by Charles Dickens adapted by Michael Eaton for BBC Radio 4
A ghost story from the master of the genre
Drama | 24 June 2004 | 44 minutes
When Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins find themselves staying in an old Inn in Lancaster, while on a walking tour in the north country, the famous author encounters a man dressed in black who has a story to tell which alarms him more than he could wish. First appeared in The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Aprentices.
CAST
Wilkie Collins – ALAN COX
Charles Dickens – GAWN GRAINGER
Landlord – JOHN TAMS
Hardman & The Man in Black – JACK SHEPHERD
Mrs Pinchbeck – LYNN FARLEIGH
The Bride (Ellen) – LUCY DAVENPORT
Scientific Gentleman 1 – ANDREW NEIL
Scientific Gentleman 2 – SEAN SCANLON
Studio Manager & Editor – MARK SMITH
Script Editor – LUCY MANGAN
Music – JOHN TAMS
Director – SEBASTIAN GRAHAM JONES
Executive Producer – EDWARD CROZIER
Producer – NICHOLAS NEWTON
A Promenade production for BBC Radio 4