Edgar Allan Poe

I reined my horse to the precipitous brink of a black and lurid tarn, and gazed at the vacant eye-like windows of the house.

Roderick is a tormented man - with a twin sister suffering an illness physicians don't understand.

Edgar Allan Poe's 19th century Gothic tale.

Dramatised by David Campton.

Roderick Usher.....Edward Petherbridge

Narrator....Tim Pigott-Smith

Doctor...Roger Hume

Guitarist: John Turner

Directed at BBC Bristol by Brian Miller.

Tormented Roderick's twin sister suffers an illness physicians don't understand.

Roderick is a tormented man - with a twin sister suffering an illness physicians don't understand. Stars Edward Petherbridge

Edgar Allan Poe's 19th century Gothic tale dramatised by David Campton.

Cast:

Edward Petherbridge and Tim Pigott-Smith star in an adaptation of Poe's Gothic tale.

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His narrative of an obsession with the discovery of a 'golden bug' evokes famous pirates, and drips with the casual racism of the old American South.

Dramatised by Gregory Evans giving the story a critical makeover, as a former slave recounts the 'true' story.

Starring Clarke Peters as Charles, John Sharian as Legrand, Rhashan Stone as Jupiter and William Hootkins as the Doctor.

Director: Ned Chaillet

The famous tale of piracy and slavery by the American master of suspense.