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There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury
2026: With surroundings destroyed and empty of human life, an automated house carries on... David King-Wood is the Commentator.
First transmitted in 1962.
It's the year 2026.
In an area of destruction, devoid of human life, mechanical activity of a kind still persists ... for a time.
Dramatisation of Ray Bradbury’s short story
The Woman ...... Joan Miller
Commentator ...... David King-Wood
Music composed and conducted by Antony Hopkins
Singers:
Ann Dowdall
John Carol Case
Adapted and produced by Nesta Pain.
First broadcast on the BBC Third Programme in September 1962.
Last on
Sun 27 Jul 202500:35
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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