Episodes
| First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 19910904 | 20241102 (BBC7) 20241103 (BBC7) |
In the future, the poorest citizens have the most things. People are expected to spend their waking hours consuming and wearing out what the robot workforce has overproduced.
Only the most successful are allowed to live a simple life of moderate consumption. Morey Fry discovers a way out, but it's illegal - and his father-in-law is a judge.
Frederick Pohl's novel ‘The Midas Plague' was first published in 1954 in the American magazine ‘Galaxy Science Fiction'.
Dramatised for radio by Mark Power.
Morey Fry - Michael Drew
Cherry Fry - Dyanne White
Howland - Alan Covenay
Henry/Porfirio - Geoffrey Collins
Judge Elon - Eric Allen
Grace Elon - Caroline Hunt
Semmelweiss/Newman - Nick Chivers
Fairless/Sam - Clarence Smith
Blaine/Wally - Richard Pearce
Wainwright - Fraser Kerr
Tanaquil - Catherine Neal
Director: Alec Reid
Produced in BBC Bristol and first broadcast on Radio 4 in September 1991.
In the future, the lower class you are, the more you must consume of robot overproduction.
In the future, the poorer you are, the more you must consume due to rampant robotic overproduction. Stars Michael Drew.
| First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 19910904 | 20241102 (BBC7) 20241103 (BBC7) |