Jules Verne’s two novels featuring Captain Nemo (20,000 Leagues Beneath the Sea and The Mysterious Island), condensed down to two thrilling hours.

In 20,000 Leagues Under the Ocean, Marine scientist Professor Aronnax and his stowaway little girl Connie join whaler Ned Land aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln to hunt an aggressive sea monster, thought to be a huge narwhale. If they engage the monster, they find to their astonish­ment it’s an electrically-powered submarine, the Nautilus, techno­ about 20,000 Leagues Beneath the Ocean & The Mysterious Island: Two BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations logically significantly more advanced than any vessel known. These are rescued with the ship’s enigmatic captain, Nemo…

In The Mysterious Isle, military services engineer Cyrus Smith, his freed slave Neb, and reporter Elegance Spilett – flee the besieged city of Richmond within a balloon. Their vessel is caught inside a huge storm and blown thousands of kilometers until it accidents on a remote control Pacific island. But they shortly realise they are not alone for the island…

Ensemble of 20,000 Leagues Beneath the Sea

Captain Nemo – Sagar Arya

Professor Pierre Aronnax – Neil McCaul

Miss Connie Aronnax – Madeline Hatt

Ned Land – David Seddon

Captain Farragut – Philip Bretherton

Cast of The Mysterious Island

Cyrus Harding – Nathan Osgood

Grace Spilett – Kerry Gooderson

Neb – Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong

Tom Ayrton – Rupert Holliday Evans

Captain Nemo – Sagar Arya