One of the our vehicles everybody. Rushes 3 back back to to their feet to get where I classic comedy every day b.b.c. Radio 4 extra on b.b.c. . A.b.c. Already here for next. It's 6 o'clock and our side series the destruction factor continues in just a moment after that so we're off to the Sunderland Empire ne England's premier variety venue Geoffrey we lead takes us to another palace of laughter at 630 and Sarah Campbell holds the keys to our own comedy club this evening chill be opening up the doors at 10 o'clock. Now on Radio 4 extra apparent cases of spontaneous combustion and strange plants that germinate at an alarming rate is there a connection between the 2 and can that harmless looking piece of foliage really be the most dangerous living organism on the planet science fiction drama now from James Follett. Be. Back. Home. The destruction factor by James Follett with d.p. McKenna all Copley and wasn't Adam's. Episode 3 the wings of as rattle. 3 more going on the verge back on the money just spread so quickly that's one of the 1st things you might actually find out it's a game it's not got away Sam cover his beat told me in front of me that's all right . Pop in there long been there for my liking. That must be back. Well that's all it is but the color of Willis the engine running the nice perfect job that would have wanted to put in my day right. Here at the guy's doors unlocked me. Yes Yes Well. Look I still get things done but if they're going to look out for. Me They're going to notice they love the engines revving you . Look at the hand brakes not on. But on the bumper and. I got mine and that's it. I thought back. To. My Turn Turn the engine off but. Who is too late to call a doctor I suppose. Yes. Thank you. I'm not some helpless female needs dosing to the eyeballs with sedatives. You need my help with these papers Ok then sweetheart if you are not here something results of gamma radiation back 520 percent germination rate. Oh I've seen these before they architects plans for Complex be he should about all these company documents his home poor old scientists are screwed when it comes to papers the Osho me. Exam is that the time to total him yes oh I'd like to see that well I don't think you'd be able to only the control rooms up to the public well apart from being able to flaunt a Rose Royce in front ones colleagues one of the great advantages of coupling a Nobel Prize is that it opens doors but it can wait but I really want to see 1st of the bungalow where the 1st couple died last and with Down's and his wife if you say so my boy I need a chauffeur Oh I'll run you over there Denise is prettier than you. Yes Back off he was down there actually. Some mess I bet and is in exactly the same state. Bricks on this big identity. Why did you insist on me jogging you can't because you can't drive and drive the same time. Well cause it's Mr Joyce left remarkable. Good droppings everywhere. There's a gaping hole of that. Listen. I'm getting to know that. 7 of them. Writing to it's a. New venue with a hole like that in the roof the option these ads are giving up is diffused into the atmosphere needed to. Know the danger is in and unventilated the news enough years I think so I'll just take one of these plants along with me and I'd be grateful if you kind of take you to the general hospital. A visit to the u.n. And you my job and his young lady. I talking to no more fuss a policeman about that something I'd never been accused of before an open patient office just. To get that plugged. Odd looking thing isn't it so right. Do you have one in your room when you and your 2 friends have been no. I've told you over and over I don't know what caused that fire but you did have a potluck this in your room my thought date Now crime is it. Is your smoking or crime of your age I forget who smuggle them into you or friend of porter but never mind. You that which would have had to do with the time of the fire smoke who struck a match and. Yes. Suppose. You see the thing I can't understand is how the 3 of you managed to escape from that room with only a Burns go bad enough when it no no I didn't mean that other people who had the same thing happen to them were burnt to death by that night just some pajamas. You see. Well thank you for seeing me and I must be off now I thought you know. I'll send you a nice a one promise. That was quick yes oh by the way I am why were you when the community center tried to burn down the school dinner. Broken by I am about to back off. You know I'm puzzled by the injuries knows is that all 3 goes had just Scott and no I said that over the head of their bodies had been but. You mean they had a do I have to spell it out I'm sorry but I see what you mean they would make it at the time of the accident they just had Shasta naked. And of course. From one thing that had the bathroom. That expensive those 3 girls are still alive . And it gives me a nice day rounded theater that our police and politicians