Alan Ayckbourn: BBC Radio Plays

Between 1965 and 1970, Alan Ayckbourn was employed as a Radio Drama Producer by the BBC. He was responsible for directing dozens of works for the radio, sadly details of the majority of which have been lost. These pages contain details for specific productions where known.

The Events At Black Tor (1968)

Production Details

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Roy Clarke

18 April 1968 @ 7.45pm
BBC Radio 2
6
Director:
Music:
Alan Ayckbourn
Trevor Holroyd
Episode Titles:
Such As Sit In Darkness
The Unquiet Dead
The Fires Of Hell
The Hounds Of Hell
The Things That Emerge With The Dark
The Deepest Dark
Character
Pam
Jamie
Sergeant
Father Probert
Radio Voice
Vicar
Maggie
Coroner
Brown
The Tramp
Superintendent
Chief Inspector
Spider One
Spider Two / Palmer
Spider Three
Actor
Juliet Cooke
Brian Peck
James Beck
Bob Grant
Heather Stoney
Robert Wallace
Ella Atkinson
Laurence Bould
Colin Edwynn
Harry Markham
David Mahlowe
Ronald Harvi
Douglas Fielding
John Nettles
Colin Bell

Notes

The Events At Black Tor was released in July 2022 as an audio download by Penguin Random House alongside The 17-Jewelled Shockproof Swiss-Made Bomb.
The Events At Black Tor was a six-part serial with all episodes directed by Alan Ayckbourn.
It's worth noting that although the music is credited to Trevor Holroyd, this is the music for the play itself. The recent repeats by the BBC have included an introductory and closing soundtrack which appears to have emerged directly from the '60s British disco scene. This was not part of the original broadcast nor approved by Alan Ayckbourn. Trevor Holroyd's actual theme incorporates the rather creepy sound of stones being dragged across the ground - like a grave being opened - which Alan proudly noted was achieved by dragging heavy stones across the BBC studio floor! Quite how the studios manager felt about this is unrecorded.
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All research for this page by Simon Murgatroyd.