[Radio Times, April 2, 1937] “North Regional listeners are to have another serial thriller, starting
on Monday, April 2. It is called Dead Reckoning, and has been adapted by James R. Gregson, the
famous Yorkshire playwright and actor, from a film scenario written by himself. The blood-
curdling story of a man who tried to frighten three criminals into confessing their crime will be
unfolded in six weekly instalments.”
[Wireless Weekly] “Dead Reckoning is a serial specializing in thrills and horrors of the type
traditionally associated with gusty, uncompromising melodrama. It is written in six episodes. The
scene is Careless House, a lonely dwelling on the Yorkshire moors. Summoned by a mysterious
message which they dare not disobey, Monty Leetham, a theatrical impresario, Harvey Trent, an
Under-Secretary of State, and Simon Gryde, an unscrupulous millionaire, arrive at the house
within a few minutes of one another. Also to the house, following a breakdown to her car, comes
Jill Danvers. All four visitors are met by a masked and cowled figure, who gives them different
explanations as to the cause of his disfigured face. Jill is treated with consideration, but the three
men are trapped in turn in an underground room.”
DEAD RECKONING (NORTH REGIONAL SERVICE, MANCHESTER—BBC)
April 12, 1937
The Dread Command”
[
“…The blood-curdling story of a man who tried to
frighten three criminals into confessing their crime will be unfolded in six
weekly instalments…”]
James R. Gregson.
James R. Gregson (producer).
April 19, 1937
The Dead Unmasks”
April 26, 1937
Murder at Carless”
May 3, 1937
Enter the Avenger”
May 11, 1937
Death Calls Again”
May 18, 1937
The Last Hazard”
April 22, 1938
The Dread Command”
James R. Gregson.
Dion Wheeler (producer).
April 29, 1938
The Dead Unmasks”
May 6, 1938
Murder at Careless”
May 13, 1938
“Enter the Avenger”
May 20, 1938
Death Calls Again”
May 27, 1938
The Last Hazard”
April 27, 1938
The Dread Command”
James R. Gregson.
John Cairns.
May 4, 1938
The Dead Unmasks”
May 11, 1938
Murder at Careless”
May 18, 1938
Enter the Avenger”
May 25, 1938
Death Calls Again”
June 1, 1938
The Last Hazard”
May 20, 1938
The Dread Command”
James R. Gregson.
Paul O’Loughlin (producer).
May 27, 1938
The Dead Unmasks”
June 3, 1938
Murder at Careless”
June 10, 1938
Enter the Avenger”
June 17, 1938
Death Calls Again”
June 24, 1938
The Last Hazard”