will understand. See tray $10.00 germination temperature had to be started 10 degrees centigrade and where that's only to be expected to is the same 15 degree centigrade no seats going to 15 degrees Tray 3 is the same constant 20 degrees and germination is here. $25.30 of the same. Fastest growing plant the world has ever seen and we can't persuade a few 100 of its seeds to germinate under ideal conditions. So why well I suppose it's just possible there's a genetic fault and the Exxon strain will die out doesn't happen with mutation it happens all the time in nature the whole of persons of evolution is based on survival of the fittest for every successful organism that surprise to reproduce a 1000000 fail and that His creation has failed now we don't know for certain but it will be better for the world if it has. To be x. Unstained mean an abundance of food for the 3rd world that is what my father would full of he's not I don't think I don't understand how you feel Denise but the x. One strain is a behavior that can't possibly benefit mankind your father realized that he spent his last days desperately scarring the district of the plants and left mislead destroying the many found the why do you think he did that it was because he understood the menace a couple much go on Ok so that some strain is a little desireable houseplant but doesn't make it a menace just don't bring him in don't know if he acts on strains of dives which I doubt because most were going to prosecute by frost we would have to destroy it before it destroys 'd us and by us I mean mankind. Look. Up present atmosphere contains 20 percent oxygen out plant life gives us that 20 percent. Given the right conditions rustics and discover that it might be possible for his plant to double that percentage in 5 years maybe less if it gets established in places like Central South America now have you any idea what effect a 40 percent oxygen atmosphere would have on civilization I tell you it would cease to exist. We'd have to have a world without fire which means no industrial that has sex mankind can do that certainly given a few 1000000 years we'd be lucky if we got 20 but it's not just industry old plant life will die the oxygen will destroy it the Exxon strain appears to be the only plant that is oxygen resistant. Metal structures where rest as fast as they put up rusting is just another verb deicing meat will start to rot almost as soon as it's killed you've seen contains antioxidants have you printed on food packets How much did you have some cream good bad when we had the Dixon strain in the kitchen yes but surely plants guy only touched on the minor thinks increased oxygen will make us hyperactive we won't live so long I'll know your well being upset Have you been looked at pictures of the taken from space because you realize then just how delicate out happens here he is and only the bottom layer to me at 3 miles thick can support human life it's delicate and it's under a bit of the wall of a soap bubble. I sent a report on the matter to the government's chief scientific advisor of the blogs and a sample of the Exxon strain I have suggested that the government offers generous rewards to anyone finding a plant with this 00 germination made we've discovered. The Exxon strand could be wiped out in a couple of weeks Tracy x. Ray j. 6 look at it. 10 rows. 10 seeds to a row. That's what I call 100 percent germination. I could spend all day and all night shooting holes in this theory of yours Mr President go ahead but at least for the decency to put another one in its place Mr Burroughs item the Find out how it Rogers and Denise excellence flap took place at night no sunlight therefore no photosynthesis therefore no free oxygen released therefore no fire as a result the plant have been in the bedroom all in day sealed room with no fireplace and plenty of draft excluder around the windows items according to your findings germination of the seeds doesn't take place until they've been exposed to temperatures above 40 degrees centigrade current Good we agree on something not in its June temperature outside it is what comfortable $22.00 would you say. About that and you say that these these so-called excellent strain plants are scattered over a wide area west of London and spreading all the time we are sitting here get to the point soon the point is Mr Flinders that we've not had one day so far this year in which the temperature has gone about $25.00 degrees even during a heat wave temperatures about 40 of virtually unknown so how can you possibly claim that your plants are still germinating and popping up all over the place yes that's an awkward run you agree that I've shot a little hole in your thinking you have to because they're all the time and it's not literal you can explain it away all I can do is guess the same guess somebody or bodies is germinating the seeds and scattering them yes that's our opinion too. The opinion of my committee and its