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Writer Sarah Hall explores how science fiction suggests how we might reproduce ourselves in the future. From September 2011.

Cat Women of the Moon was a 1950s film that followed a popular motif in science fiction; an all women society surviving without men. One of its biggest challenges? How to reproduce. In the final part of a two part programme we look at how science fiction has been used to examine the myriad ways we might continue the human race. From test tube babies to parthenogenesis. From cloning to male pregnancy. From artificial wombs to a collective consciousness or hive mind. The programme includes contributions from some of Britain's leading science fiction writers including Iain Banks, China Mieville, Nicola Griffith and Geoff Ryman. The programme is presented by the writer Sarah Hall, author of 'The Carhullan Army' and 'The Electric Michelangelo' which was short listed for the Booker Prize. The programme is produced in Manchester by Nicola Swords.

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  • Tue 6 Sep 2011 11:30
  • Fri 23 Dec 2011 23:30
  • Sat 17 Dec 2016 07:30
  • Sat 17 Dec 2016 17:30
  • Sun 18 Dec 2016 05:30