This exciting preview of series six of “Doctor Who” trailed last night’s Christmas special. Enjoy!
Hmmm … the Doctor in a cowboy hat … that’s new.
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Video: DOCTOR WHO 2011 Series Trailer!
Posted in Ghosts, Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror, Television, UFOs, Video with tags BBC America, charles dickens, christmas, Christmas by medium, christmas carol, doctor who, Holidays, karen gillan, matt smith, steven moffat on December 26, 2010 by ghostradioworldAudio: Chris Eccleston Reading “The Signalman”!
Posted in Audio, Books, Ghosts, Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror, Writing with tags bbc, charles dickens, christmas, christopher eccleston, Formula One, Holidays, London on December 24, 2010 by ghostradioworld
Another one of these great spooky Christmas readings from BBC featuring Chris Eccleston. This time it’s one of the greatest spooky stories of all … Charles Dickens’ “The Signalman”!
Audio: Chris Eccleston’s Spooky Christmas Tale
Posted in Audio, Books, Ghosts, Psychic Phenomena, Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror with tags bbc, charles dickens, christmas, christopher eccleston, doctor who, Holidays, John Kendrick Bangs, Opinions on December 21, 2010 by ghostradioworld
This comes from a series of demonic Christmas stories that former Doctor Who actor Christopher Eccleston recorded for the BBC in 2008. In this installment, Eccleston reads the John Kendrick Bangs story “Thurlow’s Christmas.” A tale about a writer who struggles to finish a story in time for Christmas, and the demonic forces behind his struggles.
Audio: Christmas Eve Ghost!
Posted in Audio, Ghosts, Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror with tags charles dickens, christmas, Christmas and holiday season, christmas eve, christmas ghost stories, christmas otr, christmas radio, Holidays, old time radio, Opinions, otr, Religious on December 16, 2010 by ghostradioworld
An intriguing Christmas yarn from the series “Front Page Drama” originally broadcast on Christmas Day 1951.
Video: DOCTOR WHO Christmas Special Trailer!
Posted in Uncategorized with tags a christmas carol, bbc, BBC America, charles dickens, christmas, christmas carol, christmas special, doctor who, karen gillan, matt smith, michael gambon, steven moffat on December 14, 2010 by ghostradioworldSorry we haven’t posted this before. We thought we had. But if you haven’t seen it already … enjoy!
Audio Repost: “A Christmas Carol” Radio Adaptations
Posted in Audio, Books, Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror with tags a christmas carol, charles dickens, e.g. marshall, laurence olivier, lionel barrymore, old time radio, otr, radio adaptations, radio drama on December 24, 2009 by ghostradioworldThis is a repost from last year for those that missed it. And, it being the season of giving, rather than suggesting you search the archives, we thought we’d just repost it.
The most famous Christmas ghost story is Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.” On this Christmas Eve, the Ghost Radio blog is proud to present not one, not two, but three radio adaptation of this timeless classic.
The first one stars Lionel Barrymore and was presented on Orson Welles’ famous radio program The Campbell Playhouse. This production was performed a number of times, but this recording comes for December 23, 1938.
- Lionel Barrymore as Scrooge
The second production features Laurence Olivier both as narrator and the voice of Scrooge. This production was originally broadcast on Theatre Royale on December 24, 1953.
- Laurence Olivier
And finally we have a production that stars E. G. Marshall as Scrooge. This production was originally broadcast on the CBS Radio Mystery Theater on December 24, 1975.
- E. G. Marshall
Listen to one, listen to all three, play them while trimming the tree.
Video: A Christmas Carol Featurette – Performance Capture
Posted in Ghosts, Movies, Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror, Video with tags a christmas carol, animation, cgi, charles dickens, jim carrey, performance capture, robert zemeckis on May 21, 2009 by ghostradioworldArguably the most famous ghost story gets yet another film treatment. This story seems especially suited to performance capture technology.
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Three Adaptations of “A Christmas Carol”
Posted in Audio, Ghosts, Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror with tags a christmas carol, charles dickens, christmas old time radio, christmas otr, laurence olivier, lionel barrymore, orson welles, otr a christmas carol, the campbell playhouse, the mercury theater, theatre royale on December 24, 2008 by ghostradioworldThe most famous Christmas ghost story is Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.” On this Christmas Eve, the Ghost Radio blog is proud to present not one, not two, but three radio adaptation of this timeless classic.
The first one stars Lionel Barrymore and was presented on Orson Welles’ famous radio program The Campbell Playhouse. This production was performed a number of times, but this recording comes for December 23, 1938.
Lionel Barrymore as Scrooge
The second production features Laurence Olivier both as narrator and the voice of Scrooge. This production was originally broadcast on Theatre Royale on December 24, 1953.
Laurence Olivier
And finally we have a production that stars E. G. Marshall as Scrooge. This production was originally broadcast on the CBS Radio Mystery Theater on December 24, 1975.
E. G. Marshall
Listen to one, listen to all three, play them while trimming the tree.
A Different Charles Dickens Ghost Tale for Christmas!
Posted in Audio, Ghosts, Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror with tags charles dickens, christmas old time radio, christmas otr, ghost story, the signalman, victorian christmas stories, victorian ghost stories on December 23, 2008 by ghostradioworld
In Victorian England, ghost stories were a common form of Christmas entertainment. It’s often neglected that the most famous Victorian Christmas story, Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”, is also ghost story.
But 19 years after publishing that tale, Dickens offered another ghost story in the Christmas edition of the publication All Year Round. Although the story has no distinct Christmas elements, it’s the type of ghost story that thrilled the population of Victorian England during the Christmas Season.
Included here are two adaptations of this classic story.
This one is from the series Suspense. It was originally broadcast on November 11, 1956.
This one is from the NPR series Nightfall. It was originally broadcast December 17, 1982.
You can read Charles Dickens’ original story here.
