Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
4 Extra Debut. Montag is part of a team burning banned books – until he becomes uneasy with his role in thought control. Stars Stephen Tomlin.
Books, which are seen as non-conformist, are banned and burned.
Montag is one of the team of firemen whose job it is to burn them. He gradually becomes uneasy with his role and steals one of the banned books.
Ray Bradbury's futuristic, dystopian novel, first published in 1953 - inspired by Nazi book-burnings and McCarthyism in the USA.
Starring Stephen Tomlin.
Dramatised by David Calcutt.
Montag .... Stephen Tomlin
Cpt Beatty .... Christian Rodska
Rachel .... Sunny Ormonde
Clarisse .... Tracy Wiles
Mason .... Peter Meakin
Powell/Tobias .... David Holt
Marcus .... Colin Rote
Blake .... Owen Garmon
Directed at BBC Pebble Mill by Rosemary Watts.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2003.
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- Sat 6 Dec 202516:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Sun 7 Dec 202500:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
