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1. The Rebels

It鈥檚 2116 in a dystopian world where eugenics, promiscuity and happiness are gently enforced. Starring Justin Salinger.

It's 2116 and Helmholtz Watson and Bernard Marx are token rebels in an irretrievably corrupted society.

Promiscuity is the norm, eugenics a respectable science, and the drug Soma freely available.

Aldous Huxley's uneasy reflections of the future.

Dramatised in two parts by Jonathan Holloway.

Bernard ...... Justin Salinger
Helmholtz ...... Jonathan Coy
Lenina ...... Pippa Bennett-Warner
The Director ...... Anton Lesser
John ...... Milton Lopes
Linda ...... Karina Fernandez
Fanny ...... Nicola Ferguson
Henry ...... Sam Rix
The Warden ...... James Lailey
Mustapha Mond ...... Sean Baker
Girl ...... Scarlett Brookes,
Heliport Man ...... Brian Protheroe

Director: David Hunter

First broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 4 in May 2016.

1 hour

Last on

Sat 25 Nov 2023 16:00

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