Dream Of Armageddon, A [H G Wells]

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Written in 1901, this is a disturbing vision of the future - as Wells comes uncannily close to predicting the horrors of the Second World War.

English author and political philosopher, H G WELLS is recognised as one of sci-fi's founding-fathers. Within his own lifetime, he became a literary celebrity, earning praise from contemporaries such as Henry James and Joseph Conrad. His influence was wide reaching; George Orwell in particular - 'The minds of all of us, and therefore the physical world, would be perceptibly different if Wells never existed.' In recent years his work has enjoyed a renaissance, including Steven Spielberg's 2005 film of War Of The Worlds.

Wells died on August 13th, 1946, aged 79.

Producer: Gemma Jenkins

Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2006.

Duration

30 minutes

Genre

H G Wells
Scifi And Fantasy
Drama

Episodes

Episode

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First
Broadcast

Repeated

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Stranger

20060128

20131130 (BBC7)
20131201 (BBC7)
20160918 (BBC7)
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20181102 (BBC7)

A stranger on a train reveals his secret. When he dreams, he enters a future reality of an advanced civilization descending into senseless war. Read in two-parts by Robert Bathurst.

A stranger on a train reveals his secret. 1901 anti-war story with a disturbing vision.

Escape

20060204

20131207 (BBC7)
20131208 (BBC7)
20160925 (BBC7)
20181102 (BBC7)
20181103 (BBC7)

As war breaks out, our hero flees with his wife to try and shield her from the horrors of battle and bloodshed. Can he re-establish the romantic idyll he once enjoyed?

Concluded by Robert Bathurst.

The anti-war story hero escapes with his wife to shield her from the horrors of battle.