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Dr Strangelove

By: Kerry Shale
Narrated by: full cast, Kerry Shale
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Thermonuclear war erupts in Kerry Shale's award-winning 1993 dramatisation of the classic apocalyptic black comedy.

'Dr. Strangelove' came to prominence in the 1964 film, directed by Stanley Kubrick. Based on the novel 'Red Alert' by Peter George, it famously starred Peter Sellers in multiple roles. As well as scripting the dramatisation, Kerry Shale also takes multiple roles: Dr Strangelove, Lieutenant "Sweets" Kivel, Lieutenant Barney Goldberg, Lieutenant Lothar Zogg, Group Captain Lionel Mandrake, General Jack D. Ripper and President Merkin Muffley.

With William Hootkins as Major "King" Kong, Sean Barratt as General "Buck" Turgidson, Stuart Milligan as Colonel "Bat" Guano, Lorelei King as Captain "Ace" Owens, Nigel Anthony as Soviet Ambassador De Sadesky and Peter Whitman as Staines. Nigel Anthony and Teresa Gallagher are the Presenters.

Adapted by and starring Kerry Shale.

With thanks to Keith Wickham.

Directed by Gordon House.

©2019 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2019 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd Dark Humour Dramatisations Fantasy Genre Fiction Literature & Fiction Science Fiction War & Military
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This is a fantastic adaptation of both the book and the film. Kerry Shale masterfully inhabits the role of not only the psychotic Nazi Doctor but the weak as Water President and most of the other key players, each acted with style and aplomb.

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