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Astronautica Fantastica

Children listen to classic film soundtracks and invent original stories. Each story features the enigmatic Jonny T: a man of many parts. Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz.

Children listen to soundtracks from classic films they've never seen, and invent original stories. Each story features the enigmatic Jonny T. A man of many parts, Johnny pulls himself out of his own hat and finds himself in guise after spectacular guise, adopting any shape he wants.

Starring Ed Gaughan, and children from Bristol, London and Glasgow.
Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
Produced and directed by Joby Waldman
A Reduced Listening Production for 大象传媒 Radio 3.

With many thanks to Felix Road Adventure Playground and Linkes Community Project.

Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

It features original music from the following Motion Picture Soundtracks:
The Grifter (composer Elmer Bernstein)
Diamonds are Forever (composer John Barry)
The Godfather (composer Nino Rota)
Eight and a Half (composer Nino Rota)
Chinatown (composer Jerry Goldsmith)
Psycho (composer Bernard Herrmann)
Casanova (composer Nino Rota)
The Road to Perdition (composer Thomas Newman)
The Omen (composer Jerry Goldsmith)
Blade Runner (composer Vangelis)
The Big Country (composer Jerome Moross)

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29 minutes

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Sat 30 Mar 2019 21:30

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  • Sat 17 Mar 2018 21:30
  • Sat 30 Mar 2019 21:30

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