The Foundation Trilogy is a radio series that was broadcast weekly on BBC Radio 4 as eight hour-long episodes between 6 May and 24 June 1973. It is an adaptation of Isaac Asimov's Foundation trilogy of science fiction novels. Patrick Tull presented the first four episodes while Mike Stott presented the last four. David Cain directed the series. The series was repeated in 1977 and 2002.
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Changes from the novels The conflict between The Foundation and Anacreon takes place 70 years into the Foundation era; in the novels it occurs in year 80 F.E. A small segment entitled "Traders" in the first volume, Foundation, has been removed entirely General editing of the timescale has been done throughout A large, rather comedic, section about farming on Rossem has been added to "The Mule Finds" The leaders of the Second Foundation are referred to as 'Guardian', rather than 'Speaker' as in the books.
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