All The Dark Corners - BBC

 

 

 

 

All The Dark Corners - A Look at the Darker Side of Life

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All The Dark Corners1-The Desk

by Andrew Readman

The first in our chilling series of three plays. Davis Finch is a hack
TV writer with aspirations to write a novel. In order to be a real
writer he feels he needs a proper desk. The one he buys changes his
life. He becomes a success - but at what price? A spooky psychological
thriller.

Finch.............Graeme Hawley
Harrison.........Tim McInnerny
Rachel...........Karen West
Morris............Greg Wood
Valerie...........Melissa Jane Sinden
Shopkeeper....Russell Richardson

Producer/Director Gary Brown

Davis Finch covets a desk he has seen in an antique shop. He feels it
will somehow magically help him write his novel. Make him complete. He
gets sacked for his TV hack work and sets to write his novel at the new
desk. Then he finds a secret drawer...



All the Dark Corners2: Something in the Water

 

by Paul Cornell.

The second in our chilling series All the Dark Corners.

When crusading scientist and committed atheist James Woolmer is sacked
from his job as a columnist, he decides to up sticks and move his
family to the country to get away from it all. What he finds is a
village gripped by hysteria and fear and a lucrative tourist industry
surrounding Standlake's resident lake monster, Lachey. Despite the
weird skin abrasions and the rumbling in the pipes James is utterly
sceptical, until he sees something in the water.

James.....James Nickerson
Erica.....Zara Turner
Ben.....Joel Davies
Ruskin.....Conrad Nelson
Peter.....Jonathan Keeble
Batley.....Stephen Hoyle
Helen.....Ruth Alexander Rubin

directed by Nadia Molinari.



All The Dark Corners3: The Dying Wish

by Rosemary Kay

Fran and her partner Abe are befriended by a lonely old woman, Joy, who
lives in the flat above.
Joy persuades them to perform an ancient ritual after she's died. They
unwittingly agree without
realising the terrifying consequences of their action. A quest for
eternal life and the living dead
permeate this chilling horror story.

Fran ..... Sarah Smart
Abe ..... Jonathan Keeble
David ..... Robert Pickavance
Joy ..... Janice McKenzie
Jack ..... James Quin

Directed by Pauline Harris.

 

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  • Thank you, Rick !
    • You are very welcome Lesa!  --------------------------------------------------------------------  Rick
  • A welcomed surprise.  Thanks for this.
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    • Happy Halloween Bill.  --------------------------------  Rick
  • Excellent! Thanks for posting these, Rick.

     

    Roger

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