James Follett The Light Of A Thousand Suns

(4.8 stars; 6 reviews)

Saturday-Night Theatre: The Light of a Thousand Suns Sat 6th Jul 1974, 20:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM James Follett's thriller. A story about a future submarine with a "fail-deadly" launch initiation system with the inevitable malfunction. A bizarre chain of unforeseen coincidences sparks a 1990s British nuclear submarine to prepare to launch an all-out attack.   Devastating, unpreventable, unless... Lieutenant Sinclair ...... John Rye Stride ...... Ian Thompson Floyd ...... Michael Shannon Louise Arnott ...... Sheila Mitchell Wallis ...... James Hayes The Prime Minister ...... Conrad Phillips Aitkin ...... Sion Probert Master-at-Arms ...... Nigel Graham Fisher ...... John Bull Theodore Pike ...... Vernon Joyner 1st Rating ...... Hugh Ross 2nd Rating ...... Roger Gartland Computer Operator ...... Carole Boyd Producer: Margaret Etall

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.