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Written by Robert Rankin, Adapted by Elliott Stein & Neil Gardner
Starring David Warner, Rupert Degas & Full-Cast
This is the tale of two incredible people – one who knows he is incredible and the other who learns to be incredible. Set in 1960 in the UK south-coast resort of Brighton, self-styled guru and magus Hugo Rune rescues a young man from drowning and persuades him to become his assistant and partner in solving 12 mysteries.
Dur: 7hrs 18mins STEREO
Available in 3 ‘flavours’ offering differing quality vs file size (all the same price!):
“A bit of a triumph, to be honest. 5/5” – Starburst
“An epic that’s like a crash between two steam-driven trains bearing the collected essences of The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen and The Fortean Times. Bonkers. 5/5” – Deathray
“An amazing audio adventure…David Warner is a terrific Rune…the thing’s so flipping entertaining, you’d be perfectly happy to sit through another six-and-a-half hours. 5/5” – SFX
This is the tale of two incredible people – one who knows he is incredible and the other who learns to be incredible. Set in 1960 in the UK south-coast resort of Brighton, self-styled guru and magusHugo Rune rescues a young man from drowning and persuades him to become his assistant and partner in solving 12 mysteries. Rizla (for such is the young man’s assumed name) agrees to help as he has lost his memory and has nowhere else to go. There then follows 12 of the most baffling, surreal, exciting, head-scratching and downright far-fetched mysteries ever written…all based in and around the suburbs of Brighton.
In between the adventures our heroes are able to enjoy the bizarre surroundings of Fangio’s pub, where the bar lord is always happy to talk some old toot and occasionally some exposition as well. Across the mysteries Rizla and the audience learn about the Brighton zodiac, the chronovision, time travel, centaurs, a dastardly plot where the NHS kidnap vagrants for body parts, space pirates, the real history of Victorian Britain, Brighton pirates and the fate that awaits mankind should Hugo Rune fail in his task. And of course, there’s a very bad man involved indeed – Hugo Rune’s arch-nemesis of the ages, Count Otto Black – who wants to rule the world (what else!) You will never hear anything else quite like this in your lifetime.
13 x 30’ Episodes
Full Cast Drama/Comedy – Commissioned by BBC Audiobooks
Adapted from “The Brightonomicon” by Robert Rankin, published by Gollancz/Orion
Written by Elliott Stein & Neil Gardner
Music by Jeremy Paul Carroll (& Hugh Edwards – theme music)
Executive Produced by Elliott Stein, David Warner, Rupert Degas & Robert Rankin
Produced, Edited & Directed by Neil Gardner
Actor | Character(s) | Best Known For |
David Warner | Hugo Rune The future ghost of Hugo Rune |
Tron, Star Trek (movies & TV series), Titanic, Wing Commander, Time Bandits, League of Gentleman Movie |
Rupert Degas | Rizla Pope Pious Kurt Cobain Winston Churchill Angry Chef Rock Bloke 1 Tim the DJ |
The 39 Steps, Heavenly Sword, Nathan Barley, Exorcist: The Beginning, numerous anime series |
Andy Serkis | Count Otto Black Neville Orion |
Lord of The Rings trilogy, King Kong, Deathwatch, The Prestige, Flushed Away, 24 Hour Party People |
Michael Fenton-Stevens | The Narrator (older Rizla) | KYTV, RadioActive, Alas Smith & Jones, My Dad’s The PM, Doctors |
Mark Wing-Davey | Fangio | Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy |
Jason Isaacs | Tobes de Valois | Harry Potter movies, The State Within, West Wing, Peter Pan, Windtalkers, Reign of Fire, Black Hawk Down, Armageddon, Event Horizon |
Martin Jarvis O.B.E. | Colonel Mortimer Inspectre Sherringford Hovis |
William Tell radio series, Stargate Atlantis, Space: Above & Beyond, Eragon, Titanic, Dr Who |
Ben Miller | Bartholomew the Bog Troll a.k.a. Captain Bartholomew Moulsecoomb | Primeval, Armstrong & Miller, Johnny English, Plunkett & Macleane |
Kerry Shale | Lazlo Woodbine The Doomsayer Clant 1950’s American Voice-Over The Doomsayer |
So many voice-overs for games, animation and movies it is impossible to list them all, Labyrinth, |
Patrick Barlow | Professor Nessor | Jam & Jerusalem, Ab Fab, Is It Legal, French & Saunders, Shakespeare in Love, also a renowned playwright (e.g. The 39 Steps) |
Kevin Eldon | Norris Styver the Morris Minor Driver Paul the Student The Devil |
Big Train, Hyperdrive, Saxondale, Hot Fuzz, Popetown, Nathan Barley, Green Wing, Brass Eye, Spaced, Black Books, |
Katherine Parkinson | Kelly Anne-Sirjan | The I.T. Crowd |
Rich Fulcher | Chief Whitehawk Leon Lord Henry Myle-Hie |
The Mighty Boosh, Snuffbox |
Ricky Grover | Sir Burberry Spaniel-Fondler The Henchmen The Doorman |
The 11 O’Clock Show |
Brian Murphy | Quentin Vambury-Greystoke, 5th Earl of Hangleton Inspector Hector |
Last of the Summer Wine, George & Mildred |
Jonathan Cecil | Sir Jeffrey Primark The Priest Isambard Kingdom-Come |
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Dad’s Army, Are You Being Served, Rising Damp |
Sarah Douglas | Nurse Hearse The Lady In The Straw Hat Old Woman in the street |
