Book at Bedtime - The First Men in the Moon - Episode 1

Tim Pigott-Smith reads from the 1901 novel by HG Wells. Penniless businessman Mr Bedford meets the brilliant Cavor, an absent-minded scientist on the brink of developing a material that can negate the power of gravity. Cavor soon succeeds in his experiments and tells a stunned Bedford that the invention makes possible one of the oldest dreams of humanity: a journey to the moon. Abridged by Neville Teller. A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.