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1. The End Begins

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Brilliant flashes and a cloud of seeds. Bill Masen reveals how the world plunged into a plant nightmare. Stars Gary Watson.

It all begins with the end - the end of the world - almost.

It happens during a night of brilliant green flashes - meteors?

Perhaps - or satellite weapons. Who can say?

Survivor, Bill Masen recalls how the world was plunged into darkness with the dawning monstrous horror of ambulant plant life...

John Wyndham's classic sci-fi novel was first published in 1951.

Dramatised in six parts by Giles Cooper.

Gary Watson ..鈥�. Bill Masen
Freda Dowie 鈥�... Elspeth
Barbara Shelley 鈥�... Josella
Garard Green ..鈥�. Umberto Palanguez
Ralph Truman ..鈥�. Managing Director
Michael Deacon ..鈥�. Young Bill
Peter Pratt 鈥�... Mr. Masen
Peter Baldwin 鈥�... Walter Lucknor
Jan Edwards 鈥�... Nurse
Rolf Lefebvre 鈥�... House Surgeon
Haydn Jones ..鈥�. Publican
John Pullen ..鈥�. Radio Commentator

This compelling tale has been made into a film, two TV series and three radio versions.

Music composed by David Cain.

Producer: John Powell.

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in June 1968.

30 minutes

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Sat 1 Nov 2025 01:30
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