hopeless new space colony, starring Nicholas Lyndhurst and Vicki Pepperdine

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Nicholas Lyndhurst

Vicki Pepperdine

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Phil Whelans

Letty Butler

John Dorney

Catherine Shepherd

David Tyler

My First Planet: Series 2: Episode 1: Sample of Terror

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Episode 1: Sample of Terror

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Sample of Terror

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Day 30 and Brian has to win the Tour de France to save the contents of Lillian's freezer.

Day 30 on the colony. Brian has to win the Tour De France to save the contents of a freezer! Starring Nicholas Lyndhurst. From July 2014.

A sitcom set in a hapless Space Colony.

It's Day 30 on the colony and Brian has to win the Tour De France to save the contents of Lillian's freezer. Meanwhile, Mason discovers that a nuclear core is not the best venue for some role-play.

The return of the hit sitcom starring Nicholas Lyndhurst and Vicki Pepperdine ("Getting On") set on a shiny new planet.

Welcome to the colony. We're aware that, having been in deep cryosleep for 73 years, you may be in need of some supplementary information.

Personnel:
Unfortunately, Burrows the leader of the colony has died on the voyage so his Number 2, Brian (Nicholas Lyndhurst), is now in charge. He's a nice enough chap, but no alpha male, and his desire to sort things out with a nice friendly meeting infuriates the colony's Chief Physician Lillian (Vicki Pepperdine), who'd really rather everyone was walking round in tight colour-coded tunics and saluting each other. She's also in charge of Project Adam, the plan to conceive and give birth to the first colony-born baby. Unfortunately, the two people hand-picked for this purpose - Carol and Richard - were rather fibbing about being a couple, just to get on the trip.

Add in an entirely unscrupulous Chief Scientist, Mason and also Archer, an idiot maintenance man who believes he's an "empath" rather than a plumber, and you're all set to answer the question - if humankind were to colonise space, is it destined to succumb to self-interest, prejudice and infighting? (By the way, the answer's "yes". Sorry.)

Written by Phil Whelans
Produced & directed by David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4.

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