Dan Dare had secured the rights to produce a new Dan Dare audio drama series from the Dan Dare Corporation. The lead writers were announced as Richard Kurti and Bev Doyle, with Andrew Mark Sewell as director and Simon Moorhead as producer; John Freeman would serve as creative consultant. The first volume, released in 2016, starred Ed Stoppard as Dan Dare, Geoff McGivern as Digby, Heida Reed as Professor Peabody, Raad Rawi as the Mekon and Bijan Daneshmand as Sondar; Volume 2 was released in 2017. BBC Radio 4 Extra began airing the B7 episodes in August 2018. In the 1980s, a
Dare You to Be Happy with some friends to a games parlour. The single was released with four versions of "Dare You to Be Happy" and the non-album track, "I Hope". Dare You to Be Happy "Dare You to Be Happy" is a song by Australian singer Tina Arena. It was recorded for her fourth studio album "Just Me" and was released as the second single in February 2002. The single was only a moderate success, peaking at #43 in Australia. "Dare You to Be Happy" received high rotation on Channel [V] in early 2002. A remixed version was later included on Arena's greatest hits