The Wonderful Visit

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HG Wells: The Wonderful Visit

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A lost, wounded angel spends a few disconcerting days in a small Victorian village.

A lost, wounded angel spends a few disconcerting days in a small Victorian village. Stars Bernard Cribbins and Richard Pearce.

Everyday life in a small English village is completely disrupted when the vicar accidentally shoots and wounds an angel who's somehow flown off-course.

Bernard Cribbins and Richard Pearce star in HG Wells' tale.

Published in 1895, the original book is preceded by 'The Time Machine' and followed by 'The Island of Doctor Moreau'.

Vicar    ......    Bernard Cribbins
Angel    ......    Richard Pearce 
Miss Hinijer    ......    Margot Boyd 
Dr Crump    ......    Norman Bird 
Storyteller    ......    Kim Wall 

Dramatised by Stephen Gallagher.

Music by Mia Soteriou. 

Director: Martin Jenkins

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1988.

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