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...

Episode 22: FINALE, Part Three - H.G. Wells' House Party for Honoured Guests (Plus Doyle)

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 material for making fun of their literary brother? And - most importantly - will we ever find out what H.G. Wells truly regrets??? Script and annotations available HERE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pxZ-kf-PjYneo0fV8n4_Hk_iED-KNxdZkXq2FqfwGqI/edit?usp=sharing Website: https://hgwellshashisregrets.wordpress.com/ CAST: James Carpenter as H.G. Wells Georgia Fisk as Catherine "Jane" Wells Nathan Donnelly as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Joash Kari as Frank Wells Gareth Bowley as Freddie Wells CREW: Written by: Francesca Mylod-Ford, with assistance from Emily Hancock Produced by: Francesca Mylod-Ford Music by: Emily Hancock and Joash Kari Editing by: Jon Black

06-04
21:07

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05-30
40:19

Episode 21: FINALE, Part Two - The Inexperienced Ghost

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 on the case. Script and annotations available HERE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WFIogq7jvK5JH8tKqzN24Gz_XKTjDUc5DBPtchFqrUs/edit?usp=sharing Website: https://hgwellshashisregrets.wordpress.com/ CAST: James Carpenter as H.G. Wells Georgia Fisk as Catherine "Jane" Wells Nathan Donnelly as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Joash Kari as Frank Wells Gareth Bowley as Freddie Wells CREW: Written by: Francesca Mylod-Ford and Emily Hancock Produced by: Francesca Mylod-Ford Music by: Emily Hancock and Joash Kari Editing by: Jon Black

05-16
17:35

Episode 20: FINALE, Part One - The Jilting of Jane

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 in no mood for party games, and H.G. is likely to end up in the doghouse before the night is over... Script and annotations available HERE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1W08M8E-7HP_SB7xfdfMthuWAbjTbs28GpyhdGY8kG2c/edit?usp=sharing Website: https://hgwellshashisregrets.wordpress.com/ CAST: James Carpenter as H.G. Wells Georgia Fisk as Catherine "Jane" Wells Nathan Donnelly as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle CREW: Written by: Francesca Mylod-Ford and Emily Hancock Produced by: Francesca Mylod-Ford Music by: Emily Hancock and Joash Kari Editing by: Jon Black

05-02
15:02

Episode 19: Mary Shelley

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 again? Script and annotations available HERE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yt9l5EscuomaPutHTZQexskvmWlm1gFLS6MriQnUvyI/edit?usp=share_link Website: https://hgwellshashisregrets.wordpress.com/ CAST: James Carpenter as H.G. Wells Bonnie Calderwood Aspinwall as Mary Shelley Michael Carpenter as Lord Byron CREW: Written by: Lou Sutcliffe Produced by: Francesca Mylod-Ford Music by: Emily Hancock and Joash Kari Editing by: Howard White

04-04
18:00

Episode 18: Beatrix Potter

The Tale of Beatrix Potter: H.G. braves the North once again as he journeys to the Lake District to meet a fellow contemporary. Script and annotations available HERE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12rxpNcw95tobFya9HHOP82STNUMsH0YOwLTtzSv5FK0/edit?usp=share_link Website: https://hgwellshashisregrets.wordpress.com/ CAST: James Carpenter as H.G. Wells Alexandra Ricou as Beatrix Potter CREW: Written by: Lou Sutcliffe Produced by: Francesca Mylod-Ford Music by: Emily Hancock and Joash Kari Editing by: Howard White

03-21
17:40

Episode 17: A Study in Spiritualism

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? Script and annotations available HERE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RROczFio7N_0DxVE5XMm47b4yhP41vXWnOkzuttSKbI/edit?usp=share_link Website: https://hgwellshashisregrets.wordpress.com/ CAST: James Carpenter as H.G. Wells Georgia Fisk as Catherine "Jane" Wells Nathan Donnelly as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle CREW: Written and produced by: Francesca Mylod-Ford Music by: Emily Hancock and Joash Kari Editing by: Howard White

03-07
12:48

Episode 16: Louisa May Alcott

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... Script and annotations available HERE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/16J-DG11AEJxPRWht4FV4A-8ZgVMnWHZ52xfwVu13aUU/edit?usp=share_link Website: https://hgwellshashisregrets.wordpress.com/ CAST: Georgia Fisk as Catherine "Jane" Wells Lindsay Zana as Louisa May Alcott Jenna Rose as Alcott's Fan CREW: Written and produced by: Francesca Mylod-Ford Music by: Emily Hancock and Joash Kari Editing by: Howard White

02-21
18:46

Episode 15: Jane Austen

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 out to be? Script and annotations available HERE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ukB0sm83wBKvMut_WqOzXKyxbA1NQ5qzqs4ckOJrKgQ/edit?usp=share_link Website: https://hgwellshashisregrets.wordpress.com/ CAST: Georgia Fisk as Catherine "Jane" Wells Helen Fullerton as Jane Austen CREW: Written and produced by: Francesca Mylod-Ford Music by: Emily Hancock and Joash Kari Editing by: Howard White

