The Quanderhorn Collexion

Synopsis

London, England, 1952.Meet the mercurial genius Professor Quanderhorn (James Fleet) - a maverick scientist with absolutely no moral compass. Join him and his rag-tag crew on their frontal-lobe-knotting escapades as they:· Battle insane hybrid creatures: the Gorrirrel and the Squirrilla, to the death!· Become Gods to a Stone Age tribe· Are engulfed in a Martian invasion of Earth· Escape shipwreck on the Moon in a spacecraft powered by anger· Evade multiple fiendish traps in the Alien Ziggurat of Death· Tussle with a Top Secret Parrot· Become terminally confused when they encounter their past selves in a Time accident...Will our crew of Brave Boffins survive?And what a crew they are: Q's part insect son, Troy, reputedly a "major breakthrough in Artificial Stupidity" (Freddie Fox); eager young Test Pilot and recovering amnesiac, Brian Nylon (Ryan Sampson); brilliant scientist Dr. Gemini Janussen with her half-clockwork brain (Cassie Layton); captured Martian hostage Guuuurk (Kevin Eldon); sinister janitor Jenkins (John Sessions), and synthetic-voice-commentator-later-inserted-into-diving-suit, Dolores (Rachel Atkins).Plug in your blue and red cardboard airpods and pair your tin foil router with the Droitwich transmitter array for an adventure beyond human understanding.Get it now, in Super-Vis-O-Download-O-Sound! [patent refused]This Collexion includes both series of the BBC Radio 4 sci-fi comedy, plus ten never-before-heard deleted scenes and interviews with the cast and crew.Track listing:Series 1:1. It's Eating My Face2. Mummy! My Donkey's Head is Exploding3. A Little Thing Like Chocolate Gates Can't Stop Us4. The Splattered Remains of Unidentifiable Organs Incident All Over Again5. Fear! Terror! Gut-wrenching Horror! Arg Arg. Please!6. Dah dah dah dah dah dahh Dah dah dah dah dahhh...Series 2:7. Killdiboos and Universibold Explodibangbang8. Shoveleth in More Hazlenuts!9. Wasp10. I Didn't Say it was Well Cloaked11. Am I Actually the Other Half of Gemma Emma Emma?12. I Heregy Thind You GuilkyDeleted scenes:13. Psychopathic Wasp (Series 1, Ep 6)14. Crockery Cupboard (Series 1, Ep 6)15. Guuuurk Diary (Series 2, Ep1)16. Nut Merchant (Series 2, Ep 2)17. Bongo-playing Beatniks from Under the Sea (Series 2, Ep 4)18. Martian Training (Series 2, Ep 4)19. Martian Countdown (Series 2, Ep 5)20. Churchill Full Speech (Series 2, Ep 5)21. Quanderhorn Prison Diary (Series 2, Ep 5)22. Make your own Martian Opera Tracks (Series 2, Ep 6)Cast and crew interviews:23. Gordon interviews Rob, Andrew and sound designer Alisdair MacGregor24. Rob and Andrew interview composer Peter Brewis25. Gordon interviews Freddie Fox26. Gordon interviews John Sessions27. Gordon interviews Rachel Atkins and James Fleet28. Gordon interviews Ryan Sampson and Cassie Layton29. Gordon interviews Kevin EldonCast and credits:Professor Quanderhorn - James FleetBrian Nylon - Ryan SampsonDr Gemini Janussen - Cassie LaytonGuuuurk - Kevin EldonTroy Quanderhorn - Freddie FoxChurchill/Jenkins - John SessionsSynthetic Voice/Mrs Bessie Braddock (MP)/Virginia White/Dolores - Rachel AtkinsCreated and written by Rob Grant and Andrew MarshallDirected by Andrew MarshallMusic by Peter BrewisEngineered, Edited and Sound designed by Alisdair McGregorProduction Manager: Sarah TomblingProduced by Rob Grant and Gordon KennedyRecorded at The Soundhouse StudiosSpecial Thanks to Edward RowettAn Absolutely Production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in June 2018 (Series 1) and May 2020 (Series 2).