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Appointment with Fear (radio)

January 08, 2023

Appointment with Fear was a horror drama series originally broadcast on BBC Radio in the 1940s and 1950s, and revived on a number of occasions since. The format comprised a dramatised horror story of approximately half an hour in length, introduced by a character known as the Man in Black. The plays themselves were a mixture of classic horror stories by writers such as Edgar Allan Poe, M. R. James and W. W. Jacobs, and commissioned stories by new or established writers. Many of the stories in the early series were written or adapted by John Dickson Carr.[1]

Appointment with Fear (1943-1955 and 1976)

Appointment with Fear ran for nine series between 1943 and 1955, initially on the BBC Home Service and from September 1945 on the Light Programme. The Man in Black was played by the British character actor Valentine Dyall, except in the second series where he was portrayed by Dyall's father Franklin Dyall. Only four episodes are known to survive.[1][2] A tenth series was broadcast on the BBC World Service in 1976.

Series 1

Series 2

Series 3

Series 4

Series 5

Series 6

  • 'He Wasn't Superstitious' adapted by John Dickson Carr from Ambrose Bierce, 23 October 1945
  • 'The Man With Two Heads' by John Dickson Carr, 6 November 1945
  • 'The Case of the Five Canaries' by John Dickson Carr, 13 November 1945
  • 'And The Deep Shuddered' by Monckton Hoffe, 20 November 1945
  • 'The Case' by John Slater and Roy Plomley, 27 November 1945
  • 'Death at Midnight' by Robert Barr, 4 December 1945

Series 7

  • 'The Nutcracker Suite' by E Crowshay-Williams and J Leslie Dodd, 26 March 1946
  • 'Black Mamba' by Hugh Barnes and AR Ramsden, 2 April 1946
  • 'The Cask of Amontillado' adapted by Laidman Browne from Edgar Allan Poe, 9 April 1946
  • 'A Watcher by the Dead' adapted by John Dickson Carr from Ambrose Bierce, 16 April 1946
  • 'The Man Who Knew How' adapted by Ronald Cunliffe from Dorothy L Sayers, 23 April 1946
  • 'Dead Men's Teeth' by Charles Hatton and Richard Fisher, 30 April 1946
  • 'Experiment With Death' by Harry Bunton, 7 May 1946
  • 'Death Takes a Honeymoon' by Mileson Horton and WL Catchpole, 14 May 1946
  • 'Renovations at Merrets' adapted by Rankine Good from Honoré de Balzac, 21 May 1946
  • 'The Monkey's Paw' adapted by Louis N Parker from WW Jacobs, 28 May 1946
  • 'Cottage For Sale' by TJ Waldron, 4 June 1946
  • 'A Mind in Shadow' by Kenneth Morgan, 11 June 1946

Special

  • 'Escape to Death' by Mileson Horton, 25 December 1946

Series 8

  • 'Mrs Amworth' adapted by Charles Hatton from EF Benson, 25 February 1947
  • 'Sink or Swim Together' by ???, 4 March 1947
  • 'The Last Pilgrimage' by TJ Waldron, 11 March 1947
  • 'The Bell Room' adapted by Lester Powell from Edgar Allan Poe, 25 March 1947
  • 'The Diary of William Carpenter' adapted by Patric Dickinson from John Atkins, 1 April 1947
  • 'The Treasures' adapted by Charles Hatton from Gilbert Frankau, 8 April 1947
  • 'The Hands of Nekamen' adapted by Lester Powell from Kathleen Hyett, 22 April 1947
  • 'All Cats May Snarl' by J Vernon Basley, 29 April 1947

Special

  • 'The Clock Strikes Eight' by John Dickson Carr, 14 January 1948

Special

  • 'The Diary of William Carpenter' adapted by Patric Dickinson from John Atkins, 23 January 1948

Series 9

Series 10

There was no tenth series in 1957, it was merely a repeat broadcast of Series Nine.

