Pan Radio - starts 29/10/18

[The Lurker In The Shadows]

For Hallowe'en this year, BBC Radio 4 are broadcasting five dramatisations of stories from The Second Pan Book of Horror Stories, adapted by Anita Sullivan;
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2018/44/the-second-pan-book-of-horror-stories

[helrunar]

Thanks, Daniel! I listened to this one on the iPlayer yesterday; an early Yule treat. An Icelandic storyteller remembers "dark Christmas" lore from the bad old days. Highlights include a charming choral song about the vicious Yule cat who shreds to death anyone unlucky enough to be found wearing old clothes out on Xmas day, and a peppery interview with Mrs Gryla, a dear old hag whose favorite dish is Kiddie stew.

www.bbc.co.uk/radio/play/b09jcnpr

Fun stuff! For some reason, they posted this repeat from last year as the Halloween season is coming in--presumably it won't be available during the Yule period, unfortunately.

cheers, Steve

[mattofthespurs]

Great news. I've just started a re-read of that very volume!

Looking forward to listening to it.

Thanks for the heads up.

[ripper]

Good news. A welcome change to the more usual fare that appears around Halloween.

[dem bones]

Thanks for letting us know, Lurkio. Fifteen minutes an episode sounds perfect. Having said that, can't help but feel a little disappointed that, The Vertical Ladder aside, writer has hauled in the usual suspects - Poe, Stoker, Stanley Ellin's Speciality, Carl Stephenson and his ants invasion - at the expense of arguably less celebrated talents (No names, no pack drill. Guy Preston, Oscar Cook, Vernon Routh, Stephen Hall, Geoffrey Household, etc). Moan, moan, moan. Am still looking forward to the shows, and hope the series is a huge success.