A young traveler shares a camp with a tattooed wanderer whose moving illustrations reveal dark stories of replacement humans, children aiding an invasion and astronauts scattered helplessly through space. The final picture changes to show the Illustrated Man strangling the traveler himself, sending the youth fleeing before the predicted image can come true.

This recording comes from Ray Bradbury BBC Radio. BBC Radio 4 carried the broadcast. The cast includes Iain Glen. Other credited names include Gemma Jenkins as director and Brian Sibley as radio adaptor.

This version adapts The Illustrated Man. Ray Bradbury is credited as author.

This surviving item is preserved as bbc radio adaptation.

Curated 21-item BBC Ray Bradbury radio-drama collection spanning 1962-2014.