Tie-In Publication

  • Appointment with Fear(Fenmore Publications, 1948. Ed. Ronald Flatteau

The Man in Black (1949)

The Man in Black was broadcast for one series of eight episodes in 1949, also on the Light Programme, and again presented by Valentine Dyall in the title role. No episodes are known to have survived.[1][2]

  • 'Markheim' adapted by John Keir Cross from Robert Louis Stevenson, 31 January 1949
  • 'Oh, Whistle and I'll Come to You, My Lad' adapted John Keir Cross from MR James, 7 February 1949
  • 'The Middle Toe of The Right Foot' adapted by John Keir Crfoss from Ambrose Bierce, 14 February 1949
  • 'Our Feathered Friends' adapted by John Keir Cross from Philip Macdonald and 'Thus I Refute Beelzy' adapted by John Keir Cross from John Collier, 21 February 1949
  • 'The Judge's House' adapted by John Keir Cross from Bram Stoker, 28 February 1949
  • 'The Yellow Wallpaper adapted by John Keir Cross from Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 7 March 1949
  • 'The Beast With Five Fingers adapted by John Keir Cross from W. F. Harvey, 14 March 1949
  • 'The Little House' by John Keir Cross, 21 March 1949

Fear on Four (1988)

Fear on Four ran for five series on BBC Radio 4 between 1988 and 1992, the part of the Man in Black being played by Edward de Souza.[2][3] A fifth series was broadcast in 1997, this time without a narrator.[4] An anthology of stories from the first two series was published by BBC Books in 1990.[5]

Series One

Series Two

  • Snipe 3909 by Graeme Fife, 15 January 1989
  • The Dead Drummer by David Buck, 22 January 1989
  • The Dispossessed Daughter by Katherine Nicholas, 29 January 1989
  • St Austin Friars by Stephen Wyatt, adapted from a short story by Robert Westall, 5 February 1989
  • Dreaming of Thee by Gwen Cherrell, 12 February 1989
  • The Horn by Stephen Gallagher, 19 February 1989
  • The Journey Home by Bert Coules, 26 February 1989
  • Hand in Glove
  • His Last Card
  • Survival
  • Soul Searching
  • A Child Crying
  • The Judge's House

Series Three

  • The Yellow Wallpaper
  • Green and Pleasant
  • The Monkey's Revenge
  • Invitation to the Vaults
  • The Edge
  • Dead Man's Boots
  • A Routine Operation?
  • Dance in the Underworld

Series Four

  • Gobble, Gobble
  • The Next in Line by Ray Bradbury dramatised by Brian Sibley
  • Dark Feathers
  • Playing God
  • Vicious Fish
  • Hellhound on My Trail
  • Hearing is Believing
  • Life Line

Series Five

  • The Blood of Eva Bergen
  • Net Suicide
  • Tissue Memory
  • Chimes at Midnight

The Man in Black (2009)

The series was revived again in 2009, on BBC Radio 4 Extra, this time as The Man in Black, with Mark Gatiss in the title role. It ran for four series, each with five episodes, between 2009 and 2011.[6]

Reruns of the 2009 version started to air on BBC Radio 4 Extra on April 24, 2020.

Series One

  • The Tower
  • Project Purple
  • The White Hare
  • Hide and Seek
  • Bombers' Moon

Series Two

  • Phish Phood
  • Death Us Do Part
  • Flesh
  • Angels in Disguise
  • The Old Road

Series Three

  • Connect
  • The Printed Name
  • Lights Out
  • Uncle William's House
  • Perfect Home

Series Four

  • Containment
  • The Punt
  • The Beaten Track
  • Reunion
  • The New Boy

Film adaptation

In 1950, Hammer and Exclusive Films released a feature film based on the series entitled The Man in Black. The stars were Betty Ann Davies, Sheila Burrell, and Sid James, with Valentine Dyall reprising his role as the Man in Black.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Appointment with Fear/The Man in Black". Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  2. ^ a b c Tony Lang. "The Man in Black". The British Drama Website. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Fear on Four". BBC Radio 4 Extra. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  4. ^ "Fear on 4/The Man in Black". Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  5. ^ The Man in Black. BBC Books. 1990. ISBN 0563209046.
  6. ^ "The Man in Black". BBC Radio 4 Extra. Retrieved 16 July 2014.

