Elastic Planet

Elastic Planet

"Elastic Planet" was a six-part radio comedy series first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1995. In the style of a very surreal documentary, it was written by Ben Moor, narrated by Oliver Postgate and produced by Jon Naismith.

The series deals with subject such as the decline of the British dust industry, bad spelling rings, and cheese sculpture.

The series is often repeated on BBC 7, most recently in August 2008.

Episode guide

# The Babies
# The Train
# The Shape
# The Life
# The Objects
# The Travel

External links

* [http://www.spesh.com/ben/elasticradio.html The Elastic Planet homepage by the author, Ben Moor]


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