Listen to Algernon Blackwood’s “Ancient Sorceries” read by Philip Madoc on BBC Radio 7. “Timid commuter, Arthur Vezin becomes too enchanted with a sleepy and strange French town and its people to leave. He’s slowly drawn more and more into their realm of secrets and talk of ancient […]
“’In a churchyard on Boa Island, you can still look the old gods in the face. They watch you in silence. They want to speak to you of their power.’ Join Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney as he explores the islands of Lough Erne, Northern Ireland. He encounters an […]
BBC Archive shares a 1965 report on women’s professional wrestling in Britain and interview two wrestlers, Mitzi Mueller and Naughty Nancy Barton. “‘These are tough maidens… you can’t fix the floor–that stays hard, routines or no routines.’ Fyfe Robertson reports on a women’s wrestling match between Mitzi Mueller […]
It’s a 1984 BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novel, A Suspension of Mercy / The Story-Teller (1965). “When crime novelist Sydney Bartleby begins rehearsing the ‘perfect murder’ for creative inspiration, his macabre habits draw dangerous attention from neighbours, police, and even his own wife. But when […]
The BBC has uploaded a collection of Nigel Kneale’s radio works and adaptations of them at The Internet Archive. It includes: “The Pond”; “The Road”; “The Quatermass Memoirs”; and, “The Stone Tape” (adapted by Peter Strickland and Matthew Graham). There’s also a discussion of Kneale and his work. […]
Enjoy this 6-part BBC Radio 4 adaptation of the story of King Arthur. It is very 2000s! “The series stars Ben Whishaw as Arthur, Ian McDiarmid as Merlin, and Jane Lapotaire as the older Morgan. It was written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz and Steve May.” Listen here.