Children’s radio
Again in these school holi-. days “All Things Consid-). ered” on the morning National radio programme will ‘ devote the first part of the ‘ morning to special children’s s programmes. [ Included will be a space 1 thriller from the 8.8. C. t called “Rockets in Ursa 1 Major’’ which will be broad- < cast in quarter-hour episodes i each day. s j “Rockets in Ursa Major” I is an example of the science i ' Action written by the emi- < i nent scientist Fred Hoyle. It 1 J opens with a dramatic sequence: is
“We interrupt our pro-) gramme with an important, announcement from World Space Headquarters. The spaceship DSPIS has been picked up on its way back to Earth. Some may recall that, almost 30 years ago to the day, this ship was sent out on a mission to the stars of the Ursa Major stream . . .” When the spaceship,! which left Britain in the; early 1980 s with a full crew,; lands, it is empty, but there! is a scrawled, alarming mes-j sage inside the cabin.
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Press, 21 August 1978, Page 15
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