AUX FRONTIERES DE L’IRREEL
[RADIO-SERIES]
This pioneering Swiss fantasy series (the title of which translates as On the Borders of the Unreal)
cut a wide path through the realm of the fantastical.
ORIGINATION: Radio-Sottens, Lausanne.
DURATION: April 17-June 12, 1955 (first series), August 18, 1961-August 25, 1968 (sporadic broadcasts).
PERSONNEL: Jean Grimod (scriptwriter), Robert Schmid (scriptwriter).
[CHRONOLOGY]
AUX FRONTIERES DE L’IRREEL (RADIO-SOTTENS, LAUSANNE)
[Sunday—
April 17, 1955 “Lolibe ou l’oiseau des iles” (Lolibe or the Birds of the Island)
[Friday—
May 6, 1955 “Cirque”
[Sunday—
May 15, 1955 “Les Etoiles” (The Stars)
[Friday—
June 3, 1955 “Le Train de brouillard” (The Train of Fog)
[Sunday—
June 12, 1955 “Le Portrait”
[Friday—
August 18, 1961 “L’Anneau de Stone Hill” (The Ring of Stone Hill)
[Thursday—
August 8, 1963 “L’Anneau de Stone Hill”
[Friday—
November 29, 1963 “Isabelle et les roses”
December 13, 1963 “La Jeune fille, le renard et le condor, legende des hauts
plateaux andins” (The Young Girl, the Fox and the Condor, a Legend of the Andean
High Plateaus)
January 10, 1964 “Les Trois lieutenants”
February 7, 1964 “La Nuit ramene les fantomes” (The Night Brings Back the Phantoms)
May 22, 1964 “Vervelin et les gens de la noce” (Vervelin and the People of the Wedding)
October 9, 1964 “Le Vent de la derniere chance” (Wind of the Last Chance)
February 12, 1965 “Une femme en or massif” (A Woman in Solid Gold)
June 25, 1965 “Duo dans un labyrinthe” (Duet in a Labyrinth)
[Thursday—
October 21, 1965 “La Peau du lion” (The Lion’s Skin)
November 25, 1965 “L’Homme qui entendait siffler le train” (The Man Who Intended to
Whistle the Train)
June 30, 1966 “Dialogue dans un compartiment”
July 28, 1966 “L’Horloger de la quatrieme dimension” (The Clockmaker of the Fourth
Dimension)
September 14, 1967 “George”
October 19, 1967 “Un gout de sang” (A Taste of Blood)
February 8, 1968 “La Fille du docteur Rappaccini” (Rappaccini’s Daugher)
March 7, 1968 “L’Express de 16 h 15” (The 4:15 Express)
April 4, 1968 “Epha que j’aimais” (Epha Which I Liked)
[Sunday—
August 25, 1968 “Il faut croire au diable” (It is necessary to accept the Devil)
[SOURCES]
Berger, Jacques. Radio Mysteres.
AVALANCHE
[RADIO SCRIPT]
An episode from a BBC series entitled Glacier Hut, which ran on the Light Programme in 1961.
[CHRONOLOGY]
GLACIER HUT (LIGHT PROGRAMME, LONDON—BBC)
[Friday—8:00-8:30 PM]
July 7, 1961 “Avalanche”
[BBC TITLE CARD: “Two climbers and their Maori guide are marooned in
a hut during a two-day storm in the Southern Alps of New Zealand.
During the second night they hear a cry which gets nearer and the door
blows open as a man enters. He looks frozen but manages to get a few
words out about a party and an avalanche, then collapses. He revives and
rushes from the hut. It is discovered next day that he was the guide of a
party of climbers buried by an avalanche 60 years earlier. The rest of the
party were found 10 years ago, but the body of the guide has only now
come to the surface.”]
PERSONNEL: Audrey Cameron (producer).