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Radio 4 Extra,05 Jul 2003,60 mins
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Available for 25 days
Books, which are seen as non-conformist, are banned and burned. Montag is one of the team of firemen whose job it is to burn them. He gradually becomes uneasy with his role and steals one of the banned books. Ray Bradbury's futuristic, dystopian novel, first published in 1953 - inspired by Nazi book-burnings and McCarthyism in the USA. Starring Stephen Tomlin. Dramatised by David Calcutt. Montag .... Stephen Tomlin Cpt Beatty .... Christian Rodska Rachel .... Sunny Ormonde Clarisse .... Tracy Wiles Mason .... Peter Meakin Powell/Tobias .... David Holt Marcus .... Colin Rote Blake .... Owen Garmon Directed at Âé¶¹Éç Pebble Mill by Rosemary Watts. First broadcast on Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4 in July 2003.
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