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Nineteen Eighty-Four

By: George Orwell
Narrated by: Tim Pigott-Smith
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Summary

Winston Smith works for the Ministry of Truth in London, chief city of Airstrip One. Big Brother stares out from every poster and the Thought Police uncover each act of betrayal. When Winston finds love with Julia, he discovers that life does not have to be dull and deadening and awakens to new possibilities. Despite the police helicopters that hover and circle overhead, Winston and Julia begin to question the Party.

Yet Big Brother will not tolerate dissent - even in the mind. For those with original thoughts they invented Room 101....

Nineteen Eighty-Four is George Orwell's terrifying vision of a totalitarian future in which everything and everyone is slave to a tyrannical regime. Christopher Eccleston, Tim Pigott-Smith and Pippa Nixon star in this new drama, part of BBC Radio 4's The Real George Orwell season - a Radio 4 journey that explores the disjuncture between the man who was Eric Blair and the writer who was George Orwell.

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Not the book.

I am sure had I looked harder before downloading I would have realised this is not the book but a dramatisation. The length of just under 2 hours should have given it away. Nonetheless it proved a good listen whilst mowing the lawn!


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1984 Revisited

I first read 1984 as a young man at school and found a chilling and frightening portent of one man's fight against authority and the Government. Having lived through 1984 and seen how close George Orwell was his with his vision of a post-war Britain and world conflicts, it was sobering to see how life and personal attitudes have developed in modern society reflecting the book. A scary re-read.

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Very 'thought' provoking

I loved this dramatisation...kept me on the edge of my seat...fantastic performances. Have been meaning to read the book for years but as a result of this audio drama, I'll now be ordering the book. Highly recommend 😃

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Exciting!

Full of drama, suspense and dark happenings. A good adaption of a popular novel. Worth a listen!

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Poor audio quality

Unfortunately I spent the whole two hours constanty adjusting the volume and bass on this recording. The sound effects drown the script, which is mostly too loud and distorted or too quiet and muffled. Shame , because I think that the dramatisation itself was probably good. I am a sound engineer, so I am aware how to adjust the levels. I still couldn't understand it. Waste of a credit.

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Exceptional in any format.

This is one of those books that everyone should enjoy the pleasure of reading first but the audible performance is honestly a fantastic supplement to a timeless classic that is as relevant today as it was then.

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enthralling

This story is truly terrifying when read in audio form. Actors were fantastic. It’s really haunting.

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1984.

I thought it funny in places, and chilling in others. An idea of how life and the state could be. North Korea and China are the only countries I can initially think of that resemble the book.
Control and freedom go hand in hand. Total control and you have a totalitarian state. Total freedom and you have an anarchic state. Balancing control and freedoms is what good governance is about.
Paradoxically, I think Brave New World deals more with freedoms than 1984 stance on control.
1984 introduces elements of control we see today. A thought provoking dramatization of the book, and I recommend it.!

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good i like very much do read good book ok tanks bye thats 15 words


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Just got the date wrong

A great adaptation.
As gar as the actual story, we’re starting to live it now. More of a prophecy than a story. The way this world now is, give it a few more years sadly...

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