January 08, 2023
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Appointment with Fear was a horror drama series originally broadcast on BBC Radio in the 1940s and 1950s and revived on a number of occasions since The format comprised a dramatised horror story of approximately half an hour in length introduced by a character known as the Man in Black The plays themselves were a mixture of classic horror stories by writers such as Edgar Allan Poe M R James and W W Jacobs and commissioned stories by new or established writers Many of the stories in the early series were written or adapted by John Dickson Carr 1 Contents 1 Appointment with Fear 1943 1955 and 1976 1 1 Series 1 1 2 Series 2 1 3 Series 3 1 4 Series 4 1 5 Series 5 1 6 Series 6 1 7 Series 7 1 8 Special 1 9 Series 8 1 10 Special 1 11 Special 1 12 Series 9 1 13 Series 10 1 14 Tie In Publication 2 The Man in Black 1949 3 Fear on Four 1988 3 1 Series One 3 2 Series Two 3 3 Series Three 3 4 Series Four 3 5 Series Five 4 The Man in Black 2009 4 1 Series One 4 2 Series Two 4 3 Series Three 4 4 Series Four 5 Film adaptation 6 ReferencesAppointment with Fear 1943 1955 and 1976 EditAppointment with Fear ran for nine series between 1943 and 1955 initially on the BBC Home Service and from September 1945 on the Light Programme The Man in Black was played by the British character actor Valentine Dyall except in the second series where he was portrayed by Dyall s father Franklin Dyall Only four episodes are known to survive 1 2 A tenth series was broadcast on the BBC World Service in 1976 Series 1 Edit Cabin B13 by John Dickson Carr 11 September 1943 The Pit and the Pendulum adapted by John Dickson Carr from Edgar Allan Poe 18 September 1943 Into Thin Air by John Dickson Carr 21 September 1943 The Body Snatchers adapted by John Dickson Carr from Robert Louis Stevenson 30 September 1943 The Customers Like Murder by John Dickson Carr 7 October 1943 Will You Make a Bet With Death by John Dickson Carr 14 October 1943 The Devil s Saint by John Dickson Carr 21 October 1943 Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble by John Dickson Carr 28 October 1943 The Phantom Archer by John Dickson Carr 4 November 1943 The Man Who Died Twice by John Dickson Carr 11 November 1943 Menace In Wax by John Dickson Carr 18 November 1943Series 2 Edit Vex Not His Ghost by John Dickson Carr 6 January 1944 The Tell Tale Heart adapted by John Dickson Carr from Edgar Allan Poe 13 January 1944 The Room of the Suicides by John Dickson Carr 20 January 1944 The Sire de Maletroit s Door adapted by John Dickson Carr from Robert Louis Stevenson 27 January 1944 The Dragon in the Pool by John Dickson Carr 3 February 1944 The Man Who Was Afraid of Dentists by John Dickson Carr 10 February 1944Series 3 Edit The Speaking Clock by John Dickson Carr 13 April 1944 Death Flies Blind by John Dickson Carr 20 April 1944 A Watcher by the Dead adapted by John Dickson Carr from Ambrose Bierce 27 April 1944 The Pit and the Pendulum adapted by John Dickson Carr from Edgar Allan Poe 4 May 1944 Vampire Tower by John Dickson Carr 11 May 1944 The Clock Strikes Eight by John Dickson Carr 18 May 1944Series 4 Edit I Never Suspected by John Dickson Carr 5 October 1944 The Devil s Manuscript by John Dickson Carr 12 October 1944 Death Has Four Faces by John Dickson Carr 19 October 1944 The Purple Wig adapted by John Dickson Carr from G K Chesterton 26 October 1944 He Who Whispers by John Dickson Carr 2 November 1944 The Great Cipher adapted by John Dickson Carr from Melville Davisson Post 16 November 1944 Vex Not His Ghost by John Dickson Carr 30 November 1944 The Curse of the Bronze Lamp by John Dickson Carr 7 December 1944 The Gong Cried Murder by John Dickson Carr 14 December 1944 Lair of the Devil Fish by John Dickson Carr 21 December 1944 The Oath of Rolling Thunder by John