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''Journey Into Space'' is a BBC Radio science fiction programme written by BBC producer Charles Chilton. It was the last UK radio programme to attract a bigger evening audience than television.〔(Booklet ) accompanying the 2004 release of the ''Operation Luna'' CD boxset by BBC Audiobooks〕 Originally, four series were produced (the fourth being a remake of the first), which went on to be translated into 17 languages〔Summary by Charles Chilton, ''Operation Luna'' audio cassette boxset, released by BBC Worldwide Ltd, 1996〕 (including Hindustani, Turkish and Dutch〔(Booklet ) accompanying the 2005 release of ''The Red Planet'' CD boxset by BBC Audiobooks〕) and broadcast worldwide (including the United States, New Zealand, Australia and the Netherlands).〔 Chilton went on to write three best-selling novels and several comic strip stories, based upon the radio series. The first series was created in 1953, soon after ''Riders of the Range'' (a popular Western, also written by Chilton) ended its six seasons on the BBC Light Programme. Michael Standing, then Head of the BBC Variety Department, asked Chilton if he could write a sci-fi programme, and ''Journey to the Moon'' (later known as ''Operation Luna'') was the result.〔 Each half-hour episode would usually end with a dramatic cliffhanger, to increase the audience's incentive to tune into the next episode. The original magnetic recordings of the show were erased shortly after broadcast, and for several decades it was believed that no recordings of the show had survived. But in 1986 a set of misfiled Transcription Service discs (produced for sale to overseas radio stations) was discovered, containing complete copies of the three original series (more accurately, the surviving version of the first season is a cut-down remake of the original, produced for the Transcription Service during the 1950s). This discovery enabled the BBC to begin re-broadcasting the show in the late 1980s, and release copies of the show, first on audio cassette, and more recently on CD and internet download. Fans of ''Journey Into Space'' include Colin Pillinger,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=BBC Inside Out – Man With A Mission )〕 Kenny Everett,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Journey Into Space – 50 Amazing Facts )〕 John Major,〔 Stephen Hawking,〔 Miriam Margolyes〔 and former ''Doctor Who'' producer Philip Hinchcliffe.〔Voice-over commentary on the BBC DVD "The Robots of Death" (1977, 2000)〕 == The main characters == The four main characters appear in all the original series, as well as the later special episodes: Guy Kingsley Poynter (who played Doc) had worked with Charles Chilton before ''Journey Into Space'', and Chilton once commented that Poynter "was a very good poetry reader".〔 Chilton also observed that Bruce Beeby was like his character Mitch, and was "always blowing his top".〔 David Kossoff asked Chilton if his character (the ship's radio operator) could be called Lemuel (a name he loved), and Chilton shortened the name to Lemmy. Chilton based Lemmy's character on himself, since he had been a radio operator in the RAF.〔''Journey Into Space... Again'', BBC Radio 4, 20 July 1999〕 Originally, Chilton had chosen John Glen to play Jet, but later decided to use Andrew Faulds instead, because Chilton's secretary fancied him.〔 David Jacobs's ability to play a wide variety of characters, each with his own distinctive voice, resulted in him playing 22 different characters during the course of ''Journey Into Space''. He used to mark up his script using different colour pencils, to help him remember what each character was supposed to sound like. In episode 1 of ''The Red Planet'', Jet is interviewed by a group of newspaper reporters, all of whom were played by Jacobs.〔 Light-hearted pranks were often played on David Jacobs just before a recording session was about to begin. On one occasion, Andrew Faulds poured a jug of water inside his trousers, totally soaking him, and he "did the rest of the programme in a raincoat!"〔 On another occasion, some of the actors smeared mustard on his lip microphone, causing him some difficulties during the recording session.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Journey into Space」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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