A Short History of Vampires

4. Quid Pro Quo by Tanya Huff

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 6^th Mar 2011, 18:30 on BBC Radio 7Latest broadcast: Sat 23^rd Apr 2022, 00:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Vampires are the ultimate killing machines.

Natalie Haynes examines why this iconic figure in horror-fiction continues to exert such a powerful hold on our imaginations.

And she introduces her final dark story.

In Tanya Huff’s deliciously noir tale of an immortal whose lover is in mortal danger.

Read by Genevieve Adam.

Producer: Gemma Jenkins

Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in March 2011. Show less