Ray Bradbury's Tales of the Bizarre

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Ray Bradbury - Tales of the Bizarre

Strange and chilling tales from the master of thrillers

Ray Bradbury's Tales of the Bizarre: Series 1: I Sing the Body Electric

I Sing the Body Electric

Series 1

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Ray Bradbury's Tales of the Bizarre, Series 1, I Sing the Body Electric

When a mother dies, she is replaced by a Mark V 110-volt AC/DC Electrical Grandmother.

When a young mother dies, she is replaced by a Mark V 110-volt AC/DC Electrical Grandmother. What else? Stars Joanna Tope.

When a young mother dies, she's replaced by a 'Mk V, 110 volt, AC/DC, Electric Grandmother'. 

What else?

Ray Bradbury introduces his own thought-provoking tale.

Dramatised by Catherine Czerkawska.

Tom …. David Jarvis
Father …. Angus McInnes
Agatha …. Buffy Davis
Timothy …. Colin Scott Moncrieff
The Mk V, AC/DC, Electric Grandmother …. Joanna Tope 

Directed in Edinburgh by Hamish Wilson.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1996.

Ray Bradbury's Tales of the Bizarre: Series 1

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