Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
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| An Artistic Streak | 20130221 | Deborah Moggach's story about affairs of the heart, exclusively for Book at Bedtime. Readings from modern classics, new works by leading writers and world literature | |
| Embers | 20120730 | A bittersweet tale of a man whose breakfast habits allow him a tantalizing glimpse of romance outside his loveless marriage. Mukhtar Sahib is a Pakistani farmer and a creature of habit - every morning he takes breakfast and reads the paper with the local postmaster - but finds himself gradually drawn to the woman of the house. Will fate and the strictures of his society allow him a taste of happiness after his morning tea? Produced by Clive Brill A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4. Will fate and the strictures of Mukhtar's society allow him a taste of happiness? Readings from modern classics, new works by leading writers and world literature | |
| Take Notice | 20130222 | Gus is confronted by a white-suited stanger, intent on bringing up the past. Readings from modern classics, new works by leading writers and world literature | |
| 01 | A Night With A Vampire 2, The Lady Of The House Of Love | 20111128 | This wonderful retake on the Sleeping Beauty story first appeared in Carter's 1979 volume The Bloody Chamber. A virginal English soldier, travelling through Romania by bicycle, finds himself in a deserted village. He comes across a mansion inhabited by a vampiress who survives by enticing young men into her bedroom and feeding on them. She intends to feed on the young soldier but his purity and virginity have a curious effect on her....... David Tennant returns with another selection of chilling Vampire stories. Last year in the first series we concentrated on Victorian Vampire output but in these five tales we enter the 20th Century and introduce stories with a little twist from the UK and the USA. Producer: Clive Brill A Pacificus Production for BBC Radio 4. A virginal English soldier, travelling through Romania by bicycle, finds himself alone. ' This wonderful retake on the Sleeping Beauty story first appeared in Carter's 1979 volume 'The Bloody Chamber'. A virginal English soldier, travelling through Romania by bicycle, finds himself in a deserted village. He comes across a mansion inhabited by a vampiress who survives by enticing young men into her bedroom and feeding on them. She intends to feed on the young soldier but his purity and virginity have a curious effect on her....... David Tennant returns with another selection of chilling Vampire stories. Last year in the first series we concentrated on Victorian Vampire output but in these five tales we enter the 20th Century and introduce stories with a little twist from the UK and the USA. Producer: Clive Brill A Pacificus Production for BBC Radio 4. A virginal English soldier, travelling through Romania by bicycle, finds himself alone. ' This wonderful retake on the Sleeping Beauty story first appeared in Carter's 1979 volume 'The Bloody Chamber'. A virginal English soldier, travelling through Romania by bicycle, finds himself in a deserted village. He comes across a mansion inhabited by a vampiress who survives by enticing young men into her bedroom and feeding on them. She intends to feed on the young soldier but his purity and virginity have a curious effect on her....... David Tennant returns with another selection of chilling Vampire stories. Last year in the first series we concentrated on Victorian Vampire output but in these five tales we enter the 20th Century and introduce stories with a little twist from the UK and the USA. Producer: Clive Brill A Pacificus Production for BBC Radio 4. A virginal English soldier, travelling through Romania by bicycle, finds himself alone. |
| 01 | A Night With A Vampire, Dead Persons In Hungary | ||
| 01 | A Night With A Vampire, Dead Persons In Hungary |  | |
| 01 | A Night With A Vampire, Dead Persons In Hungary | Antoine Augustin Calmet published an apparently serious anthropological history of the Vampire throughout Europe in the early 19 century called 'The Phantom World.' All the people he spoke to were adamant about what they had witnessed. His account therefore appears all the more disturbing and became the basis for the flights of Vampiric fancy that took off in the Victorian age. Written by Antoine Augustin Calmet Reader: David Tennant Producer: Clive Brill A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4. David Tennant reads Antoine Calmet's eye witness accounts of real vampires. | |
