A spaceship from The Culture arrives on Earth in 1977 and finds a planet obsessed with alien concepts like property and money. An agent sparks alarm going native. With Antony Sher.

The State of The Art

By Iain M. Banks

Dramatised by Paul Cornell

The Culture ship Arbitrary arrives on Earth in 1977 and finds a planet obsessed with alien concepts like 'property' and 'money' and on the edge of self-destruction. When Agent Dervley Linter, decides to go native can Diziet Sma change his mind?

The Ship ...... Antony Sher

Diziet Sma ...... Nina Sosanya

Dervley Linter ...... Paterson Joseph

Li ...... Graeme Hawley

Tel ...... Brigit Forsyth

Sodel ...... Conrad Nelson

Directed by Nadia Molinari.