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Post by dem bones on Aug 28, 2008 8:03:46 GMT
Anon - The Man in Black: Macabre Stories from Fear on Four (BBC, 1990) Foreword - The Man In Black
William F. Harvey - The Beast with Five Fingers Graeme Fife - Snipe 3909 David Buck - The Dead Drummer (Adapted by Haydn Middleton from an original radio script.) Stephen Dunstone - Fat Andy Katherine Nicholas - The Dispossessed Daughter Stanley Ellin - The Specialty of the House E. F. Benson - The Face James Saunders - A Child Crying Stephen Gallagher - The Horn W. W. Jacobs - The Monkey’s Paw Roald Dahl - William and Mary Bert Coules - Every Detail But One J. C. W. Brook - The Snowman Killing Nick Warburton - His Last Card Bram Stoker - The Judge’s House Gwen Cherrell - Dreaming of Thee Stephen Gallagher - By the River, Fontainebleau Elizabeth Bowen - Hand in Glove Bert Coules - The Journey Home Robert Westall - St. Austin Friars Martyn Wade - Soul Searching Nick Warburton - Music Lovers William Ingram - Mind Well the Tree John Wyndham - Survival James Saunders - Day at the Dentist’s I don't have a copy but a quick scrutiny of the contents suggests this as a thoughtful mix of the new and the over-familiar-but-that-doesn't-make-'em-bad. Wasn't the original radio 'Man In Black' the super-creepy Valentine Dyall of City Of The Dead/ The Haunting fame? I'm sure Day At The Dentist's has been favourably remarked on Vault Mk. I and I can vouch for the all round superbness Stephen Gallagher's superlative The Horn. Thanks to John Mains for the cover scan!
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Post by Dr Terror on Sept 3, 2008 13:10:53 GMT
Yep, VD was the original man in black.
This could well have been the first actual horror anthology I bought. You probably already know I'm a big fan of this radio series, something you won't know is that it inspired my first attempt at writing an out and out horror story.
The Good Doctor even got published in a punk rock fanzine.
Something else, when I first started doing the Black Book, I considered writing little introductions to the stories like the MiB did on the radio, or Rod Serling would do on the Twilight Zone.
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Post by allthingshorror on Dec 14, 2008 13:30:44 GMT
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Post by The Lurker In The Shadows on Dec 30, 2008 16:37:49 GMT
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Post by carolinec on Dec 30, 2008 16:55:25 GMT
Excellent! And if it IS Gatiss in the role, that's an inspired choice. ;D
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Post by Dr Terror on Dec 30, 2008 18:54:16 GMT
Thanks for this excellent news, Dan. I've just been on the BBC7 site and it is Gatiss. But why not De Souza? He's still alive and working.
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Post by Dr Terror on Dec 30, 2008 19:07:17 GMT
Another story in the series is Hide and Seek by Mike Carey.
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Post by carolinec on Dec 30, 2008 19:09:37 GMT
But why not De Souza? He's still alive and working. Ageism, perhaps? I think the general feeling nowadays in broadcasting is that if you're over 35 you've had it. Wasn't it Russell T Davies who said he'd never cast anyone over 35 to play the Doctor in "Doctor Who"? I think De Souza has been doing some theatre work, from my recollection. He might not have been available or wanted to do it. It'd be nice to think he was at least asked anyway!
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Post by allthingshorror on Dec 30, 2008 19:12:54 GMT
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Post by Dr Terror on Dec 30, 2008 19:26:00 GMT
Hah, yes, I saw him in it one day.
I can think of a couple of other candidates for the MIB role, as well...
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Post by carolinec on Dec 30, 2008 19:41:41 GMT
Concerning De Souza - none of you watch Coronation Street then: Good grief, I didn't know he was in that! I guess that's why he wasn't available for the MIB then!
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Post by pulphack on Dec 30, 2008 20:26:25 GMT
my mum was coronation street regular from day one, and mrs ph is also an ardent viewer, so it's one of those things you kind of absorb by osmosis. mr desouza is - bizareely - playing the fayther of a character who bears no resemblance to him whatsoever. of course, they can explain it by saying she looks like her mum (never seen) etc, but nonetheless, this kind of casting in soap is always baffling. still very good to see him working on something that will pay more than radio, especially as mr gatiss will more than fill the gap. i'm not certain, but i believe that when an actor signs on for a soap, they have very little scope for work outside of that show for the duration of their contract, as they have to be on hand for any last minute reshoots, changes, etc dictated by chance. so he's probably tied up (lucratively) for the forseeable. i had a very brief and unhappy experience on a now defunct soap, and changes were always on the cards due to erratic actors, illness, etc.
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Post by allthingshorror on Dec 30, 2008 20:42:15 GMT
i had a very brief and unhappy experience on a now defunct soap, and changes were always on the cards due to erratic actors, illness, etc. You HAVE to spill the beans. Was it Eldorado? Please let it be Eldorado...... ;D
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Post by carolinec on Dec 30, 2008 21:19:46 GMT
i had a very brief and unhappy experience on a now defunct soap, and changes were always on the cards due to erratic actors, illness, etc. You HAVE to spill the beans. Was it Eldorado? Please let it be Eldorado...... ;D ... or, was it that one set in a market? Albion something-or-other? You know, I'm going to be wanting your autograph next, Pulp!
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Dec 30, 2008 21:28:27 GMT
Yes Eldorado, I will sell part of my soul for you if you even pretend it was Eldorado.
At this point I confess to have been in the following
Prime Suspect 1,2.3
where the vault will be happy to hear that - as well as a thumb, a porter, a posh guy at a meal and several other shite things that I can't remember - I did get to play a corpse. Best role for a man with the histrionic talent of a bag of crisps.
Peake Practise
I was a busker for ten seconds on that. I have to say I was also signing as a busker on one of the PS's but the bastards edited it out.
Kavanagh QC (I think). It was John Thaw anyway, and I got dialogue with him. For the completeists, the Herbertson dynamic part consisted of
'goodnight sir.' I believe his dialogue was almost a mirror of mine. Took me ages to get the right inflection.
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