Quanderhorn

Quanderhorn (titled The Quanderhorn Xperimentations for series 1 and Quanderhorn 2 for the second series) is a science fiction comedy radio series written by Andrew Marshall and Rob Grant. The first series was originally broadcast in the United Kingdom by BBC Radio 4 in 2018, and a second in 2020. The series has elements that pastiche Nigel Kneale's Professor Bernard Quatermass.[1]

Quanderhorn
Other names
  • The Quanderhorn Xperimentations
  • Quanderhorn 2
GenreComic science fiction
Running time30 minutes approx.
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Language(s)English
Home stationBBC Radio 4
SyndicatesBBC Radio 4 Extra
Starring
Created by
Written by
  • Rob Grant
  • Andrew Marshall
Produced by
Original release25 June 2018 (2018-06-25)
No. of series2
No. of episodes12
Audio formatStereo, surround
Websitewww.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b8cx2z

Plot

The series follows the adventures of Professor Darius Quanderhorn, a brilliant, but crazy, scientific genius who creates fantastic devices, and has assembled a team of assistants, including his part-insect "son", a recovering amnesiac, a brilliant scientist with a half-clockwork brain, and a captured Martian hostage. The year is 1952, but no one seems to have noticed that it has been that year for the past 65 years. In spite of Quanderhorn saving the world many times, the British government are tired of his eccentric behaviour, and have a mole in his team.

Cast

Episode list

Series 1
  1. It's Eating My Face
  2. Mummy! My Donkey's Head Is Exploding
  3. A Little Thing Like Chocolate Gates Can't Stop Us
  4. The Splattered Remains of Undentifiable Organs Incident All Over Again
  5. Fear! Terror! Gut-wrenching Horror! Arg Arg. Please!
  6. Dah dah dah dah dah dahh Dah dah dah dah dahhhh...

Series 2
  1. Killdiboos and Universibold Explodibangbang
  2. Shoveleth in More Hazelnuts!
  3. Wasp
  4. I Didn’t Say it was Well Cloaked
  5. Am I Actually the Other Half of Gemma Emma Emma?
  6. I Heregy Thind You Guilky

In other media

Books

Andrew Marshall and Rob Grant also created a novel based on series one entitled "The Quanderhorn Xperimentations" and released by Gollancz Publishers.[2]

References
  1. The Quanderhorn Xperimentations: Andrew Marshall and Rob Grant Interview
  2. The Quanderhorn Xperimentations: FantasticFiction.com
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