The Foundation Trilogy (BBC Radio)
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Isaac Asimov's The Foundation Trilogy was adapted in eight hour-long episodes by the BBC, first broadcast in 1973, and repeated in 1977 and 2002.
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[edit] Episodes
[edit] Psychohistory and Encyclopedia
The opening episode begins on Trantor capital of the Empire, with the meeting of Seldon and Dornick, their trial and exile to Terminus. The action jumps forward fifty years, where the repercussions of recent independence of the Four Kingdoms are felt on Terminus, and are handled by the first Mayor, Salvor Hardin.
[edit] The Mayors
We move a further twenty years forward, as Mayor Hardin faces the domination of the nearby and most powerful Kingdom, Anacreon.
[edit] The Merchant Princes
150 years after The Foundation is established, and the powerful trading nation faces its greatest threat.
[edit] The General
200 years after its creation, The Foundation battles Bel Riose, a General from the dying Galactic Empire.
[edit] The Mule
A further 100 years have passed, and The Foundation is challenged by an unexpected threat, called The Mule
[edit] Flight From The Mule
During the war against The Mule, some key figures flee Terminus in search of The Second Foundation.
[edit] The Mule Finds
The Mule attempts to find The Second Foundation.
[edit] Star's End
Sixty years later, and a teenage girl is at the centre of the search for The Second Foundation.
[edit] Principal Cast
- Geoffrey Beevers as Gaal Dornick
- Lee Montague as Salvor Hardin
- Julian Glover as Hober Mallow
- Dinsdale Landen as Bel Riose
- Angela Pleasance as Bayta
- Maurice Denham as Ebling Mis
- Prunella Scales as Lady Callia
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[edit] References
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