{
  "title": "BLOOD LINES",
  "category": "[RADIO-SERIES]",
  "article": "“A series of dark and gripping collection of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror\nreadings which showcases new and emerging short story writers.”\n[BBC release] “The launch-highlight of the series is a brand new story written\nespecially for the 7th Dimension by award-winning author, Susanna Clarke\n(Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, Ladies of Grace, Adieu.\n\"During this two week series, listen out for intriguing conversations with\nmythical beasts; haunting tales of lost souls; dystopian visions of a future that’s\njust around the corner and demonic goings-on in internet chat rooms.\n“Blood Lines will be broadcast on BBC7 in the 7th Dimension slot between\nMonday 26th February and Friday 9th March, 2007 at 6.30 p.m.”\n[Program information]",
  "origination": "Radio 7, London (BBC).",
  "duration": "February 26-March 9, 2007.",
  "personnel": "Rachel Bavide (reader—“A Lasting Impression”), Alexandra\nBayliss (writer—“A Lasting Impression”), Jasmin Callan (reader—“Father’s\nDay”), Susannah Clarke (writer—“The Dweller in High Places”), Sam Dale\n(reader—“ID”), Sarah Dobbs (writer—“Ghost in the Mechanic”), Ian Dudley\n(writer—“Father’s Day”), Phil Emery (writer—“ID”), Anthony Glennon (reader—\n“Conviction”),  Georgina Haden (reader—“The Dweller in High Places”), Gemma\nJenkins (producer), Christine Kavanagh (reader—The Quick and the Dead”),\nClare Lawrence (reader—“Ghost in the Mechanic”), Catherine Mant (writer—\n“Expecting”), Fiona McFarlane (writer—“Elegy Underground”), Nick Moulton\n(writer—“The Quick and the Dead”),  Emma Noakes (reader—“Expecting”), Kate\nScott (writer—“Conviction”), Adam Sims (reader—“Cthul-You”), Bethan Walker\n(reader—“Elegy Underground”), Damien G. Walter (writer—“Cthul-You”).",
  "extant_recordings": "The complete series is available on BBC Radio\nAudiobooks.\n[Program log]\nBLOOD LINES (RADIO 7, LONDON)\n[Monday through Friday—6:30-6:45 PM]\nFebruary 26, 2007 “The Dweller in High Places”\n[“…Across the water, the Napoleonic Wars rage but a young\ngirl discovers a danger much closer to home when she\nencounters a mysterious visitor from Ancient Greece who\nhas taken up residence in the attic of her London boarding\nschool…”]\nFebruary 27, 2007 “Ghost in the Mechanic”\n[“…A tragic accident atop Cherrybrook Hill leaves car-\nmechanic, Mickey-Joe, devastated. Unable to face up to his\nguilt he retreats into a world of rituals and habits as a way of\nkeeping his emotions in check. When his dog dies during a\ndust storm, the memories come flooding back and Mickey-\nJoe finally goes to meet the ghost that calls out to him from\nthe top of Cherrybrook Hill…”]\nFebruary 28, 2007 “ID”\n[“…Terror grips a man as he regains consciousness and\ndiscovers he’s lost his identity card. He’s lying in a deserted\nalleyway in the middle of a city with no memory of who he is.\nHis only clue is a name and address on a scrap of paper in his\npocket. He sets out to find this person, all the time consumed\nby a fear that unless he tracks down his card, his very life is\nin danger…”]\nMarch 1, 2007\n“Conviction”\n[“…The UK in the near future. The population is divided into\nthe privileged that live in a sanitised perfect environment\nand the workers who live in polluted shanty towns,\nperforming the menial jobs that sustain the lifestyles of the\nprivileged. A runner, uneasy about his so-called ‘perfect’\nexistence, likes to escape from his world and each day run\nthrough these off-limit shanty towns. When, on his run, he\nencounters a young boy scarred from polluted water, he’s\nforced to confront what is wrong with his way of life…”]\nMarch 2, 2007\n“Expecting”\n[“…Pregnant and abandoned by her boyfriend, a young\nwoman moves into a semi-derelict Georgian house in\nWhitechapel to housesit for friends. She starts hearing\nrunning feet and a baby crying and becomes obsessed with\nfinding out whether in the past, a baby has died in the house.\nAll she can think about is finding a way to stop the crying.\nOut of desperation, she triggers off a series of events that\nputs her own baby at risk…”]\nMarch 5, 2007\n“Cthul-You”\n[“…An occultist signs up to the website ‘Cthul-You’ in the\nhope of meeting like-minded people. This is a demonic\nversion of ‘My Space’ where instead of attracting fellow\nhumans, the desired outcome is to attract demons. Just who\nexactly is ‘Mark’ who answers this lonely occultist’s call and\nwhat plans does he have for his new devotee?...”]\nMarch 6, 2007\n“The Quick and the Dead”\n[“…The setting is Victorian London and a scientist has just\ndiscovered how to keep death at bay. The dead are brought to\nthe Asylum of the Deceased where they are resurrected. An\nillicit romance begins to blossom between one of the new\ninmates and a young doctor. The plight of being brought\nback to life and forced to live in limbo is explored in all its\ncomplexity…”]\nMarch 7, 2007\n“Elegy Underground”\n[“…Angels arrive on Earth with an important message to\nimpart, only to find that no-one knows who they are and\nwhat they represent. The world is greatly changed and\nhumankind’s collective memory is failing. Death is no longer\nofficially recognized, forcing it to go underground—travelling\ncemeteries arrive in the middle of the night to take away the\ndead and a thriving market in illegal elegy smuggling has\nemerged. Lachrimae Bird, circus performer and chief elegy\nwriter, is the only one to remember angels and she wonders\nwhy they chosen to make their presence felt now…”]\n.March 8, 2007\n“A Lasting Impression”\n[“…In a last-ditch attempt to save their relationship a young\nwoman persuades her boyfriend to come on holiday with her\nto Canada. Things get off to a bad start—they have a terrible\nrow as soon as they book into the hotel. He storms off and\nshe is left to contemplate her disastrous love life. Suddenly\nthe ghostly apparition of a woman with half a face missing\nappears in the room. She has a chilling message for the\nyoung tourist…”]\nMarch 9, 2007\n“Father’s Day”\n[“…The UK in the near future. This is a forbidding place\nwhere individuality is frowned upon and in extreme cases\npunished. Following the death of her mother, a young\nwoman\nbecomes\nestranged\nfrom\nher\nfather.\nHe\nunquestioningly embraces the new world order, whereas she\nremains stubbornly defiant, only just living on the right side\nof the law. He even undergoes a medical procedure to cut her\nout of his life. The daughter comes home one night to be\ngreeted by a sinister official calling him ‘Truth.’ It would\nseem any hope of reconciliation between father and daughter\nis fading fast…”]",
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