{{Short description|English radio series}} {{italic title}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2014}} {{Use British English|date=July 2014}} '''''Elastic Planet''''' is a six-part radio comedy series, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1995,<ref>{{cite web|url = http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/98deb8909e79462497341fe194bd86d4|title = BBC Genome Project|accessdate = 14 February 2019|work = Elastic Planet| date=17 May 1995 }}</ref> taking the form of a surreal documentary reminiscent of ''Connections''. It was written by Ben Moor, narrated by Oliver Postgate and produced by Jon Naismith.<ref>{{cite web|title=Elastic Planet|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/radio/elastic_planet/|publisher=comedy.co.uk|accessdate=27 March 2017}}</ref>
The series deals with subjects such as the decline of the British dust industry, bad spelling rings and cheese sculpture.
The series has been repeated on BBC 7 and BBC Radio 4 Extra on various occasions.
==Cast== Various roles in the show are taken on by the cast members Kerry Shale, and Michael Troughton. Others appearing included Neil Mullarkey, Geoffrey McGivern, Miriam Margolyes, Rebecca Front, Fiona Allen, Doon Mackichan and Alexander Armstrong
==Episode guide== # The Babies # The Train # The Shape # The Zoo # The Objects # The Travel
==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{BBC programme|b00d90yd}} * [http://www.spesh.com/ben/elasticpage.html The ''Elastic Planet'' homepage by the author, Ben Moor]
Category:BBC Radio 4 programmes Category:BBC Radio comedy programmes Category:1995 radio programme debuts Category:Surreal comedy radio series Category:Mockumentaries {{BBC-radio-stub}} {{UK-radio-show-stub}}