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H.G. Wells
H.G. Wells: War with the World
Drama telling the story of the father of science fiction, HG Wells, and his messianic ambition to create a World...
Christmas at the Wells | A Woman of No Importance
At a country house party, Mrs Arbuthnot's long-concealed secret comes back to haunt her.
The War of the Worlds (1938)
Orson Welles' classic radio version (unexpurgated) of HG Wells' novel, first broadcast in America on Hallowe'en, 1938.
The War of the Worlds (1967)
Sci-fi novel by HG Wells first published in 1898, dramatised in six parts by Jon Manchip White and starring Paul...
The War of the Worlds (2017)
Melissa Murray's two part dramatisation highlights the questions Wells poses: What if we were the colonised?
The War of the Worlds (2019)
Three-part adaptation of HG Wells's classic tale of a Martian invasion of Earth.
HG Wells and Me
Documentary on the enduring appeal of science fiction author HG Wells.
Proms Extra | HG Wells - Time and Space
Stephen Baxter, who is writing a sequel to The War of The Worlds, and Dr Sarah Dillon discuss HG Wells,...
The History of the Future | HG Wells
Juliet Gardiner looks at the dystopian predictions of the future from the father of science fiction.
Free Thinking | The War of the Worlds sequel, Eimear McBride
Matthew Sweet talks to Stephen Baxter about his sequel to HG Wells' novel War Of The Worlds, which was first...
Following the Martian Invasion | 1: 'The Chances Against Anything Manlike on Mars Are a Million to One'
Francis Spufford follows in the wake of HG Wells' all-conquering Martian tripods across real UK locations to reveal what fuelled...
Meet the Author | Stephen Baxter
James Naughtie talks to Stephen Baxter who has taken on the grand task of writing a sequel HG Wells' classic...