defenders what committee must of laws the one that has been set up to investigate the phenomenon of the Exxon strain of thank you for that name we haven't got one set up when the 2 weeks ago it meets once a week your report was discussed at the last one. You mean you mean that you know about the Exxon station all of the wrong course you don't get a strange mutation appearing without the government getting to know about it then would you mind telling me why I've been subjected to 10 minutes of abuse of Grilli I'm sorry about that but I was anxious to find out how much speculation there was in the our approach ruffled matters a talkative man. So we would like you to join our committee Plus Howard Rogers and in these acts and typical and major problem cropped up and we form a committee. How often did you see it meets once a week this matter is urgent which would meet once a day pressing the haps not urgent the seeds germinating the Ministry of Agriculture carried out similar tests to yours and found the germination does not take place below 40 degrees centigrade I think they are germinating and I think it is urgent. Have you carried out a punt since anywhere the police will catch whoever is scattering them. Why do you want our Rogers and Denise action on the committee because they know as much as you would in fact all 3 of you out of quiet to join so we can be gagged with the Official Secrets Act I would not have put it quite like that. As you 3 have identified the problem independently we would hope that you will be willing to serve all right but you can't sit on a thing like these people are attracted to the plants they're taking them home they would do more fires last week warning posters are being printed at the moment there's a picture of the plant and a brief statement saying that it is poisonous. They'll be distributed to police stations libraries and government offices after a couple of days a press comment the whole thing will be forgotten I don't believe that we have a mutation on our hands which terrified its creator and we are talking about it and if it's a death and I look I don't like to sound patronize ing to someone of your reputation but we could be in an election year governments like election years to be calm years which as you know will probably have a new lot to cope with in the autumn and the autumn for all small kill off this wretched plant frosts Orton's and winters on known but unlikely all the committee has to do is keep a close watch on the situation until then you can carry on with your investigations into Exxon's work but keep it on the truth. Incidentally the board of directors of Alcoa being very co-operative if you require access to x. And libertarians I'm sure they'll be only too willing to. Toe the line. Perhaps you can answer one thing why do you suppose excellent opened his complex be laboratories to the public he thought it might ease the storm when it finally broke he didn't have your confidence that it would be possible to keep quiet about the Exxon station and unlike the government he was then he then he thought. I feel like God. Why all these controls at my fingertips when and so on humidity. The supposed your father felt the same why should he have created life out there in the desert climate Tarion to the lake only dad didn't create life. He bombarded seas with neutrons and gamma rays to produce a permanent crime so much change in gene mutation Max said dad nearly speeded up nature something like the Exxon strain could appear naturally next week so in the next 1000000 years. The class provide a new one does every day do they turn that be so quickly toward the light source that they seem to Russia where I don't know how to report on what's the oxygen concentrator. 35 percent now that's up 2 percent in the last hour since we increased the sunlight here so I thought it was I believe it was different so the pumps on coping here it doesn't look like it did he said would you pass your dad go pick up please. Yes here it is generally 12. He had 2000 plants growing that day the could feed at noon by 4 o'clock oxygen concentration of 400. Pounds for not producing a concentration to live the blood to vent the climate toward him but if you mean the climate Tory you know who you calling Mike Harris the chief engineer. Mike up dinies x. When the time tell him control room we've got an oxygen build up. You know it's not dangerous where wondering how to bend the time until it yanks it up to the force which is about the few minutes I control. Yeah yeah I can see them driving what they did. Pull my head. Ok. Thanks Mike try them. Where do you want to vented not yet what do the switches do 1st switch equalizes pressure. 