Podcasts by Edy Hursts Podcast Version of... The War of the Worlds

NEW PODCAST: I POD A SPELL ON YOU - Edy Hurst's Wonderfull Discovery of Witches Podcast from 2023-10-30T14:07:38

Greetings Earthlings!

A New Podcast Materializes, join us in the next level, the astral realm (is that right? Is astral a level?) as Edy dons the cap of the Grand Magician and invites ...

Chapter 10: Epilogue (feat. Jonathan Ferguson from Royal Armories) from 2023-06-02T05:12:44

Martians? Forget about them! Renunions with family? You better believe it. So obviously all that's left is to go into great detail on the aftermath of an invasion that changed the world, or at l...

Chapter 9: Wreckage from 2023-02-03T06:31:44

After a long journey, we're here, the pen-ultimate chapter of the War of the Worlds, Wreckage.

With the Martians gone the way of the Dodo, what wreckage do they leave behind? And what ...

Intermission: Victorian Germs! Feat. Kristin Hussey from 2023-01-27T06:08:35

They live in the soil, they live in the air, they'll more or less live anywhere, it's germs!

As we've heard in the last chapter, those invisible assailants have done us a big kindness ...

Chapter 8: Dead London feat. CHUNKS (Richard Brown, David Callaghan, Gabriel Featherstone) from 2022-06-13T06:30:37

Chapter 8! Dead London!

Or should it be, dead? London? Or maybe dead! London. As you'll see, there's a bit of death, but is it the metaphorically beating heart of Victorian Englands be...

Edy Hurst's Comedy Version of... AT BRIGHTON! from 2022-05-30T10:05:04

Just a quick little update to so that THIS WEEKEND I'll be bringing the live show to BRIGHTON!

If you're a South Sussex dweller, or you want to go to a coast that the Martians failed t...

Chapter 7: The Man on Putney Hill Feat. Jack Lewis Evans from 2022-04-11T05:15

We're back! The Martians have gone no where! But whose this lurking around Putney Hill? Is it an old friend who we shared a meal with and gave us expert advice on looking for biscuits? I won't i...

Happy Winter Slump 2021! from 2021-12-30T08:28:31

Hey!

What a year! WHAT A YEAR. It's nearly over, but there's still time to say thanks to all of you for listening to the podcast over 2021. The final chapters are well underway and...

UPDATE ON CHAPTER 7 - 10 from 2021-11-09T22:44:27

A little update about the next few chapters of the narration, with a delay from the usual regularity to make sure that we end it just as well, if not better than we've started and carried on this w...

Chapter 6: The Work of Fifteen Days from 2021-10-27T05:08

What do you recon you could do in 15 days? Bring all your mates from Mars, take over the earth and accidentally plant some red weeds?

The narrator is leaving the house where he's hunkered ...

Intermission: Victorian Science Problem Panic Time feat. Subhadra Das from 2021-10-13T08:55:12

If there's one thing from Victorian Science that's aged about as well as a puddle of milk in a rain coat pocket, it's the theory of eugenics. We've talked a bit at the very start of the book abo...

Chapter 5: The Stillness feat.The Delightful Sausage (Chris Cantrill & Amy Gledhill) from 2021-09-29T05:00

With the curate gone, and only the narrator home, what's the first thing he does? Drink dirty drain water and think about eating a dog? When the cat's away!

This chapter we're joined by Ed...

Chapter 4: The Death of the Curate feat. Tom Burgess from 2021-09-15T05:05

In what's been the biggest spoiler of a chapter title, and there's been a good few so far (I'm looking at you, destruction of Weybridge & Shepperton), we finally say good bye to our favourite fr...

Intermission: Break a Plate from 2021-09-08T05:09

We're taking an intermission from the story main this episode, but fear not! Banish fear, like an exorcised ghost or a used tissue, into the bin of courage. For whilst we don't have a chapter, w...

Chapter 3: The Days of Imprisonment from 2021-08-25T05:00

In what must be the least relatable part of the book for our entire generation, we find the Narrator and the Curate still stuck unable to leave the house. A sort of lockdown I guess, only it's Mart...

Chapter 2: What We saw from the Ruined House feat. Rex Factor from 2021-08-11T05:08

Well, they're still stuck in the worst house share either of them have experienced, but don't worry, at least they've got a peephole to steal a glance out of. And what do they see? Well there's onl...

Chapter 1: Underfoot feat. Tom Burgess from 2021-07-28T05:00

We're back! Book 2, Earth under Martians.

Earth (by which in the book we mean the 75 mile radius of London) is well and truly knackered under the Martians. Hampton Court? Barely an...

TRAILER - Book Two Starts 28th July! from 2021-06-25T09:25:48

We're back! Tell a friend! Tell an enemy! Tell an stranger!

Set you calendar for Wednesday 28th July, where chapter one is going to be dropping!

Chapter 17: The Thunder Child feat. Jen Ives from 2021-01-18T07:26

The Final of Book One is nigh! And let's go out of the half way point with a half way bang.

Chapter 17 of The War of the Worlds sees us with the Narrator's Brother and the Ephinsto...

Chapter 16: The Exodus From London feat. Bennet Kavanagh and Jen Ives from 2021-01-04T07:00

As the Martians are going, quite frankly, feral, across the South West of England towards London, we continue with the account of the Narrator's Brother (still no name) and his escape from Londo...

Happy Christmas - New Year Slump! from 2020-12-28T11:32:38

Wishing you all the superlatives of the season with this brief message and an uplifting Carol for 2020.

Thanks to everyone for listening, subscribing and your kind words for what h...

