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Untrue Stories7. A Night Scene featuring The Midnight PalsHalloween special featuring bitter karella's Hugo-nominated microfiction The Midnight Pals! In a quest to resurrect a Morlock, Orwell and Wells find themselves in a weird metaphysical forest inhabited by historical horror writers, and attempt to impress Mary Shelley, H. P. Lovecraft and Edgar Allan Poe around the campfire.The Midnight Pals is created by bitter karella. You can follow their antics on Twitter at https://twitter.com/midnight_pals. They are currently crowdfunding for their third book! More details at https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/submitted-for-the-approval-of-the-midnight-pals-3CAST Robin Johnson as George OrwellPatrick Sp...2022-10-2925 min
Untrue StoriesFeatured trailer: HG Wells Has His RegretsFind all episodes of H. G. Wells Has His Regrets on all the usual podcast sites, and more info at https://hgwellshashisregrets.wordpress.com. Timestamps (mm:ss):00:00: Preambulatory waffle00:16: Crossover special with bitter karella's The Midnight Pals (trailer here: https://untrue-stories.simplecast.com/episodes/midnight-pals-halloween-crossover-trailer)00:39: Unannounced Halloween collaboration, and Season 2 of Untrue Stories00:54: Turpentine Productions' H. G. Wells Has His Regrets01:19: The Audio Verse Awards01:48: Some other audio dramas I've been enjoying02:51: Featured trailer for H. G. Wells Has His RegretsYou can listen to nominees for the Audio Verse Awards at their nominee showcase a...2022-10-1905 min
Untrue StoriesHalloween special featuring the Midnight Pals (trailer)Coming this Halloween, a crossover Hugo-nominated twitter microfiction The Midnight Pals! Wells and Orwell sit round the campfire with Edgar Allan Poe, Mary Shelley and H. P. Lovecraft in an uncharacteristically spooky episode of Untrue Stories. The Midnight Pals is created by bitter karella. You can follow their antics on Twitter at https://twitter.com/midnight_pals. CASTRobin Johnson as George Orwell and H. P. LovecraftPatrick Spragg as H. G. WellsCanavan Connolly as Edgar Allan PoeRebecca D'Souza as Mary ShelleyA transcript of this trailer is available at https://untrue-stories.simplecast.com/ep...2022-10-1702 min
Untrue Stories6. The Wonderful VisitOrwell, Wells and their pals gather in 1948 for the astonishing season finale. Wells arrives back on the Isle of Jura with an uninvited guest, where things come to a head as even more time travelling science fiction writers arrive to interfere. CAST Robin Johnson as George OrwellPatrick Spragg as H. G. WellsRachel Pulliam as Ursula Le GuinLiselle Nic Giollabháin as Thought Chief RutherfordTara Court as JuliaAlexander Paul Walsh as Isaac AsimovDavid Court as Ray BradburyCanavan Connolly as Nebogipfel the MorlockJoanna Lawrie as Mrs Watchettadditional voices by Eve Morris, Robin, and AlexanderThe music...2022-09-0320 min
Untrue StoriesThe Telescreen Programme: Newspeak PhrasebookBrush up your Newspeak with a selection of typical scenes from Oceanian everyday life, with Oldspeak translation.As a bonus mini-episode, we bring you a telescreen programme from the world of Orwell's 1984. Learn about Oceania's official language, Newspeak, maked hardworkwise by Oceania's goodest brainers to plusficient your talkfulness while decriming your think.CAST Robin Johnson as the shopkeeper and policeAlexander Paul Walsh as the Announcer and customersLiselle Nic Giollabháin as Thought Captain RutherfordEve Morris as the Oldspeak interpreterThe lyrics of the Oceanian National Anthem, Oceania, 'Tis For Thee, were extrapolated by Ro...2022-08-2106 min
Untrue Stories5. Man Becomes a Different AnimalWells arrives in a distant future where humanity as we know it is extinct. How will he get his bicycle repaired now? Following H. G. Wells' hurried departure from Orwell's world of 1984, his malfunctioning time-bicycle veers into the far and bizarre future that he will one day chronicle in his own novella, The Time Machine. Facing off against super-evolved pale blue cannibals, he's relieved to run into a couple of unexpected familiar faces. CAST: Patrick Spragg as H. G. Wells;Tara Court as Julia;Canavan Connolly as the Morlock;Robin Johnson as George Orwell and...2022-08-0617 min
Untrue StoriesClassic sci-fi authors in their own worlds (1-minute trailer)What happens when two giants of speculative fiction double-book a getaway cottage... A one-minute trailer for Season 1 of Untrue Stories, in which George Orwell and H. G. Wells argue about tea, go time travelling, and sort of accidentally-on-purpose overthrow western democracy. Includes material from episodes one through five. Untrue Stories is a comedy-drama sci-fi serial that puts its own surreal spin on classic science fiction. Written and produced by Robin Johnson. Starring Robin Johnson as George Orwell and the voiceover; Patrick Spragg as H. G. Wells; Joanna Lawrie as Mrs Watchett; Tara Court as...2022-08-0401 min
