Mysterious Magpie

Mysterious Magpie

Mysterious Magpie is a collection of radio programmes on a dark and atmospheric theme. There are lots and lots of ghost stories, but also tales of murder and mystery and horror, dark psychological thrillers and ominous costume dramas...

Nightfall:  Child's Play

Nightfall: Child's Play

Nightfall: The Maid's Bell

Nightfall: The Maid's Bell

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  • @gabri41200
    @gabri412002 сағат бұрын

    Masterpiece

  • @RalphDratman
    @RalphDratman11 сағат бұрын

    Is there a list of the actors?

  • @evelanpatton
    @evelanpatton14 сағат бұрын

    Definitely a PERFECT example of not knowing the WHOLE NARRATIVE does NOT equate to JUST ACTIONS! In fact more harm can be done out of false righteousness. It’s a definite moral tale & a reason to FIND THE MIDDLE WAY for SELF rather than working up for or against sides! Great stories were the Twilight Zone!

  • @F24586
    @F2458622 сағат бұрын

    Parable of modern day seemingly .

  • @YumchaGirl
    @YumchaGirlКүн бұрын

    Fabulous! Thank you for that.

  • @DaveWright-bo8dp
    @DaveWright-bo8dp2 күн бұрын

    Really enjoyed this production, although I wish it could have been longer. I gave up on the Bill Nighy version after ten minutes because I found his performance so grating. Many thanks.

  • @wattsup9718
    @wattsup97182 күн бұрын

    Basis of the TV series 'The Charmer' (Nigel Havers as Gorse and Bernard Hepton as Stimpson)

  • @strangetrip837
    @strangetrip8373 күн бұрын

    Great idea for rock music….😜

  • @allieoh1
    @allieoh13 күн бұрын

    Thank you for this very well done dramatization of the classic story! Try to see the 1973 movie version starring the late, great Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie. Really unnerving and worth the watch!

  • @mysteriousmagpie
    @mysteriousmagpie3 күн бұрын

    Oh no, I love the film - as you say, incredibly unnerving. There's an earlier BBC radio adaptation on this channel too, from about twenty years back, also well done.

  • @kimberlyrogers9953
    @kimberlyrogers99532 күн бұрын

    Gee whiz this was excellent

  • @loulou7963
    @loulou796321 сағат бұрын

    Fantastic film and the ending ! 😮😮😮

  • @jwsuicides8095
    @jwsuicides80953 күн бұрын

    Not heard of "Someone in the Lift". What a shame the TV version is lost.

  • @mysteriousmagpie
    @mysteriousmagpie3 күн бұрын

    Yes, it was shown as part of 'Late Night Line Up' - but rather intriguingly they *have* recently re-discovered a reading of The SIgnalman recorded for Late Night Line Up in the 1960s, performed by Emlyn Williams. I had no idea that existed either, but given that Williams's 1950s reading of the story for TV is lost, it's a wonderful compensation...

  • @kevinhickey9442
    @kevinhickey94423 күн бұрын

    Great story good acting. Music not so much

  • @ericpanissidi6761
    @ericpanissidi67614 күн бұрын

    I like the narrators voice. Don't get caught with your hand in thr cookie jar, it might be like that pain box in dune.

  • @-Reagan
    @-Reagan4 күн бұрын

    Lovely!! Thank you so very much

  • @mysteriousmagpie
    @mysteriousmagpie4 күн бұрын

    I've got several Angela Carter plays on here, including earlier versions of Vampirella...

  • @EM-lz9kg
    @EM-lz9kg5 күн бұрын

    Just watched the Oscar winning film again shown v late last night 😮

  • @emcarver8983
    @emcarver89835 күн бұрын

    This is ridiculous.

  • @sanjay7pisces
    @sanjay7pisces5 күн бұрын

    Thanks for the upload ❤ Fortunes are best left untold.

  • @sanjay7pisces
    @sanjay7pisces5 күн бұрын

    It was creepy as hell. 😮

  • @legion999
    @legion9996 күн бұрын

    I liked the narration good voice. Although I don't see what's so mind-rending about being able to see into this other world

  • @andreavander6197
    @andreavander61976 күн бұрын

    I enjoyed this story. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

  • @TedaR
    @TedaR6 күн бұрын

    That was a good episode…,a real good episode….😉😄

  • @TedaR
    @TedaR6 күн бұрын

    He’s no Serling but Stacy Keach did well with these later productions.

  • @georgieboy9101
    @georgieboy91016 күн бұрын

    This was rather good. though I do miss the Mcainbridge demon voice, I think the way they went about it was effective.

