Coming Soon: The First Men In The Moon

From the BBC press office, Mark Gatiss and Rory Kinnear will headline a BBC Four adaptation of H.G Wells' The First Men In The Moon. The show revolves around a young boy living in 1969 (on the eve of Apollo 11's moon landing), who is told a story by a 90-year-old man (Kinnear) about his own trip to the lunar surface 60 years ago inside a strange professor's (Gatiss) anti-gravity ship.

This will mark the third collaboration between Gatiss and Damon Thomas's Can Do Productions, following Antarctica drama The Worst Journey In The World and the excellent spookfest Crooked House.

Mark Gatiss:

"I'm completely delighted to have the chance to bring this wonderful, funny, charming and scary story to BBC Four. It's very rare to be able to adapt a genius like H.G Wells for the small screen and we hope to do full justice to his extraordinary vision."