Flower Hour

According to the July-September 2009 issue of BBC Audiobooks What’s New? trade catalogue, The Day of the Triffids 2009 will be broadcast on August Bank Holiday weekend in two 90 minute episodes.

See, it’s not all about Torchwood this week, thank f—

The Waters of Mars

Digital Spy has an preview clip and a couple of photos from the forthcoming special. Given the water involved it’s the worst case of chapped lips I’ve seen in my life…

Sunday Nights of the Triffids

Starting this Sunday (and in advance of the BBCs new adaptation) BBC4 are repeating their 1981 serialisation of The Day of the Triffids.

Starring John Duttine, Emma Relph, Maurice Colbourne (Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks, Attack of the Cybermen) and Jonathan Newth (Ace of Wands, Doctor Who: Underworld, The Nightmare Man) and produced by Doctor Who and Blake’s Seven stalwart David Maloney.

I personally think this is the best adaptation that has been produced. Superior to the radio version and miles ahead of the awful 1962 film (starring Howard Keel, with a minor appearance by Carole Ann Ford)

Although we haven’t covered this yet, we certainly will be and I thoroughly recommend it.

Show 53: The Slide

No, we’re not talking about the ratings for Robin Hood or Primeval. I’m not even talking about the quality of RTDs Doctor Who scripts (they’re more of a see-saw really).

We’re actually talking about the 1966 sci-fi drama serial originally broadcast on the BBC Light Programme. Long absent from the BBC archives, The Slide, written by future Doctor Who writer Victor Pemberton, features Roger Delgado, who went on, of course, to play The Master, Maurice Denham (who played Azmael in The Twin Dilemma), David Spenser and Miriam Margolyes (who has recently appeared in the 8th Doctor drama from Big Finish, The Beast of Orlok).

It’s part of BBC Audiobooks ongoing series of Classic Sci-Fi CD releases and it shares many similarities with Pemberton’s Troughton adventure, Fury From The Deep.

As usual you can get the show from iTunes or download it by clicking here.