The Spaceship. Captain Gordon Taylor (James Fleet). Copyright: BBC
The Spaceship

The Spaceship

  • Radio sitcom
  • BBC Radio 7
  • 2005 - 2008
  • 10 episodes (2 series)

BBC Radio 7 sci-fi comedy series with James Fleet, set on a spaceship that is looking for forms of alien life in 2104. Stars James Fleet, Emily Joyce, Rosie Cavaliero, Paul Barnhill, Neil Warhurst and more.

Key details

Genre
Sitcom
Broadcast
2005 - 2008
Channel
BBC Radio 7
Episodes
10 (2 series)
Stars
James Fleet, Emily Joyce, Rosie Cavaliero, Paul Barnhill, Neil Warhurst, Jason Chan and Nicholas Boulton
Writers
Paul Barnhill and Neil Warhurst
Director
Sally Avens
Company

In the year 2104, a fleet of research cruisers were launched into space. Their mission... to seek out new life. With every moment on board preserved by wall-to-wall monitoring, and transmitted over time back to earth...we have been allowed unique access to one of these ships - The Really Invincible III, Macclesfield Division. What you are about to hear took place live, four years ago, seventy thousand light years from home...

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Broadcast details

First broadcast
Monday 27th June 2005 at 6pm on BBC Radio 7
Most recent repeats

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