Dickson Carr 28 December 1944Series 5 Edit Into Thin Air by John Dickson Carr 11 September 1945 Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble by John Dickson Carr 18 September 1945 The Man Who Died Twice by John Dickson Carr 25 September 1945 The Clock Strikes Eight by John Dickson Carr 2 October 1945 Cabin B13 by John Dickson Carr 9 October 1945 Will You Make a Bet With Death by John Dickson Carr 16 October 1945Series 6 Edit He Wasn t Superstitious adapted by John Dickson Carr from Ambrose Bierce 23 October 1945 The Man With Two Heads by John Dickson Carr 6 November 1945 The Case of the Five Canaries by John Dickson Carr 13 November 1945 And The Deep Shuddered by Monckton Hoffe 20 November 1945 The Case by John Slater and Roy Plomley 27 November 1945 Death at Midnight by Robert Barr 4 December 1945Series 7 Edit The Nutcracker Suite by E Crowshay Williams and J Leslie Dodd 26 March 1946 Black Mamba by Hugh Barnes and AR Ramsden 2 April 1946 The Cask of Amontillado adapted by Laidman Browne from Edgar Allan Poe 9 April 1946 A Watcher by the Dead adapted by John Dickson Carr from Ambrose Bierce 16 April 1946 The Man Who Knew How adapted by Ronald Cunliffe from Dorothy L Sayers 23 April 1946 Dead Men s Teeth by Charles Hatton and Richard Fisher 30 April 1946 Experiment With Death by Harry Bunton 7 May 1946 Death Takes a Honeymoon by Mileson Horton and WL Catchpole 14 May 1946 Renovations at Merrets adapted by Rankine Good from Honore de Balzac 21 May 1946 The Monkey s Paw adapted by Louis N Parker from WW Jacobs 28 May 1946 Cottage For Sale by TJ Waldron 4 June 1946 A Mind in Shadow by Kenneth Morgan 11 June 1946Special Edit Escape to Death by Mileson Horton 25 December 1946Series 8 Edit Mrs Amworth adapted by Charles Hatton from EF Benson 25 February 1947 Sink or Swim Together by 4 March 1947 The Last Pilgrimage by TJ Waldron 11 March 1947 The Bell Room adapted by Lester Powell from Edgar Allan Poe 25 March 1947 The Diary of William Carpenter adapted by Patric Dickinson from John Atkins 1 April 1947 The Treasures adapted by Charles Hatton from Gilbert Frankau 8 April 1947 The Hands of Nekamen adapted by Lester Powell from Kathleen Hyett 22 April 1947 All Cats May Snarl by J Vernon Basley 29 April 1947Special Edit The Clock Strikes Eight by John Dickson Carr 14 January 1948Special Edit The Diary of William Carpenter adapted by Patric Dickinson from John Atkins 23 January 1948Series 9 Edit The Man Who Couldn t Be Photographed by John Dickson Carr 23 July 1955 White Tiger Passage by John Dickson Carr 2 August 1955 The Dead Man s Knock by John Dickson Carr 9 August 1955 The Sleuth of Seven Dials by John Dickson Carr 16 August 1955 The Villa of the Damned by John Dickson Carr 23 August 1955 Till the Great Armadas Come by John Dickson Carr 30 August 1955Series 10 Edit There was no tenth series in 1957 it was merely a repeat broadcast of Series Nine Tie In Publication Edit Appointment with Fear Fenmore Publications 1948 Ed Ronald Flatteau Death Takes a Honeymoon by Mileson Horton Watcher by the Dead by Ambrose Bierce The Monkey s Paw by WW Jacobs The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe A Mind in Shadow by Kenneth Morgan Berenice by Edgar Allan PoeThe Man in Black 1949 EditThe Man in Black was broadcast for one series of eight episodes in 1949 also on the Light Programme and again presented by Valentine Dyall in the title role No episodes are known to have survived 1 2 Markheim adapted by John Keir Cross from Robert Louis Stevenson 31 January 1949 Oh Whistle and I ll Come to You My Lad adapted John Keir Cross from MR James 7 February 1949 The Middle Toe of The Right Foot adapted by John Keir Crfoss from Ambrose Bierce 14 February 1949 Our Feathered Friends adapted by John Keir Cross from Philip Macdonald and Thus I Refute Beelzy adapted by John Keir Cross from