For the first time in its history, Mega-City One is playing host to the Global Justice Summit, a gathering of Chief Judges from city-states around the world – and as the senior officer in charge, Judge Joseph Dredd is facing a security nightmare!
Hidden in the slums of City Bottom, a fanatical religious cult has awakened an enemy from the city’s distant past, and their deadly schemes of extortion and revenge are about to come to a head; together with Oz Judge Hogan, Dredd must discover the secrets of this new threat before the city pays the ultimate price!
Can Mega-City One’s toughest lawman survive a fight to the death with his own dark reflection?
Pitted against an unstoppable terror weapon, Judge Dredd must stem the tide of a raging holy war – or sacrifice his city to the forces of the Jihad!
Directed by John Ainsworth, starring Toby Longworth (Judge Dredd), Garrick Hagon (Jonah), Teresa Gallagher (Chief Judge Hershey), Paul David-Gough (Judge Hogan) & Jane MacFarlane (Pandora).
Sound Design & Music: Steve Foxon
Cover Art: Cliff Robinson (Pencils/Inks) and Chris Blythe (Colours)
Duration: 78’55”
Recorded Dates: 10 February 2004
Recorded At: The Moat Studios
As recommended by Sci-Fi Online and 2000AD Review.
AUTHOR’S NOTES
Over year or so from 2002 to 2003, Big Finish Productions released a twelve-volume audio drama series called 2000AD Presents, featuring the comicbook characters of Judge Dredd, Mega-City One’s toughest cop, and Strontium Dog, the mutant search/destroy agent Johnny Alpha. Known for their experience with these “radio plays on CD”, this new medium brought the comic’s best-known heroes to life.
In the first ‘season’ of 2000AD Presents episodes, I wrote the real-time hijacking story Judge Dredd: Dreddline and Big Finish liked me enough to ask me back for the second series of discs; this time, my story concept about an international meeting of Chief Judges from around the world was joined by the return of some of Dredd’s most ‘personal’ foes and the plotline for Judge Dredd: Jihad was born…
A few scenes were deleted from the final cut of Jihad because of timing issues, but you can see them here.
For a complete list of references and annotations for Jihad, click here.
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