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The Book of Strange New Things

The Book of Strange New Things: Episode 2

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Episode 2

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Book of Strange New Things, Episode 2

Bea has big news for her husband Peter. Narrated by Dougray Scott.

Miranda Emmerson adapts Michel Faber's powerful novel, set in the near future. Bea has big news for her husband Peter. Narrated by Dougray Scott.

Joe Armstrong, Hayley Atwell and Dougray Scott star in Miranda Emmerson's adaptation of the astonishing new novel by Michel Faber (Under the Skin, Crimson Petal and the White).

Set in the near future, it tells the story of Peter, devoted husband and devoted man of faith, as he is called to the mission of a lifetime, one that takes him galaxies away from his wife, Beatrice.

Peter has travelled to a far distant planet, called Oasis, where an enigmatic corporation called USIC have a base. He has been employed as Christian missionary to the native inhabitants - a gentle, peaceable community, who have welcomed Peter to their settlement and are eager to hear the teachings of the Bible, a book they call 'The Book of Strange New Things'.

Adapted for radio by Miranda Emmerson

Directed by Emma Harding

CAST

Narrator.....Dougray Scott
Peter.....Joe Armstrong
Beatrice.....Hayley Atwell
Grainger.....Kelly Burke
Oasan/ Tuska.....Mark Edel-Hunt
Jesus Lover Number One/ Severin.....Michael Bertenshaw
Jesus Lover Number Five/ BG.....Damian Lynch
Jesus Lover Number Four.....David Acton
USIC Psychologist.....Jane Slavin
USIC Doctor.....Elaine Claxton

Other parts played by members of the company.

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Miranda Emmerson adapts Michel Faber's novel, set in the near future.

Miranda Emmerson adapts Michel Faber's powerful novel, set in the near future, in which devoted husband Peter faces the mission of a lifetime, galaxies away from his wife. Narrated by Dougray Scott

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