Interlude 4: Steam-Powered Nostradmus from 2020-12-14T07:37

In our fourth interlude we take a look at beloved futurist and socialist horndog H.G. Wells' slight misfires on predicting the future, and also air out a song inspired by the previous chapters, ...

Chapter 15: What Happened in Surrey feat. The Loremen and Amelia Baylor from 2020-11-30T07:30

We're back in Surrey after a brief trip to London, but for how long? Not only have the Martians unleashed the heat-ray upon the county, but now they've got a strange new retaliation to earth's f...

Chapter 14: In London feat. Frank Foucault from 2020-11-16T08:00

London, home of Big Ben, the underground and now the ever growing threat of a Martian invasion.

As refugees from Woking and Surrey arrive, we join the narrator's brother to see his side of...

HALLOWEEN SPECIAL: The Red Room from 2020-10-30T12:02:01

In this halloween special we read The Red Room, a short ghost Story by H.G. Wells.

What apparition haunts the redroom of an old manor house? Is it the Duke, or is wife who was kill...

Chapter 13: How I fell in with the Curate feat. Tom Burgess and Black Liver (Keith Carter & Ruth Cockburn) from 2020-10-26T07:01

When the going gets tough, what do you do? Strip off to the waist and steal a boat in boiling water? If you're the narrator, yes!

Also, we finally see the introduction of the Curat...

Chapter 12: What I saw of the Destruction of Weybridge and Shepperton feat. Tony Wright & Jade Fearnley from 2020-10-12T07:01

How many Martian tripods does it take to screw in a light bulb? We're heading to the first town in Britain to be wholly lit by electricity (Weybridge) to find out in the next action-crammed chap...

Chapter 11: At the Window feat. Tony Wright from 2020-09-28T06:47

What would you do if you saw a random army man in your garden? Invite them in for a candlelit dinner and a whisky? 

This chapter we see the introduction of the Artillery Man, a character t...

Interlude 3: Justice for Wells feat. Simon Guerrier from 2020-09-21T07:05

Was Wells a bad lad? Did he believe in the horrors of colonialism and eugenics? Is he guilty by association?

Regular listeners will remember that in Chapter 1 we took a deep dive into Vict...

Chapter 10: In the Storm from 2020-09-07T07:01

If you've ever heard/read/seen the War of the Worlds before, you'll know that far and away the tripods are the most memorable part. AND THEY'RE HERE!

One leg is bad, two legs good, three l...

Chapter 9: The Fighting Begins feat. Bexie Archer, Pottervision and Tom Little from 2020-08-24T07:01

How long is too long to sit in a cold bath? Should you run off to the pub when Martians threaten your home and loved ones?

This Chapter is a jam packed with conversations, and what better ...

Chapter 8: Friday Night from 2020-08-10T07:02

You know how it is, it's Friday night, a bunch of Martians have killed your friends and all you want to do is find out what's shakin' at the railway station.

At least that's where ...

Chapter 7: How I got Home feat. Bexie Archer from 2020-08-03T07:02

After the destruction of your close friends by some interplanetary mirror jerks, who wouldn't seek comfort at home? In this week's chapter our narrator heads back to his wife, but not before sla...

Chapter 6: The Heat-Ray on Chobham Road from 2020-07-27T07:05

The power of the Heat-Ray continues to wreak havoc on the South England Municpality of Woking, Chobham and Chertsey in Chapter 6.

We also take a look at the world of Science Fictio...

Chapter 5: The Heat Ray Feat. Hannah Platt & Josh Jones from 2020-07-20T06:55

Back to the book, and we find Horsell Common under attack from the Martians advanced weaponry.  As we see a welcome party made up of Ogilvy, Henderson and Stent, we sit down with Hannah and Josh...

Interlude 2: What even is a chance of Mars? feat. Ross Brierley from 2020-07-13T07:02

One of the most quotable lines from H.G. Wells The War of the Worlds must be Ogilvy the astronomers famous assertion that:

The Chances of Anything Coming from Mars, are a million to one. Listen

Interlude 1: Jeff Wayne's Podcast Version of the Robot Knee from 2020-07-06T07:01

Over the century and a bit since it was published, the War of the Worlds has been adapted into countless formats, from graphic novels to radio shows, but one of the most beloved must be Jeff Way...

Chapter 4: The Cylinder Opens Feat. Alasdair Beckett-King from 2020-06-29T07:01

Finally! The mysterious cylinder crash landed on Horsell Common Opens, and at last we catch a glimpse of those pesky Martians that'll cause such a ruckus. With the first description of the Marti...

Chapter 3: On Horsell Common from 2020-06-22T10:07:08

Chapter Three of Edy Hurst's Podcast Version of The War of the Worlds, an audio-scrap-book into the seminal scifi novel The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells.

In this episode, news of the cr...

Chapter 2: The Falling Star feat. Josh Jones and Hannah Platt from 2020-06-15T06:56

Chapter Two of Edy Hurst's Podcast Version of The War of the Worlds, an audio-scrap-book into the seminal scifi novel The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells.

In the second episode, we hear mo...

Chapter 1: The Eve of The War from 2020-06-08T06:01

Chapter One of Edy Hurst's Comedy Version of the War of the Worlds, an audio-scrap-book into the seminal scifi novel The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells.

In this, our inaugural episode, Ed...

TEASER: Edy Hurst's Podcast Version of the War of the Worlds COMING 8th June from 2020-05-29T09:59:37

Teaser Trailer for Edy Hurst's Podcast Version of the War of the Worlds, an audio(scrap)book of H.G. Well's Seminal Scifi Novel, the War of the Worlds. Each episode we'll read a chapter of the book...