John Wyndham - BBC Radio Sci-fi Collection - John Wyndham

Category: Adults, Classic, Radio Productions, Sci-Fi
Language: English
Keywords: Alien Invasion Aliens Apocalypse Cannibalism chocky Horror Mutants The Chrysalids The Day Of The Triffids The Kraken Wakes The Midwich Cuckoos

Written by John Wyndham
Read by Full Cast
Format: M4B
Bitrate: Variable
Dramatization

Eight science fiction dramas based on the novels & short stories of John Wyndham.

Chocky, The Chrysalids (1981), Survival, The Kraken Wakes & The Midwich Cuckoos all came from Audible’s high quality USAC codec.

Both versions of The Day of the Triffids & The Chrysalids (2012) came from the 320kbps BBC Sounds files.

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Chocky

When young Matthew starts talking to himself, and introduces his invisible friend, Chocky, to the family, his parents decide it’s just a phase he is going through. But when Matthew starts explaining binary maths and anti-gravity propulsion, they begin to worry. Is Chocky really just the product of an over-inactive imagination, or something more?

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The Chrysalids

The Chrysalids concerns the community of Waknut, where it is believed that mutants are the products of the Devil and must be stamped out. When 10-year-old David befriends a girl with a slight abnormality, he begins to understand the nature of fear and oppression. Then, when he develops his own deviation, he must learn to conceal his secret.

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Survival

Set in the future, it concerns the first auto-piloted space flight. When the ship meets with an accident, the human passengers are cast adrift in space. What will they do when their food supplies run out?

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The Day of the Triffids

When Bill Masen wakes up blindfolded in hospital there is a bitter irony in his situation. Carefully removing his bandages, he realizes that he is the only person who can see: everyone else, doctors and patients alike, have been blinded by a meteor shower. Now, with civilization in chaos, the triffids - huge, venomous, large-rooted plants able to ‘walk’, feeding on human flesh - can have their day…

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The Kraken Wakes

At first, the fireballs seemed to be nothing more than a dazzling display of lights in the sky, plunging into the deepest oceans and disappearing without trace. But when ships started sinking inexplicably and the sea-lanes became impassable, it seemed that the world was facing a threat of unprecedented proportions.

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The Midwich Cuckoos

Bill Nighy and Sarah Parish play Richard and Janet, a couple caught up in the goings-on of a sleepy English village in which all the children have golden eyes, blond hair, and a sinister talent for telepathy and telekinesis.