LES FANTASTIQUES
[RADIO-SERIES]
This Belgian series specialized in tales of horror adapted from great works of literature.
“En 1956, une emission intitulee—fort joliment—“L’antenne magique” touchait a deux genres, a
deux styles. Ce que singnifait bien les sous-titres de chacune de ces series: “Les fantastiques” d’un
cote, “Science-fiction” de l’autre. Dans la premiere etaient donnes des texts originaux, mais aussi
de adaptations de nouvelles d’auteurs comme Herbert George Wells, Charles Dickens, Prosper
Merimee et Jean Ray…”
ORIGINATION: Bruxelles 1, Brussels (Radio Bruxelles).
DURATION: January 2-March 12, 1956 (first series), April 9-May 14, 1956 (second series), October 11, 1957-
January 24, 1958 (third series).
PERSONNEL: Unknown.
EXTANT RECORDINGS: None.
LES FANTASTIQUES (BRUXELLES 1, BRUSSELS)
[Monday—8:55-9:25 PM]
January 2, 1956 “La Maison de campagne” (by Jean Welle)
SCRIPT: Jean Welles.
January 9, 1956 “Le Garde-barriere”
SCRIPT: M. S. Thiry (adapted from a story by Charles Dickens).
January 16, 1956 “Diable a vendre”
SCRIPT: Andre Villers.
January 23, 1956 “La Ruelle tenebreuse”
SCRIPT: Georges Van Hout (adapted from the story by Jean Ray).
January 30, 1956 “Histoire du homard”
SCRIPT: extracted from the novel Entre deux anges by Alexis Curvers.
February 6, 1956 “Le Futur anterieur”
SCRIPT: Georges Van Hout.
February 13, 1956 “Histoire d’un fantome Inexperimente”
SCRIPT: Georges Adam (adapted from “The Inexperienced Ghost” by H.
G. Wells).
February 20, 1956 “Tambours noirs”
SCRIPT: Henri Cornelius.
February 27, 1956 “Musique a Strathfield Hall”
SCRIPT: Victor Misrahi.
March 5, 1956 “La Venus d’Ille”
SCRIPT: Christian Gilbert (adapted from the story by Prosper Merimee).
March 12, 1956 “Portrait de famille”
SCRIPT: Paul Gilson, Nino Frank.
April 9, 1956 “Le Parc de Sadorges”
SCRIPT: Roger Richard.
April 16, 1956 “Le Fantome du neant”
SCRIPT: Claude Vial.
April 23, 1956 “Horoscope”
SCRIPT: Jean Servais.
May 7, 1956 “La Tour de Londres”
SCRIPT: Robert Patrice.
May 14, 1956 “On demande M. Tobias”
SCRIPT: Philippe Darel.
October 11, 1957 “L’Ecrivain public”
SCRIPT: Michel De Ghelderode.
November 5, 1957 “En Arriere”
SCRIPT: Marcel Ayme.
November 29, 1957 “Les Lumieres”
SCRIPT: Pierre Boulle.
December 27, 1957 “En pays singulier”
SCRIPT: Yves Gandon.
January 24, 1958 “La Main”
SCRIPT: Based on the story by Guy de Maupassant.
LE FANTOME DE L’OPERA
[BOOK; RADIO-SERIAL]
A multi-part adaptation of the Gaston Leroux classic. “le feuilleton Le Fantome de l’Opera,
d’apres Gaston Leroux, diffuse en septembre 1959.”
ORIGINATION: Bruxelles 1 (?), Brussels.
DURATION: September ?-?, 1959.
PERSONNEL: Unknown.
EXTANT RECORDINGS: None.