3. The Fighting Machines

"We thought it was a meteorite at first, but it wasn't... it was a huge metal cylinder-and inside ..."

As the aliens take hold on Earth, John Nicholson recalls the devastation he witnessed.

Starring Paul Daneman.

Sci-fi novel by HG Wells first published in 1898.

Dramatised by Jon Manchip White.

John Nicholson .... Paul Daneman
Dora Nicholson .... Isabel Rennie
The Lieutenant .... Anthony Jackson
The Colonel .... Ronald Herdman
The Corporal .... Frank Henderson
The Old Gentleman .... Walter Fitzgerald
Crowd .... Alan Dudley/Carole Boyd/Rolf Lefebvre

Sound score by David Cain, BBC Radiophonic Workshop

Producer: John Powell

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in June 1967.