Nineteen Ninety-Four

Nineteen Ninety-Four is a BBC Radio 4 comedy series and a book written by William Osborne and Richard Turner. The six-part radio series was first broadcast in March 1985, and the book published in 1986. The title is a reference to the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell.

BBC Radio 4 Extra rebroadcast Nineteen Ninety-Four between 17 August and 21 September 2011.

Cast

 * Robert Lindsay as Edward Wilson
 * Paul Shearer as Charles
 * Siobhan Redmond as Sophie
 * Stephen Fry
 * Hugh Laurie
 * Emma Thompson
 * David Goodland
 * Pam Ferris
 * Richard Turner
 * Mark Knox

Nineteen Ninety-Eight
A sequel series of six episodes entitled Nineteen Ninety-Eight broadcast in 1987 continued the plot line. It was published as a book in 1988 and rebroadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra from 8 February to 14 March 2012.

Cast

 * David Threlfall as Edward Wilson
 * Mike Myers
 * Stephen Fry
 * Hugh Laurie
 * Pam Ferris
 * Jenny Luckraft
 * Steve Steen
 * Rebecca Stevens
 * Richard Turner