Very British Futures

Very British Futures


Latest Episodes

Stingray (Christmas Special)
December 17, 2023

Seasons greetings! Stingrayis the iconic children's television series that captured the imagination of Sixties viewers. Created by the legendary Gerry and Sylvia Andersonthis pioneering show set new standards for their Supermarionation process, as we

The Day After Tomorrow
November 12, 2023

A fascinating curio from producer Gerry Anderson's peak period, made in between seasons one and two ofSpace: 1999and featuring many personnel from that programme.The spaceship Altares, with a photon drive capable of accelerating it to the speed of

The Day of the Triffids
April 28, 2023

The Day of the Triffidsby John Wyndham is one of the best known science fiction novels in Britain. For many viewers, the 1981 BBC adaptation remains the best and closest version.The series follows the story of Bill Marsden, a farmer living in a post-ap

Chocky
April 01, 2023

Chockywas a science fiction novel by John Wyndham, the final one published in his lifetime (1968). It tells the story of an 11 year old boy named Matthew, who begins to exhibit strange behavior and abilities that concern his parents. They learn that Matt

1984
January 04, 2023

It wouldn't be claiming too much to say that George Orwell's dystopian novel 1984 is one of the key books of post-war Britain and its influence is still with us today. Big Brother, newspeak, double-think, thought police, are all concepts used in politics

The Flipside of Dominick Hide & Another Flip for Dominick
December 14, 2022

Who hasn't dreamed of stepping into a time machine and whizzing off to an exciting historical destination? Dominick Hide certainly has, but he's under strict instructions to only observe from the air, never land, never get involved. But Dominick i

The Aliens
November 27, 2022

Season 2 kicks off with E4's seemingly little remembered comedy drama about extra-terrestrial immigrants - The Aliens. UK in the near future and humanity has made its first contact with alien life. Instead of changing the world, the survivors of a crashed

Outcasts
September 22, 2021

Outcasts followed the trials of humanity's first, and it would seem, last colony on a new planet. A new frontier of hope for a better world, but dogged by human weaknesses of the oldest kind. A major new BBC adult science fiction series for the 21st centu

Kinvig
August 24, 2021

Des Kinvig's small world is turned upside when he discovers one of his customers, sexy Miss Griffin is in fact an alien from Mercury, fighting a secret war with the Xux. Is he really the only man who can help her save the Earth? Or is he just a desperate

Out of the Unknown
August 10, 2021

Deep space explorers encountering strange new dangers. Mutant powers hidden among us. Futuristic societies with surprising moralities. Cutting edge technology bringing unexpected dilemmas for the people who use it. Created by the pioneering television pro