Mortal Coils is a collection of 5 pieces, which were written by Aldous Huxley in the 1920s. The first one, "The Giaconda Smile," is a short murder story. "Permutations Among the Nightingales" is a...

This personal story about Huxley's experience with mescaline, sparked a generation of drug experimentation, and it continues to challenge beliefs on the nature of reality.

'Aliens in the Mind' is based on a story by the then-foremost Doctor Who script editor Robert Holmes. It centres around the discovery, on a remote Scottish island, of a community of 'human...

Paul Daneman stars in a full-cast radio dramatisation of H.G. Well's seminal sci-fi classic. When a Martian spacecraft crash-lands near Woking, mankind is terrorised by aliens in tall, armoured...

On the 75th anniversary of its publication, this outstanding work of literature is more crucial and relevant than ever before. Cloning, feel-good drugs, anti-aging programs, and total social...

Simon Ward and Tessa Peake-Jones star in this suspenseful BBC Radio dramatisation of Karel Capek's play.

Fired by a passionate enthusiasm to improve on Nature, old Rossum spends a...

John Wyndham’s classic tale of monsters from the deep, alien invasion and ecological disaster comes alive in this full-cast BBC Radio dramatisation.At first the fireballs seemed to be nothing...

From John Wyndham, author of ‘The Day of the Triffids’, comes this chilling tale of a normal boy confronted with abnormal circumstances.Matthew had always been an ordinary boy. Even when he...

Denis Stone, a self-conscious young poet, is invited to Crome, renowned for its gatherings of intellectuals. Hosted by Henry and Priscilla Wimbush, the house party has much to offer the naïve...

A BBC Radio 3 full-cast dramatisation of H. G. Wells' pioneering science fiction adventure. Wells' thrilling story of an inventor who travels in time and discovers a nightmarish dystopian future...