HAUNTED
[RADIO-SERIES]
A mixture of new scripts and classic tales, including two by Algernon Blackwood…
ORIGINATION: World Service, London (BBC).
DURATION: Circa 1979, 1984.
PERSONNEL: Derek Hodinott (scriptwriter, producer, director), Patricia Mays (scriptwriter—
“Keeping His Promise”).
THIRTY MINUTE THEATRE—“HAUNTED” (WORLD SERVICE)
[Tuesday—6:15-6:45 PM]
March 18, 1980 “The Decoy”
[ASHLEY: “England (Kent): a haunted house where the ghost takes on the
form of the person about to die.”]
CAST: George Baker (John), Peter Baldwin (Mr. Gower), Susan Jameson
(Nancy), Peter Woodward (Harry).
HAUNTED (WORLD SERVICE)
[Monday—12:30-1:00 AM]
September 17, 1984 “Keeping His Promise”
[ASHLEY: “Haunted (#9)… Scotland (Edinburgh): ghost of a recently
deceased friend keeps an appointment.”
CAST: Eric Deacon (Marriott), Nigel Graham (Policeman/Student), David Griffin
(Green), Narissa Knights (Lady Field), Christopher Neame (Ambrose), Peter
Tuddenham (Lord Field).
HAUNTED (BBC RADIO 4 EXTRA)
[RADIO 4: “Prepare to have your spine tingled over the next three weeks as this World Service
drama series is broadcast for the first time in 30 years. A fine array of well-known authors and
actors bring the stories to life.”
[Monday—6:00-6:30 PM]
February 10, 2013 “Little Girl Lost”
[RADIO 4: “…After the death of her second husband, Mrs. Grove begins to
worry her family by talking to him as if he’s still alive in Rosemary
Timperley’s sinister tale…”]
CAST: John Carson, Ruth Dunning (Mrs. Grove), et al.
[Tuesday—6:00-6:30 PM]
February 11, 2013 “Walk on the Water”
[RADIO 4: “…Anna Cropper stars as Rachel whose imaginary friend has
been with her since childhood in this salutary tale by Rosemary
Timperley…”]
CAST: Anna Cropper (Rachel), Ursula Howells, Jack May, et al.
[Wednesday—6:00-6:30 PM]
February 12, 2013 “The Dream Woman”
[RADIO 4: “…After a disturbing dream, Isaac lives in constant fear of a
woman with a knife, but is she of [t]his earth? Charles Kay and Maureen
O’Brien star in Wilkie Collins’ unsettling 19th century tale…”]
CAST: Charles Kay (Isaac), Maureen O’Brien, et al.
[Thursday—6:00-6:30 PM]
February 13, 2013 “Listen to the Silence”
[RADIO 4: “…Gwen Watford stars as Mary, a woman who’s terrified of
silence, but can she confront her fears from a strange voice claiming to be
her grandfather? Patsy Rowlands also features in Rosemary Timperley’s
chilling story…”]
CAST: Patsy Rowlands, Gwen Watford (Mary).
[Friday—6:00-6:30 PM]
February 14, 2013 “The Judge’s House”
[RADIO 4: “…When a young student hires an empty house, he learns the
truth about its former, murderous inhabitant. Nigel Havers and Nancy
Nevinson star in Bram Stoker’s atmospheric gothic story…”]