Under the Hood: The Burning of the Grass (1970) | The BBC Masterpiece That Asked If Progress Makes Us Wiser
What if the most advanced civilization in the galaxy wasn’t the one with the greatest technology—but the one wise enough to walk away from it?
In this episode of Under the Hood, broadcast from The Little Station on Commercial Street in Atchison, Kansas—Chesterton Radio, we take a deep dive into one of the great forgotten treasures of BBC radio drama: John Wilkie’s 1970 Saturday Night Theatre production, The Burning of the Grass.
Far more than a science fiction adventure, this remarkable play explores timeless questions that feel even more urgent today:
• Does technological progress always…
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