Arthur C Clarke the Science and the Fiction - BBC Radio 2005

BBC Radio 4 - 2005 - Arthur C Clarke - the Science and the Fiction

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Heather Couper meets the man behind the ideas - Wendesday 5 October 2005 11.00-11.30am



A Radio Documentary - 1 episode of approx 30 minutes in high quality MP3.



"Sixty years ago this month, in October 1945, the magazine Wireless World published an article by a relatively unknown writer and rocket enthusiast. Its title

was: "Extra-Terrestrial Relays: Can Rocket Stations Give World Wide Radio

Coverage?" Today, the author's name is known throughout the world. He is

the science fiction writer Arthur C Clarke, and his prediction of satellite

communications has come true in ways even he never imagined. To mark the

anniversary, Heather Couper travels to Sir Arthur's home in Sri Lanka to hear

his own story."



In this programme, Heather Couper hears Sir Arthur's own story and meets

with family, fans and fiction writers he has influenced. His younger brother

Fred remembers their childhood on a Somerset farm: Arthur was building

telescopes and launching home-made rockets. Did the other children join in

their brother's activities? "No!", recalls Fred with a shudder. "We kept away

from the dangerous blighter..."



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Bitrate : 128

Mode : joint stereo

Frequency : 44100 Hz

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