02-07
17:54

Episode 14: Dr. Conan Doyle

Jane takes matters into her own hands when H.G. comes down with a case of the sniffles after visiting the Brontës. Script and annotations available HERE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gxzWsV8TbFf7jsuInAaS-31QspqO3O3n8OdRh8S0pMQ/edit?usp=share_link Website: https://hgwellshashisregrets.wordpress.com/ CAST: James Carpenter as H.G. Wells Georgia Fisk as Catherine "Jane" Wells Nathan Donnelly as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle CREW: Written and produced by: Francesca Mylod-Ford Music by: Emily Hancock and Joash Kari Editing by: Howard White

01-24
09:47

Episode 13: Emily Dickinson

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 pond to meet a certain American poet... Script and annotations available HERE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CzcCxBzBCim3QEbGPOjsDfc9NCe3RNUOGq-l6uWorbo/edit?usp=share_link Website: https://hgwellshashisregrets.wordpress.com/ CAST: James Carpenter as H.G. Wells Marnie Warner as Emily Dickinson CREW: Written by: Lou Sutcliffe Produced by: Francesca Mylod-Ford Music by: Emily Hancock and Joash Kari Editing by: Howard White

01-10
19:15

Episode 12: The Brontë Sisters

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...? Script and annotations available HERE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wbRXnT9l-nsRfl7w5ih5yK7yLhsXVcaLTN6eTscb3A0/edit?usp=sharing Website: https://hgwellshashisregrets.wordpress.com/ CAST: James Carpenter as H.G. Wells Sasha Aleksandra as Charlotte Brontë Sarah Golding as Emily Brontë Jasmine Ovenden as Anne Brontë Christopher Collins as Branwell Brontë CREW: Written and produced by: Emily Hancock and Francesca Mylod-Ford Music by: Emily Hancock and Joash Kari Editing by: Jon Black

01-03
18:10

Episode 11: Aftermath

"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. Do not listen with young children unless they are young enough not to pick up on thinly-veiled metaphors. Script and annotations available HERE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KBtLd6VuIEVQZMXjjQt5Jv3OEnSYLSVSLTpYJPcmOIo/edit?usp=sharing Website: https://hgwellshashisregrets.wordpress.com/ CAST: James Carpenter as H.G. Wells Georgia Fisk as Catherine "Jane" Wells CREW: Written and produced by: Emily Hancock and Francesca Mylod-Ford Music by: Emily Hancock and Joash Kari Editing by: Howard White

12-13
14:05

Episode 10: To Be Perfectly Frank

H.G.'s brother older brother brings a new invention over for dinner. Script and annotations available HERE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SjnRKgWMSdFk7WcLdl6A9NO8dCm67CXG6URjLRnWLNY/edit?usp=sharing Website: https://hgwellshashisregrets.wordpress.com/ CAST: James Carpenter as H.G. Wells Georgia Fisk as Catherine "Jane" Wells Joash Kari as Frank Wells CREW: Written and produced by: Emily Hancock and Francesca Mylod-Ford Music by: Emily Hancock and Joash Kari Editing by: Jon Black

11-29
14:55

Episode 9: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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. Script and annotations available HERE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iqvZhujgycWAKegSzKmZThVGqv-QlSd9UgEJbTyndnE/edit?usp=sharing Website: https://hgwellshashisregrets.wordpress.com/ CAST: James Carpenter as H.G. Wells Kristian Burnett as Coleridge Henry Lamb as Wordsworth CREW: Written and produced by: Emily Hancock and Francesca Mylod-Ford Music by: Emily Hancock and Joash Kari Editing by: Jon Black

11-15
18:18

Episode 8: Oscar Wilde

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... Script and annotations available HERE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15T2lgFEdBPyeP0m-gc_F8g3xrBMX5lb3gFPls3CSidM/edit?usp=sharing Website: https://hgwellshashisregrets.wordpress.com/ CAST: James Carpenter as H.G. Wells Credence Forss as Oscar Wilde CREW: Written and produced by: Emily Hancock and Francesca Mylod-Ford Music by: Emily Hancock and Joash Kari Editing by: Jon Black

11-01
18:18

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10-27
17:01

GUEST TRAILER: Aliens: Colonial Marines - Ice World

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10-25
01:33

GUEST TRAILER: Untrue Stories

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. Wells, so if you like "H.G. Wells Has His Regrets", you have to check out what this show has in store. You can listen to it wherever you get your podcasts, or check out their website here: https://www.untruestories.net/infopress. Happy listening!

10-22
03:02

TEASER - MINISODE 2: Return of the Time Machine!

"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, new authors and MORE! Can't wait for November? Why not check out our amazing new website? Click here, https://hgwellshashisregrets.wordpress.com, for more information on our cast and crew, fun facts about classical authors, playlists, animated videos, book recommendations, and everything else your heart could desire! Scripts and annotations available HERE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vS5LuhiIJ8bWHYmm-CbSkwCCIiuJGHKN6Qi9o53RUNk/edit?usp=sharing Website: https://hgwellshashisregrets.wordpress.com CAST: James Carpenter as H.G. Wells Georgia Fisk as Catherine "Jane" Wells CREW: Written and produced by: Francesca Mylod-Ford Music by: Emily Hancock and Joash Kari Editing by: Francesca Mylod-Ford See you in November!

10-19
02:58

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