The Lair of the White Worm

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Bram Stoker - The Lair of the White Worm

Drama: Horror & Supernatural

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Bram Stoker - The Lair of the White Worm

1870: Engineer Adam Salton probes the terrifying disappearance of men from a tiny village

1870: Engineer Adam Salton probes the terrifying disappearance of men from a tiny village. Gothic horror with Jimi Mistry.

It’s 1870 in Derbyshire’s High Peak district. 

While on a visit to his elderly uncle in the tiny village of Penda's Dale, Adam Salton - already shocked by the oppressive melancholic atmosphere in the village - quickly realises that the disappearance of several local men is not accidental.

His investigations lead him to the discovery of a terrifying and ancient secret: a malevolent force is at work in Penda's Dale.

Bram Stoker’s gothic tale of horror, first published in 1911.

Dramatised by Brian Wright.

Adam Salton .... Jimi Mistry
Dr Daniel Salton ....  Peter Marinker
Frank Davenport .... Ben Crowe 
Dick Watford …. Ian Masters			 
Mother …. Richenda Carey
Lila …. Eleanor Howell 				 
Mary …. Lydia Leonard
Ned …. Stuart McLoughlin 
Jackson …. Robert Hastie
Lady Arabella March …. Juliet Aubrey
Michael O'Langan …. Jonathan Keeble 
Lord Edgar Caswall …. Stephen Critchlow 				 
Policeman …. Jason Chan				

Soundtrack specially commissioned from the San Francisco-based sound sculptors Matmos.

Producer: Rishi Shankar

First broadcast on the BBC World Service in December 2004.

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