BEHIND THE DOOR

[RADIO-SCRIPT]

[BBC Title Cards] “Thriller about man who persuades three friends to stay a night in a haunted

room and makes them promise not to open a certain door. They spend an eerie night and each has

a great urge to open the door. In the morning their friend explains it was hoax and opens the door

to show—and there finds a dead man.”

“The unoccupied home of the Forresters.”

Further research needed: “The Unquiet Ones” by Sewell; August 6, 1938; Saturday—10:30-

11:00; Northern Ireland Programme; “a play about the adventures of two Englishmen traveling in

Ireland.” Also: “Fog” by Sewell & Mageean; Home Service; December 16, 1943; Thursday—9:40-

10:10. Also: “Dead Reckoning” by Sewell; March 27, 1948; HS; Saturday—4:00-4:45.

[CHRONOLOGY]

(NATIONAL PROGRAMME, LONDON—TRANSMITTED FROM EMPIRE

PROGRAMME)

[Tuesday—12:15-12:40 PM]

October 18, 1938“Behind the Door”

SCRIPT:

James R. Mageean, J. S. N. Sewell.

PERSONNEL:

Howard Rose (producer).

CAST:

Donald Craig, Peter Martin, Patrick O’Neill, Horace Underwood.

(PROGRAMME FOR THE FORCES)

[Friday—8:35-9:00 PM]

May 24, 1940“Behind the Door”

PLAYS (HOME SERVICE, LONDON)

[Wednesday—3:30-4:00 PM]

July 25, 1951“The Old Man” / “Behind the Door”