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Iain M Banks - The State of the Art

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BBC Radio 4 Extra - Iain M Banks - The State of the Art

A spaceship arrives on Earth and finds a planet obsessed with alien concepts like 'money'.

A spaceship lands in 1977 finding Earth obsessed with property and money. An agent sparks alarm going native. Stars Antony Sher.

The Culture ship Arbitrary arrives on Earth in 1977 and finds a planet obsessed with alien concepts like 'property' and 'money' and on the edge of self-destruction. 

When Agent Dervley Linter decides to go native, can Diziet Sma change his mind?

Sci-fi thriller novella written by Iain M Banks.  

Dramatised by Paul Cornell.  

The Ship ...... Antony Sher
Diziet Sma ...... Nina Sosanya
Dervley Linter ...... Paterson Joseph
Li ...... Graeme Hawley
Tel ...... Brigit Forsyth
Sodel ...... Conrad Nelson

Director: Nadia Molinari 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2009.

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