''Oneira''
[{{cite web, title=Oneira, url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00cjmvk] is a
science fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel uni ...
comedy written for
BBC Radio 4 Extra by
Robert Easby. It tells a surreal story of the encounter between a young museum guard, called Oneira, and a 400-year-old
alchemist calling himself Nikolai. Nikolai claims to be the artist who painted one of the pictures hanging in the museum. The painting includes a figure who resembles Nikolai himself. He also tells Oneira that he and she are destined to search for a book of alchemy called the ''Lux Ata'' or "Book of Black Light". The resulting quest involves aliens,
string theory, a sinister official from the
electricity board called "Mister Resistor", a TV cooking show, a cappuccino bar, a comedian travelling by flying saucer, and a dead
science fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel uni ...
author. Oneira's boyfriend Pete is transformed from an up-and-coming young financier in the City into a bucket of water and a pair of Argyll socks while their expensive penthouse flat is destroyed by a ravenous refrigerator.
Cast
*Oneira -
Lyndsey Marshal
Lyndsey Marshal (born 16 June 1978) is an English actress best known for her performance in '' The Hours'', and as the recurring character Cleopatra on HBO's ''Rome'', and as Lady Sarah Hill in BBC period drama ''Garrow's Law''.
Biography
Mars ...
*Nikolai -
Peter Marinker
*Other parts -
Joseph Kloska
Joseph Anthony Kloska (born 1983) is an English actor. He began his career in radio, moving on to work in television, theatre, and film.
Life
Named after a Polish grandfather, Teofil Joseph Kloska, who had settled in England, Kloska was brought ...
, Gerard McDermott, Saikat Ahamed,
Chas Early,
Jon Glover
Jonathan Philip Glover (born 26 December 1952) is an English actor. He has appeared in various television programmes including '' Play School'', '' Survivors'', the Management consultant in '' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'', '' Casual ...
, Christine Kavanagh, Bethan Walker, Sam Dale,
Anna Wing
Anna Eva Lydia Catherine Wing (30 October 1914 – 7 July 2013) was an English actress who had a long career in television and theatre, known for portraying the role of Beale family matriarch Lou Beale in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders''.
...
, Mark Straker
References
BBC Radio comedy programmes
Science fiction comedy
British science fiction radio programmes
BBC Radio 4 Extra programmes