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Random Quest (Image: Samuel West as Colin Trafford)
  RANDOM QUEST
Saturday 11 August 2007 8pm-9pm, rpt 1.15am-2.15am

Based on a short story by John Wyndham, this new drama tells the story of Colin Trafford, a scientist knocked unconscious in a botched experiment. Waking up in a parallel world, he is amazed to find himself with a new life - and a new wife.

But Colin's idyll is shattered when he wakes again only to be told that the new love of his life was just a coma-induced fantasy. Unable to accept what's happened, he vows to prove the reality of his parallel life, risking ridicule and madness in the process.

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Watch a clip from Random Quest (Image: Samuel West as Colin)   "I'M SORRY, DO I KNOW YOU?"  
Colin wakes up from the accident to find himself in a strange house with a woman he doesn't recognise.
 
 

Random Quest was adapted for TV by Richard Fell, executive producer of BBC Four's 2005 remake of The Quatermass Experiment.

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SCIENCE FICTION BRITANNIA
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MY SCIENCE FICTION LIFE
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Cast
Colin  Samuel West
Ottilie/Kate  Kate Ashfield
Professor/JK Harshom  David Burke
Martin  Shaun Parkes
Gerry  Jemima Rooper

 SCIENCE FICTION BRITANNIA QUIZ
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BBC Links

 John Wyndham interview
The Random Quest writer discusses his work

External Links

SF Hub
The John Wyndham Archive

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