The Road Archives

The Road is a 1963 BBC TV play written by Nigel Kneale that was lost when the BBC, in their infinite wisdom, wiped the videotape to recycle it for further use It is the same policy that has caused a large number of episodes of Doctor Who and various other classic TV shows to be[...]

Lewis also wrote the entire thing in the main character's vernacular accent, which can get tedious, and sometimes borders on the absurd patois of native speech in some older western films. If you can get past that, the book is not a burdensome read — though it lacks the humor of Merbeth's Bite, or the realistic[...]