British science fiction novels
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Frankenstein
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Mary Shelley's story of Victor Frankenstein and the creature he makes from cadavers and then rejects - only for the monster to take his revenge
16 May 2019
Featuring: Karen O'Brien, Michael Rossington, Jane Thomas
CultureBritish novels adapted into filmsBritish novels adapted into television showsBritish novels adapted into playsCensored booksNovels adapted into comicsNovels adapted into balletsNovels adapted into radio programsFrame storiesNovels adapted into video gamesWorks published anonymouslyBritish science fiction novelsEpistolary novelsBritish Gothic novelsNovels about revenge1818 British novelsVegetarianism in fictionNovels set in GermanyNovels set in the 18th centuryDisability in the artsNineteen Eighty-Four
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Orwell's dystopian novel where the state rewrites history, war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength - and Big Brother is watching you
15 September 2022
Featuring: David Dwan, Lisa Mullen, John Bowen
CultureBritish novels adapted into filmsBritish novels adapted into television showsBritish novels adapted into playsNovels adapted into operasCensored booksNovels adapted into balletsNovels adapted into radio programsEnglish novelsBritish science fiction novelsDystopian novelsNovels set in LondonNovels set in fictional countriesSocial science fictionNovels about revolutionaries, Secker & Warburg books, Novels by George Orwell, Novels about totalitarianism, Novels about propaganda, British political novelsThe Time Machine
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas and anxieties in late Victorian London, explored by HG Wells in his story of time travel, evolution and a planet unfit for humans.
17 October 2019
Featuring: Simon Schaffer, Amanda Rees, Simon James