Independence Day UK
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Independence Day UK is a one-hour BBC Radio 1 science fiction special, first broadcast on 4 August 1996.[1][2]
Production
The show is a
Story
After a brief
When the alien mothership disgorges dozens of smaller ships that take up position over the world's
After a brief pause the story continues in Maggs' trademark "audio movie" style, with original music from the film and
Aboard the RAF Sentry, Moore and Campbell are shocked to learn that London has been destroyed. The alien ships launch fighters and the RAF Tornado pilots John Reginald and Becky Johnson engage them.
Moore draws upon his vast scientific knowledge to advise the pilots on how to combat – or at least evade – the aliens.
The fighters are then called upon to defend a
The RAF succeed in bringing down one of the alien fighters, and Moore has a close (and given his age, surprisingly violent) encounter with the alien pilot. Meanwhile, Wing Commander Reginald engages the aliens in a prototype Eurofighter.
At the end of the show we learn that the Royal Family are safe and have invited Becky – a staunch republican – for tea at Balmoral. The surviving military forces of Europe and the Middle East are preparing to regroup in the Beqaa Valley. One of the RAF men comments that "when this is all over and we've defeated these monsters, the Yanks'll take the credit for it, you wait and see."
Cast
- Nicky Campbell – Himself
- Patrick Moore – Himself
- Mark Goodier – Himself
- Flight LieutenantBecky Johnson
- Wing CommanderJohn Reginald
- Group CaptainPhil Johnson
- Peter Serafinowicz – Flight Lieutenant Max Brett
- Toby Longworth – Flight Lieutenant Chris Thomson
- Mark Courtney – Sentry Tactical Director
- William Hootkins – Orson Welles
- Dannii Minogue – Special alien effect
Crew
- Produced, written and directed – Dirk Maggs
- Original music – Mark Russell
- Movie music – David Arnold
- An Audio Movies Limited / 20th Century Fox Production for BBC Radio 1
References
- ^ "BBC Programme Index". 4 August 1996.
- ^ "A British Radio Play Is the Better Independence Day Sequel". Gizmodo. 2 July 2016.
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