The Daphne Du Maurier BBC Radio Drama Collection

Category: Adults, Full Cast, Horror, Suspense
Language: English
Keywords: Alfred Hitchcock BBC Ghost Horror Radio thiller

Written by Daphne Du Maurier
Read by Full Cast
Format: Mixed
Bitrate: Mixed
Dramatization

Three of Daphne Du Maurier’s best known stories, dramatised by the BBC.

All my recordings from BBC iPlayer.

REBECCA

Arriving at Manderley, the young Mrs de Winter finds the beautiful mansion and its occupants haunted by memories of Rebecca - the first wife of her new husband Maxim…

Dramatised by Brian Miller.

Maxim de Winter …. Christopher Cazenove
Mrs de Winter …. Janet Maw
Mrs Danvers …. Rosalie Crutchley
Jack Favell …. Nicholas Grace
Colonel Julyan …. Frederick Treves
Mrs Van Hopper …. Irene Sutcliffe
Frith …. John Gabriel
Beatrice …. Margaret Courtenay
Ben …. Danny Schiller
Clarice …. Elizabeth Mansfield
Horridge …. Brian Miller
Tabb …. John Bull
Dr Baker …. Geoffrey Whitehead

Director: Cherry Cookson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1989

THE BIRDS

Classic horror story about the natural world turning on mankind, starring Neil Dudgeon.

Nat ….. Neil Dudgeon
Sue ….. Nicola Walker
Maggie ….. Jade Williams
Mr Trigg ….. Gerard Horan
Jonathan ….. Carl Grose
Newsreader ….. John Dougall
Mary ….. Rachel Bavidge

Music & Sound Design: David Pickvance
Dramatist: Melissa Murray
Director: Sally Avens

Broadcast on Fri 30 Apr 2010

DON’T LOOK NOW

John and Laura Bennett are on holiday in Venice, trying to get over the tragic death of their daughter. They seem to be succeeding, until a blind psychic starts relaying messages from beyond the grave…

Classic tale of slow-dawning terror first published in 1971.

Laura Bennett …… Anna Chancellor
John Bennett …… Michael Feast
Sister …… Colette O’Neil
Elidah …… Carolyn Pickles
Policeman …… Sean Baker
Waiter …… Ewan Bailey
Porter …… Carl Prekopp

Dramatised by Ronald Frame
Director: Patrick Rayner

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001