WEIRD TALES
[RADIO-SERIES]
These recent series on the BBC… “…a new series of chilling plays for winter nights…”
WEIRD TALES—SERIES 3 (RADIO 4, LONDON—BBC)
[Thursday—11:00-11:30 PM]
December 8, 2011 “Original Features”
[BBC RADIO 4: “…When Carl and Rob buy a flat in a nineteenth century
house, it seems they’ve found their perfect home. With Carl away on
business, Rob throws himself into restoring the flat, but he ends up with
more of the original features than he had anticipated…”]
SCRIPT: Christopher William Hill.
PERSONNEL: Mary Peate (director).
CAST: Adjoa Andoh (Jess), Francine Chamberlain (Girl), Martin Hutson (Carl),
Carl Prekopp (Rob), Alex Rivers (Woman), Christopher Webster (Man), Tracy
Wiles (Answerphone).
EXTANT RECORDING
December 15, 2011 “The Burial of Tom Nobody”
[BBC RADIO 4: “…The Reverend Braiden is forced to embark on a
through-the-night road trip by a mysterious trio who threaten him with a
terrifying test of faith at its end… Richard Vincent[‘s]…radio work
includes Project Purple for BBC Radio 4 Extra’s Man in Black series and
the psychological horror, The House on Pale Avenue, for BBC Radio 4…
[H]e is currently working on a trilogy of horror films for Artifice
Pictures…”]
SCRIPT: Richard Vincent.
PERSONNEL: Gemma Jenkins.
CAST: Simon Bubb (Michael), James Lailey (Silas), Paul Moriarty (Police
Officer), Geoffrey Streatfeild (Peter), Lynne Verrall (Sarah), Tracy Wiles
(Eleanor).
EXTANT RECORDING
December 22, 2011 “Louisa’s”
[BBC RADIO 4: “…When a stranger walks into Louisa’s café, the juke box
which hasn’t played a record for years whirrs into action, the lights start
flashing and Louisa is thrown into a world where her past challenges life
as she knows it…”]
SCRIPT: Amanda Whittington.
PERSONNEL: Jessica Brown (producer).
CAST: Gerard McDermott (Joe), Sara Poyzer (Louisa), Paul Rider (Pete).
EXTANT RECORDING
December 29, 2011 “Night Terrors”
[BBC RADIO 4: “…The pressure’s getting too much for clever clogs
Victoria. She can’t sleep at night. She has nightmares. But it’s okay
because they’re just bad dreams. Until one day the dreams become real.
Eddie Marsan stars in the final terrifying episode…”]
SCRIPT: Lizzie Nunnery.
PERSONNEL: Helen Perry (producer).
CAST: Katie Angelou (Victoria), Francine Chamberlain (Jane), Georgia Groome
(Laura), Eddie Marsan (Dad), Sally Orrock (Mum).
EXTANT RECORDING
WEREWOLF STORIES
FIDDLE JOE’S YARNS (MONTREAL)
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July 3, 1951 “The Miller and the Werewolf” [EP. 6]
SCRIPT: C. Wasserman.
WHO KNOWS?
[???day—10:15-10:30 PM]
June 10, 1940 EPISODE 14
CAST: Helen Claire (Mrs. C.), David Gothard (Henry), Bill Johnstone (Harris),
Selena Royle (Mom).