THE DOPPELGANGER
[RADIO-SCRIPT]
[David Wade, The Times, January 8, 1977] “…I do not want to end without a mention of J. C. W.
Brook’s The Dopelganger. I see I described his The Missing Piece in June as ‘pedigree bunkum all
the way.’ I wouldn’t swear his latest isn’t just the same (parallel worlds, negative energy, terrible
battles to prevent alien wolvish creatures breaking in). The difference is that this time Mr. Brook,
with the aid of a spine-chilling production by Ian Cotterell, had me believing every word of it.”
ORIGINATION: Radio 4, London (BBC).
DURATION: January 1, 1977.
PERSONNEL: J. C. W. Brook (scriptwriter), Ian Cotterell (producer), Paddy Kingsland (music).
CAST: Nigel Anthony, Geoffrey Collins, Penelope Lee, Elizabeth Lindsay, Jack May, Emily Richard, Mary
Wimbush.
EXTANT RECORDINGS: Unknown.
[PROGRAM LOG]
(RADIO 4, LONDON)
[Saturday—8:30-9:58 PM]
January 1, 1977 “The Doppelganger”
[BBC RADIO 4 EXTRA NEWSLETTER: “…On the eve of a make-or-break
second honeymoon, Adam sees his dead mother at Oxford station and so
begins his descent into a dark world of his other self…”]
[DIVERSITY WEBSITE: “Music by Paddy Kingsland & B.B.C. Radiophonic
Workshop… Adam & Jane are on a make-or-break second honeymoon;
but at Oxford station, Adam sees his possibly dead mother & then at the
hotel he meets Beth, a 25 year old girl with the mind of a child of seven,
who looks like Jane....."a doppelganger is your other self - your dark
brother of myth, who wishes to take your place in this world..."]