War of the Worlds: The Panic Broadcast

All it took to cause real-life panic in the streets was Orson Welles' 1938 radio adaptation, which listeners took for news. The programme's news-bulletin format was described as deceptive. Now, ten years later, the WBFR radio ensemble recreates the events surrounding the infamous evening, including the full original broadcast. Complete with commercials and sound effects, this radio-play-within-a-radio-play is homage to the form's golden age and a timely reminder of what fear can do to a society.