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Tales of the dashing sci-fi hero from the classic Eagle comics of the 1950s-60s.

Dan Dare: Series 2: Operation Saturn 1/2

Operation Saturn 1/2

Series 2

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Dan Dare, Series 2, Operation Saturn 1/2

When the missing space ship Nautilus is discovered, Dan Dare is sent to investigate.

When a ship lost a decade earlier reappears in orbit around the Moon, Dare, Digby and Peabody investigate. Stars Ed Stoppard.

It’s a year since Dan Dare and his crew helped rid Earth of The Mekon’s army of ruthless robots, although the evil alien is still at large. 

After disappearing a decade ago, experimental ship the Nautilus suddenly reappears orbiting the Moon, so Dan, Digby and Peabody are sent to investigate. 

Clues point to Saturn being involved in some way, but the new threat to Earth comes from far closer to home... 

Another adventure based on the Eagle comic strip 'Dan Dare' created in 1950 by the Reverend Marcus Morris and Frank Hampson.

Dramatised in two parts by Patrick Chapman.  

Dan Dare …. Ed Stoppard
Digby …. Geoff McGivern 
Professor Peabody …. Heida Reed
Sondar …. Bijan Daneshmand
Sir Hubert …. Michael Cochrane
Blasco …. Jonathan Rhodes
The Vora …. Nicholas Briggs
Flight Control …. Diane Spencer
Maxwell .... Fiona McAlpine
On-Board Computer .... Dianne Weller

Original music: Imran Ahmad

Director: Andrew Mark Sewell.

Made by B7 Media.

Dan Dare: Series 2

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