Podcasts by H.G. Wells Has His Regrets
What would you do with a time machine?
When famed science-fiction author H.G. Wells turns his dreams into reality by building his Time Machine, he decides to take it for a spin to meet his favourite authors of the past. But between helping Shakespeare practise his new play, meeting Byron's bear, and listening to Hans Christian Anderson sobbing on Dickens' lawn, H.G. is about to discover why you should never meet your heroes...
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Episode 22: FINALE, Part Three - H.G. Wells' House Party for Honoured Guests (Plus Doyle) from 2023-06-04T10:09:37
THE FINAL INSTALLMENT - Can the team solve the problem of the ghostly Mr Boo? Can Jane ever manage to forgive H.G. for being an inconsiderate turnip? Will the Wells Brothers ever run out of new ...
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FEED DROP: The Gorgon Show from 2023-05-30T16:00:37
Feed drop! We are delighted to share with you an episode of "The Gorgon Show". This is Episode 9: "Britt Marie the Skogsrå!" Penny Cephalonia is a gorgon, snakes and all! In...
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Episode 21: FINALE, Part Two - The Inexperienced Ghost from 2023-05-16T15:13:39
An unexpected brotherly visit is put on-hold while H.G. receives some well-intentioned advice. Jane takes a well-earned breather. Meanwhile, a ghost appears to be afoot, and Detective Doyle is o...
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Episode 20: FINALE, Part One - The Jilting of Jane from 2023-05-02T10:00:28
The table is set, the Time Machine is primed, and the authors are expected to be picked up at any moment. All H.G. needs is his wife, and their long-awaited house party can commence. But Jane is...
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Episode 19: Mary Shelley from 2023-04-04T10:00:22
H.G. takes a trip to sunny Italy to meet the Mother of Science-Fiction. Which can possibly be scarier: the abuse of science to create monstrous life, or the possibilty of bumping into Lord Byron...
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Episode 18: Beatrix Potter from 2023-03-21T11:00:35
The Tale of Beatrix Potter: H.G. braves the North once again as he journeys to the Lake District to meet a fellow contemporary.
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Episode 17: A Study in Spiritualism from 2023-03-07T11:00:22
It was a dark and stormy night. A presence had made itself known. Something ghostly, something with four legs and - wait, is that a tail?
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Episode 16: Louisa May Alcott from 2023-02-21T11:00:03
Soup tureens, salacious novels and silliness - all in a day's work for a classic children's author! But Jane soon finds out that there is a lot more to this Little Woman than meets the eye... Listen
Episode 15: Jane Austen from 2023-02-07T11:00:14
Jane is skilled in the art of Persuasion, but it'll take Sense and Sensibility to get this reclusive author to talk! But is she as full of Pride and Prejudice as some of her works might make her...
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Episode 14: Dr. Conan Doyle from 2023-01-24T11:00:17
Jane takes matters into her own hands when H.G. comes down with a case of the sniffles after visiting the Brontës.
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Episode 13: Emily Dickinson from 2023-01-10T11:00:21
Hope is a thing with feathers: that is, it's irritating, difficult to communicate with and is hard to get hold of when you need it most. H.G. hopes for the best as he takes a trip across the pon...
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Episode 12: The Brontë Sisters from 2023-01-03T11:00:11
Reader: he interviewed them. H.G. braves the famous Yorkshire summer to speak to a trio of literary greats, but is that someone a-tap-tap-tapping on the window...?
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Episode 11: Aftermath from 2022-12-13T11:00:07
"The horrors that I've seen! That I've heard, Jane!" H.G. returns from his visit to Victor Hugo.
Content warning: This episode contains some implied lewdness....
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Episode 10: To Be Perfectly Frank from 2022-11-29T20:27:15
H.G.'s brother older brother brings a new invention over for dinner.
Script and annotations available HERE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SjnRKgWMSdFk7W...
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Episode 9: Samuel Taylor Coleridge from 2022-11-15T11:00:55
Alone, alone, all, all alone, alone without even a cup of tea! H.G. visits a classic Romance poet, and discovers that eggs and teacups do not mix.
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Episode 8: Oscar Wilde from 2022-11-01T10:00:03
H.G. travels back a few years to meet an esteemed contemporary, although it seems that while it is always important to be earnest, tea with Oscar might be a little too Wilde for him to handle......
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FEED DROP: Neon Shadows: A Noir Tale from 2022-10-27T09:00:57
Feed drop! We are delighted to share with you an episode of "Neon Shadows: A Noir Tale". This is "Chapter One: A Shadow Looms".
Murder! Mystery! Tragedy! Private investigator Frank Dixon ...
