TALES OF THE BIZARRE....1995
by Ray Bradbury
BBC R4 1995-1997
160K
Very strange tales, some more horror than Scifi, others more Scifi, All Strange and Bizarre. Sit back relax, turn off the lights and let the master of Scifi and the macabre whisk you away to 12 tales of the Bizarre!
All BBC R4, 30m, dram. Catherine Czerkawska (2,5,6,7,11,12) and Brian Sibley(1,3,4,8,9,10).
1: Night Call, Collect
7 Dec 95. Adapted by Brian Sibley. 30min. A telephone engineer marooned on Mars. A remarkable tale about what one man might achieve (and become) if left completely alone for fifty years with enough wires, cables and electronic equipment to keep him busy.
Kerry Shale as Barton. Producer Hamish Wilson.
2: Have I Got A Chocolate Bar For You
14 Dec 95.
By Ray Bradbury, dramatised by Catherine Czerkawska.
A priest hears the confession of a young man addicted to chocolate. He goes back, time after time.....
3: The Jar
21 Dec 95
4: The Fruit At The Bottom of the Bowl
28 Dec 95
5: I Sing The Body Electric! 4 Jan 96. Dramatized by Catherine Czerkawska. Producer Hamish Wilson. With David Jarvis, Angus McInnes, Buffy Davis, Colin S. Moncrieff, Bob Docherty, Joanna Tope. What could help a grief-stricken family? An electric gadget- that's what!
6: Skeleton
11 Jan 96
MORE BRADBURY TALES OF THE BIZARRE....1997
Another series of six:
07: The Man Upstairs
20 Nov 97. A boy becomes fascinated with how bodies work, after watching his grandmother gut chickens. Then a lodger moves in. His body doesn't seem normal....
08: Jack in the Box
27 Nov 97
09: The Scythe
4 Dec 97. Dramatised by Brian Sibley. An unsettling story about the Grim Reaper and his effect on our lives. Ray Bradbury says it took just two hours to write.
10: The Wind
11 Dec 97
11: And So Died Riabouchinska
18 Dec 97
12: The Day it Rained Forever
25 Dec 97
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Once again, just as I'm running out of stories to listen to - you post a gem ! Thanks Rick..
Great stuff! Listened to "The Man Upstairs" a quite liked it-- the young actor who plays the boy has an very interesting accent, which I found somehow more compelling -- and yes, it's a strange story, a little off the beaten track even for Bradbury. Can't wait to listen to the others. "Nightcall collect" I have heard in another dramatization (Bradbury 13), and found this interpretation of the material really striking and a good counterpoint to the other version I have heard. Thanks again.
You are welcome Chimp. ------------------------------ R
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