Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future: A Full-Cast BBC Radio Adventure

Crash land with Dan Dare, the world’s Number One space hero!

Decades after he first appeared in the comic Eagle, Dan Dare hits the airwaves and embarks on a mission to Venus to save the world. Classic comic-book fans and adventure lovers alike will relish this vintage production as Dan Dare, British science fiction comic hero, created by illustrator Frank Hampson, fires up his spaceship and launches into the future - the distant future - the 1990s… Nicknamed The ‘Biggles of Space’ and the ‘British Buck Rogers’, this superhero’s manner is more reminiscent of British war films of the 1950s. Dominating the comic-book scene in the 1950 and 60s, the dashing and daring pilot is back in this brilliant, four-part radio dramatisation. Enjoy listening to a full-cast recording as they take on the adventure with Dan Dare and his crew battling to save the world. And in a bonus documentary, listen as Sir Tim Rice explores the lasting appeal of the British magazine Eagle and the impact of Dan Dare in Eagle: The Space Age Weekly. Charting the influences behind the comic, and exploring the life of its creator, Marcus Morris, this fascinating programme features contributions from author Philip Pullman, the daughter of Eagle creator Sally Morris and Eagle Society member David Britton.

Cast and credits

Reproduced with kind permission of the Dan Dare Corporation Ltd Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future Written by Frank Hampson Dramatised by Nick McCarty Directed by Glyn Dearman Music by Wilfredo Acost Dan Dare - Mick Ford Sir Hubert - Terence Alexander Digby - Donald Gee Professor Peabody - Zelah Clarke Hank - William Roberts The Mekon - Richard Pearce Sondar - David Goudge Aunt Anastasia - Margaret Courtenay Mrs Digby - Shirley Dixon Volstar - Ben Onwukwe Kalon - John Moffatt Pierre - Sean Barrett Dapon - David King Ur Tag - Brian Miller Other parts played by Vincent Brimble, Paul Downing, Stephen Garlick, Dale Rapley, Danny Schiller, Charles Simpson, Simon Treves and Christopher Good First Broadcast BBC Radio 4, 19 Apr - 10 May 1990 Eagle: The Space Age Weekly Written and Presented by Sir Tim Rice First Broadcast BBC Radio 4Extra, 23 Dec 2010 ©2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

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Lydbog: 24. april 2025