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| Genre | Science fiction drama |
|---|---|
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Country of origin |  United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | BBC Radio 7 Now Radio 4 extra |
| Created by | Sam Hoyle Jessica Dromgoole Matthew Broughton James Robinson |
| Produced by | Jessica Dromgoole |
| Narrated by | Adjoa Andoh |
| Original release | 2 March 2009 – 27 February 2011 |
| No. of series | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Website | BBC Sci-Fi Season |
| Podcast | BBC website |
Planet B is a science fiction drama series first broadcast on BBC Radio 7 on 2 March 2009 as part of BBC Radio's science fiction season between February and March 2009.[1] Planet B is set in a virtual world called "Planet B" in which people play as life-size avatars. The first series follows John Armstrong who attempts to find his girlfriend Lioba Fielding who is dead in the real world but alive in Planet B. As he travels between various worlds he becomes entangled in an array of strange scenarios, teleporting from each adventure to the next with his companion Medley, a "rogue avatar" who has no human controller. All the while, John and Medley are being watched by a dog-like antivirus programme called Cerberus who, along with the Planet B Corporation, considers the rogues to be a computer virus that need to be wiped out. In the second season, Lioba is on the run from Planet B and travels the virtual world with computer games expert Kip Berenger after they are attacked by Cerberus.
The series was created by Sam Hoyle, Jessica Dromgoole and Matthew Broughton with James Robinson. The first series ran for ten episodes and was BBC Radio 7's biggest ever commission for an original drama series.[2] A second series of five episodes was broadcast from 29 November 2009 to 27 December.[3] A third series of five episodes ran from 30 January through 27 February 2011.[4]
- ^ "Science Fiction Drama". BBC. Archived from the original on 28 February 2009. Retrieved 23 May 2009.
- ^ Hemley, Matthew (30 October 2008). "BBC radio launches major cross-station sci-fi season". The Stage. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
- ^ Berenger, Kip; Broughton, Matthew (23 October 2009). "Planet B, series two". BBC Radio 4. Archived from the original on 15 July 2010. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
- ^ Broughton, Matthew (22 December 2010). "interview was about series 3 of #planetb - it starts 30th Jan on R7. (the first 2 series will be repeated before it goes out.)". Twitter. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
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