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GUEST TRAILER: Aliens: Colonial Marines - Ice World from 2022-10-25T09:00:17
WARNING: This trailer contains swearing and some violence.
Trailer drop! We are proud to share with you the trailer for Part 3 of "Aliens: Colonial Marines - Ice World" by Pat...
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GUEST TRAILER: Untrue Stories from 2022-10-22T09:00:35
Trailer drop! We are proud to share with you the trailer for the excellent "Untrue Stories" by Robin Johnson!
"Untrue Stories" is another brilliant audio drama about a time-travelling H.G...
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TEASER - MINISODE 2: Return of the Time Machine! from 2022-10-19T09:43:24
"Darling, where's my Time Machine?"
H.G. Wells Has His Regrets returns to this timeline on the 1st of November 2022!
We are BACK with new episodes, new bonus content, n...
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MINISODE 1: Edgar's Birthday from 2019-01-19T18:56:30
How does the master of melancholy spend his birthday?
Script and annotations available HERE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Vve5hIMzlSukcNEEz1bSPYsdoJXZY...
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BONUS: Outtakes and Bloopers 1 from 2018-12-20T18:56:55
What's this? What's this? A bonus episode? Happy Holidays! To break the silence of midseason hiatus, here's a bonus episode full of all the best bloopers and outtakes from our first batch of epi...
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Episode 7: Reviewing the Situation from 2018-10-18T17:04:25
Sometimes a teabreak between time travelling is a well needed break. HG discusses his most recent travels with Jane, much to her amusement.
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1.7: Reviewing the Situation from 2018-10-18T17:04:25
EDIT: AudioVerseAwards open on Oct 24th 2018.Sometimes a teabreak between time travelling is a well needed break. HG discusses his most recent travels with Jane, much to her amusement. All sound ef...
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Episode 6: Charles Dickens from 2018-10-04T16:41:36
H.G. decides to visit a legendary ghost of authors past: Charles Dickens. However, his great expectations for the visit are met with a few unexpected twists.
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1.6: Charles Dickens from 2018-10-04T16:41:36
H.G. decides to visit a legendary ghost of authors past: Charles Dickens. However, his great expectations for the visit are met with a few unexpected twists.
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Episode 5: William Shakespeare from 2018-09-20T21:02:42
When interviewing writers, who better to speak to than the bard himself? H.G. takes his TIME MACHINE back further than he's ever been before... Will the playwright be everything he's cracked up ...
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1.5: William Shakespeare from 2018-09-20T21:02:42
When interviewing writers, who better to speak to than the bard himself? H.G. takes his TIME MACHINE back further than he's ever been before... Will the playwright be everything he's cracked up to ...
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Episode 4: Double, Double, Doyle and Trouble from 2018-09-06T16:40:51
Whoever lives next-door can be your dream or nightmare neighbour... it's all a matter of perspective. Just as H.G. finally thinks he can take a break between trips through time, an unwanted visi...
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1.4: Double, Double, Doyle and Trouble from 2018-09-06T16:40:51
Whoever lives next-door can be your dream or nightmare neighbour... it's all a matter of perspective. Just as HG finally thinks he can take a break between trips through time, an unwanted visit fro...
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Episode 3: Lord Byron from 2018-08-23T16:33:42
Peacocks, herons and bears? Oh my! H.G. Wells takes a trip to the Romantic times to visit a man who embodies the word ‘romantic’ in every sense of the word: Lord Byron. How will HG get on with t...
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1.3: Lord Byron from 2018-08-23T16:33:42
Peacocks, herons and bears? Oh my! HG Wells takes a trip to the Romantic times to visit a man who embodies the word ‘romantic’ in every sense of the word: Lord Byron. How will HG get on with the pr...
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Episode 2: Edgar Allan Poe from 2018-08-09T16:35:08
For HG’s first trip in the TIME MACHINE, he decides to visit the master of macabre literature, Edgar Allan Poe. Will they get along, or will he leave wishing to know him nevermore?
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1.2: Edgar Allan Poe from 2018-08-09T16:35:08
For HG’s first trip in the TIME MACHINE, he decides to visit the master of macabre literature, Edgar Allan Poe. Will they get along, or will he leave wishing to know him nevermore?
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1.1: Pilot(ing the Time Machine) from 2018-07-26T16:51:46
Upon finally completing his invention -The TIME MACHINE - HG Wells revels in his own brilliance, before questioning his intentions and what to do now his master project is complete.
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Episode 1: Pilot(ing the Time Machine) from 2018-07-26T16:51:46
Upon finally completing his invention - The TIME MACHINE - H.G. Wells revels in his own brilliance, before questioning his intentions and what to do now his master project is complete.
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