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H.G. Wells Has His Regrets

37 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 months ago - ★★★★★ - 21 ratings

What would you do with a time machine?

When famed science-fiction author H.G. Wells turns his dreams into reality by building his Time Machine, he decides to take it for a spin to meet his favourite authors of the past. But between helping Shakespeare practise his new play, meeting Byron's bear, and listening to Hans Christian Anderson sobbing on Dickens' lawn, H.G. is about to discover why you should never meet your heroes...

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Episode 22: FINALE, Part Three - H.G. Wells' House Party for Honoured Guests (Plus Doyle)

June 04, 2023 10:09 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MB

THE FINAL INSTALLMENT - Can the team solve the problem of the ghostly Mr Boo? Can Jane ever manage to forgive H.G. for being an inconsiderate turnip? Will the Wells Brothers ever run out of new material for making fun of their literary brother? And - most importantly - will we ever find out what H.G. Wells truly regrets??? Script and annotations available HERE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pxZ-kf-PjYneo0fV8n4_Hk_iED-KNxdZkXq2FqfwGqI/edit?usp=sharing Website: https://hgwellshashisreg...

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Episode 21: FINALE, Part Two - The Inexperienced Ghost

May 16, 2023 15:13 - 17 minutes - 40.3 MB

An unexpected brotherly visit is put on-hold while H.G. receives some well-intentioned advice. Jane takes a well-earned breather. Meanwhile, a ghost appears to be afoot, and Detective Doyle is on the case. Script and annotations available HERE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WFIogq7jvK5JH8tKqzN24Gz_XKTjDUc5DBPtchFqrUs/edit?usp=sharing Website: https://hgwellshashisregrets.wordpress.com/ CAST: James Carpenter as H.G. Wells Georgia Fisk as Catherine "Jane" Wells Nathan Donnelly as S...

Episode 20: FINALE, Part One - The Jilting of Jane

May 02, 2023 10:00 - 15 minutes - 34.4 MB

The table is set, the Time Machine is primed, and the authors are expected to be picked up at any moment. All H.G. needs is his wife, and their long-awaited house party can commence. But Jane is in no mood for party games, and H.G. is likely to end up in the doghouse before the night is over... Script and annotations available HERE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1W08M8E-7HP_SB7xfdfMthuWAbjTbs28GpyhdGY8kG2c/edit?usp=sharing Website: https://hgwellshashisregrets.wordpress.com/ CAST: J...

Episode 19: Mary Shelley

April 04, 2023 10:00 - 18 minutes - 41.2 MB

H.G. takes a trip to sunny Italy to meet the Mother of Science-Fiction. Which can possibly be scarier: the abuse of science to create monstrous life, or the possibilty of bumping into Lord Byron again? Script and annotations available HERE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yt9l5EscuomaPutHTZQexskvmWlm1gFLS6MriQnUvyI/edit?usp=share_link Website: https://hgwellshashisregrets.wordpress.com/ CAST: James Carpenter as H.G. Wells Bonnie Calderwood Aspinwall as Mary Shelley Michael Carpente...

Episode 18: Beatrix Potter

March 21, 2023 11:00 - 17 minutes - 40.5 MB

The Tale of Beatrix Potter: H.G. braves the North once again as he journeys to the Lake District to meet a fellow contemporary. Script and annotations available HERE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12rxpNcw95tobFya9HHOP82STNUMsH0YOwLTtzSv5FK0/edit?usp=share_link Website: https://hgwellshashisregrets.wordpress.com/ CAST: James Carpenter as H.G. Wells Alexandra Ricou as Beatrix Potter CREW: Written by: Lou Sutcliffe Produced by: Francesca Mylod-Ford Music by: Emily Hancock and Joa...

Episode 17: A Study in Spiritualism

March 07, 2023 11:00 - 12 minutes - 29.3 MB

It was a dark and stormy night. A presence had made itself known. Something ghostly, something with four legs and - wait, is that a tail? Script and annotations available HERE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RROczFio7N_0DxVE5XMm47b4yhP41vXWnOkzuttSKbI/edit?usp=share_link Website: https://hgwellshashisregrets.wordpress.com/ CAST: James Carpenter as H.G. Wells Georgia Fisk as Catherine "Jane" Wells Nathan Donnelly as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle CREW: Written and produced by: Francesca ...

