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HG Wells: The War of the Worlds: 5. The Red Weed

5. The Red Weed

BBC Radio 4 Extra - HG Wells, The War of the Worlds, 5. The Red Weed

Martian horror strikes as John Nicholson recalls the sound which sparked terror in him.

More Martian horror strikes as John Nicholson recalls the sound which sparked terror in him. Stars Paul Daneman. From 1967.

' I stared down at the crumpled body of the parson. I had killed him - and then I heard a sound that terrified me.'

John Nicholson recalls more of the unfolding Martian horror...    

Starring Paul Daneman.

Sci-fi novel by HG Wells first published in 1898.

Dramatised by Jon Manchip White.

John Nicholson .... Paul Daneman
Lieutenant ,.... Anthony Jackson
First Spokesman .... Denys Hawthorne
Second Spokesman .... Anthony Hall

Sound score by David Cain, BBC Radiophonic Workshop

Producer: John Powell

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in July 1967.

HG Wells: The War of the Worlds

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Across the gulf of space, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic have designs on Earth

Across the gulf of space, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic have designs on planet Earth.

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