August 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains


(4.7 stars; 14 reviews)

A BBC Radio adaptation of the Ray Bradbury short story for Narrator, Vocoder and Synthesizer by Malcolm Clarke. The year is 2026. A lone house stands somewhere in a city ravaged and devastated by nuclear war, The house, fully automated, is deserted. .. its former occupants, a family, victims of the holocaust. Nonetheless, the house still stands ... and continues its daily routine ... Commentator ... Garrard Green Voices ... Eva Haddon, Jeffrey Segal Realized and produced at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop by Malcolm Clarke Broadcast on BBC Radio 4 11 May 1977

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

Reviews

one of my favorite authors


(5 stars)

Ray Bradbury is such a brilliant author.


(5 stars)

The Smart Home as imagined over 50 years ago