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Spine Chillers
- Narrator
- various
- Publisher
- BBC Audio
- Publish Date
- 5 October 2023
- Run Time
- 3 hours 3 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Four hair-raising tales of terror, as heard on BBC Radio 4
'Three hours worth of spooky entertainment ... there are some terrific performances to be enjoyed here' Entertainment Focus
In these four supernatural dramas, first broadcast on radio in 1984, a house hides more than meets the eye; a B & B landlady helps her guests forget their troubles; a Japanese man inadvertently awakens a vengeful spirit; and a mother and baby become unsettled in remote mill.
Written by Colin Haydn Evans, David Campton, Jill Hyem and Don Webb, and starring Anna Massey, Rosemary Leach, Sean Barrett, and Pam Ferris, these eerie, atmospheric stories are guaranteed to give you goosebumps. Just don't listen with the lights off...
Figures - Stuck in a marriage of convenience, unhappy Ann is searching for a refuge. So as soon as she sees the house, she knows it has to be hers. Its past is part of her future - all she has to do is sit in the upstairs room, kept locked for so long, and wait...
Mrs M - Mrs Meadowsweet offers visitors to her country guesthouse a truly carefree holiday. Everybody is so happy. A little abstracted, perhaps, but certainly happy. New arrivals Madge and Arthur are suspicious, but can Mrs M win them over?
Origami - When mild-mannered Mr Shimojo takes a room in Mrs Bestall's house, he becomes an instant hit with her young daughter, teaching her the Japanese art of paper folding. But no one is prepared for the sequence of horrifying events which his presence seems to generate...
Witch Water Green - Barbara Tate and her baby girl are all alone in their new home - a converted mill deep in the countryside. The move has been stressful; Barbara is lonely and the baby is fretful. But there's another, deeper reason for her uneasiness...
Cast and credits
Figures
Ann - Anna Massey
Ralph Symons - Blain Fairman
Rebecca Symons - Jill Lidstone
Peter Fuller - Jon Strickland
Alex Slade - Michael Bilton
Written by Colin Haydn Evans
Directed by Ian Cotterell
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 15 February 1984
Mrs M
Mrs Meadowsweet - Rosemary Leach
Madge - Anne Jameson
Arthur - Roger Hume
Simon - Terry Molloy
Miss Brazenose - Joyce Gibbs
Inga - Patricia Gallimore
Written by David Campton
Directed by Peter Windows
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 22 February 1984
Origami
Mr Shimojo - Sean Barrett
Helen Bestall - Carole Boyd
Peter Trent - Christopher Scoular
Lucy Bestall - Helen Worth
Written by Jill Hyem
Directed by Kay Patrick
Pronunciation adviser: Masatoshi Tobia
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 29 February 1982
Witch Water Green
Barbara Tate - Pam Ferris
Dr Jane Rayner - Jenny Lee
The Rev Roy Brown - Nigel Anthony
Johnny Goad - Brian Southwood
Wendy Williams - Kate Lee
Written by Don Webb
Directed by Tony Cliff
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 15 March 1984
© 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
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Details
- Author
- Colin Haydn Evans, David Campton, Jill Hyem, Don Webb
- Narrator
- various
- Duration
- 3 hours 3 minutes
- Release Date
- 5 October 2023
- ISBN
- 9781529188479
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- BBC Audio
- Genre
- Contemporary horror and ghost stories, Occult fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
Synopsis
Four hair-raising tales of terror, as heard on BBC Radio 4In these four supernatural dramas, first broadcast on radio in 1984, a house hides more than meets the eye; a B & B landlady helps her guests forget their troubles; a Japanese man inadvertently awakens a vengeful spirit; and a mother and baby become unsettled in remote mill.Written by Colin Haydn Evans, David Campton, Jill Hyem and Don Webb, and starring Anna Massey, Rosemary Leach, Sean Barrett, and Pam Ferris, these eerie, atmospheric stories are guaranteed to give you goosebumps. Just don't listen with the lights off...Figures - Stuck in a marriage of convenience, unhappy Ann is searching for a refuge. So as soon as she sees the house, she knows it has to be hers. Its past is part of her future - all she has to do is sit in the upstairs room, kept locked for so long, and wait...Mrs M - Mrs Meadowsweet offers visitors to her country guesthouse a truly carefree holiday. Everybody is so happy. A little abstracted, perhaps, but certainly happy. New arrivals Madge and Arthur are suspicious, but can Mrs M win them over?Origami - When mild-mannered Mr Shimojo takes a room in Mrs Bestall's house, he becomes an instant hit with her young daughter, teaching her the Japanese art of paper folding. But no one is prepared for the sequence of horrifying events which his presence seems to generate...Witch Water Green - Barbara Tate and her baby girl are all alone in their new home - a converted mill deep in the countryside. The move has been stressful; Barbara is lonely and the baby is fretful. But there's another, deeper reason for her uneasiness...Cast and creditsFiguresAnn - Anna MasseyRalph Symons - Blain FairmanRebecca Symons - Jill LidstonePeter Fuller - Jon StricklandAlex Slade - Michael BiltonWritten by Colin Haydn EvansDirected by Ian CotterellFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 15 February 1984Mrs MMrs Meadowsweet - Rosemary LeachMadge - Anne JamesonArthur - Roger HumeSimon - Terry MolloyMiss Brazenose - Joyce GibbsInga - Patricia GallimoreWritten by David CamptonDirected by Peter WindowsFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 22 February 1984OrigamiMr Shimojo - Sean BarrettHelen Bestall - Carole BoydPeter Trent - Christopher ScoularLucy Bestall - Helen WorthWritten by Jill HyemDirected by Kay PatrickPronunciation adviser: Masatoshi TobiaFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 29 February 1982Witch Water Green Barbara Tate - Pam FerrisDr Jane Rayner - Jenny LeeThe Rev Roy Brown - Nigel AnthonyJohnny Goad - Brian SouthwoodWendy Williams - Kate LeeWritten by Don WebbDirected by Tony CliffFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 15 March 1984© 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
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