Episodes
| Series | Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 01 | Dead Persons In Hungary, By Aa Calmet | 20101122 | Are vampires real? The testimony of early 18th-century witnesses suggests a definitive answer. Read by David Tennant. Antoine Augustin Calmet published an apparently serious anthropological history of the vampire throughout Europe in the early 19th century called 'The Phantom World'. All the people he spoke to were adamant about what they had witnessed. His account therefore appears all the more disturbing and became the basis for the flights of vampiric fancy that took off in the Victorian age. Producer: Clive Brill A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in 2010. A virginal English soldier, travelling through Romania, ends up in a deserted village. David Tennant reads disturbing Victorian vampire stories |
| 01 | 02 | The Family Of The Vourdalak, By Alexis Tolstoy | 20101123 | Father Gorcha sets off on a mysterious mission in the mountains, but warns his family not to welcome him back - for he will be transformed... Read by David Tennant. Compelling story written by Leo Tolstoy's lesser-known brother Alexis. Producer: Clive Brill A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in 2010. Father Gorcha goes into the mountains and warns his family he will return as a vampire David Tennant reads disturbing Victorian vampire stories |
| 01 | 03 | The Horla, By Guy De Maupassant | 20101124 | After an unusual Brazilian ship enters the harbour - our hero suddenly begins to feel unwell, and starts to have feverish and disturbing visions. Only too late does he discover the demonic nature of the South American ship's cargo... Read by David Tennant. Written by Guy de Maupassant. Producer: Clive Brill A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in 2010. A Brazilian ship sparks alarming visions for our hero who discovers its demonic cargo David Tennant reads disturbing Victorian vampire stories |
| 01 | 04 | Luella Miller, By Mary E Wilkins Freeman | 20101125 | Luella Miller seems incapable of surviving on her own - so she calls on friends, relatives and lovers to help her. And they all die - one by one - until there's no one left to lift a finger to assist this most demanding of women. Read by David Tennant. Creepy tale set in small town America, written by Mary E Wilkins Freeman. Producer: Clive Brill A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in 2010. A New England beauty has a disastrous effect on all those who cares for her David Tennant reads disturbing Victorian vampire stories |
| 01 | 05 | Clarimonde, By Theophile Gautier | 20101126 | As a young man approaches his first moments as a priest, his eyes glance to heaven and see leaning over the sanctuary railing a young woman of extraordinary beauty. And so begins a sensational struggle for his soul...... Read by David Tennant. Written by Theophile Gautier. Producer: Clive Brill A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in 2010. A priest spots a beautiful woman at his ordination, and a battle for his soul commences David Tennant reads disturbing Victorian vampire stories |
| 02 | 01 | The Lady Of The House Of Love | 20111128 | This wonderful retake on the Sleeping Beauty story first appeared in Carter's 1979 volume 'The Bloody Chamber'. A virginal English soldier, travelling through Romania by bicycle, finds himself in a deserted village. He comes across a mansion inhabited by a vampiress who survives by enticing young men into her bedroom and feeding on them. She intends to feed on the young soldier but his purity and virginity have a curious effect on her....... David Tennant returns with another selection of chilling Vampire stories. Last year in the first series we concentrated on Victorian Vampire output but in these five tales we enter the 20th Century and introduce stories with a little twist from the UK and the USA. Producer: Clive Brill A Pacificus Production for BBC Radio 4. By Angela Carter. A virginal English soldier finds himself in a deserted Romanian village. David Tennant reads disturbing Victorian vampire stories |
| 02 | 02 | The Girl With The Hungry Eyes | 20111129 | Written by Fritz Lieber. This 1949 story has exerted it's grip on many an imagination and has been filmed several times. It concentrates on the magnetic power of the Vampire and - in this case - the utterly captivating and inescapable lure of a Vampiress cum glamour model. David Tennant returns with another selection of chilling Vampire stories. Last year in the first series we concentrated on Victorian Vampire output but in these five tales we enter the 20th Century and introduce stories with a little twist from the UK and the USA. Producer: Clive Brill A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4. By Fritz Lieber. An utterly captivating and alluring vampiress-cum-glamour model. David Tennant reads disturbing Victorian vampire stories |
| 02 | 03 | Bewitched | 20111130 | Written by Edith Wharton. A tale of Vampire possession written in 1925 Saul Rutledge had a girlfriend before he married his current wife. Unfortunately, he still slips at night to see her. Even though she dies several years ago... David Tennant returns with another selection of chilling Vampire stories. Last year in the first series we concentrated on Victorian Vampire output but in these five tales we enter the 20th Century and introduce stories with a little twist from the UK and the USA. Producer: Clive Brill A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4. By Edith Wharton. Saul slips out to see his ex-girlfriend, even though she died years ago. David Tennant reads disturbing Victorian vampire stories |
| 02 | 04 | Drink My Blood | 20111201 | Written by Richard Matheson. Written in 1951 this is an unusually dark comic twist on the Vampire tale about a young pasty-faced school kid, Jules, whose only ambition in life is to become a vampire. But will his dreams come true? Richard Matheson wrote 'I am Legend'. David Tennant returns with another selection of chilling Vampire stories. Last year in the first series we concentrated on Victorian Vampire output but in these five tales we enter the 20th Century and introduce stories with a little twist from the UK and the USA. Producer: Clive Brill A Pacificus Production for BBC Radio 4. By Richard Matheson. Pasty-faced schoolkid Jules' only ambition is to become a vampire. David Tennant reads disturbing Victorian vampire stories |
| 02 | 05 | A Lot Of Mince Pies | 20111202 | Written by Robert Swindells. Swindells is a British author known mainly for his children's books and indeed, this tale first appeared in a collection of haunted tales for the young adult. But it has a macabre and chilling undertone - set at Xmas and focussing on a group of carollers who visit the same cottage every year - and receive a special treat in return..... David Tennant returns with another selection of chilling Vampire stories. Last year in the first series we concentrated on Victorian Vampire output but in these five tales we enter the 20th Century and introduce stories with a little twist from the UK and the USA. Producer: Clive Brill A Pacificus Production for BBC Radio 4. By Robert Swindells. Carollers receive a special treat from the same cottage every year. David Tennant reads disturbing Victorian vampire stories |