You Must Listen (2023) by Nigel Kneale, starring Toby Jones

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Made for Radio 4 by Bafflegab Productions,, this is a contemporary re-recording of a classic radio play by the late, great Nigel Kneale (creator of Quatermass). Sadly many examples of Kneale's work have been lost - but plays like this gives the chance to hear them once again, albeit with a contemporary cast. This particular story is about a 'haunted' telephone line - a simple enough idea but played out to good effect.

Bafflegab have produced a number of other spooky radio plays which will never appear on this channel, but which I can definitely recommend. This includes fresh new adaptations of Dickens's The Signalman and M.R. James's The Ash Tree. If you're curious, have a quick look at their commercially available output: https://bafflegab.co.uk/category/shop/

MYSTERIOUS MAGPIE is a channel devoted to ghost and horror stories on British radio, and to dark tales of every kind. I have another channel, MYSTICAL MAGPIE, which is all about stories of fantasy, mythology, and adventure:    / @mysticalmagpie-wo5fn  

If you're interested to know more about the century-long history of ghost and horror stories broadcast at Christmas on British television and radio, you might like to check out HOLLY WRAITHS (and its companion volume HOLLY TERRORS), an A-Z guide available in paperback and ebook from Amazon and Lulu.com.

Holly Wraiths on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Holly-Wraith...