Host Planet Earth Explained

Host Planet Earth was a BBC radio serial consisting of six half-hour episodes which were originally broadcast on the Light Programme between July and September 1967. It has since been rebroadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra.^[1] Electronic sound and music was by Clive Webster of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.

It detailed the course of a strange disease which first affects scientists working on a British rocketry programme. When British astronauts fall prey to the sickness in space, can they be allowed to return?

Episodes

1. "The Beginning"^[2]
2. "The Empty Minds"^[3]
3. "The Pattern Emerges"^[4]
4. "The Gemini Factor"^[5]
5. "The Arrival"^[6]
6. "The Price of Freedom"^[7]

With:

• "Claire Stewart" - Brenda Bruce
• "Professor Ormskirk" - Clive Morton
• "David Holland" - Alexander John
• "Nat Blakey" - Nigel Anthony
• "Bill Cape" - Ian Thompson
• "Rathbone" - Timothy Bateson
• "Joseph Banks" - Peter Tuddenham
• "Mrs Hemming" - Betty Hardy
• "Rosemary Manning" - Barbara Mitchell
• "Technician" - Preston Lockwood
• Written by - Anne Howell & Colin Cooper
• Produced by - Nesta Pain
• Music by - Clive Webster, BBC Radiophonic Workshop

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2020-03-30 . BBC Programme Index . 2023-08-20 . genome.ch.bbc.co.uk.
2. Web site: 1967-07-30 . BBC Programme Index . 2023-08-20 . genome.ch.bbc.co.uk.
3. Web site: 1967-08-06 . BBC Programme Index . 2023-08-20 . genome.ch.bbc.co.uk.
4. Web site: 1967-08-13 . BBC Programme Index . 2023-08-20 . genome.ch.bbc.co.uk.
5. Web site: 1967-08-20 . BBC Programme Index . 2023-08-20 . genome.ch.bbc.co.uk.
6. Web site: 1967-08-27 . BBC Programme Index . 2023-08-20 . genome.ch.bbc.co.uk.
7. Web site: 1967-09-03 . BBC Programme Index . 2023-08-20 . genome.ch.bbc.co.uk.