Episode 16: Louisa May Alcott

February 21, 2023 11:00 - 18 minutes - 43 MB

Soup tureens, salacious novels and silliness - all in a day's work for a classic children's author! But Jane soon finds out that there is a lot more to this Little Woman than meets the eye... Script and annotations available HERE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/16J-DG11AEJxPRWht4FV4A-8ZgVMnWHZ52xfwVu13aUU/edit?usp=share_link Website: https://hgwellshashisregrets.wordpress.com/ CAST: Georgia Fisk as Catherine "Jane" Wells Lindsay Zana as Louisa May Alcott Jenna Rose as Alcott's Fan ...

Episode 15: Jane Austen

February 07, 2023 11:00 - 17 minutes - 41 MB

Jane is skilled in the art of Persuasion, but it'll take Sense and Sensibility to get this reclusive author to talk! But is she as full of Pride and Prejudice as some of her works might make her out to be? Script and annotations available HERE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ukB0sm83wBKvMut_WqOzXKyxbA1NQ5qzqs4ckOJrKgQ/edit?usp=share_link Website: https://hgwellshashisregrets.wordpress.com/ CAST: Georgia Fisk as Catherine "Jane" Wells Helen Fullerton as Jane Austen CREW: Written a...

Episode 14: Dr. Conan Doyle

January 24, 2023 11:00 - 9 minutes - 22.4 MB

Jane takes matters into her own hands when H.G. comes down with a case of the sniffles after visiting the Brontës. Script and annotations available HERE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gxzWsV8TbFf7jsuInAaS-31QspqO3O3n8OdRh8S0pMQ/edit?usp=share_link Website: https://hgwellshashisregrets.wordpress.com/ CAST: James Carpenter as H.G. Wells Georgia Fisk as Catherine "Jane" Wells Nathan Donnelly as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle CREW: Written and produced by: Francesca Mylod-Ford Music by: E...

Episode 13: Emily Dickinson

January 10, 2023 11:00 - 19 minutes - 44.1 MB

Hope is a thing with feathers: that is, it's irritating, difficult to communicate with and is hard to get hold of when you need it most. H.G. hopes for the best as he takes a trip across the pond to meet a certain American poet... Script and annotations available HERE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CzcCxBzBCim3QEbGPOjsDfc9NCe3RNUOGq-l6uWorbo/edit?usp=share_link Website: https://hgwellshashisregrets.wordpress.com/ CAST: James Carpenter as H.G. Wells Marnie Warner as Emily Dickinson...

Episode 12: The Brontë Sisters

January 03, 2023 11:00 - 18 minutes - 41.6 MB

Reader: he interviewed them. H.G. braves the famous Yorkshire summer to speak to a trio of literary greats, but is that someone a-tap-tap-tapping on the window...? Script and annotations available HERE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wbRXnT9l-nsRfl7w5ih5yK7yLhsXVcaLTN6eTscb3A0/edit?usp=sharing Website: https://hgwellshashisregrets.wordpress.com/ CAST: James Carpenter as H.G. Wells Sasha Aleksandra as Charlotte Brontë Sarah Golding as Emily Brontë Jasmine Ovenden as Anne Brontë C...

Episode 11: Aftermath

December 13, 2022 11:00 - 14 minutes - 13 MB

"The horrors that I've seen! That I've heard, Jane!" H.G. returns from his visit to Victor Hugo. Content warning: This episode contains some implied lewdness. Do not listen with young children unless they are young enough not to pick up on thinly-veiled metaphors. Script and annotations available HERE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KBtLd6VuIEVQZMXjjQt5Jv3OEnSYLSVSLTpYJPcmOIo/edit?usp=sharing Website: https://hgwellshashisregrets.wordpress.com/ CAST: James Carpenter as H.G. Wells ...

Episode 10: To Be Perfectly Frank

November 29, 2022 20:27 - 14 minutes - 34.1 MB

H.G.'s brother older brother brings a new invention over for dinner. Script and annotations available HERE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SjnRKgWMSdFk7WcLdl6A9NO8dCm67CXG6URjLRnWLNY/edit?usp=sharing Website: https://hgwellshashisregrets.wordpress.com/ CAST: James Carpenter as H.G. Wells Georgia Fisk as Catherine "Jane" Wells Joash Kari as Frank Wells CREW: Written and produced by: Emily Hancock and Francesca Mylod-Ford Music by: Emily Hancock and Joash Kari Editing by: Jon Bl...

