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EM Forster - The Machine Stops

Drama: SciFi & Fantasy

05/07/2014

BBC Radio 4 Extra - EM Forster - The Machine Stops

Written in 1909, a tale of the future where the machine has become an all-powerful god.

Written in 1909, a tale of the future where the machine has become an all-powerful god. Stars Gemma Jones and John McAndrew.

A world in which people can only communicate through a machine sounds like the internet today. But this story, written in 1909, takes us to a future where the machine has become an all-powerful God. 

EM Forster's story dramatised by Gregory Norminton. 

Stars Gemma Jones as Vashi, John McAndrew as Kuno and Jillie Meers as the Computer. 

Director: Jane Morgan 
Producer: Marilyn Imrie 
Made for BBC Radio 4 by Catherine Bailey Productions. 

First broadcast in 2001.

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