Book at Bedtime
A Night with a Vampire series 2
David Tennant returns with another selection of chilling Vampire stories.
Last year in the first series we concentrated on Victorian Vampire output but in these five tales we enter the 20th Century and introduce stories with a little twist from the UK and the USA.
Producer: Clive Brill
A Pacificus Production for BBC Radio 4.
Episode 1 of 5 - 28 November 2011
The Lady of the House of Love
Written by Angela Carter
This wonderful retake on the Sleeping Beauty story first appeared in Carter's 1979 volume "The Bloody Chamber".
A virginal English soldier, travelling through Romania by bicycle, finds himself in a deserted village. He comes across a mansion inhabited by a vampiress who survives by enticing young men into her bedroom and feeding on them. She intends to feed on the young soldier but his purity and virginity have a curious effect on her.......
Episode 2 of 5 - 29 November 2011
The Girl with the Hungry Eyes
Written by Fritz Lieber
This 1949 story has exerted it's grip on many an imagination and has been filmed several times. It concentrates on the magnetic power of the Vampire and - in this case - the utterly captivating and inescapable lure of a Vampiress cum glamour model.
Episode 3 of 5 - 30 November 2011
Bewitched
Written by Edith Wharton
A tale of Vampire possession written in 1925.
Saul Rutledge had a girlfriend before he married his current wife. Unfortunately, he still slips at night to see her. Even though she dies several years ago...
Episode 4 of 5 - 1 December 2011
Drink My Blood
Written by Richard Matheson
Written in 1951 this is an unusually dark comic twist on the Vampire tale about a young pasty-faced school kid, Jules, whose only ambition in life is to become a Vampire. But will his dreams come true? Richard Matheson wrote "I am Legend".
Episode 5 of 5 - 2 December 2011
A Lot of Mince Pies
Written by Robert Swindells
Swindells is a British author known mainly for his children's books and indeed, this tale first appeared in a collection of haunted tales for the young adult. But it has a macabre and chilling undertone - set at Xmas and focussing on a group of carollers who visit the same cottage every year - and receive a special treat in return.....
You need to be a member of Times Past to add comments!
Replies
Thanks