Episode 9: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

November 15, 2022 11:00 - 18 minutes - 41.9 MB

Alone, alone, all, all alone, alone without even a cup of tea! H.G. visits a classic Romance poet, and discovers that eggs and teacups do not mix. Script and annotations available HERE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iqvZhujgycWAKegSzKmZThVGqv-QlSd9UgEJbTyndnE/edit?usp=sharing Website: https://hgwellshashisregrets.wordpress.com/ CAST: James Carpenter as H.G. Wells Kristian Burnett as Coleridge Henry Lamb as Wordsworth CREW: Written and produced by: Emily Hancock and Francesca My...

Episode 8: Oscar Wilde

November 01, 2022 10:00 - 18 minutes - 41.9 MB

H.G. travels back a few years to meet an esteemed contemporary, although it seems that while it is always important to be earnest, tea with Oscar might be a little too Wilde for him to handle... Script and annotations available HERE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15T2lgFEdBPyeP0m-gc_F8g3xrBMX5lb3gFPls3CSidM/edit?usp=sharing Website: https://hgwellshashisregrets.wordpress.com/ CAST: James Carpenter as H.G. Wells Credence Forss as Oscar Wilde CREW: Written and produced by: Emily Ha...

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October 27, 2022 09:00 - 17 minutes - 15.6 MB

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GUEST TRAILER: Aliens: Colonial Marines - Ice World

October 25, 2022 09:00 - 1 minute - 1.45 MB

WARNING: This trailer contains swearing and some violence. Trailer drop! We are proud to share with you the trailer for Part 3 of "Aliens: Colonial Marines - Ice World" by Pathogen Presents! The show is available on all streaming services. You can check out all of Pathogen Present's projects here: https://linktr.ee/Pathogenlvmusic Happy listening!

GUEST TRAILER: Untrue Stories

October 22, 2022 09:00 - 3 minutes - 2.82 MB

Trailer drop! We are proud to share with you the trailer for the excellent "Untrue Stories" by Robin Johnson! "Untrue Stories" is another brilliant audio drama about a time-travelling H.G. Wells, so if you like "H.G. Wells Has His Regrets", you have to check out what this show has in store. You can listen to it wherever you get your podcasts, or check out their website here: https://www.untruestories.net/infopress. Happy listening!

TEASER - MINISODE 2: Return of the Time Machine!

October 19, 2022 09:43 - 2 minutes - 2.76 MB

"Darling, where's my Time Machine?" H.G. Wells Has His Regrets returns to this timeline on the 1st of November 2022! We are BACK with new episodes, new bonus content, new authors and MORE! Can't wait for November? Why not check out our amazing new website? Click here, https://hgwellshashisregrets.wordpress.com, for more information on our cast and crew, fun facts about classical authors, playlists, animated videos, book recommendations, and everything else your heart could desire! Scripts...

MINISODE 1: Edgar's Birthday

January 19, 2019 18:56 - 5 minutes - 6.53 MB

How does the master of melancholy spend his birthday? Script and annotations available HERE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Vve5hIMzlSukcNEEz1bSPYsdoJXZYgxFCCleWFUSvk8/edit?usp=sharing Website: https://hgwellshashisregrets.wordpress.com/ CAST: James Carpenter as H.G. Wells Adam Blandford as Edgar Allan Poe CREW: Written and produced by: Emily Hancock and Francesca Mylod-Ford Music by: Emily Hancock and Joash Kari Editing by: Emily Hancock All Sound Effects Taken from Free Soun...

BONUS: Outtakes and Bloopers 1

December 20, 2018 18:56 - 14 minutes - 17.1 MB

What's this? What's this? A bonus episode? Happy Holidays! To break the silence of midseason hiatus, here's a bonus episode full of all the best bloopers and outtakes from our first batch of episodes! Website: https://hgwellshashisregrets.wordpress.com/

1.7: Reviewing the Situation

October 18, 2018 17:04 - 14 minutes - 16.1 MB

EDIT: AudioVerseAwards open on Oct 24th 2018.Sometimes a teabreak between time travelling is a well needed break. HG discusses his most recent travels with Jane, much to her amusement. All sound effects taken from Freesound.

