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Bill Masen wakes up in hospital to discover that the world he knew will never be the same again. Cult novel read by Roger May.

After a mysterious meteor shower, Bill Masen wakes up in hospital an eye operation to find that the world he knew will never be the same again...

Roger May begins a 17-part unabridged reading of John Wyndham's cult sci-fi novel - an unsettlingly vivid and thrillingly realised tale of ecological apocalypse.

Producer: Susan Carson

Made for BBC 7 by BBC Northern Ireland and first broadcast in 2004.

30 minutes

Last on

Tue 7 Jun 201600:00
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  • Mon 19 May 200818:30
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  • Tue 20 May 200800:30
    BBC Radio 7
  • Tue 21 Feb 201218:30
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  • Wed 22 Feb 201200:30
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  • Tue 31 Jul 201218:30
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  • Wed 1 Aug 201200:30
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  • Mon 20 May 201318:30
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  • Mon 6 Jun 201618:00
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  • Tue 7 Jun 201600:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra