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The Gemini Apes
1st Broadcast BBC Radio 4, Christmas Day 2.15pm 1998
Contents
- 1 Producer
- 2 Writer
- 3 Director
- 4 Produced By
- 5 Synopsis
- 6 Cast
- 7 Production Crew
- 8 Studio Assistant
- 9 Music composed & Arranged
- 10 Comments by Matthew Strachan
- 11 Audio Design
- 12 Comment by Dirk Maggs
- 13 Running Time
- 14 Other Links
- 15 Cast Pictures
- 16 The Original Press Release
- 17 Music
- 18 Audio Design
- 19 Written, Produced and Directed
- 20 What Others have said
Producer
Writer
Director
Produced By
Audio Movies Ltd for BBC Radio 4
Synopsis
At last ... Intelligent Life On Earth ...
Two chimpanzees shot into space in 1964 as part of a NASA capsule test return thirty-five years later, apparently unchanged - but for exceptional intelligence, exceptional compassion - and a deep distrust of Man. Yet the Gemini Apes hold the key to solving Western Medicine’s most urgent problem - antibiotic resistant superbugs.
Should they be sacrificed to save a child’s life ?
What happens in a world where we are not the only intelligent life on Earth?
This is an action-packed space age fairytale in which survival of the fittest doesn’t necessarily mean fittest to survive...
Cast
Drake Sir Christopher Lee
Jojo Gary Martin
Character Name not known Nic Colicos
Rusty Garrick Hagon
Character Name not known Lorelei King
Mollie Liza Ross
Character Name not known Rupert Degas
Ricky Alan Marriott
Nadia Katherine Shannon
Character Name not known Simon Treves
Production Crew
Studio Assistant
Music composed & Arranged
Comments by Matthew Strachan
Audio Design
Comment by Dirk Maggs
In 1998 BBC Radio 4's controller James Boyle kindly allowed me make a story of my own as an ‘audio movie’ for Christmas Day. The idea had been in my mind for several years and I wanted to play with the conventions of narration and backstory in a way that kept things moving along in a dynamic way.
I hit on having the narration in the present tense to give the feeling that we are witnessing events rather than getting them second hand. The story concerns two NASA chimps lost in space in the 1960s who return in the 21st century, not only none the worse for wear but now possessed of great intelligence. It's a story I'd like to develop further if I ever get a chance.
Running Time
90 Minutes
Other Links
Cast Pictures
Nothing yet.
The Original Press Release
tHe GeMiNi APes©
At last ... Intelligent Life On Earth ...
Two chimpanzees shot into space in 1964 as part of a NASA capsule test return thirty-five years later, apparently unchanged - but for exceptional intelligence, exceptional compassion - and a deep distrust of Man.
Yet the Gemini Apes hold the key to solving Western Medicine’s most urgent problem - antibiotic resistant superbugs.
Should they be sacrificed to save a child’s life ?
What happens in a world where we are not the only intelligent life on Earth?
This is an action-packed space age fairytale in which
survival of the fittest doesn’t necessarily mean fittest to survive...
BBC RADIO 4's AUDIO MOVIES LTD Production
CHRISTOPHER LEE
GARRICK HAGON LORELEI KING GARY MARTIN
LIZA ROSS SIMON TREVES RUPERT DEGAS and NIC COLICOS
tHe GeMiNi APes©
Featuring ALAN MARRIOTT and KATHERINE SHANNON
Music
Audio Design
Written, Produced and Directed
What Others have said
“... Dirk Maggs’ thrill-a-minute scifi drama should lure the kids in from the television ...”
LINDA O’CALLAGHAN, Daily Mail WEEKEND, 19 December 1998
“... has teenage appeal ... a fast-moving saga billed as radio’s answer to the Yuletide movie blockbuster.”
STEPHANIE BILLEN, The Observer, 20 December 1998
“... a highly crafted sci-fi morality tale ... big, bright, bold, highly original and beautifully done ... it ought to be snatched up at once and made into a movie.”
GILLIAN REYNOLDS, Daily Telegraph, 28th December 1998