Episode 7: Reviewing the Situation

October 18, 2018 17:04 - 14 minutes - 16.1 MB

Sometimes a teabreak between time travelling is a well needed break. HG discusses his most recent travels with Jane, much to her amusement.  Script and annotations available HERE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JwPBzRHGpwjxNVR2srDoWMFxMQVju4f_Lb2rpLHYwfg/edit?usp=sharing Website: https://hgwellshashisregrets.wordpress.com/ CAST: James Carpenter as H.G. Wells Georgia Fisk as Catherine "Jane" Wells CREW: Written and produced by: Emily Hancock and Francesca Mylod-Ford Music by: Emi...

Episode 6: Charles Dickens

October 04, 2018 16:41 - 14 minutes - 16.2 MB

H.G. decides to visit a legendary ghost of authors past: Charles Dickens. However, his great expectations for the visit are met with a few unexpected twists.  Script and annotations available HERE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iR-4Nx3bFPMVWj3-5lZpMdPK-6mXVp3OaVban5clkDQ/edit?usp=sharing Website: https://hgwellshashisregrets.wordpress.com/ CAST: James Carpenter as H.G. Wells Alex Roberts as Charles Dickens Jonathan Dommett as Hans Christian Anderson CREW: Written and produced b...

1.6: Charles Dickens

October 04, 2018 16:41 - 14 minutes - 16.2 MB

H.G. decides to visit a legendary ghost of authors past: Charles Dickens. However, his great expectations for the visit are met with a few unexpected twists. All Sound Effects taken from FreeSound.

Episode 5: William Shakespeare

September 20, 2018 21:02 - 14 minutes - 16.2 MB

When interviewing writers, who better to speak to than the bard himself? H.G. takes his TIME MACHINE back further than he's ever been before... Will the playwright be everything he's cracked up to be? Or is this all much ado about nothing?  Script and annotations available HERE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1baTjbz0Yc_EktENC_fj7M1QsNRetpz_tpmHZn4oydYk/edit?usp=sharing Website: https://hgwellshashisregrets.wordpress.com/ CAST: James Carpenter as H.G. Wells Elise Ashwood as William ...

1.5: William Shakespeare

September 20, 2018 21:02 - 14 minutes - 16.2 MB

When interviewing writers, who better to speak to than the bard himself? H.G. takes his TIME MACHINE back further than he's ever been before... Will the playwright be everything he's cracked up to be? Or is this all much ado about nothing? All Sound Effects Taken from Free Sound glass clinking.aif https://freesound.org/s/85549/ MAJ061785 ‘sofa.wav’ https://freesound.org/s/186476/ jar jar vince ‘Stand up from chair https://freesound.org/s/360454/ kupp2

Episode 4: Double, Double, Doyle and Trouble

September 06, 2018 16:40 - 12 minutes - 14.8 MB

Whoever lives next-door can be your dream or nightmare neighbour... it's all a matter of perspective. Just as H.G. finally thinks he can take a break between trips through time, an unwanted visit from his next-door neighbour ruins his plans.  Script and annotations available HERE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FJJShpiVrGfy24D57jn4L3MFo5n7sRK6vjYfNgfnBpM/edit?usp=sharing Website: https://hgwellshashisregrets.wordpress.com/ CAST: James Carpenter as H.G. Wells Georgia Fisk as Catheri...

1.4: Double, Double, Doyle and Trouble

September 06, 2018 16:40 - 12 minutes - 14.8 MB

Whoever lives next-door can be your dream or nightmare neighbour... it's all a matter of perspective. Just as HG finally thinks he can take a break between trips through time, an unwanted visit from his next-door neighbour ruins his plans. All Sound Effects Taken from Free Sound Door, Front, Opening, A.wav https://freesound.org/s/431117/ InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk)

1.3: Lord Byron

August 23, 2018 16:33 - 14 minutes - 16.9 MB

Peacocks, herons and bears? Oh my! HG Wells takes a trip to the Romantic times to visit a man who embodies the word ‘romantic’ in every sense of the word: Lord Byron. How will HG get on with the pretentious poet? All Sound Effects Take from Free Sound wolf run.wav https://freesound.org/s/414350/ sabotovat dog sniffing, scuffing, licking and drooling (rottweiler).aif https://freesound.org/s/102548/ Tomlija single dog bark 3 https://freesound.org/s/418105/ crazymonke9 20081221.grey.heron.wav...

