Weird Tales
A BBC Radio Collection of Chilling Plays Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft
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Eleven uncanny stories inspired by the master of uncanny terror, H.P. Lovecraft
One hundred years ago, H.P. Lovecraft created the Necronomicon, a grimoire of lost souls, magical rites and forbidden lore. Now, locked away, the hoarder of horror is after new voices, new blood, to add to his collection.
Listen as he shares the tales that come to him, whispered through the keyhole and written in the dust. From ghost stories to encounters with demons, haunted houses and a fateful Celtic goddess, they will draw you into his claustrophobic and disturbing world, stir your imagination and awaken your deepest fears and nightmares...
Introduced by Stephen Hogan as H.P. Lovecraft, these chilling, intimate dramas feature full casts including Elizabeth Berrington, Geoffrey Streatfeild, Stella Gonet, Derek Riddell, Jamie Glover, Adjoa Andoh, Sara Poyzer and Eddie Marsan.
Track listing:
- Out of the Depths by Melissa Murray
- The Loop by Chris Harrald
- Bleeder by Ed Hime
- The Fly by Lynn Ferguson
- Connected by Melissa Murray
- Split the Atom by Lynn Ferguson
- The House on Pale Avenue by Richard Vincent
- Original Features by Christopher William Hill
- The Burial of Tom Nobody by Richard Vincent
- Louisa's by Amanda Whittington
- Night Terrors by Lizzie Nunnery
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The annals of movie history are full of lost treasures – spectacular scripts from world-renowned writers that could have been classics, had they only been made. Now, for the first time, some of these forgotten gems have been brought to life, fully realised as vivid, cinematic radio productions. Scripted by major 20th Century writers, they star a host of A-list actors and feature richly evocative, atmospheric soundtracks.
By: Alfred Hitchcock, and others
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The Algernon Blackwood BBC Radio Collection
- 17 Dramas and Supernatural Ghost Stories
- By: Algernon Blackwood
- Narrated by: Philip Madoc, Malcolm Hayes, Christopher Neame, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
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Described by H P Lovecraft as 'the one absolute and unquestioned master of weird atmosphere', Algernon Blackwood (CBE) was the acclaimed and prolific author of numerous ghost stories and horror tales. Throughout his lifetime, he wrote 14 novels, several children's books, a number of plays, and over 200 short stories. This anthology opens with a selection of stories featuring his most influential character, occult detective Dr John Silence.
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John Wyndham: A BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Six classic BBC radio adaptations
- By: John Wyndham
- Narrated by: Bill Nighy, Peter Sallis, Barbara Shelley
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
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Bill Nighy, Barbara Shelley and Peter Sallis are among the cast in six classic BBC Radio dramatisations of stories by one of Britain's most popular science fiction authors. 'The Day of the Triffids', first broadcast in 1968, is set in a world in which most people have been left blind after a meteor shower, and lethal carnivorous triffids are roaming the land. 'The Kraken Wakes', dramatised for radio in 1998, is a gripping story of monsters from the deep, alien invasion and ecological disaster.
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The best (and the worst) of BBC radio adaptations
- By Old Man Parker on 07-25-20
By: John Wyndham
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The Charles Dickens BBC Radio Drama Collection: The Later Years
- Eight BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Robert Glenister, Robert Lindsay, Ian Holm, and others
- Length: 36 hrs and 35 mins
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Enthralling radio dramatisations of eight of Charles Dickens' much-loved novels. Charles Dickens is one of the most renowned authors of all time, and this second digital volume of the dramatised canon of his work includes eight of his classic novels. This collection includes the epic masterpiece David Copperfield, described by Dickens as his 'favourite child'; suspenseful mystery Bleak House; Dickens' most openly political novel, Hard Times; and Little Dorrit.
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Excellent!
- By Christine on 11-24-18
By: Charles Dickens
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Classic Dystopias: A BBC Radio Drama Collection
- The Time Machine, We, The Trial, Brave New World, Nineteen Eighty-Four, The Chrysalids
- By: H. G. Wells, Yevgeni Zamyatin, Franz Kafka, and others
- Narrated by: Robert Glenister, Anton Lesser, Don Warrington, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
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Full-cast dramatisations of six masterpieces from the founding fathers of dystopian fiction. Dark and disturbing, provocative and prescient, dystopian literature has long captured our imagination with its nightmarish visions of forbidding future worlds. Included here are six classic novels of time-travel, totalitarianism and terror, written by some of the masters of speculative fiction and adapted for radio with all-star casts.
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The BBC DRAMA NEVER FAILS
- By Nati Yakobovich on 10-01-23
By: H. G. Wells, and others
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Ghost Stories: Stephen Fry's Definitive Collection
- By: Stephen Fry, Washington Irving, M.R. James, and others
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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As the days grow shorter and the temperature drops, Halloween approaches. Come, brave listener, pull up a chair, and spend some time with master storyteller Stephen Fry as he tells us some of his favourite ghost stories of all time, in truly terrifying spatial audio. From the headless horseman of Sleepy Hollow to the tortured spirits of M.R. James, from Edgar Allan Poe’s terrifying tale of a doppelganger to Charlotte Riddell’s Open Door that should definitely stay shut, join Stephen as he tells you some truly terrifying tales.
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Wonderful narration. Mediocre stories.
- By Michael Fuchs on 11-07-23
By: Stephen Fry, and others
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- Tony M
- 08-19-24
4 for plays, -1 for insults to H. P.
Oh, I dunno-
maybe I've just been living on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity for too long.
But I suspect the producers decided it was okay to play on Howard's popularity while they shoehorned the abysmal introductory vignettes of a pseudo-H. P. in that apologetic 'we must make this controversial character sound pathetic as we work in an industry that is so repugnantly flaccid and mercenary that we must make him sound like a driveling, paranoid, photophobic wretch. Even though his name has provided work and income for so many people on this production.
Whatever his politics were (and they changed over the course of his life: don't yours?) The moral choice is clear. Give him the respect you afford any other author or cast him into the abyss and lose the revenue.
BBC - tsk. tsk. tsk.
How churlish to use the man like this.
And another thing!
I thought the plays really well written, acted and produced: a shame then to frame such great efforts in this tacky and disingenuous manner.
Now listen to this!
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
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- Barbara Kellam
- 09-16-21
Lovecraft Lite
Misleading promo. If these tales were inspired by Lovecraft, they were from his dustbin. The tales have little plot and meandering narratives. Audio quality is poor: even at highest volume setting, half of dialogue is unclear. Considering this is a BBC production, I expected higher recording quality.
I will ask for refund as soon as I complete this review. I hope no one wastes credit or cash on this dud.
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