| 01 | A Night With A Vampire, Dead Persons In Hungary | 20101122 | Antoine Augustin Calmet published an apparently serious anthropological history of the Vampire throughout Europe in the early 19 century called The Phantom World. All the people he spoke to were adamant about what they had witnessed. His account therefore appears all the more disturbing and became the basis for the flights of Vampiric fancy that took off in the Victorian age. Written by Antoine Augustin Calmet Reader: David Tennant Producer: Clive Brill A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4. David Tennant reads Antoine Calmet's eye witness accounts of real vampires. |
| 01 | A Night With A Vampire, Dead Persons In Hungary | 20101122 | Antoine Augustin Calmet published an apparently serious anthropological history of the Vampire throughout Europe in the early 19 century called 'The Phantom World.' All the people he spoke to were adamant about what they had witnessed. His account therefore appears all the more disturbing and became the basis for the flights of Vampiric fancy that took off in the Victorian age. Written by Antoine Augustin Calmet Reader: David Tennant Producer: Clive Brill A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4. David Tennant reads Antoine Calmet's eye witness accounts of real vampires. |
| 02 | A Night With A Vampire 2, The Girl With The Hungry Eyes | 20111129 | Written by Fritz Lieber. This 1949 story has exerted it's grip on many an imagination and has been filmed several times. It concentrates on the magnetic power of the Vampire and - in this case - the utterly captivating and inescapable lure of a Vampiress cum glamour model. David Tennant returns with another selection of chilling Vampire stories. Last year in the first series we concentrated on Victorian Vampire output but in these five tales we enter the 20th Century and introduce stories with a little twist from the UK and the USA. Producer: Clive Brill A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4. This story concentrates on the magnetic power of the vampire. By Fritz Lieber. |
| 02 | A Night With A Vampire, The Family Of The Vourdalak | ||
| 02 | A Night With A Vampire, The Family Of The Vourdalak |  | |
| 02 | A Night With A Vampire, The Family Of The Vourdalak | Leo Tolstoy's lesser known brother has written this compelling story about a patriarch who sets off on a mysterious mission but fears he may come back a Vampire. If he should return to their village after 10 days - he begs his family to deny him access and plunge a stake through his heart. Written by Alexis Tolstoy Reader: David Tennant Producer: Clive Brill A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4. Alexis Tolstoy's terrible story of a father who sets off on a mysterious mission. | |
| 02 | A Night With A Vampire, The Family Of The Vourdalak | 20101123 | Leo Tolstoy's lesser known brother has written this compelling story about a patriarch who sets off on a mysterious mission but fears he may come back a Vampire. If he should return to their village after 10 days - he begs his family to deny him access and plunge a stake through his heart. Written by Alexis Tolstoy Reader: David Tennant Producer: Clive Brill A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4. Alexis Tolstoy's terrible story of a father who sets off on a mysterious mission. |
| 03 | A Night With A Vampire 2, Bewitched | 20111130 | ' Written by Edith Wharton. A tale of Vampire possession written in 1925 Saul Rutledge had a girlfriend before he married his current wife. Unfortunately, he still slips at night to see her. Even though she dies several years ago... David Tennant returns with another selection of chilling Vampire stories. Last year in the first series we concentrated on Victorian Vampire output but in these five tales we enter the 20th Century and introduce stories with a little twist from the UK and the USA. Producer: Clive Brill A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4. Saul still goes out to see his previous girlfriend...even though she died years ago. |
| 03 | A Night With A Vampire 2, Bewitched | 20111130 | Written by Edith Wharton. A tale of Vampire possession written in 1925 Saul Rutledge had a girlfriend before he married his current wife. Unfortunately, he still slips at night to see her. Even though she dies several years ago... David Tennant returns with another selection of chilling Vampire stories. Last year in the first series we concentrated on Victorian Vampire output but in these five tales we enter the 20th Century and introduce stories with a little twist from the UK and the USA. Producer: Clive Brill A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4. Saul still goes out to see his previous girlfriend...even though she died years ago. |
