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Host Planet Earth

{{Short description|BBC radio serial}}

Host Planet Earth was a BBC radio serial consisting of six half-hour episodes which were originally broadcast on the Light Programme between July and September 1967. It has since been rebroadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra.{{Cite web |date=2020-03-30 |title=BBC Programme Index |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/m000gtl0 |access-date=2023-08-20 |website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}} Electronic sound and music was by Clive Webster of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.

It detailed the course of a strange disease which first affects scientists working on a British rocketry programme. When British astronauts fall prey to the sickness in space, can they be allowed to return?

Episodes

  1. "The Beginning"{{Cite web |date=1967-07-30 |title=BBC Programme Index |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/54b89d88b73b48f5b1f3fc29951bfe8f |access-date=2023-08-20 |website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}}
  2. "The Empty Minds"{{Cite web |date=1967-08-06 |title=BBC Programme Index |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/e2ebc7065cca4b60822225438c1682db |access-date=2023-08-20 |website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}}
  3. "The Pattern Emerges"{{Cite web |date=1967-08-13 |title=BBC Programme Index |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/001d9ddefb6b4a4686c07aa6bdecaa43 |access-date=2023-08-20 |website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}}
  4. "The Gemini Factor"{{Cite web |date=1967-08-20 |title=BBC Programme Index |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/5d7ff86610ed4c61b79a1440908982df |access-date=2023-08-20 |website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}}
  5. "The Arrival"{{Cite web |date=1967-08-27 |title=BBC Programme Index |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/4d5b6dc6fb004658afa0a999014b2ebb |access-date=2023-08-20 |website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}}
  6. "The Price of Freedom"{{Cite web |date=1967-09-03 |title=BBC Programme Index |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/dc2b4a9dd2a547ebb4d58710fe72c45b |access-date=2023-08-20 |website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}}

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Category:British science fiction radio programmes