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Touch and Go by Kingsley Amis

4 Extra Debut. An advanced party on a distant world encounters a deadly creature. Stars Denis Goacher and Frank Duncan.

On the distant planet of Prosion III, an advanced party uses autonomous machines to prepare a landing strip for an incoming spacecraft. All goes according to plan until one of the machines becomes stuck. Then something else makes its presence felt…

A short story by Kingsley Amis.

John Smith …. Denis Goacher
Katsumata …. Frank Duncan
Jacob Isaacs …. William Sylvester
Dobyinski …. Alexis Chesnakov
’Doc’ Prosser-Thomas …. Norman Wynne
Bill Onukwe …. Errol John

Producer: David Thomas

First broadcast on the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Third Programme in November 1957.

30 minutes

On radio

Sun 10 Aug 2025 16:30
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Broadcasts

  • Sun 10 Aug 2025 16:30
    ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
  • Mon 11 Aug 2025 00:30
    ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra