The Signalman

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Charles Dickens

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Radio adaptations of Dicken's classic English literature.

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Charles Dickens: The Signalman

Charles Dickens - The Signalman

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Charles Dickens, The Signalman

The eerie tale of a signalman haunted by a spectre warning him of danger on the railway.

The famous spine-chilling tale about a railway worker haunted by a spectre, warning him of danger on the rails. Read by Emlyn Williams.

A spine-chilling tale about a railway worker haunted by a spectre, warning him of danger on the rails. 

Charles Dickens’ classic ghost story was first published in 1866 as part of the multiple author ‘Mugby Junction’ collection, in the Christmas edition of the periodical ‘All the Year Round’. The story is said to have been inspired by a the Clayton Tunnel crash, near Brighton, in 1861.

Abridged and read by Emlyn Williams.

Producer John Tydeman 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1985.

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