John Collier 21 February 1949 The Judge s House adapted by John Keir Cross from Bram Stoker 28 February 1949 The Yellow Wallpaper adapted by John Keir Cross from Charlotte Perkins Gilman 7 March 1949 The Beast With Five Fingers adapted by John Keir Cross from W F Harvey 14 March 1949 The Little House by John Keir Cross 21 March 1949Fear on Four 1988 EditFear on Four ran for five series on BBC Radio 4 between 1988 and 1992 the part of the Man in Black being played by Edward de Souza 2 3 A fifth series was broadcast in 1997 this time without a narrator 4 An anthology of stories from the first two series was published by BBC Books in 1990 5 Series One Edit The Snowman Killing by J C W Brook 3 January 1988 William and Mary by Roald Dahl dramatised by Jill Brooke 10 January 1988 The Monkey s Paw by W W Jacobs adapted by Patrick Galvin 17 January 1988 Music Lovers by Nick Warburton 24 January 1988 The Beast with Five Fingers by W F Harvey dramatised by John Kier Cross 31 January 1988 Every Detail but One by Bert Coules 7 February 1988 By the River Fontainebleau by Stephen Gallagher 14 February 1988 The Face by E F Benson dramatised by Michael Bakewell 21 February 1988 Mind Well the Tree by William Ingram 28 February 1988 Fat Andy by Stephen Dunstone 6 March 1988 A Day at the Dentist s by James Saunders based on an idea by Arch Oboler 13 March 1988 The Speciality of the House by Stanley Ellin dramatised by Colin Haydn Evans 20 March 1988Series Two Edit Snipe 3909 by Graeme Fife 15 January 1989 The Dead Drummer by David Buck 22 January 1989 The Dispossessed Daughter by Katherine Nicholas 29 January 1989 St Austin Friars by Stephen Wyatt adapted from a short story by Robert Westall 5 February 1989 Dreaming of Thee by Gwen Cherrell 12 February 1989 The Horn by Stephen Gallagher 19 February 1989 The Journey Home by Bert Coules 26 February 1989 Hand in Glove His Last Card Survival Soul Searching A Child Crying The Judge s HouseSeries Three Edit The Yellow Wallpaper Green and Pleasant The Monkey s Revenge Invitation to the Vaults The Edge Dead Man s Boots A Routine Operation Dance in the UnderworldSeries Four Edit Gobble Gobble The Next in Line by Ray Bradbury dramatised by Brian Sibley Dark Feathers Playing God Vicious Fish Hellhound on My Trail Hearing is Believing Life LineSeries Five Edit The Blood of Eva Bergen Net Suicide Tissue Memory Chimes at MidnightThe Man in Black 2009 EditThe series was revived again in 2009 on BBC Radio 4 Extra this time as The Man in Black with Mark Gatiss in the title role It ran for four series each with five episodes between 2009 and 2011 6 Reruns of the 2009 version started to air on BBC Radio 4 Extra on April 24 2020 Series One Edit The Tower Project Purple The White Hare Hide and Seek Bombers MoonSeries Two Edit Phish Phood Death Us Do Part Flesh Angels in Disguise The Old RoadSeries Three Edit Connect The Printed Name Lights Out Uncle William s House Perfect HomeSeries Four Edit Containment The Punt The Beaten Track Reunion The New BoyFilm adaptation EditIn 1950 Hammer and Exclusive Films released a feature film based on the series entitled The Man in Black The stars were Betty Ann Davies Sheila Burrell and Sid James with Valentine Dyall reprising his role as the Man in Black References Edit a b c Appointment with Fear The Man in Black Retrieved 16 July 2014 a b c Tony Lang The Man in Black The British Drama Website Retrieved 16 July 2014 Fear on Four BBC Radio 4 Extra Retrieved 16 July 2014 Fear on 4 The Man in Black Retrieved 16 July 2014 The Man in Black BBC Books 1990 ISBN 0563209046 The Man in Black BBC Radio 4 Extra Retrieved 16 July 2014 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Appointment with Fear radio amp oldid 1123244814, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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