The War of the Worlds

Classic Radio Sci-Fi (Dramatised)

By: H. G. Wells

Narrated by: Paul Daneman, Martin Jarvis, Peter Sallis, Anthony Jackson

When a Martian spacecraft lands on Woking Common, mankind is terrorised by aliens in tall, armoured capsules which stalk the countryside on three legs. The machines wreak havoc on London and the Southern Counties, and survivors are driven underground. Scientist John Nicholson (Paul Daneman) tells how he was plunged into a paralysing nightmare of stark terror, savage madness and utter destruction. Martin Jarvis, Peter Sallis, and Anthony Jackson also feature in this thrilling six-part dramatisation of HG Wells' book, first broadcast on Radio 4 in 1967.©2007 BBC Audiobooks Ltd (P)2007 BBC Audiobooks Ltd

Music is very annoying and distracting

The music used for each episode is simply awful - loud, shrieking and annoying. This would be a great production if the music were edited out.

Classic 60s mystery radio feel

Yeah, the intro and outro music is loud and repeats, kind of like the Tarzan radio series listened to back to back. this was originally split up across multiple nights and was very creepy back in the day listening late at night. Aside from that, this is my favorite version of war of the worlds. Yes the Jeff Wayne musical is unique and good but if your wanting a classic CBS mystery theater story with all the voice actors and sound effects this is the one.

Needs editing

This was clearly a serial, which is not the issue. The problem is that the producers left in all the lead in and credits for each installment, which becomes extremely annoying by the end of the recording.

The sounds effects were also a over the top for my taste.

I've heard other recordings of this story that I enjoyed more.