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BBC Radio 3 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced Third Programme.

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Dracula's Guest

18/04/2012

BBC Radio 3 - Twenty Minutes, Dracula's Guest

Bram Stoker's classic story featuring his great gothic creation Count Dracula.

To mark the centenary of the death of Irish writer Bram Stoker, a spine-tingling tale, featuring his great gothic creation Count Dracula. Read by Bertie Carvel.

The great Irish writer Bram Stoker died 100 years ago today. Celebrated now for his great gothic masterpiece, 'Dracula', in his lifetime he was best known as the stage manager of the stage actor Henry Irving.

In commemoration of his centenary, this high-gothic tale, set in the Austrian Alps, features the enigmatic Count himself.

Reader: Bertie Carvel.
Abridged and produced by: Justine Willett.

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