Before the Screaming Begins

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Wally K Daly: Before the Screaming Begins: Episode 1

Wally K Daly - Before the Screaming Begins

Episode 1

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An invasion by aliens interrupts a wedding anniversary celebration.

An invasion by aliens interrupts a wedding anniversary celebration. Sci-fi trilogy stars James Laurenson and Jennifer Piercey.

An invasion by aliens interrupts an idyllic wedding anniversary celebration for Tom Harris and his wife.

Before the Screaming Begins is the first of Wally K Daly's sci-fi trilogy which continues with The Silent Scream and With a Whimper to the Grave.

Tom Harris ...... James Laurenson
Sally Harris ...... Jennifer Piercey
AP Smith ...... Donald Hewlett
Detective Sergeant Forbes ...... Robert Trotter
Catherine's Mother ...... Katherine Parr
Nurse ...... Maggie Ollerenshaw
Desk Sergeant ...... Peter Williams
Silkin ...... Peter Wickham
Alien Voice ...... Malcolm Gerard
Alien Controller ...... Manning Wilson

Director: Martin Jenkins

First broadcast as a 90 minute Saturday-Night Theatre production on BBC Radio 4 in 1978.

Wally K Daly: Before the Screaming Begins

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Sci-fi thriller. A man is abducted by aliens on his wedding anniversary

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