About this programme
Sci-fi drama, adapted by Mark Gatiss from HG Wells' classic tale. It is July 1969, and as the world waits with bated breath for Apollo 11 astronauts to set foot on the moon, a boy meets 90-year-old Julius Bedford, who tells the story of how he and an ambitious scientist (played by Gatiss) joined forces to conquer the lunar surface 60 years previously. Also starring Rory Kinnear and Alex Riddell.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Bedford
- Rory Kinnear
- Cavor
- Mark Gatiss
- Jim
- Alex Riddell
- Dad
- Peter Forbes
- Mrs Fitt
- Julia Deakin
- Chessocks
- Lee Ingleby
- Mum
- Katherine Jakeways
- Voice of Grand Lunar
- Philip Jackson
- Voice of Phi-Oo
- Ian Hallard
- Moon
- Reece Shearsmith
- Sun
- Steve Pemberton
Crew
- Adapted By
- Mark Gatiss
- Director
- Damon Thomas
- Producer
- Julie Clark
- Writer
- HG Wells
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