An early live broadcast of the classic H G Wells story of which the only surviving visual record are a handful of production photographs. Transmitted live from Studio A of Alexandra Palace at 8:30 pm on the 25th January 1949 and again on the 21st February at 9:15 pm in a slightly revised format. The first transmission was allegedly marred by off camera noises. Sticking more closely to the source novel than the later 1960 film version the script was structured in the form of one continuos scene, which was more akin to a theatre production. Due to the live nature of the production the only out of sequence recording possible was sound effects which where used to convey the thoughts of the time traveller.

This was in part influenced by the fact that with the restarting of television broadcasts after the Second World War most of the productions where being made by staff experienced in theatre or radio. In fact writer / producer / director Robert Barr had been a BBC war correspondent. The special effects used to convey time travel utilised simple back projection using prefilmed inserts. With no technology to document or adequately telecine it this historic broadcast is sadly lost forever.

Characters	Portrayed By
The Time Traveller	Russell Napier
Weena	Mary Donn