There Will Come Soft Rains

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Ray Bradbury - There Will Come Soft Rains

Drama: SciFi & Fantasy

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Ray Bradbury - There Will Come Soft Rains

2026: With surroundings destroyed and empty of human life, an automated house carries on.

2026:  With surroundings destroyed and empty of human life, an automated house carries on... David King-Wood is the Commentator.

2026: With surroundings destroyed and devoid of human life, an automated house carries on... 

Dramatisation of Ray Bradbury’s short story

The Woman    ......    Joan Miller
Commentator    ......    David King-Wood

Music composed and conducted by Antony Hopkins

Singers: Ann Dowdall and John Carol Case.  

Adapted and produced by Nesta Pain. 

First broadcast on the BBC Third Programme in September 1962.

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