I’ve listened to this production a couple of times and it’s terrific.
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
By Terry Pratchett; Performed by a full cast
90 Minutes – [RADIO DRAMA]
Broadcaster: BBC Radio 7
Broadcast: Sat. Jan 31 at 12pm and 1am GMT
Stays online for 6 days thereafter
A talking cat and rat’s scam falls apart. Terry Pratchett’s inspired twist on the Pied Piper story. Starring David Tennant.
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It’s a busy week over on BBC7 with FIVE whole Poe programs playing! All this is in celebration of Poe’s 200th birthday. If Poe were alive today he’d be a rich man, not because any of his writings are still in copyright, but rather because he’d be able to rake in dough just by doing dramatic readings of his own work. But, since he isn’t still alive [as far as YOU know] we’ll just make do with these…
The Strange Case of Edgar Allan Poe
In this imaginative and mysterious drama by Christopher Cook, one of Poe’s own early creations, the detective C. Auguste Dupin investigates the bizarre and strange death of the writer. First broadcast in 1988, it stars John Moffatt and Kerry Shale and is directed by John Powell.
Sunday at 10am and 8pm
The Pit and the Pendulum
Edgar Allan Poe’s chilling short story was first published in 1842. Read by David Horovitch, it is the tale of the torments endured by a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition. The story was abridged by Richard Hamilton and directed by Emma Harding.
Sunday at 11am and 9pm
The Tell-tale Heart
In another of Poe’s atmospheric short stories, a man coldly calculates and commits what he believes is the perfect murder. When he is confronted by members of the constabulary, will his own heart incriminate him? Directed and produced by Clive Stanhope for CSA Word, this classic example of Gothic fiction is read by Richard Pasco.
Sunday at 11.15am and 9.15am
Edgar Allan Poe’s The Gold Bug
Set in 1838, this is Poe’s story of piracy, slavery and a treasure hunt. It was dramatised by Gregory Evans and first broadcast in 2001. Starring Clarke Peters, John Sharlan, Rhashan Stone and William Hootkins, it is directed by Ned Chaillet.
Saturday at 6pm and Midnight
The Fall of the House of Usher
Our final Edgar Allan Poe offering is read by Sean Barrett. A man’s descent into madness seems bound to the house of his ancestors. It is a Radio 7 commission and was first broadcast in 2003.
Thursday and Friday at 6.30pm and 12.30pm
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The Amber Spyglass
His Dark Materials – 3 of 3
By Phillip Pullman
Dramatized by Lavinia Murray
Saturday January 10
9am, 8pm and 3am GMT
Full cast audioplay: Philip Pullman‘s award winning epic trilogy concludes. Will must find Lyra, so that together they can protect the future! Stars Ray Fearon.
BBC7 | The Amber Spyglass | Schedules (stays online for 6 days)
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Back in 2007 BBC Radio 7 described this reading as…
“A clever tale about some alien art thieves who arrive to plunder Earth.”
It first aired in December of that year, and now its airing again this weekend…
All The Time In The World
By Arthur C. Clarke; Read by Nicholas Boulton
Radio Broadcast – [UNABRIDGED?]
Broadcaster: BBC7 / The 7th Dimension
Broadcast: Saturday January 10th 2009 at 6.30pm and 00.30am
What is the chilling reason behind an alien race travelling back in time to steal our planet’s great works of art?
And here you all thought the title of this story referred to how long its taking the BBC to podcast its fiction.
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There’s a new Mike Walker play on BBC7 tomorrow!
“A new series with Mark Gatiss as The Man In Black, presenting stories to terrify and haunt you. In The Tower by Mike Walker, Ro and Zee stumble upon an ancient world on the top of a run-down tower block.”
[Thanks Rich!]
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The Subtle Knife
His Dark Materials – 2 of 3
By Phillip Pullman
Dramatized by Lavinia Murray
Saturday January 3
9am, 8pm and 3am GMT
Full cast audioplay: Philip Pullman‘s award winning epic trilogy continues. 12 year-old Will escapes Oxford into the parallel world of Cittagazze, where he meets Lyra. Together they acquire the most powerful weapon in all the Universes – The Subtle Knife. With Emma Fielding and Ray Fearon.
BBC7 | The Subtle Knife | Schedules (stays online for 6 days)
Listen to part one, Northern Lights (The Golden Compass), here through Friday January 2.
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