John Wyndham: A BBC Radio Drama Collection: Six classic BBC radio adaptations Audiobook (Free)

Expenses Nighy, Sarah Parish, Barbara Shelley and Peter Sallis are among the solid in these 6 vintage BBC Radio dramatisations.

John Wyndham’s quietly menacing post-apocalyptic tales are enduringly well-known, and these gripping, atmospheric radio adaptations of his common fiction are resonant with terror and suspense. In

The Day from the Triffids, 1st broadcast in 1968, a lot of people have been left blind after a meteor shower, and lethal carnivorous triffids are roaming the property.

The Kraken Wakes, about John Wyndham: A BBC Radio Dilemma Collection: Six classic BBC radio adaptations dramatised for radio in 1998, is a thrilling story of monsters in the deep, alien invasion and ecological disaster.

The Chrysalids, first broadcast in 1981, explores the problems of being different, as the 1989 adaptation of short story Survival targets the lengths people will go to in order to survive.

The Midwich Cuckoos, broadcast in 2003, is a disturbing tale of the village sealed off from the world for the day time, and subsequently taken over by terrifying, inhuman children.

Dramatised for radio in 1998, Chocky is usually a chilling tale of a boy who is apparently communicating with an invisible friend.

Also included is Beware the Stare! a half-hour BBC Radio 4 documentary looking at The Midwich Cuckoos on the net and on screen.

Note: They are the BBC Transcription Solutions versions of YOUR DAY from the Triffids, ready for

sale to overseas territories. At that time, 12 moments of materials was removed from these shows to bring down the running time. However, these deleted scenes have already been recovered and so are included as reward extra content at the end of the ultimate episode of YOUR DAY of the Triffids.