The Book of Strange New Things

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Joe Armstrong

Hayley Atwell

Kelly Burke

Mark Edel-Hunt

Michael Bertenshaw

Damian Lynch

David Acton

Jane Slavin

Elaine Claxton

Miranda Emmerson

Michel Faber

Emma Harding

The Book of Strange New Things, by Michel Faber: Episode 5

The Book of Strange New Things, by Michel Faber

Episode 5

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Peter presides over the funeral service for one of his colleagues on the USIC base.

Peter presides over a funeral service at the base and the distance between him and Bea increases. Starring Joe Armstrong.

Joe Armstrong, Hayley Atwell and Dougray Scott star in this adaptation of the astonishing 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'. 

In today's episode, Peter is called to preside over a funeral service of one of his colleagues on the USIC base. And for Bea, back on Earth, life grows increasingly complicated. 

Adapted for radio by Miranda Emmerson. 

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

Directed by Emma Harding.

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A devoted husband and man of faith on the mission of a lifetime, galaxies away from home.

Joe Armstrong, Hayley Atwell and Dougray Scott star in this story of a devoted husband and man of faith called to the mission of a lifetime, galaxies away from home.

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