Explaining the spooky drama The Dark Is Rising
We hear your thoughts on The Dark Is Rising and speak to the series’ producer and commissioner to reveal the challenges faced in bringing the adaptation to life.
An ambitious 12-part radio drama version of the 1970s novel The Dark Is Rising was broadcast across Christmas and New Year, with each episode corresponding to the ‘real time’ of the novel’s unfolding. We speak to the series’ producer and commissioner to reveal how the spooky drama was made and the challenges they faced for the adaptation. What did listeners think of the radio drama?
Presenter: Rajan Datar
Producer: Howard Shannon
A Whistledown production for Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú World Service
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- Sat 14 Jan 2023 09:50GMTÂ鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú World Service Australasia, Online, Americas and the Caribbean, UK DAB/Freeview & News Internet only
- Sun 15 Jan 2023 08:50GMTÂ鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú World Service Europe and the Middle East
- Sun 15 Jan 2023 10:50GMTÂ鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú World Service East and Southern Africa, South Asia, West and Central Africa & East Asia only
- Sun 15 Jan 2023 14:50GMTÂ鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú World Service except Australasia, East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
- Sun 15 Jan 2023 18:50GMTÂ鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú World Service News Internet
- Sun 15 Jan 2023 23:50GMTÂ鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú World Service
- Mon 16 Jan 2023 03:50GMTÂ鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú World Service
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