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Charles Dickens

Tales of the Supernatural

The Signalman

BBC Radio 4 Extra

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

A railway signalman at an isolated station has terrifying premonitions of future tragedies. Read by Adrian Scarborough.

Conceived by Dickens as a stand-alone short story and published in 1866.

One of five tales of the supernatural by Charles Dickens.

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Pier Productions. Show less

Source: BBC Online

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