A Better Life Underground (radio play)

A Better Life Underground is a pre-War radio play, broadcast on Pirate Radio in Fallout 76. It is associated with A Better Life Underground, the eighth season.
==Background==
The radio play provides background information and story elements regarding the accompanying board game of the same name, as well as advertisements for pre-War products. The radio play takes on the form of a melodramatic soap opera claiming to depict what life would be like inside of a Vault-Tec Vault.
==Episode 1 (153)==
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==Episode 2 (243)==
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==Episode 3 (313)==
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==Episode 5 (572)==
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==Episode 6 (618)==
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==Appearances==
The A Better Life Underground radio play appears .
==Behind the scenes==
* Files exist in the game's data for episodes 1-3 and 5-6, though any mention of an episode 4 is conspicuously missing.
* Unlike other seasonal radio plays, A Better Life Underground was not uploaded to Bethesda Softworks' YouTube page prior to the release of the Invaders from Beyond update. It shares this distinction with only Rip Daring.
* The radio play was directed by Jonathan Ade, who was also a voice director on the rest of the Invaders from Beyond update.Jonathan Ade on LinkedIn: "Voice Director for the "Invaders From Beyond" Spring 2022 update for Bethesda's Fallout '76, including in-game radio plays and commercials with tongue-in-cheek Atomic Age tonality."
* Bethesda community manager Devann McCarthy contributed to the writing of the radio play's second episode.Celebrating 25 Years of Fallout! #Fallout25 (reference starts at 0:15:54)
* Voice actors for the radio play include:
** The announcer (all episodes), William (Episode 2) and Paul (Episode 6) are voiced by Dave Fennoy.
** Ben (Episode 2) is voiced by Darin De Paul.
** Doctor Hampton (Episodes 1, 2, 3) and Howard (Episode 6) are voiced by Calvin Joyal.
==References==
Category:Pre-War entertainment
Category:Fallout 76 radio plays
Category:Pre-War fiction