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Moonwatcher and his tribe learn how to use tools, enabling them to eat more meat. Classic sci-fi novel read by William Roberts. From January 2001.

Moonwatcher and the rest of the tribe learn how to use tools - with implications for all humanity.

Arthur C Clarke's ground-breaking novel is set in our present, a vision of a future yet to be, and a past shrouded in mystery.

Read in ten parts by William Roberts - secrets of the story are revealed that the film adaptation missed.

Producer: Dirk Maggs

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.

15 minutes

Last on

Wed 16 May 201800:00
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  • Tue 15 May 201818:00
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  • Wed 16 May 201800:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra