(For the Alvin Lee album, see Nineteen Ninety-Four (album).) Nineteen Ninety-Four is a BBC Radio 4 comedy series and a book written by William Osborne and Richard Turner. The six-part radio series was first broadcast in March 1985, and the book published in 1986. The title is a reference to the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell. BBC Radio 4 Extra rebroadcast Nineteen Ninety-Four between 17 August 2011 and 21 September 2011.