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1 The Voyage of Venus 1/2

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The dashing pilot is selected to take an alien-inspired spacecraft to Venus, in order to make first contact. Stars Ed Stoppard.

Dashing test pilot, Dan Dare, is selected to fly the Anastasia - a new experimental spacecraft using alien technology - on its maiden voyage to Venus.

The mission is to make first contact with the mysterious civilisation that sent the technological secrets to Earth...

Adventures based on the Eagle comic strip 'Dan Dare' created in 1950 by the Reverend Marcus Morris and Frank Hampson.

First of a two-part adventure starring Ed Stoppard.

Dramatised by Richard Kurti and Bev Doyle.

Dan Dare ....... Ed Stoppard
Digby ....... Geoff McGivern
Professor Peabody ....... Heida Reed
Mekon ....... Raad Rawi
Sondar ....... Bijan Daneshmand
Treen General ....... Amber Aga
Flight Engineer ....... David O'Mahony
Flight Control ....... Kelly Burke
On-board Computer ....... Dianne Weller

Director: Andrew Mark Sewell.

Made by B7 Media.

30 minutes

Last on

Sun 9 May 2021 00:00

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  • Sun 5 Aug 2018 18:30
  • Mon 6 Aug 2018 00:30
  • Sat 8 May 2021 18:00
  • Sun 9 May 2021 00:00