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To The Ends of the Earth: Lost Worlds, New Worlds

4 Extra Debut. Alex Clark explores fiction's golden age of adventure, found in the imagined worlds of Rider Haggard and Jules Verne. From 2017.

Alex Clark takes a fantastic voyage into the golden age of adventure.

She explores the imagined worlds of writers such as Henry Rider Haggard, Jules Verne and Arthur Conan Doyle.

She talks to adventure novel enthusiasts Fay Weldon and Tom Holland about the scientific and cultural legacy of these novels.

Are they more than just ripping yarns of derring-do?

Producer: Emma Harding

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2017.

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28 minutes

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Wed 14 May 202500:30
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  • Sat 18 Mar 201710:30
    BBC Radio 4
  • Wed 3 Jan 201823:30
    BBC Radio 4 FM
  • Tue 13 May 202510:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Tue 13 May 202516:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Wed 14 May 202500:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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