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Dangerous Visions

Drama: SciFi & Fantasy

Dramas that explore contemporary takes on future dystopias.

Dramas that explore contemporary takes on future dystopias. You will be disturbed, as you see the present reflected in the glass of an uneasy future.

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Ron Cook

Catrin Stewart

Keiron Self

Clare Cage

Richard Nichols

Roger Evans

Kristy Philipps

Crystal Yu

Sarah Woods

Polly Thomas

Nigel Lewis

Lindsay Rees

Dangerous Visions: News from Nowhere

News from Nowhere

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Will wakes to find he has travelled 100 years into the future to a post-capitalist London.

Will wakes to find he has travelled 100 years into the future to a post-capitalist London. An exciting new version of William Morris' classic. Dramatised for radio by Sarah Woods.

News from Nowhere is a classic piece of futuristic writing, first published in 1890 by artist, designer and socialist William Morris. Its central tenet - that society should refind the value of work and thrive on beauty, rather than consumerism - is timely. This updated drama revisits Morris' vision of a new society for now.
 
Our Will Guest is a modern day, 21st Century man, travelling from 2016 to a future Utopia. The word utopia comes from the Greek ou-topos, meaning 'no-place' or 'nowhere'. There is uneasy antagonism between Will's 21st Century values and those of 'Nowhere'. But there is also love......Will goes on a time travelling voyage of discovery, finding a new love for society, as well as a woman.
 
Part of the Dangerous Visions BBC Radio 4 season.
 
Cast

Will Guest.......................Ron Cook
Ellen...............................Catrin Stewart
Dick.................................Keiron Self
Clara...............................Claire Cage
Old Hammond.................Richard Nichols
Grumbler.........................Roger Evans
The girl...........................Kristy Phillipps
Chinese worker.............Crystal Yu
 
Dramatist Sarah Woods
Producer Polly Thomas
Sound design Nigel Lewis
Production co ordination Lindsay Rees
 
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