Dan Dare Audio Adventures gets Radio Award nominations

2017 NYF Radio Awards

I’m delighted to report B7 Productions, the company behind the new Dan Dare Audio Adventures and an adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s classic SF novel I, Robot, has four nominations for the 2017 NYF Radio Awards.

The Dan Dare Audio Adventures have been nominated for Best Director and Best Online Programme in the UK category of the awards.

I, Robot has also been nominated for Best Director – and Best Drama Special.

Dan Dare: The Audio Adventures Volume Two - Box ArtThe second tranche of Dan Dare Audio Adventures, which includes the billing “Reign of the Robots” was recently released by distributor Big Finish.

Isaac Asimov’s I, Robot, aired as 15 Minute Drama by the BBC, tells the story of the rise of robotics in the 21st century, told through the poignant and mysterious story of enigmatic lawyer Stevie Byerley. The novel was dramatised by Richard Kurti.

World-wide since 1982, New York Festivals International Radio Program Awards honors the “World’s Best Radio Programs”, receiving entries from radio stations, networks, and independent producers from over 30 countries around the globe.

Andrew Mark Sewell, director of the new Dan Dare audio adventures

Andrew Mark Sewell, director of the new Dan Dare audio adventures

“The nominations alone are a tribute to the brilliant cast and crew of Dan Dare and I, Robot,” says Dan Dare producer and director Andrew Mark Sewell.

I’m honoured to have had a part in the creation of this updating of Dan Dare as creative consultant. Congratulations to the whole team involved!

The winners will be announced on Monday 19th June 2017 at an awards ceremony at in New York City.

View all the award nominations here

Listen to I, Robot here

Seek out the  Dan Dare Audio Adventures – Volume 2 – available on Download for £20 or CD for £25: these pre-release prices will be frozen until the set is on general release at the end of May when they go up to £25 and £30 respectively

• For the curious who’ve yet to Dare to experience Dan at large, Big Finish have a free download of the first chapter of this set’s Operation Saturn story, while the first chapter of Volume 1’s Voyage to Venus is similarly available.

• Special Dan Dare bundles have been set up offering both volumes together for £40 and £50. Any CD purchase unlocks a download version exclusive to Big Finish listeners – the perfect format for those with Android or Apple devices using the free Big Finish download/playback app

Dan Dare: The Audio Adventures Volume One is also available from amazon.co.uk – using this link will help support downthetubes

• Read Ian Wheeler’s review of Dan Dan Dare: Reign of the Robots

 



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