| 03 | A Night With A Vampire, The Horla | ||
| 03 | A Night With A Vampire, The Horla |  | |
| 03 | A Night With A Vampire, The Horla | After an unusual Brazilian ship enters the harbour - our hero suddenly begins to feel unwell, and starts to have feverish and disturbing visions. Only too late does he discover the demonic nature of the South American ship's cargo. Written by Guy de Maupassant. Read by David Tennant. Producer: Clive Brill A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4. An unusual Brazilian ship enters the harbour with a demonic cargo aboard. | |
| 03 | A Night With A Vampire, The Horla | 20101124 | ' After an unusual Brazilian ship enters the harbour - our hero suddenly begins to feel unwell, and starts to have feverish and disturbing visions. Only too late does he discover the demonic nature of the South American ship's cargo. Written by Guy de Maupassant. Read by David Tennant. Producer: Clive Brill A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4. An unusual Brazilian ship enters the harbour with a demonic cargo aboard. |
| 03 | A Night With A Vampire, The Horla | 20101124 | After an unusual Brazilian ship enters the harbour - our hero suddenly begins to feel unwell, and starts to have feverish and disturbing visions. Only too late does he discover the demonic nature of the South American ship's cargo. Written by Guy de Maupassant. Read by David Tennant. Producer: Clive Brill A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4. An unusual Brazilian ship enters the harbour with a demonic cargo aboard. |
| 04 | A Night With A Vampire 2, Drink My Blood | 20111201 | Written by Richard Matheson. Written in 1951 this is an unusually dark comic twist on the Vampire tale about a young pasty-faced school kid, Jules, whose only ambition in life is to become a Vampire. But will his dreams come true? Richard Matheson wrote I am Legend. David Tennant returns with another selection of chilling Vampire stories. Last year in the first series we concentrated on Victorian Vampire output but in these five tales we enter the 20th Century and introduce stories with a little twist from the UK and the USA. Producer: Clive Brill A Pacificus Production for BBC Radio 4. A young pasty-faced school kid, Jules, has one ambition in life - to become a vampire. ' Written by Richard Matheson. Written in 1951 this is an unusually dark comic twist on the Vampire tale about a young pasty-faced school kid, Jules, whose only ambition in life is to become a Vampire. But will his dreams come true? Richard Matheson wrote 'I am Legend'. David Tennant returns with another selection of chilling Vampire stories. Last year in the first series we concentrated on Victorian Vampire output but in these five tales we enter the 20th Century and introduce stories with a little twist from the UK and the USA. Producer: Clive Brill A Pacificus Production for BBC Radio 4. A young pasty-faced school kid, Jules, has one ambition in life - to become a vampire. ' Written by Richard Matheson. Written in 1951 this is an unusually dark comic twist on the Vampire tale about a young pasty-faced school kid, Jules, whose only ambition in life is to become a Vampire. But will his dreams come true? Richard Matheson wrote 'I am Legend'. David Tennant returns with another selection of chilling Vampire stories. Last year in the first series we concentrated on Victorian Vampire output but in these five tales we enter the 20th Century and introduce stories with a little twist from the UK and the USA. Producer: Clive Brill A Pacificus Production for BBC Radio 4. A young pasty-faced school kid, Jules, has one ambition in life - to become a vampire. |
| 04 | A Night With A Vampire, Luella Miller | ||
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| 04 | A Night With A Vampire, Luella Miller | Luella Miller seems incapable of surviving on her own - so she calls on friends, relatives and lovers to help her. And they all die - one by one - until there is no one left to lift a finger to assist this most demanding of women. An unusual tale - set in small town America. Written by Mary E Wilkins Freeman Read by David Tennant. Producer: Clive Brill A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4. Everyone Luella Miller loves dies helping her. Why? By Mary E Wilkins Freeman. | |
