The Paradise Machine - Best European Radio Drama

The BBC's production of The Paradise Machine won the 1995 European Broadcasting Union Award for Best European Radio Drama

Set in the near future, Dr Mary Godwin exploits Virtual Reality and tries to defy death

Broadcast BBC Radio 4, 1993 & Deutscher Rundfunk, 1994

First Broadcast Radio 4 FM, 16 September 1993

Mary Godwin is employed to oversee the launch of a "virtual reality" system

But for Mary, the dream of Virtual Reality becomes a nightmare in this sci-fi classic

CAST:

Mary Godwin: Elizabeth Mansfield

Amy Godwin: Miranda Thain

Amie Goldhom: William Hope

Patrick Cunnigham: Jonathan Adams

Werner Gallivitz: Vincent Grass

Marcel Corbier: Pavel Douglas

Dr Cole: Geraldine Fitzgerald

Michael Adam: Michael Drew

Reg Marmaduke: Alan Moore

Melvin: John Telfer

Marilyn Monroe: Debbie Arnold

Director Andy Jordan

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The Paradise Machine

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