‘Jonas’ and ‘The Doppelganger’ - Two Classic BBC Radio Chillers - JCW Brook

Category: Adults, Full Cast, Mystery, Radio Productions
Language: English
Keywords: Don't Look Now Hammer House of Horror Roald Dahl Tales Of The Unexpected Thriller

Written by JCW Brook
Read by Prunella Scales, Nigel Anthony, Full Cast
Format: M4B
Bitrate: Variable
Dramatization

Two feature-length spooky vintage thrillers to keep you up at night…

My recordings from BBC Sounds.

JONAS

Married friends Max and Julie, and Hugo and Pat enjoy cordial bridge nights.

One evening, after deciding to try out a Ouija board that Max found in a junk shop, they become embroiled in a spiritual mystery.

Is the board cursed..?

A spirit world mystery written by JCW Brook.

Max Brown …. Julian Holloway
Julie Brown …. Anna Cropper
Hugo Stevens …. John Rye
Pat Stevens …. Prunella Scales
Waitress …. Carole Boyd
Mohammet Asif …. David March

Other parts played by the cast.

Producer: Ian Cotterell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1975.

THE DOPPELGANGER

Adam and Jane are off on a make-or-break second honeymoon; but at Oxford station Adam sees his possibly dead mother.

Then at the hotel he meets Beth, a 25-year-old girl with the mind of a child of seven, who looks like Jane…. “a doppelganger is your other self - your dark brother of myth, who wishes to take your place in this world…”

Spine-chilling drama by JCW Brook.

Adam Oxton …. Nigel Anthony
Beth Harris …. Elizabeth Lindsay
Sarah Steadman …. Penelope Lee
Jane Oxton …. Emily Richard
Ralph Steadman …. Geoffrey Collins
The Woman …. Mary Wimbush
The Man …. Jack May

Music by Paddy Kingsland of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.

Director: Ian Cotterell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1977.