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To The Ends of the Earth: Lost Worlds, New Worlds
4 Extra Debut. Alex Clark explores fiction's golden age of adventure, found in the imagined worlds of Rider Haggard and Jules Verne. From 2017.
Alex Clark takes a fantastic voyage into the golden age of adventure.
She explores the imagined worlds of writers such as Henry Rider Haggard, Jules Verne and Arthur Conan Doyle.
She talks to adventure novel enthusiasts Fay Weldon and Tom Holland about the scientific and cultural legacy of these novels.
Are they more than just ripping yarns of derring-do?
Producer: Emma Harding
First broadcast on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 in March 2017.
Last on
Wed 14 May 2025
00:30
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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What is the 'Lost World' genre?
Duration: 01:36
Broadcasts
- Sat 18 Mar 2017 10:30ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
- Wed 3 Jan 2018 23:30ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 FM
- Tue 13 May 2025 10:30ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
- Tue 13 May 2025 16:30ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
- Wed 14 May 2025 00:30ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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