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The First Men in the Moon (2010 film) The First Men in the Moon (2010 film) The First Men in the Moon, also promoted as H. G. Wells' The First Men in the Moon, is a 2010 made for TV drama written by Mark Gatiss, directed by Damon Thomas, that stars Gatiss as Cavor and Rory Kinnear as Bedford, with Alex Riddell, Peter Forbes, Katherine Jakeways, Lee Ingleby and Julia Deakin. "The First Men on the Moon" was first broadcast on 19 October 2010 on BBC Four. It is an adaptation of H. G. Wells' science fiction novel of the same name. This is the third collaboration between