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Last broadcast on Mon, 2 Mar 2009, 19:45 on BBC Radio 4 (FM only).

Synopsis

Dramatisation of the science fiction novel by John Christopher.

It is 1956 and a virus has wiped out the crops of South East Asia, causing a famine. John Custance and his family visit his brother David's farm in Westmorland, convinced that the same thing could not happen there.

Narrator ...... David Mitchell
John ...... Darrell Brockis
Ann ...... Rebecca Egan
Roger ...... Gus Brown
David ...... Jonathan Dryden Taylor

Part of BBC Radio 4's Science Fiction Season.

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  1. Mon 2 Mar 2009
    19:45

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