THE BARON’S ROOM
[RADIO-SCRIPT]
[BBC Title Card] “A girl and her father buy an old Norman Tower supposedly haunted by the
ghost of a wicked baron. She sleeps in the room wher the baron used to conduct his unholy
experiments on women, children and animals. She has a recurring dream that someone is about
to enter her room; one night her father hears her scream, rushes to her door, but it is just being
closed, and he hears the heavy bolts being shot home on the other side.”
[CHRONOLOGY]
TWO PLAYS (HOME SERVICE—BBC)
[Wednesday—10:00-10:30 PM]
April 24, 1940 “Twice in a Lifetime” / “The Baron’s Room”
[“…a macabre episode for broadcasting by Norman Edwards…”]
SCRIPT: Norman Edwards.
PERSONNEL: Val Gielgud (producer).
CAST: Malcolm Keen, et al.
(PROGRAMME FOR THE FORCES—BBC)
[Friday—9:20-9:35 PM]
May 31, 1940 “The Baron’s Room”
(PROGRAMME FOR THE FORCES—BBC)
[Friday—7:15-7:30 PM]
October 3, 1941 “The Baron’s Room”
MYSTERY PLAYHOUSE (THE LIGHT PROGRAMME, LONDON—BBC)
[Wednesday—9:00-10:00 PM]
August 7, 1946 “Over My Dead Body” / “The Baron’s Room”
PERSONNEL: Martyn C. Webster (producer).
BASIL KIRKE
[RADIO-TALKS)
Basil Kirke was the manager of 6WF in Perth, West Australia, and, in the early days, a frequent
speaker on his station on a variety of topics, from “The Bega Firewalkers of Figi” (January 20,
1930) to “Bottling of Our Australian Bush Perfume” (February 6, 1930).
[YOUTUBE] “Basil Kirke was the Western Australian State Manager of the Australian
Broadcasting Company from 1929 to 1932 and then the WA State Manager of the Australian
Broadcasting Commission from 1932 to 1936 and 1952 to 1958. He lobbied tirelessly for the new
offices and studios that were built in Adelaide Terrace and extended through to Terrace Drive, in
Perth. At the time the new buildings were considered the most modern broadcasting facilities in
Australia. The Perth studio complex referred to in this video was built in 1958, on the former site
of Rose Hill House, at 191 Adelaide Terrace. ABC radio moved to the new facilities in 1959, whilst
work continued on the television building on the lower part of the site, facing Terrace Road.”
(6WF, PERTH)
[Tuesday—9:37-9:50 PM]
December 17, 1929 “Strange Tales of Ghosts and Haunted Places”
[WESTERN MAIL: “…by Basil Kirke…”]
[Tuesday—10:20-10:59 PM]
January 21, 1930 “Ghost Stories”
[WESTERN MAIL: “…Talk by Basil Kirke…”]
[Monday—9:52-10:12 PM]
February 3, 1930 “Stories of Ghosts and Haunted Places”
[Friday—10:10-10:30 PM]
February 7, 1930
[PERTH SUNDAY TIMES: “…Ghost stories by Basil Kirke…”]
[Saturday—10:08-10:56 PM]
May 3, 1930 “Ghosts and Haunted Places”
[Saturday—10:30-10:50 PM]
August 2, 1930 “Ghosts and Haunted Places”
[Monday—10:15-10:35 PM]
March 9, 1931 “Ghosts and Haunted Places”