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Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

Mark Gatiss's adaptation of HG Wells's science fiction classic. July 1969, and as the world waits with bated breath for the Apollo astronauts to land on the moon, a young boy meets 90-year-old Julius Bedford. He's a man with an extraordinary story of how, way back in 1909, he got to the Moon first, and, together with the eccentric Professor Cavor, discovered a terrifying secret deep beneath its seemingly-barren surface.

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Sat 22 Dec 2012 20:25 BBC HD

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Credits

Bedford
Rory Kinnear
Cavor
Mark Gatiss
Jim
Alex Riddell
Dad
Peter Forbes
Mrs Fitt
Julia Deakin
Chessocks
Lee Ingleby
Mum
Katherine Jakeways
Voice of Grand Lunar
Philip Jackson
Voice of Phi-Oo
Ian Hallard
Moon
Reece Shearsmith
Sun
Steve Pemberton
Director
Damon Thomas
Producer
Julie Clark
Writer
Mark Gatiss

Broadcasts

See all broadcasts of The First Men in the Moon (12)

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