Episode 3: Lord Byron

August 23, 2018 16:33 - 14 minutes - 16.9 MB

Peacocks, herons and bears? Oh my! H.G. Wells takes a trip to the Romantic times to visit a man who embodies the word ‘romantic’ in every sense of the word: Lord Byron. How will HG get on with the pretentious poet?  Script and annotations available HERE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zgIFgxeHnVZmxC66mXdaoGlUEQ0ha4cVIauqZHGyWVk/edit?usp=sharing Website: https://hgwellshashisregrets.wordpress.com/ CAST: James Carpenter as H.G. Wells Michael Carpenter as Lord Byron CREW: Written an...

Episode 2: Edgar Allan Poe

August 09, 2018 16:35 - 12 minutes - 14.7 MB

For HG’s first trip in the TIME MACHINE, he decides to visit the master of macabre literature, Edgar Allan Poe. Will they get along, or will he leave wishing to know him nevermore?  Script and annotations available HERE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1spvRYauCc_5RlWmyZPc-tKZ7UCZEGZXnzhFz0ZZ8t6k/edit?usp=sharing Website: https://hgwellshashisregrets.wordpress.com/ CAST: James Carpenter as H.G. Wells Adam Blandford as Edgar Allan Poe CREW: Written and produced by: Emily Hancock and...

1.2: Edgar Allan Poe

August 09, 2018 16:35 - 12 minutes - 14.7 MB

For HG’s first trip in the TIME MACHINE, he decides to visit the master of macabre literature, Edgar Allan Poe. Will they get along, or will he leave wishing to know him nevermore? All Sound Effects taken from FreeSound ‘Creaking Floorboard.wav’ https://freesound.org/s/101381/ Benboncan Opening and closing pocketwatch https://freesound.org/s/261385/ JakLocke pocket_watch_ticking_44_24 https://freesound.org/s/180538/ Suz_soundcreations

Episode 1: Pilot(ing the Time Machine)

July 26, 2018 16:51 - 13 minutes - 15.5 MB

Upon finally completing his invention - The TIME MACHINE - H.G. Wells revels in his own brilliance, before questioning his intentions and what to do now his master project is complete.  Script and annotations available HERE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-ukaq52TzN4thIqKmpVfgnv1SiajSVjwi3-XGWajDvs/edit?usp=sharing Website: https://hgwellshashisregrets.wordpress.com/ CAST: James Carpenter as H.G. Wells Georgia Fisk as Catherine "Jane" Wells CREW: Written and produced by: Emily Ha...

1.1: Pilot(ing the Time Machine)

July 26, 2018 16:51 - 13 minutes - 15.5 MB

Upon finally completing his invention -The TIME MACHINE - HG Wells revels in his own brilliance, before questioning his intentions and what to do now his master project is complete. All Sound Effects Taken from FreeSound. ‘Fast Throttle Mechanical Lever” https://freesound.org/s/321867/ Nicistarful surburban.aiff https://freesound.org/s/92619/ kineticturtle ‘Tube Station arrive Gamla Stan Station’ https://freesound.org/s/349852/ Arnaud Coutancier pocket_watch_ticking_44_24 https://freesoun...

0: Teaser

June 17, 2018 18:24 - 2 minutes - 2.37 MB

The birth of the TIME MACHINE.  Script and annotations available HERE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JUB2WEHtcxSDB8-YG56JIHWGwZvabIS-lUFffM4-B2s/edit?usp=sharing Website: https://hgwellshashisregrets.wordpress.com/ CAST: James Carpenter as H.G. Wells Georgia Fisk as Catherine "Jane" Wells CREW: Written and produced by: Emily Hancock and Francesca Mylod-Ford Music by: Emily Hancock and Joash Kari Editing by: Emily Hancock All Sound Effects Taken from FreeSound.  ‘Fast Throttl...

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