Superman, Superman II, Stargate, Asylum, Babylon 5, Return of the Living Dead III, Conan the Destroyer |
Simon Gregor | Hubert the Tramp Cockney Bloke Mr Cutler the Butler Old Man in street Hotel Manager Rock Bloke #2 Barman |
The 39 Steps, Rome, Men Behaving Badly |
Iain Lee | Stan Post the Radio Host Croquet Commentator #2 Lewes Tour Guide Dave the Medic |
The 11 O’Clock Show, Celebrity Soup, LBC 97.3, Virgin Radio |
Kate O’Sullivan | Maria the Medic Susan the Student Lewes PA Announcer Woman in street Queen Mother |
Spitting Image, anime voice-overs, Time Trumpet |
Steve Oram | Nigel Fairborough-Countless Sam the Zombie Policeman #1 The Maitre’ D |
Tittybangbang, Comedy Lab, People Like Us |
Tom Meeten | Edward Marzipan-Fudge Bill the Zombie Policeman #2 Morris the Novice |
Saxondale, Magicians, Star Stories, The Mighty Boosh |
Colin McFarlane | Jimi Hendrix American Gangster |
Batman Begins, Red Dwarf, Hyperdrive, Black Books |
Ben Onwukwe | Robert Johnson Croquet Commentator #1 |
London’s Burning, Doctors, The Bill |
Steven Cree | Doctor Proctor Scottish Groundsman Scotsman in street |
Cabaret, Dreamteam, Doctors |
Danny Eastman | Danbury Collins Mister Mate |
As playwright (e.g. The Serena Syndrome) |
Johnny Daukes | Father Ernetti The Waiter The Tailor Mario Croquet Commentator #2 |
The Message, The Scanner, Radio 9, Eurotrash, |
Tamsyn Challenger | Janet Orion | |
Robert Rankin | The Cabbies Himself |
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Elliott Stein | The Monk | |
Laurie Buckley | Young Woman at Pub Lady at Rock Club Bar |
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James Francis | Hugo Rune’s biggest fan | |
Richard Bannerman | Distinguished doctor in street | |
Neil Gardner | Ministry of Serendipity Voice Over Ahab the Space Crab |
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Graham Rogers | The Driver The Announcer |
“The potential twin pitfalls of silly voices and overacting have been neatly sidestepped…the cast easily trumps the recent Dirk Gently adaptations for star quality.” – SFX Magazine (5 stars)
“It’s fantastically over-the-top – as Rankin should be…” – Financial Times
“…it is about as perfect an audiobook as you could get.” – Deathray Magazine (recommended buy)
“Admirers of Rankin’s books have a lot to thank Neil Gardner for…in short, buy it, listen to it, love it…you won’t be sorry.” – Pantechnicon
“Has it been worth it? Well yes it has!” – Amazon.co.uk
“From the opening bars of the frankly superb theme tune, to the closing credits, this production screams quality.” – TOTAL Sci-Fi
“This is certainly a production I will enjoy revisiting over the years, and I recommend you invest in a copy so that you can do the same.” – Hub Magazine
“…enjoy this lavish and quite brilliant audio adaptation. It’s very highly recommended.” – DenofGeek.com (5 stars)
DOWNLOADING INFORMATION
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[2] Slightly easier – download the zip file to your PC or MAC, unzip it to a folder you know the location of (such as your Music or Documents folder), then use iTunes to transfer the files in the same way you would a music album.
We hope you enjoy your audiobook and come back for more soon!
Narrator | Various/Full-Cast |
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Editor/Sound Design | Neil Gardner |
Producer/Director | Neil Gardner |
Composer | Jeremy Paul Carroll & Hugh Edwards |
Copyright | Spokenworld Audio/Ladbroke Audio Ltd/Robert Rankin |
Released | 2008 |
File Size/Quality | 192kbps (better than CD), 256kbps (superb quality), 320kbps (highest quality) |
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SpokenworldBoss –
“A bit of a triumph, to be honest. 5/5” – Starburst
SpokenworldBoss –
“An epic that’s like a crash between two steam-driven trains bearing the collected essences of The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen and The Fortean Times. Bonkers. 5/5” – Deathray
SpokenworldBoss –
“An amazing audio adventure…David Warner is a terrific Rune…the thing’s so flipping entertaining, you’d be perfectly happy to sit through another six-and-a-half hours. 5/5” – SFX
SpokenworldBoss –
“The potential twin pitfalls of silly voices and overacting have been neatly sidestepped…the cast easily trumps the recent Dirk Gently adaptations for star quality.” – SFX Magazine (5 stars)
SpokenworldBoss –
“It’s fantastically over-the-top – as Rankin should be…” – Financial Times
SpokenworldBoss –
“…it is about as perfect an audiobook as you could get.” – Deathray Magazine (recommended buy)
SpokenworldBoss –
“Admirers of Rankin’s books have a lot to thank Neil Gardner for…in short, buy it, listen to it, love it…you won’t be sorry.” – Pantechnicon
SpokenworldBoss –
“Has it been worth it? Well yes it has!” – Amazon.co.uk
SpokenworldBoss –
“From the opening bars of the frankly superb theme tune, to the closing credits, this production screams quality.” – TOTAL Sci-Fi
SpokenworldBoss –
“This is certainly a production I will enjoy revisiting over the years, and I recommend you invest in a copy so that you can do the same.” – Hub Magazine
SpokenworldBoss –
“…enjoy this lavish and quite brilliant audio adaptation. It’s very highly recommended.” – DenofGeek.com (5 stars)