The BBC presented this “series of three Scottish 19thth-century tales of terror and mystery,
dramatized by Marty Ross.”
in 2003 by Scottish playwright Marty Ross as part of his ‘Darker Side of the Border’ series. More
recently Ross returned to the villain of that story, Merodach, making him the villain of a Doctor
Who audiobook, Night’s Black Agents (Big Finish Productions, 2010), in which this demonic
figure assumes the pose of a Minister of the Kirk.”
BroadcastonBBCRadio7,12:00amMonday18thJanuary2010.”
THE DARKER SIDE OF THE BORDER (RADIO 4, LONDON—BBC)
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April 24, 2003“The Captain of the Polestar”
[
“…A young doctor sails on a whaling ship…”]
Marty Ross (adapted from the story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle).
Bruce Young (director).
May 2, 2003“Olalla”
[
“…Robert Louis Stevenson’s mysterious tale of a soldier who
falls in love while convalescing…”]
Marty Ross (adapted from the story by Robert Louis Stevenson).
Bruce Young (director).
May 8, 2003“The Brownie of the Black Haggs”
[
“…Bossy Lady Wheelhope becomes strangely obsessed with
a mysterious stranger…”]
Marty Ross (adapted from the story by James Hogg).
Bruce Young (director).
Irene Macdougall, et al.