Leviathan '99 by Ray Bradbury

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**** This programme was suggested by Max Coleman and David Lewis-Burry as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend **** The year is 2099. Strange new ships sail toward the stars instead of under them. Ishmael, the sole survivor of a deadly encounter, tells us of his rocket ship's vengeful, blind captain, who sacrifices his crew in pursuit of a dangerous celestial object.... Starring Denys Hawthorne and Christopher Lee.. Ray Bradbury's sci-fi radio drama reimagines Herman Melville's Moby Dick in outer space. Ishmael .... Denys Hawthorne Captain of the Cetus 7 .... Christopher Lee Quell .... Robert Eddison The Warning Man .... Walter Fitzgerald Father Ellery Colworth / Schweitzer .... Denis McCarthy Redleigh .... Alexander John Voice Clock / Smith .... Ian Thompson Aristotle / Metal Worker .... Haydn Jones Radio Voice .... Anthony Jackson The Small One / Rogers .... Christopher Bidmead Shore .... Nigel Clayton Radar Man .... Leroy Lingwood Lightfall One Captain / Socrates .... Frank Henderson Rachel's Captain / Plato .... Ralph Truman Electronic music and sounds by Tristram Cary. Technical direction by Harry Catlin. Adapted and produced by HB Fortuin. First broadcast on the BBC Radio 3 in May 1968. **** To nominate a programme from the archives that you would like to hear again, please email radio4extra@bbc.co.uk ****