Nineteen Eighty-Four is George Orwell's terrifying vision of a totalitarian future in which everything and everyone is slave to a tyrannical regime.

STARRING
Christopher Eccleston, Tim Pigott Smith and Pippa Nixon 

Winston Smith works for the Ministry of Truth in London, chief city of Airstrip One. Big Brother stares out from every poster and the Thought Police uncover each act of betrayal. When Winston finds love with Julia, he discovers that life does not have to be dull and deadening and awakens to new possibilities. Despite the police helicopters that hover and circle overhead, Winston and Julia begin to question the Party. Yet Big Brother will not tolerate dissent?even in the mind. For those with original thoughts they invented Room 101...

In exchange for eternal youth, a man makes a deal with the devil and gives up his soul. As he is consumed by evil, his portrait changes to mirror the abomination he has become.

 STARRING: 
 Nick Pryor
 Norman Rose
 Roger DeKoven

Adapted by George Lowther

• First Run - August 7, 1974

Malcolm Malcolmson discovers the truth of 'absurd prejudices' which have accrued around an empty property in Bram Stoker's tale dramatised by Patricia Mays.

Malcolmson ...... Nigel Havers
Mrs Witham ...... Jane Thompson

With:
David Timson
Alexander John

Director: Derek Hoddinott
First broadcast on the BBC January 1982.

Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson investigate the legend of a supernatural hound, a beast that may be stalking a young heir on the fog-shrouded moorland that makes up his estate.

Cast:
Clive Merrison as Sherlock Holmes
Michael Williams as Dr John Watson
Dame Judi Dench as Mrs Hudson
Donald Sinden as Sir Charles Baskerville
Mark Leake as Sir Henry Baskerville
Ian Masters as Sir Hugo Baskerville
Roger May as Dr James Mortimer
John Woodnutt as Arthur Frankland
Rachel Atkins as Beryl Stapleton
Don McCorkindale as John Barrymore
Jenny Lee as Eliza Barrymore
Brian Parr as Postmaster
Iwan Thomas as Perkins
Nicole Forbes as Girl
Simon Hanna as Soldier
Jamie Harden as Man
James Harrison as Cabby

Violin played by Ian Humphries
Piano played by Michael Haslam
Dramatised for radio by Bert Coules
Directed by Enyd Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 28th June 1998

Raoul de Chagny falls for the stunning Christine Daae as he he watches her perform in Paris Opera House. But he must pursue her through its backdoors and stage rooms while he his heart becomes heavy with the presence of a disfigured spirit. The spirit wields unimaginable power over the singer and Raoul must compete with him to win her heart and overcome her fears.

    
Starring:
Court Benson
Gordon Gould
Carol Teitel
Paul Hecht

Adapted by Murray Burnett
Broadcast April 28, 1975

The Baker Street sleuth probes a case of revenge and treachery linking a country home with 1890s American secret societies.  

Sherlock Holmes ...... Clive Merrison
Dr John Watson ...... Michael Williams
John McMurdo ...... Iain Glen
Inspector Alec MacDonald ...... Mark Bonner
White Mason ...... Timothy Bateson
Jack McGinty ...... Constantine Gregory
Ettie Shafter ...... Amanda Gordon
Ted Baldwin ...... Stephen Critchlow
Ivy Douglas ...... Becky Hindley
Cecil Barker ...... Gavin Muir
Narrator ...... Ronald PickupPianist: Michael Hasiam
Violinist: Abigail Young.Director: Enyd Williams.
Dramatised by Bert Coules

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1997.

What evil influences the two beautiful children at Bly? A governess is sent to care for two orphaned children in a remote country estate. She soon becomes convinced that forces of evil want to take possession of the children but her struggle to protect them from harm leads to a devastating conclusion in this classic Victorian tale of horror. 

Governess: Charlotte Attenborough
Mrs Grose: Rosemary Leach
Miles: Sam Crane
Flora: Sara Jane Derrick
Master of Bly: Michael Tudor Barnes
Coachman: John Church
Storyteller: Jonathan Adams
Dramatized by John Tydeman 
Music by Wilfredo Acosta
Directed by  Glyn Dearman

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein explores the nature of human life and man’s control over it. The living monster he creates awes and frightens him. The story was first presented in 1952 with Herbert Marshall in the lead role. 

The 1952 broadcast might be preferred by many because the role seems suited to Marshall’s often pained delivery, which adds to the moral dilemma of the story, and Joe Kearns excellent performance as the minister. 

The cast: Stacy Harris (Victor Frankenstein), Barney Phillips (The Monster), Herb Butterfield (Rev. Gibson), Vivi Janiss (Elizabeth / Mrs. Gibson), Larry Thor (Narrator)

When criminals become unimaginative and crimes unchallenging, the Baker Street sleuth seeks stimulation elsewhere. But a young woman arrives looking for her father...

Sherlock Holmes .... Clive Merrison
Dr John Watson .... Michael Williams
Jonathan Small .... Brian Blessed
Mary Morstan …. Moir Leslie
Abdullah Khan .... Amerjit Deu
Mrs Hudson .... Anna Cropper
Thaddeus Sholto .... Richard Tate
Major Sholto …. Michael Kilgarriff
Bartholomew Sholto .... John Bull
Inspector Jones .... Sion Probert
Violin: Alexander Balanescu
Director: Ian Cotterell
Producer: David Johnston

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1989.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's story was first published in 1890.
Dramatised in two parts by Bert Coules.

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is set circa 1790 in the Dutch settlement of Tarry Town (based on Tarrytown, New York), in a secluded glen called Sleepy Hollow. It tells the story of Ichabod Crane, a lean, lanky, and extremely superstitious schoolmaster from Connecticut, who competes with the town rowdy for the hand of Katrina Van Tassel, the daughter of a wealthy farmerl.

As Crane leaves the Van Tassels' party on an autumn night, he is pursued by the Headless Horseman, who is supposedly the ghost of a trooper who had his head shot off by a cannonball during the Revolutionary War.

Narrated by Martin Jarvis for BBC.