| 04 | A Night With A Vampire, Luella Miller | 20101125 | ' Luella Miller seems incapable of surviving on her own - so she calls on friends, relatives and lovers to help her. And they all die - one by one - until there is no one left to lift a finger to assist this most demanding of women. An unusual tale - set in small town America. Written by Mary E Wilkins Freeman Read by David Tennant. Producer: Clive Brill A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4. Everyone Luella Miller loves dies helping her. Why? By Mary E Wilkins Freeman. |
| 04 | A Night With A Vampire, Luella Miller | 20101125 | Luella Miller seems incapable of surviving on her own - so she calls on friends, relatives and lovers to help her. And they all die - one by one - until there is no one left to lift a finger to assist this most demanding of women. An unusual tale - set in small town America. Written by Mary E Wilkins Freeman Read by David Tennant. Producer: Clive Brill A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4. Everyone Luella Miller loves dies helping her. Why? By Mary E Wilkins Freeman. |
| 05 LAST | A Night With A Vampire 2, A Lot Of Mince Pies | 20111202 | Written by Robert Swindells. Swindells is a British author known mainly for his children's books and indeed, this tale first appeared in a collection of haunted tales for the young adult. But it has a macabre and chilling undertone - set at Xmas and focussing on a group of carollers who visit the same cottage every year - and receive a special treat in return..... David Tennant returns with another selection of chilling Vampire stories. Last year in the first series we concentrated on Victorian Vampire output but in these five tales we enter the 20th Century and introduce stories with a little twist from the UK and the USA. Producer: Clive Brill A Pacificus Production for BBC Radio 4. By Robert Swindells. A group of Christmas carollers receive a special treat. ' Written by Robert Swindells. Swindells is a British author known mainly for his children's books and indeed, this tale first appeared in a collection of haunted tales for the young adult. But it has a macabre and chilling undertone - set at Xmas and focussing on a group of carollers who visit the same cottage every year - and receive a special treat in return..... David Tennant returns with another selection of chilling Vampire stories. Last year in the first series we concentrated on Victorian Vampire output but in these five tales we enter the 20th Century and introduce stories with a little twist from the UK and the USA. Producer: Clive Brill A Pacificus Production for BBC Radio 4. By Robert Swindells. A group of Christmas carollers receive a special treat. ' Written by Robert Swindells. Swindells is a British author known mainly for his children's books and indeed, this tale first appeared in a collection of haunted tales for the young adult. But it has a macabre and chilling undertone - set at Xmas and focussing on a group of carollers who visit the same cottage every year - and receive a special treat in return..... David Tennant returns with another selection of chilling Vampire stories. Last year in the first series we concentrated on Victorian Vampire output but in these five tales we enter the 20th Century and introduce stories with a little twist from the UK and the USA. Producer: Clive Brill A Pacificus Production for BBC Radio 4. By Robert Swindells. A group of Christmas carollers receive a special treat. |
| 05 LAST | A Night With A Vampire, Clarimonde | ||
| 05 LAST | A Night With A Vampire, Clarimonde |  | |
| 05 LAST | A Night With A Vampire, Clarimonde | 20101126 | As a young man approaches his first moments as a priest his eyes glance to heaven - and sees leaning over the sanctuary railing - a young woman of extraordinary beauty. And so begins a sensational struggle for his soul...... Written by Theophile Gautier. Read by David Tennant. Producer: Clive Brill A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4. At his ordination a priest gets a glimpse of heaven, in the guise of a beautiful woman. ' As a young man approaches his first moments as a priest his eyes glance to heaven - and sees leaning over the sanctuary railing - a young woman of extraordinary beauty. And so begins a sensational struggle for his soul...... Written by Theophile Gautier. Read by David Tennant. Producer: Clive Brill A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4. At his ordination a priest gets a glimpse of heaven, in the guise of a beautiful woman.
Written by Theophile Gautier. Read by David Tennant. Producer: Clive Brill A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4. At his ordination a priest gets a glimpse of heaven, in the guise of a beautiful woman. |