Quanderhorn

The Quanderhorn Xperimentations

Genre	Comic science fiction
Running time	30 minutes approx.
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Home station	BBC Radio 4
Starring	James Fleet Ryan Sampson Cassie Layton Kevin Eldon Freddie Fox John Sessions
Created by	Andrew Marshall and Rob Grant
Written by	Andrew Marshall and Rob Grant
Original release	25 June 2018
No. of episodes	12
Audio format	Stereo, surround
Website	BBC Website

The Quanderhorn Xperimentations, or 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.

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

• James Fleet as Professor Darius Quanderhorn
• Ryan Sampson as Brian Nylon
• Cassie Layton as Dr Gemini Jannussen
• Kevin Eldon as Guuuurk
• Freddie Fox as Troy Quanderhorn
• John Sessions as Winston Churchill
• John Sessions as Jenkins

Production

Andrew Marshall and Rob Grant, produced, directed and wrote the radio series.

In other media

Books

Andrew Marshall and Rob Grant also created a novel of the same name released by Gollancz Publishers.

External links

• BBC Radio 4 Guide Page
• Comedy.co.uk: The Quanderhorn Xperimentations
• FantasticFiction.com: The Quanderhorn Xperimentations