The Road (2018) by Nigel Kneale

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The Road was originally a television play by Kneale, the creator of Quatermass. It has been lost for a very long time, so it was thrilling news when Toby Hadoke mounted a radio adaptation of the script, bringing the story off of the page for the first time in decades and allowing us to experience the story as a drama instead of a script... It's a compelling piece, with a fiendish idea underlying it, which ties in to an overall theme of reckless superstition masquerading as rationality...
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[@robjackson_CDXL]

I’ve been looking for this since I heard it on the radio, never been able to hear it until I finally thought to try KZbin 🙂

[@redstrat1234]

Excellent. Thank you.

[@zoyablake9538]

Nigel Kneale's stories are brilliant! Thank you.

[@mysteriousmagpie]

The radio adaptation of Kneale's The Stone Tape will be posted shortly too, so you may be interested in that...

[@dirkbruere]

In the TV play there was an aftermath. They excavated the site and found remains of a druid presence, among which was a box. They opened it and inside were wires and a keyboard inscribed with runic characters.

[@sandrarickards886]

Really, really good. Thank you.

[@esterherschkovich6499]

Thanks so much.

[@nibblypig6291]

Excellent.

[@susanotway7875]

Yes, agree this is terrifying. Great cast too.

[@johnneville403]

Superb radio play.

[@MartinJackson-tb6xc]

Stone Tape theory from the future magnificent radio

[@jwsuicides8095]

Excellent. Terrifying.

[@anaderol5408]

Very good

[@manmonkee]

Is it my imagination but is Cob channeling a little Sidney Greenstreet?

[@peterfalconer]

100% - straight out of The Maltese Falcon.

[@fluffyfour]

I'm sorry this has been lost, but I found it very disappointing. Couldn't we have had it as Nigel Kneale wrote it, instead of all the political 'lessons' - which is wearing, as it's in everything these days. Please, modern writers, tell us a good story and if it's set in history appreciate the times (we can't change them, no matter what we do now) rather than shoving 'correctness' at us.

[@mysteriousmagpie]

What political lessons do you think were added? Kneale was a very political writer...