Overview
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.
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. A tenth series was broadcast on the BBC World Service in 1976.
Series 1
'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 1943
Series 2
'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 1944
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