A Sting In The Tale
Five Tales of the Supernatural
"A new series of plays to send a chill up your spine". Broadcast late at night.....
25 December 2003, 23:00
1/5. No Conferring , by Jonathan Holloway.
A Christmas bonding week in an isolated moorland cottage for the 1983
University Challenge team from Bracewell College, Cambridge, goes horribly
wrong.
Derek ...... Damian Lynch
Dilly ...... Lydia Leonard
Ernest ...... Kenny Blyth
Donald ...... Peter Darney
Emily ...... Jaimi Barbakoff
With Bamber Gascoigne and Jeremy Paxman as themselves.
Director: David Hunter
01 January 2004, 23:00
2/5. Myrtle, Mahonia and Rue
By Briony Glassco. A young landscape gardener decides on drastic action to escape her recurring
nightmares.
08 January 2004, 23:00
3/5. Voices From Another Room,
by Philip Martin.
An artist starts to hear voices discussing a murder, involving him.
15 January 2004, 23:00
4/5. Sally Go Round The Moon,
by Natalia Power.
Are the pressures of her job the reason Sally is hearing the voice of a
child which no-one else can hear? Or is she being haunted?
Sally ...... Jaimi Barbakoff
Voice ...... Jessica Crossley
Laura ...... Rachel Atkins
Receptionist ...... Frances Jeater
Stacey Wilson ...... Ioan Meredith
Simon ...... David Thorpe
Pianist and Musical Director: Clement Power
Director: Pauline Harris
22 January 2004, 23:00
5/5 Ghosting, by Gregory Evans.
For a rising young novelist, ghost-writing seems to be the worst of all
possible worlds. But when Michael agrees to ghost the autobiography of the
super-model Vita, he finds her life dangerously seductive. How much will he
risk for the book, and the woman?
Michael Hagen ...... Jimi Mistry
Vita ...... Honeysuckle Weeks
Hildy ...... Frances Jeater
Francine Stock ...... Francine Stock
....Clive Lever......
