Ghost Story: Laura, by Robert Aickman (1986) read by Joss Ackland

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'Ghost Story' was a five-part series of short ghost stories first broadcast at Christmas in 1986. Joss Ackland - one of the great voices of the era - performs the stories wonderfully. Originally uploaded to the channel a couple of years ago, I'm reposting them now to bring them to newer listeners.
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If you're interested to know more about the century-long history of ghost and horror stories broadcast at Christmas on British television and radio, you might like to check out HOLLY WRAITHS (and its companion volume HOLLY TERRORS), an A-Z guide available in paperback and ebook from Amazon and Lulu.com.
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Joss had such a commanding voice. Loved him as the villain in Lethal Weapon 2! Diplomatic immunity!! Boom, it’s just been revoked. Class story. Hope you have more with him.

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There are five of these 'Ghost Story' readings by him - but I also have a play on the channel called 'The Artist is Thinking' in which he stars alongside Hattie Morahan. That one's very sinister... As you say, his turn in Lethal Weapon 2 is incredibly memorable, though believe it or not when I was a child his was the voice of wildlife documentaries and TV adverts for things like self-raising flour... he could be terrifying, but that voice could be very gentle, too...

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He was great as the villain, De Nomolos, in Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey too!

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@@joannaneale9816 Don't forget he was the black rabbit of death in Watership Down... and C.S. Lewis in the TV film of Shadowlands...

[@Wombats555]

Love Aickman! Don't know how he gets missed somewhere between MR James and modern authors but I missed out on him for a loooong time.

[@mysteriousmagpie]

Those who love him adore him... there's a documentary about Aickman on the channel called 'The Unsettled Dust', and a few other readings (just search the channel for Aickman) but in particular there's a very good adaptation of 'Ringing the Changes' which is the last horror appearance of none other than Barbara Shelley...

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