Genre | Radio comedy Radio drama |
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Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Language(s) | English |
Home station | BBC Radio 7 |
Starring | James Fleet Emily Joyce Rosie Cavaliero Paul Barnhill Neil Warhurst Nick Bolton |
Written by | Paul Barnhill Neil Warhurst |
Directed by | Sally Avens |
Original release | June 2005 |
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In the year 2104 a fleet of research cruisers were launched into space. Their mission: to seek out new life. With every moment on board preserved by wall-to-wall monitoring and transmitted over time back to Earth, we’ve been allowed access to one of these ships: The Really Invincible III, Macclesfield Division. What you are about to hear took place, live, four years ago, seventy thousand light years from home.
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