Untrue StoriesMini-episode: Exile to HellBig Brother makes an unofficial visit to the Inner Hebrides joycamp to pay his personal respects to a special prisoner.This is a mini-episode taking place some time between the events of episode 4 "How a Nation is Exploited". Starring Robin Johnson as George Orwell, Alexander Walsh as Isaac Asimov, Eve Morris as the joycamp commander, Patrick Spragg as H. G. Wells, and Lionel Ritchie, Bill Withers and Curt Smith as Sonny Walk-Man.ReferencesIsaac Asimov's review of Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four can be read here.A transcript of this episode is available here.2022-07-3106 min
Untrue StoriesMini-episode: Evil George OrwellBonus mini-episode! George Orwell meets the version of George Orwell that internet weirdos often seem to confuse him with. Starring Robin Johnson as George Orwell and Liselle Nic Giollabháin as Thought Police Officer Rutherford. A transcript of this episode is available here.There's also a (slightly shortened) version of it as an illustrated, subtitled social media video here.If you've enjoyed the show, we'd love it if you could leave us a rating on iTunes, Spotify, Podchaser or your favourite podcast site/app — and tell your friends! Follow us on twitte...2022-07-1901 min
Untrue StoriesSeason 1: Orwell, Wells, tea and time travelThe infamous rivalry between two classic speculative fiction writers leads to a thrilling and bizarre story of tea, bicycles and time travel in Untrue Stories' first season, The Adventures of George Orwell and H. G. Wells. Untrue Stories is a comedy-drama sci-fi serial that puts its own surreal spin on classic speculative fiction.Written and produced by Robin Johnson and starring Robin Johnson, Patrick Spragg, Tara Court, Joanna Lawrie and Liselle Nic Giollabhain. A transcript of this trailer is available here.If you enjoy the show, we'd love it if you co...2022-06-2602 min
Untrue Stories3. Battle GroundWells and Julia have changed the future, but can they be sure they've changed it for the better? No. H. G. Wells' and Julia's tinkering with the timeline has unexpected (and, of course, untrue) results. Julia, born in the future they've just changed, experiences a strange transformation as the timeline ripples... but what does it mean? And all the while, their enemies' power grows ever stronger, leading to the arrival of a character who might finally be able to give them some answers — but if so, they'll be in the next episode. Starring Robin Johnson as G...2022-06-2513 min
Untrue Stories2. The Wheels of ChanceH. G. Wells takes a wrong turn on his time-travelling bicycle, and finds that he and Orwell have both lost their bets. Continuing the adventures of George Orwell and H. G. Wells, Wells' inaugural time-travel journey takes him a bit further into the future than he intended: instead of one week, he travels nearly forty years. What he finds matches neither his own predictions nor Orwell's – but is surprising, horrifying, and completely untrue. Starring Robin Johnson as George Orwell and the telescreen voice, Patrick Spragg as H. G. Wells, Joanna Lawrie as Mrs Watchett, Tara Cour...2022-06-2516 min
Untrue Stories1. A Nice Cup of TeaGeorge Orwell has rented a Scottish cottage to complete his final novel. Unfortunately, he's been double-booked with the very last person he'd choose a holiday with. The first season of Untrue Stories will visit the worlds of both H. G. Wells' The Time Machine and George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, exploring how the infamous rivalry between two of Britain's greatest speculative fiction writers culminated in an astonishing, hilarious, and entirely untrue story of meddling with causality and bicycles. In this episode, tea and tempers boil over as Orwell and his inadvertent roommate H. G. Wells argue ov...2022-06-2514 min
Untrue Stories1. A Nice Cup of TeaGeorge Orwell has rented a Scottish cottage to complete his final novel. Unfortunately, he's been double-booked with the very last person he'd choose a holiday with. The first season of Untrue Stories will visit the worlds of both H. G. Wells' The Time Machine and George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, exploring how the infamous rivalry between two of Britain's greatest speculative fiction writers culminated in an astonishing, hilarious, and entirely untrue story of meddling with causality and bicycles. In this episode, tea and tempers boil over as Orwell and his inadvertent roommate H. G. Wells argue ov...2022-06-2514 min