BEHIND THE DOOR
[RADIO-SCRIPT]
[BBC Title Cards] “Thriller about man who persuades three friends to stay a night in a haunted
room and makes them promise not to open a certain door. They spend an eerie night and each has
a great urge to open the door. In the morning their friend explains it was hoax and opens the door
to show—and there finds a dead man.”
“The unoccupied home of the Forresters.”
Further research needed: “The Unquiet Ones” by Sewell; August 6, 1938; Saturday—10:30-
11:00; Northern Ireland Programme; “a play about the adventures of two Englishmen traveling in
Ireland.” Also: “Fog” by Sewell & Mageean; Home Service; December 16, 1943; Thursday—9:40-
10:10. Also: “Dead Reckoning” by Sewell; March 27, 1948; HS; Saturday—4:00-4:45.
[CHRONOLOGY]
(NATIONAL PROGRAMME, LONDON—TRANSMITTED FROM EMPIRE
PROGRAMME)
[Tuesday—12:15-12:40 PM]
October 18, 1938 “Behind the Door”
SCRIPT: James R. Mageean, J. S. N. Sewell.
PERSONNEL: Howard Rose (producer).
CAST: Donald Craig, Peter Martin, Patrick O’Neill, Horace Underwood.
(PROGRAMME FOR THE FORCES)
[Friday—8:35-9:00 PM]
May 24, 1940 “Behind the Door”
PLAYS (HOME SERVICE, LONDON)
[Wednesday—3:30-4:00 PM]
July 25, 1951 “The Old Man” / “Behind the Door”