“Christmas week gets creepy on BBC Radio 2, as Doctor Who star Christopher Eccleston reads a
series of classic short stories with a devilish sting in the tail for Christmas.”
THE DEVIL’S CHRISTMAS (RADIO 2, LONDON—BBC)
December 17, 2007“The Signalman”
[
“…an eerie tale of a railway tunnel which is haunted by a
winter’s death that is yet to come…”]
Frank Stirling (abridged from the story by Charles Dickens).
Christopher Eccleston (reader), Frank Stirling (producer).
December 18, 2007“The Necklace”
yearns, like Cinderella, to go to the Twelfth Night ball. Her husband gets
hold of a coveted invitation and she borrows a priceless necklace from a
friend. What happens at the party, however, ruins their lives for ever…”]
December 19, 2007“Thurlow’s Christmas”
Christmas story he can’t seem to finish… John Kendrick Bang’s short
story is about a demon, a mysterious stranger and a magical manuscript.
Or is it…?...”]
December 20, 2007“The She-Wolf”
tonight’s final ghoulish offering… At a winter house party, one
unbearable guest claims to be a master of the dark arts. But there is
consternation all round when he turns his hostess into a wolf and can’t
turn her back again…”]