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Why doesn't Doctor Anderson's hotel have a room 13?

Derek Jacobi introduces another classic ghost tale. Why doesn't Doctor Anderson's hotel have a room 13? Stars Julian Rhind-Tutt. From December 2007.

Dr Anderson's obsessive interest in why the hotel he's staying at doesn't include a number 13 puts him in terrible danger. 

Derek Jacobi - as the voice of MR James - introduces classic ghost stories. 

Dramatised by Chris Harrald.

Stars Julian Rhind-Tutt as Dr Anderson, Jan Delukowicz as Herr Lund, Simon Treves as Herr Scavenius and Ben Onwukwe as the Voice.

Producer: Gemma Jenkins

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2007.

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