Sci Fi Saturday Night presents: H.G. Wells: A BBC Radio Drama Collection - The Island Of Dr. Moreau

H.G. Wells: A BBC Radio Drama Collection - The Island Of Dr. Moreau

The Island Of Dr Moreau
Edward Prendick, the single survivor of a shipwreck, is rescued by Montgomery in a vessel carrying a menagerie of savage animals. Taken to an uncharted island, he meets Dr Moreau – a brilliant scientist whose notorious experiments have caused him to abandon the civilised world. It soon becomes clear he has been developing these experiments – with truly horrific results.
Montgomery ....... Kenneth Colley
Prentice ....... Kim Wall
Prentice's Nephew ....... Neal Foster
Dr Moreau ....... Garard Green
Captain Jones ....... Peter Meakin
Helmar ....... Richard Mitchley
M'Ling ....... Terry Molloy
Constans ....... Danny Schiller
Nurse ....... Janet Dale
Various ....... Alex Jones
Dramatised by David Calcutt
Directed by Nigel Bryant.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1990

Herbert George Wells was an English writer. Prolific in many genres, he wrote more than fifty novels and dozens of short stories. Wells is now best remembered for his science fiction novels and has been called the "father of science fiction”.

In addition to his fame as a writer, he was prominent in his lifetime as a forward-looking, even prophetic social critic who devoted his literary talents to the development of a progressive vision on a global scale. A futurist, he wrote a number of utopian works and foresaw the advent of aircraft, tanks, space travel, nuclear weapons and satellite television

This collection brings together BBC Radio dramatisations and readings of some of Wells’ most notable works of fiction.