2nd of that such is released the latches. And the false which would you believe. Opens the roof. Now when I see a priest that's what I. Did opening it was I just. Could not. Really Be off the street the government financed the construction of a kind of telling me to be able to create virtually any wreckage condition in the world of such and such a huge scale. Come up let's go and see what the plants. Me. Mockable piece of engineering Why is the class making such around the Max this is how Exxon achieved a rapid drop temperature to simulate conditions of the visit from the sun goes down opening the eyes of problem was risky health. Benefit ratio could go peacefully or it is just for the last. Few feet of the roots of life coming from all directions it's incredible when those polls best to see it's all oh do you want to save the whole season no no no we've got plenty I don't know why they need such high germination temperatures Mike's best of the great mystery knows as the beast established a sensitive area used market got me away bridge there were 3 rounds to break down last week out of the figures up to 5 it's going on the agenda next week. For the lung was so cheap this complex is right on the one of London airports like bus can't stand those things but jet engine is kind of a my just a rectory creations of the 20th century nuclear weapons are 2nd on this round is right on top. Oh I'm sorry this can control your fear weapons and jets but we can't control the Exxon stream but we can love and we've been waging war and we've struck 10000 years we haven't beaten them yet and we never will never good yet since Trina we will I weep is any unwelcome on noxious count a definition that fits the exon strain admittedly. It's a. Lot. What is. It getting done. Ok. That's. It From The He's there he's nobody's fool of the control room and try to. Impress for what ever you do. Don't prosper. As far. As. Who. Just look. Like. Killing each other to see. Denise is it possible to close the roof severely Yes. There's a variable speed control about the 6 and codes that are slowly and you can. I don't want any of those birds to escape. The. Wind was a good mornings to so this is your control not impressive derelict market garden with the top soil varying from clay to light no idea what's the latest count 20 to the hectare 5 last month and a jump and from what I saw from the train on the way down he seems generally throughout the country the police a carrying out discrete checks on all flying clubs in the south there's a possibility that some maniac is skeptic the seeds from the yeah it's not got some interesting data for you enough for you to call an outage an extraordinary meeting with a mistake. Have you thought of the consequences of the seeds reaching tropical regions where they can germinate without artificial heat one seed can become a mature plant in 4 weeks and produce 2000 with 50 percent germination rate that gives us a 1000000 plants and 2 months a 1000000000 in 3 months from one seed. No one is denying that there is a problem is to fill in gaps bring every member of a committed complex be tomorrow at 3 and I will show you the truth scale of the problem now wait a minute for and as you can't expect me to call an extraordinary meeting on your say so we'll talk tomorrow blogs climatology and of course complex be I've all the men get to expect I'll be there are alone. Oxygen concentration is now up to 40 percent is climbing fast we're going to have to open the roof within the next 5 minutes Max you've been busy Mr Glenda's how many pounds are in the climate or in. 10 to scram a town about 17 fountain quite a spectacle little work germinating that many seeds germinated by natural means and the planet. We maintain some up to the level to simulate the temperate regions that concentrations $41.00 is going to find mean that all these plants a propagate to themselves we provided sunlight water. That's all. Right things and that's how. That's what we had about to show you. Know the needs How are things on the roof. To. Be at school. You know I don't know how she can do with us 42 percent thank you Denise Brown by. The time a Korean roof open last. You will see something that will haunt you for the rest of your life. Or be invaded by thousands of bugs. Video recorders on hot rolling oxygen concentrations 42 percent equalizing pressure now 43 percent the meat is a creeping into the red zone releasing actually. Well I don't want to just take out the detainees right. Up the river that would go to oxygen concentrations 44 percent. Yes I'm sorry we. Are Forever. Listening to the roof the birds the rising of the flooding the just. The shock of seeing. 253. With my. I Phone. I should have realized that releasing thousands of books in the building. Was new and. I'm going to take a. Look. At. Rising into the expense would be. Sucked into the cross jet engines. They blew up. Why did you mount such a crazy experiment why control you how the x. On screen is spreading throughout the country. The bugs eat the seed. That is a smell that attracts them I don't know but they conquered the. Cracks the seeds skin they passed out of the buds body ready to germinate in a nice. To help them get stuffed Well now we k