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2001 A Space Odyssey
1st Broadcast BBC Radio 4 2001
Re-broadcast BBC7 November 2005
Re-broadcast BBC7 October 2006
Contents
Producer
Written By
Sir Arthur C Clarke
Adapter
Produced By
Testbed Productions for BBC Radio 4
Synopsis
This is that book, the one that came after the film of the same name.
What! You have never heard of it? really?
Read by
Production Crew
Not known at this time
Recorded at
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Music composed & Arranged
Not known at this time
Comment by Dirk Maggs
None at this time
Running Time
Episode 1 of 10 The Road to Extinction: Moon watcher's tribe hunt for food, but the appearance of a monolithic rock sparks new feelings in them.
Episode 2 of 10 Tools: Moon watcher and his tribe learn how to use tools, enabling them to eat more meat.
Episode 3 of 10 Epidemic: Astronomer Dr Heywood Floyd heads for the moon amidst fears of a mutated flu epidemic.
Episode 4 of 10 Moon base: Dr Floyd arrives on Moon base, and discovers the real reason he has been sent there.
Episode 5 of 10 Discovery: Now aboard the Discovery, Dave and Frank learn that the spaceship's mission to Saturn has changed course.
Episode 6 of 10 Trouble: Poole and Bowman have suspicions about HAL's reported communications failure.
Episode 7 of 10 HAL: Suspicions arise that HAL is acting on its own volition, but does HAL suspect them?
Episode 8 of 10 Mutiny: As the ship approaches Saturn, HAL the computer decides to take control.
Episode 9 of 10 Reconnaissance: Bowman prepares for the final stages of the reconnaissance mission to investigate the monolith on one of Saturn's moons.
Episode 10 of 10 Monolith: Bowman drives a space pod towards the monolith. But what becomes of the astronaut?
10 number, 15 minute episodes 150 minutes in total.