  • @wwthenry
    @wwthenry6 күн бұрын

    This was missing from KZread for a minute.. it maybe my 10th time listing this abridge version. Bout the book and audiobook as well but by far this bbc radio drama version is the best…

  • @ellenmendoza7246
    @ellenmendoza72466 күн бұрын

    This is Beautiful creepy.. scary child

  • @mysteriousmagpie
    @mysteriousmagpie6 күн бұрын

    It's very unsettling... and quite influential, with its idea of a hugely dangerous, powerful child. In particular the film 'Looper' seems to borrow heavily from it...

  • @sylvia6785
    @sylvia67857 күн бұрын

    That was brilliant. So well acted

  • @clairegreenaway9653
    @clairegreenaway96537 күн бұрын

    So enjoyed this!Thankyou

  • @evelanpatton
    @evelanpatton7 күн бұрын

    Beautifully sad, but with a heartfelt ending!

  • @catherinedavies3727
    @catherinedavies37277 күн бұрын

    Enjoyed this. Thank you😊

  • @alanhughs461
    @alanhughs4617 күн бұрын

    Wonderful story,so atmospheric I could almost taste the salty air , beautifully read and gentle piano playing a winning combination

  • @liscatcat8756
    @liscatcat87567 күн бұрын

    I visited whitby because of this book series 23 -26 june 2024

  • @drengskap
    @drengskap7 күн бұрын

    Thanks for posting, I'm acquiring a taste for this series.

  • @-Reagan
    @-Reagan7 күн бұрын

    OMW - I have been looking for this EVERYWHERE! I’m so SO very excited and thankful for you to have uploaded it. This is so rare there’s hardly a footnote about it anywhere. Of course I can always count on you, My lovely Magical Maggie Magpie

  • @mysteriousmagpie
    @mysteriousmagpie7 күн бұрын

    Glad to be of service!

  • @ThuNguyen-hm5ct
    @ThuNguyen-hm5ct9 күн бұрын

    fantastic. thank you!!!

  • @catrinamcdermott4211
    @catrinamcdermott42119 күн бұрын

    Loved that, huge Walpole and gothic story fan. Thank you

  • @mysteriousmagpie
    @mysteriousmagpie9 күн бұрын

    There's an adaptation of 'Castle' on the channel as well - though I dare say you' may have already heard that one...

  • @willowwobble
    @willowwobble10 күн бұрын

    Thank you. The analysis helps us to better understand M. R. James and how he came to write his excellent ghost stories.

  • @willowwobble
    @willowwobble10 күн бұрын

    Excellent naration and acting, especially by David March as M. R. James. It is an entertaining story, first broadcast on BBC radio in 1977.

  • @maryfeehan7896
    @maryfeehan789610 күн бұрын

    Very interesting. Thank you

  • @northernlights8126
    @northernlights812611 күн бұрын

    Terrific story, Beautifully read.

  • @hangthemhigh
    @hangthemhigh11 күн бұрын

    Absolutely a great story!

  • @hangthemhigh
    @hangthemhigh11 күн бұрын

    great !

  • @richardleong3920
    @richardleong392011 күн бұрын

    This short story has been plagiarised by the author of the Terror, also a story of survival, running out of food, and a woman in board.

  • @oldben7177
    @oldben717711 күн бұрын

    Nothing there! Nothing to be had there! Nothing to plunder.

  • @anne-marieriamitchell1140
    @anne-marieriamitchell114011 күн бұрын

    Super

  • @jacquiadams863
    @jacquiadams86312 күн бұрын

    Oh. Good in parts. Very silly too.

  • @spankynater4242
    @spankynater424212 күн бұрын

    He falls in love with her and decides to warn her of their plan to extinguish humanity, but doesn’t think it’s necessary to tell her how they’re going to do it. Makes sense to me.

  • @plw6825
    @plw682512 күн бұрын

    One of my favourite subjects - isolation and madness!

  • @evelanpatton
    @evelanpatton12 күн бұрын

    Love the series! I really like this writer… but this “wife” character… really I$ rather: $tupid!

  • @SuperGreatSphinx
    @SuperGreatSphinx12 күн бұрын

    Hail Mary Mater Dei

  • @SuperGreatSphinx
    @SuperGreatSphinx12 күн бұрын

    Mystical Rose

  • @EM-lz9kg
    @EM-lz9kg12 күн бұрын

    Listening AGAIN after seeing the film “ first omen “

  • @WhatHaveIMade
    @WhatHaveIMade12 күн бұрын

    At first I wasn't sure why this was chosen, but by the end... Excellent choice.