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Oneira Genre Radio drama Running time 30 minutes Country United Kingdom Languages English Home station BBC Radio 4 Extra Starring Lyndsey Marshal
Peter MarinkerWriters Robert Easby Producers Liz Webb No. of series 1 No. of episodes 5 Audio format Stereophonic sound Website Oneira at BBC Radio 4 Extra Oneira[1] is a science fiction comedy written for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Robert Easby. It tells a surreal story of the encounter between a young museum guard, called Oneira, and a 400-year-old alchemist calling himself Nikolai. Nikolai claims to be the artist who painted one of the pictures hanging in the museum. The painting includes a figure who resembles Nikolai himself. He also tells Oneira that he and she are destined to search for a book of alchemy called the Lux Ata or "Book of Black Light". The resulting quest involves aliens, string theory, a sinister official from the Electricity Board called "Mister Resistor", a TV cooking show, a cappuccino bar, a comedian travelling by flying saucer, and a dead science fiction author. Oneira's boyfriend Pete is transformed from an up and coming young financier in the City into a bucket of water and a pair of Argyll socks while their expensive penthouse flat is destroyed by a ravenous refrigerator.
Cast
- Oneira - Lyndsey Marshal
- Nikolai - Peter Marinker
- Other parts - Joseph Kloska, Gerard McDermott, Saikat Ahamed, Chas Early, Jon Glover, Christine Cavanaugh, Bethan Walker, Sam Dale, Anna Wing
References
Categories:- BBC radio comedy programmes
- BBC 7
- Comic science fiction
- Science fiction radio programs
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