Episode 6: Fright Night
Shirley invites a journalist to spend a night with Donald, and Danny visits a house that allegedly has an active poltergeist.
After the press backlash, the Hitchings family fight to prove the haunting isn鈥檛 a hoax.
They invite young journalist Joyce Lewis to spend a night at Number 63 Wycliffe Road 鈥� will she experience the phenomena that can prove Donald is real? Meanwhile, Danny spends his own night with a ghost, investigating a house that claims to have an active poltergeist, with sinister parallels to the Battersea case.
Written and presented by Danny Robins, starring Dafne Keen (His Dark Materials), Toby Jones (Detectorists), Burn Gorman (Torchwood) and Alice Lowe (Sightseers).
With original theme music by Mercury-nominated Nadine Shah and Ben Hillier, this gripping eight-part series interweaves a chilling supernatural thriller set in 50s London with a fascinating modern-day investigation into Britain鈥檚 strangest ever haunting 鈥� a mystery unsolved... until now.
Shirley Hitchings鈥︹€�..Dafne Keen
Harold Chibbett鈥︹€︹€oby Jones
Wally Hitchings鈥︹€� Burn Gorman
Kitty Hitchings鈥︹€︹€�.Alice Lowe
Joyce Lewis鈥︹€︹€�..Miranda Raison
Steve鈥︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€�..Rufus Wright
Written and presented by Danny Robins
Experts: Ciaran O鈥橩eeffe and Evelyn Hollow
Sound Designer: Richard Fox
Music: Evelyn Sykes
Theme Music by Nadine Shah and Ben Hillier
Produced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
Directed by Simon Barnard
Consultant: Alan Murdie
With thanks to James Clark, co-author of 'The Poltergeist Prince of London'
A Bafflegab production for 成人快手 Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2021.
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