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Nineteen Ninety-Four is a BBC Radio 4 comedy series and a book written by William Osborne and Richard Turner (producer). The six-part radio series was broadcast in 1985, and the book published in 1986. The title is a referenced to the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell.
A sequel series of six episodes entitled Nineteen Ninety-Eight broadcast in 1987 continued the plot line. It was published as a book in 1988.
BBC Radio 4 Extra started to rebroadcast Nineteen Ninety-Four on 17 August 2011.
Contents
Episodes
- Work is Freedom [1]
- Freedom Is Choice [2]
- Choice is Progress [3]
- Progress is Power [4]
- Power is Happiness [5]
- Happiness is Work [6]
Cast
Nineteen Ninety-Four
- Robert Lindsay starred as Edward Wilson
- Stephen Fry
- Hugh Laurie
- Emma Thompson
- Paul Shearer
- Siobhan Redmond
- David Goodland
- Pam Ferris
- Richard Turner
Nineteen Ninety-Eight
- David Threlfall as Edward Wilson
- Mike Myers
- Stephen Fry
- Pam Ferris
- Jenny Luckraft
- Steve Steen
- Rebecca Stevens
- Richard Turner
References
External links
- "De Big Brother au temps des Small Brothers". Cycnos. http://revel.unice.fr/cycnos/document.html?id=1439. Retrieved 2011-08-31. (French) (Translate: Google, Babelfish)
- Turner, Richard; Osborne, William (May 1988). 1998. Sphere Books. ISBN 0722165811.
Categories:- BBC radio comedy programmes
- BBC Radio 4 programmes
- 1985 radio programme debuts
- Comedy books
- Science fiction radio programs
- Dystopian fiction
- BBC Radio stubs
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