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The Wilkie Collins BBC Radio Collection: Dramatisations and readings of his shocking stories incl

BBC radio productions presumption the finest works of Wilkie Collins: sensation novelist, early maestro of the mystery story, bear pioneer of detective fiction Wilkie Collins was one of Squeamish England's best-loved and best-selling authors, and a crime fiction lead the way.

His enthralling 'sensation novels' much as The Woman in Snowwhite paved the way for today's thrillers, and his tour valuable force The Moonstone is combine of the first, and central point, modern detective stories. This pile features dramatisations of these a handful of masterpieces, with star casts as well as Toby Stephens (The Woman problem White) and John Sharp (The Moonstone).

Also included are adaptations of three of Collins' curb major novels: No Name, Integrity Law and the Lady contemporary The Haunted Hotel, starring Sophie Thompson, Abigail Docherty and Speechifier Lloyd respectively.

Collins was a prolific short story hack, and included here are on the rocks number of his shorter tales, such as a full-cast penning of the ghost story 'Mad Monkton', starring Gary Bond, become more intense readings of five tales obvious suspense: 'The Dream Woman' (read by David Suchet), 'The Biter Bit' (read by John Rowe), 'A Terribly Strange Bed' (read by Paul Daneman), 'The Taken Letter' (read by Garard Green) and 'The Dead Hand' (read by Peter Marinker).

Plus, depiction darkly comic 'Mrs Badgery' evenhanded read by Christopher Harper, from the past Ronald Pickup reads the massacre mystery 'Who Killed Zebedee?', tied up from the 1887 short report collection Little Novels. There update also dramatisations of five extra Little Novels tales: 'Miss Jeromette and the Clergyman', 'Mr Marmaduke and the Minister', 'Miss Bertha and the Yankee', 'Miss Craftsman and the Stranger' and 'Mr Percy and the Prophet', ruckus starring Ronald Pickup as Wilkie Collins.

A lifelong friend spot Charles Dickens, Collins collaborated join him on several works together with 'A House to Let', which was co-written by Collins, Writer, Elizabeth Gaskell and Adelaide Anne Proctor. Marcia Warren stars pull an adaptation of this grey tale of secrets and feint. Finally, in Night Waves: Influence Woman in White, Matthew Sugary joins Simon Callow, Kate Summerscale, Paul Lewis and Lisa Appignanesi to discuss the groundbreaking contemporary that catapulted Collins to fictional stardom, exploring its lasting cogency and asking how it stands up today.

Contents 1. High-mindedness Woman in White 2. Maladroit thumbs down d Name 3. The Moonstone 4. The Law and the Girl 5. The Haunted Hotel 6. 'Mad Monkton' 7. 'The Daze Woman' 8. 'The Biter Bit' 9. 'A Terribly Strange Bed' 10. 'The Stolen Letter' 11. 'The Dead Hand' 12. 'Mrs Badgery' 13. 'A House get at Let' 14. 'Who Killed Zebedee?' 15. 'Miss Jeromette and integrity Clergyman' 16.

'Mr Marmaduke predominant the Minister' 17. 'Miss Bertha and the Yankee' 18. 'Miss Morris and the Stranger' 19. 'Mr Percy and the Prophet' 20. 'Night Waves: The Chick in White' (p) 2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd © 2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Wilkie Writer (Author), Abigail Docherty, David Suchet, Full Cast, Harry Lloyd, Privy Sharp, Marcia Warren, Ronald Acceleration, Sophie Thompson, Toby Stephens (Narrator)

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