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Untrue Stories

Robin Johnson

15 episodes

8 months ago

A sci-fi comedy-drama putting surreal new spins on classic speculative fiction. When George Orwell and H. G. Wells accidentally double-book a getaway cottage, an argument about tea escalates into an aeon-spanning adventure of time travel and political machination. A full cast audio drama from award-winning writer Robin Johnson.

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A sci-fi comedy-drama putting surreal new spins on classic speculative fiction. When George Orwell and H. G. Wells accidentally double-book a getaway cottage, an argument about tea escalates into an aeon-spanning adventure of time travel and political machination. A full cast audio drama from award-winning writer Robin Johnson.

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Episodes (15/15)

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7. A Night Scene featuring The Midnight Pals

Halloween special featuring bitter karella's Hugo-nominated microfiction The Midnight Pals

2 years ago

25 minutes 43 seconds

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Featured trailer: HG Wells Has His Regrets

Featuring a trailer for *another* audio drama about HG Wells going off on time travel escapades: "H. G. Wells Has His Regrets" from Turpentine Productions. With preambulatory waffle from Robin about the current state of Untrue Stories, some upcoming treats, the Audio Verse Awards, and a few other shows I've been enjoying.

2 years ago

5 minutes 50 seconds

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Halloween special featuring the Midnight Pals (trailer)

Preview of our Halloween crossover special with Hugo-nominated microfiction The Midnight Pals

2 years ago

2 minutes 11 seconds

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Complete Season 1 omnibus: The Adventures of George Orwell and H. G. Wells

A supercut of all season 1 episodes, for convenient bingeing.

3 years ago

1 hour 42 minutes 20 seconds

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6. The Wonderful Visit

Orwell, Wells and their pals gather in 1948 for the astonishing season finale.

3 years ago

20 minutes

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The Telescreen Programme: Newspeak Phrasebook

Brush up your Newspeak with a selection of typical scenes from Oceanian everyday life, with Oldspeak translation.

3 years ago

6 minutes 28 seconds

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5. Man Becomes a Different Animal

Wells arrives in a distant future where humanity as we know it is extinct. How will he get his bicycle repaired now?

3 years ago

17 minutes 20 seconds

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Classic sci-fi authors in their own worlds (1-minute trailer)

What happens when two giants of speculative fiction double-book a getaway cottage...

3 years ago

1 minute

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Mini-episode: Exile to Hell

Big Brother makes an unofficial visit to the Inner Hebrides Joycamp to pay his personal respects to a special prisoner.

3 years ago

6 minutes 56 seconds

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Mini-episode: Evil George Orwell

George Orwell meets the version of George Orwell that internet weirdos often seem to confuse him with.

3 years ago

1 minute 55 seconds

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4. How a Nation Is Exploited

How a power-crazed junta of 20th-century dystopian authors overthrew Western democracy — and what went wrong.

3 years ago

18 minutes 36 seconds

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Season 1: Orwell, Wells, tea and time travel

Trailer for Untrue Stories season 1, "The Adventures of George Orwell and H. G. Wells"

3 years ago

2 minutes

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3. Battle Ground

Wells and Julia have changed the future, but can they be sure they've changed it for the better? No.

3 years ago

13 minutes 7 seconds

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2. The Wheels of Chance

H. G. Wells takes a wrong turn on his time-travelling bicycle, and finds that he and Orwell have both lost their bets.

3 years ago

16 minutes 33 seconds

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1. A Nice Cup of Tea

George 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.

3 years ago

14 minutes 59 seconds