Radio: BBC R4 Extra – Aesop’s Astronauts by Tony Mulholland
November 14th, 2021
Aesop’s Astronauts, an audio drama/play broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1996, in which Toyah has a main role, has a rare airing on BBC Radio 4 Extra early next month.
Aesop’s Astronauts, by Tony Mulholland, explores what might have happened to the animals used as astronauts in the earliest years of space exploration. In the play the animals develop Accelerated Evolutionary Syndrome and the power of speech.
Toyah plays Mona in The Mona Story ‘episode’. The production was directed and recorded at BBC Pebble Mill.
• Listen to the drama at the BBC Radio 4 Extra website on Saturday 4th December. The audio drama has a running time of 1hr 30m.
