Dr Strangelove

By: Kerry Shale

Narrated by: full cast, Kerry Shale

Thermonuclear war erupts in Kerry Shale's award-winning 1993 dramatisation of the classic apocalyptic black comedy.

'Dr. Strangelove' came to prominence in the 1964 film, directed by Stanley Kubrick. Based on the novel 'Red Alert' by Peter George, it famously starred Peter Sellers in multiple roles. As well as scripting the dramatisation, Kerry Shale also takes multiple roles: Dr Strangelove, Lieutenant "Sweets" Kivel, Lieutenant Barney Goldberg, Lieutenant Lothar Zogg, Group Captain Lionel Mandrake, General Jack D. Ripper and President Merkin Muffley.

With William Hootkins as Major "King" Kong, Sean Barratt as General "Buck" Turgidson, Stuart Milligan as Colonel "Bat" Guano, Lorelei King as Captain "Ace" Owens, Nigel Anthony as Soviet Ambassador De Sadesky and Peter Whitman as Staines. Nigel Anthony and Teresa Gallagher are the Presenters.

Adapted by and starring Kerry Shale.

With thanks to Keith Wickham.

Directed by Gordon House.

©2019 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2019 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

exceedingly disappointing

The Kubric film is perhaps my all-time favorite. This version of it is an atrocity. Anyone who loves the film should avoid this like the plague! Also, it is only a two hour program, but costs as much as a full book. And I had assumed that it was just a "full cast" recording of the original novel. However, this seems to be three people, playing all the parts, having horribly re-written the original story and inserted music.