February 18, 2021

Episode 6: Fright Night

33 minutes

After the press backlash, the Hitchings family fight to prove the haunting isn’t a hoax.

They invite young journalist Joyce Lewis to spend a night at Number 63 Wycliffe Road – will she experience the phenomena that can prove Donald is real? Meanwhile, Danny spends his own night with a ghost, investigating a house that claims to have an active poltergeist, with sinister parallels to the Battersea case.

Written and presented by Danny Robins, starring Dafne Keen (His Dark Materials), Toby Jones (Detectorists), Burn Gorman (Torchwood) and Alice Lowe (Sightseers).

With original theme music by Mercury-nominated Nadine Shah and Ben Hillier, this gripping eight-part series interweaves a chilling supernatural thriller set in 50s London with a fascinating modern-day investigation into Britain’s strangest ever haunting – a mystery unsolved... until now.

Shirley Hitchings……..Dafne Keen

Harold Chibbett………Toby Jones

Wally Hitchings…… Burn Gorman

Kitty Hitchings……….Alice Lowe

Joyce Lewis………..Miranda Raison

Steve………………..Rufus Wright

Written and presented by Danny Robins

Experts: Ciaran O’Keeffe and Evelyn Hollow

Sound Designer: Richard Fox

Music: Evelyn Sykes

Theme Music by Nadine Shah and Ben Hillier

Produced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard

Directed by Simon Barnard

Consultant: Alan Murdie

With thanks to James Clark, co-author of 'The Poltergeist Prince of London'

A Bafflegab production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2021.

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4.6

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