The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells (2001)

7.4 August 5, 2001 ~46m / ep 1 Season Ended

Each episode adapts — and sometimes quite radically alters — a short story written by Wells: The New Accelerator, The Queer Story of Brownlow's Newspaper, The Crystal Egg, The Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes, The Truth About Pyecraft and The Stolen Bacillus. Each is presented as if it were a 'real' incident that Wells had investigated with his girlfriend, Jane Robbins, and as if it had served as an inspiration for a short story. The flashbacks are to 1893 within the 1946 frame story, near the end of Wells's life, when he is interviewed by a secret military research institute interested in his past exploits.

Cast

  • Tom Ward

    Tom Ward

    Herbert George 'H. G.' Wells

  • Katy Carmichael

    Katy Carmichael

    Jane Robbins

  • Eve Best

    Eve Best

    Ellen McGillvray

  • Nicholas Rowe

    Nicholas Rowe

    Professor Cedric Gibberne

  • Vincent Franklin

    Vincent Franklin

    War Minister

  • John Bennett

    John Bennett

    Mr Jagger

  • Richard Clifford

    Richard Clifford

    Foreign Secretary

  • Mark Dexter

    Mark Dexter

    Atkins

  • Orlando Seale

    Orlando Seale

    Albert Einstein

  • Catherine Bailey

    Catherine Bailey

    Violet

  • Neville Phillips

    Neville Phillips

    Praecentors

  • Donald Douglas

    Donald Douglas

    Chairman at Praecentors

  • Barry Stanton

    Barry Stanton

    Dean Frederick Masterman

  • Raymond Coulthard

    Raymond Coulthard

    Mark Radcliffe

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