The Foundation Trilogy (radio series)

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*The Foundation Trilogy*
Genre	Radio audiobook
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Language(s)	English
Home station	BBC Radio 4
Hosted by	Patrick Tull (1-4) Mike Scott (5-8)
Directed by	David Cain
Original release	6 May (1973-05-06) – 24 June 1973 (1973-06-24)
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	8

The Foundation Trilogy is an eight hour-long episode radio series that was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 between 6 May and 24 June 1973. It is an adaptation of Isaac Asimov's The Foundation Trilogy. Patrick Tull presented the first four episodes while Mike Stott presented the last four. David Cain directed the series. The series was repeated in 1977 and 2002.

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Presenter	Original air date
1	"Psychohistory and Encyclopedia"	David Cain	Patrick Tull	6 May 1973 (1973-05-06)
The opening episode begins on Trantor, capital of the Galactic Empire, with the meeting of Hari Seldon and Gaal Dornick, their trial, and their exile to Terminus. The action then jumps forward fifty years, to the first Seldon Crisis, where the repercussions of the recent independence of the Four Kingdoms of the Periphery are being felt on Terminus, and are handled by the first Mayor, Salvor Hardin.
2	"The Mayors"	David Cain	Patrick Tull	TBA
The scene moves forward a further twenty years, as Mayor Hardin faces down the domination of the nearby and most powerful of the Four Kingdoms, Anacreon, whose ruler intends to annex the Foundation by force.
3	"The Merchant Princes"	David Cain	Patrick Tull	TBA
A hundred and fifty years after the Foundation was established, the now powerful trading nation, guided by master trader Hober Mallow, faces its greatest threat to date.
4	"The General"	David Cain	Patrick Tull	TBA
Two hundred years after its creation, the Foundation battles Bel Riose, the last powerful General of the dying Galactic Empire.
5	"The Mule"	David Cain	Mike Scott	TBA
A further hundred years have passed, and the Foundation is challenged by an unexpected threat named The Mule.
6	"Flight From The Mule"	David Cain	Mike Scott	TBA
During the war against The Mule, with things going badly for the Foundation, some key figures under the leadership of the Foundation's greatest scientist, Ebling Mis, flee Terminus in search of the Second Foundation, to warn it of the danger from The Mule.
7	"The Mule Finds"	David Cain	Mike Scott	TBA
The Mule attempts to find and overthrow the Second Foundation.
8	"Star's End"	David Cain	Mike Scott	24 June 1973 (1973-06-24)
Sixty years later a teenage girl is at the centre of the Foundation's renewed search for the Second Foundation.

Cast

Nigel Anthony as Prince Dagobert
Geoffrey Beevers as Gaal Dornick
Douglas Blackwell as Onum Barr and The Governor (Rossem)
Robin Browne as Jaim Twer and Orum Palley
Heron Carvic as Advocate
Maurice Denham as Ebling Mis
William Eedle as Hari Seldon
Trader Faulkner as Bail Channis
William Fox as Poly Verisof and Cleon II
Sarah Frampton as Arkady Darell
Martin Friend as Ammel Broderig
Julian Glover as Hober Mallow
David Gooderson as Tech-man
Nigel Graham as Franssart
Brian Haines as Tomaz Sutt and Huxlani
Michael Harbour as Lathan Devers
Ronald Herdman as Sennett Forell and Elder (Rossem)
Ronald Herdman as Lord Dorwin
Carleton Hobbs as Dr Toran Darell II
John Hollis as Yohan Lee
Dinsdale Landen as Bel Riose
Peter Howell as Ducem Barr
Anthony Jackson as Jorane Sutt
Hayden Jones as First trader
John Justin as Han Pritcher
Fraser Kerr as Comdor Asper and Meirus
Michael Kilgarriff as Theo Aporat, Lieutenant Vrank and Tubor
Rolf Lefebvre as Anselm Rodric and Dagobert IX
David March as Homir Munn
Gail MacFarlane as Commdora Licia
Lee Montague as Salvor Hardin
Wolfe Morris as Magnifico
Katherine Parr as Mrs Palver
Angela Pleasence as Bayta Darell
Peter Pratt as Lord Stettin
John Rowe as Jord Fara and Student Planner (Second Foundation)
John Ruddock as Second trader, Mayor Indbur III and Elder (Rossem)
John Samson as Sef Sermak
Prunella Scales as Lady Callia
Terry Scully as King Lepold I and Oval
Cyril Shaps - The Guardian/Preem Palver
William Sleigh as Doktor Walto
Roy Spencer as Lewis Pirenne
Lewis Stringer as Randu
David Valla as Encyclopedia Galactica Read-out
Gary Watson as Toran Darell
Peter Williams as Ankor Jael
Francis de Wolff as Prince Regent Wienis
Gabriel Woolf as Pelleas Anthor

Changes from the novels

The conflict between The Foundation and Anacreon takes place 70 years into the Foundation era; in the novels it occurs in year 80 F.E.
A small segment entitled "Traders" in the first volume, Foundation, has been removed entirely
General editing of the timescale has been done throughout
A large, rather comedic, section about farming on Rossem has been added to "The Mule Finds"
The leaders of the Second Foundation are referred to as 'Guardian', rather than 'Speaker' as in the books.

References

Willis, Jesse (21 April 2011). "BBC Radio 3: Isaac Asimov's The Foundation Trilogy". SFF Audio. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
"The Foundation Trilogy". SciFiMike. Retrieved 26 February 2024.

External links

Audio files hosted at archive.org
The Foundation Trilogy at MusicBrainz (list of releases)

v t e Isaac Asimov's Foundation series
Asimov writings	Foundation Foundation and Empire Second Foundation Foundation's Edge Foundation and Earth Prelude to Foundation Forward the Foundation
Others' writings	Foundation's Fear Foundation and Chaos Foundation's Triumph Foundation's Friends Psychohistorical Crisis The Originist
Other media	Radio programme TV series
Foundation universe	Characters Cleon Demerzel Gaal Dornick Salvor Hardin Hober Mallow The Mule R. Daneel Olivaw Bel Riose Hari Seldon Encyclopedia Galactica Psychohistory
Preceded by: The Robot series and The Empire series

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