Ghost Stories for Halloween

[mrs_emma_peel]

Ghost Stories for Halloween …

Some excellent ghostly spectral programming treats from BBC Radio 7 …

Emma



Expect no tricks, but plenty of treats ahead if you enjoy spooky spine-chillers as the dark nights draw in around us … The Ghost Train … The Twilight Zone: Nightmare at 20,000 Feet … Frankenstein … Weird Tales: The Loop … Sherlock Holmes v Dracula … Charles Dickens’ The Signalman … are just some of the seasonal ingredients in our programme mix plucked from the bubbling Radio 7 Halloween cauldron for your listening delectation …



The Ghost Train

A group of train passengers disembark at a rural station to change trains, only to find that there isn't a connection until the following day. Forced to settle in the waiting room, the station master relates a ghostly tale. Adapted from Arnold Ridley's stage play by Shaun McKenna and starring Adam Godley, David Brooks, Alison Pettitt, Tracy Ann Oberman, Saul Turner and Emily Joyce. Directed by Marion Nancarrow the play was first broadcast in 1998.

Saturday 30th October 1.00-2.30pm / 1.00-2.30pm 90mins



The Twilight Zone

Nightmare at 20,000 Feet

When a man recovering from a nervous breakdown takes a plane journey,he sees an alien causing damage to the plane's wing. Can he persuade the crew that he is not hallucinating? Written by Richard Matheson, adapted for radio by Dennis Etchison and starring John Schneider, Franette Leibow and Ann Whitney.

Sunday 31st October 5.30-6.00pm 30mins



Frankenstein

Mary Shelly's dark horror novel is dramatised by Nick Stafford. Victor Frankenstein is a brilliant scientist who is obsessed with bringing a being into existence. His experiment results in the creation of a hideous monster. Starring Michael Maloney (pictured), John Wood, Phillip Joseph and Janys Chambers, directed by Claire Grove and first broadcast in 1994.

Sunday 31st October 6.00-8.00pm 120mins



Weird Tales …

The Loop

New to Radio 7

Men working on the new underground system in 1909, make a shocking discovery. Written by Chris Harrald, starring Geoffrey Streatfeild and Sophie Roberts, directed by Faith Collingwood and first broadcast in 2009.

Sunday 31st October 9.00-9.30pm 30mins



Sherlock Holmes v Dracula

The Victorian sleuth takes on the Prince of Darkness in Loren D Estleman's thriller. Holmes is intrigued when he learns of a schooner that has arrived in Whitby after an intense storm. Starring John Moffatt, Timothy West, David March and Aubrey Woods. Dramatised and directed by Glyn Dearman it was first heard in 1981.

Sunday 31st October 9.30-11.00pm 90mins



The Signalman

Charles Dickens' classic spooky story of a man who meets an enigmatic railwayman, who has a strange tale to tell. Read by Emlyn Williams. First broadcast in 1980.

Sunday 10.15-10.30am / Monday 1st November 2.45-3.00am 15mins



Sources: BBC Radio 7 Newsletter/Radio Times

[DB7]

Been a treat on R7, I'm still ploughing through them on the Iplayer.

Holmes vs Dracula was an odd one.