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HG WellsThe First Men in the Moon
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Penniless businessman Mr Bedford meets the brilliant Cavor, an absent-minded scientist with a dream. Read by Tim Pigott-Smith.

1901: Penniless businessman Mr Bedford meets the brilliant Cavor, a scientist on the brink of developing a material that can block gravity.

Together, they prepare to embark on an expedition to the Moon...

HG Wells’s novel first published in 1901.

Abridged in five parts by Neville Teller.

Read by Tim Pigott-Smith.

Producer: David Roper

A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2009.

15 minutes

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Tue 22 Mar 202200:15
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