The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
BBC docudrama telling the story of the father of science fiction, HG Wells, and his ambition to avert mankind's headlong course towards self-destruction.
Ratings
IMDb6/10
13 audience votes
Key crew
- James KentDirector
- Nick PowellOriginal Music Composer
- James KentWriter
Cast
- Michael SheenH.G. Wells
- Sally HawkinsRebecca West
- Dermot CrowleyGeorge Bernard Shaw
- Branka KatićMaura Budberg
- Jacek KomanMaxim Gorky
- Michael CochraneMinister
- Sarah WinmanJane Wells
- Kenneth JayHenry James
- Rebecca RamsdenMillie
- Elizabeth ElvinMrs. Hallam
- Keir CharlesSykes
- Abigail DaviesRussian Reporter