Late Night Story (1978-79)

[by Sergio Angelini - Courtesy of the BBC]

	BBC tx 22/12/1978-8/9/1979 9 x 20-minute episodes, 2 series, colour   Producer Tony Harrison Production Company BBC TV Original stories Saki, Nigel Kneale, Ray Bradbury, Mary Danby, Graham Greene, Len Deighton

The BBC2 series Late Night Story featured then Doctor Who (BBC, 1963-89; 1996; 2005-) star Tom Baker reading to camera four macabre stories on the theme of childhood, which were shown just prior to the channel's closedown. A fifth episode, 'Sredni Vashtar' by 'Saki' (Hector Hugh Munro), about a sickly young boy and his obsession with the titular ferret, was scheduled to start the series on 22 December, but went unscreened due to a BBC strike. The other stories were: 'The Photograph' (tx. 23/12/1978) by Nigel Kneale, 'The Emissary' (tx. 25/12/1978) by Ray Bradbury, 'Nursery Tea' (26/12/1978) by Mary Danby and 'The End of the Party' (28/12/1978) by Graham Greene.

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midi feature this page: "Puppet Master."

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FOR OFF SITE LINK - SEE ALSO Baker, Tom (1936-)