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Arnold Ridley - The Ghost Train

Drama: Horror & Supernatural

19/11/2006

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Arnold Ridley - The Ghost Train

A group of passengers are marooned at a spooky, deserted station.

A group of passengers are marooned at a spooky, deserted station. Stars Adam Godley. Written by Dad's Army's Private Godfrey.

The last steam train from London to Cornwall carries a disparate group of travellers: a pair of newlyweds, a couple whose marriage is on the rocks and a lady with a parrot called Joey. 

The last thing any of them needs is to be stranded on a Fal Vale's deserted railway station - which is the object of local superstition. 

Written in 1925 by Arnold Ridley - best known for playing Private Godfrey in Dad's Army. 

Starring Adam Godfrey as Teddie Deakin, Christopher Wright as Richard Winthrop and Tracy-Ann Oberman as Elsie Winthrop 

Adapted by Shaun McKenna. Producer Marion Nancarrow. 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1998.

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