Episodes
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| 20170318 | 20250513 (BBC7) 20180103 (R4) |  Alex Clark takes a fantastic voyage into the golden age of adventure. She explores the imagined worlds of writers such as Henry Rider Haggard, Jules Verne and Arthur Conan Doyle. She talks to adventure novel enthusiasts Fay Weldon and Tom Holland about the scientific and cultural legacy of these novels. Are they more than just ripping yarns of derring-do? Producer: Emma Harding A fantastic voyage with adventure writers Rider Haggard and Jules Verne. Alex Clark explores fiction's golden age of adventure, found in the imagined worlds of Rider Haggard and Jules Verne. From 2017. Extraordinary tales from the golden age of adventure. To accompany new dramatisations of King Solomon's Mines and Journey to the Centre of the Earth, literary critic Alex Clark explores the imagined worlds of writers such as Henry Rider Haggard, Jules Verne and Arthur Conan Doyle. She talks to adventure novel enthusiasts Fay Weldon and Tom Holland about the scientific and cultural legacy of these novels, and asks whether they are more than ripping yarns of derring-do. Produced by Emma Harding. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4. |