The Man In The Dark - John Ferguson - BBC Saturday Night Theatre

[@avrilmariethurston6992]

Give me this kind of radio drama over todays tv shows right now any day ❤ It’s like being back at school and being read to - I absolutely loved being read to since primary school

[@patriciatwomey9850]

And the acting is superb

[@dominicankandie5957]

​Agreed!​@@patriciatwomey9850

[@johndean958]

Me too.

[@iap-ug3oy]

Thank you for this , it was very enjoyable..I used to listen to Saturday night Theatre 50 years ago , never missed it and Sunday morning was Alister Cooks letter from America…….all good stuff.

[@Swimkid1]

Wow friend, that's a wonderful story, in that you initially listend to these plays 50 years ago. How lovely? I first started to listen to radio plays in 1981 when I was working alone, in what was then called 'West Germany'. I would finish a hard day's work, then bath, a pint and to bed. I was 22yrs old and working as in 'Auf Weidersehen Pet' listening to AFN American Forces Network radio in Munich. I'd never before listened to a play on the radio. At 8.30pm every evening there was a play on, the American show that Is often played on this channel actually. I came to love these plays and these memorably times alone in Germany flood back on this smashing Chesterton channel. I remember there used to be a squeaky door and atmospheric stormy weather introducing the play. That's all I remembered - imagine my reaction when I heard the same intro here 40 years later here. I'm doing exactly the same thing...listening to a good story in my bed (alone lol) of an evening. Warm regards to my fellow listeners, sorry if this comment is too long. Dave (E Sussex).

[@JohnGleeson-cx5lg]

I'd forgotten the Letter from America which I also listened to as a child in Australia

[@dorothyphipps1936]

Enjoy listening, rather than watching - one can listen and be busy at the same time.

[@shonagriffiths8907]

Thank you so much for downloading this. If you enjoyed the 39 Steps or the Lady Vanishes you will LOVE this. An absolute treat.

[@dominicankandie5957]

Loved it! Thank you ❤

[@maxhatman3218]

Thanks for uploading - pleasant accompaniment to my evening walk

[@bp311able]

Even better - more surprises- than the typical, and the typical stories here are awesome. Thanks so much!

[@aprilskies1051]

Another great broadcast, many thanks for uploading1

[@lyndaa7560]

Thank- you x

[@jamesmatthews4151]

This is of the best BBC Saturday Night Theatre episodes.

[@dianakaraffa5019]

I love these radio shows.

[@katieclarke1352]

Great play! Thank you very much. 😊

[@marymary5494]

Thank you 👌💕

[@angelamass8405]

Enjoyable 👍

[@vetabailey9185]

Ì enjoy listening to the radio plays thank you very much

[@catsamazing338]

Excellent !

[@janetmackinnon3411]

I enjoyed that Thank you.

[@londonnodippydolly6635]

'Just A Song At Twilight' being played at the beginning, lovely old song!

[@paulinegrant4081]

Great stuff!

[@stewartmcardle8149]

The Man In The Dark Broadcast as a Saturday Night Theatre drama production on 6th November, 1976 (source BBC Genome project) Dramatised for radio by Gwen Cherrell from the novel by John Ferguson Robert Trotter as Kinloch Karin Fernald as Stella Christopher Scoular as Chance Kenneth McClellan as McNab Stella: When I go out I shall lock you in that room. When I'm in the house you'll be free to walk about. Kinloch: You regard me as your prisoner? Stella: Why do you smile? Kinloch: Because oddly enough, lady, I regard you as mine. It will be interesting to see which of us is right, won't it? (Rptd: Mon 3.5 pm) Contributors From the novel by: John Ferguson Dramatised by: Gwen Cherrell Producer/Director: John Cardy Kinloch: Robert Trotter Stella: Karin Fernald Chance: Christopher Scoular McNab: Kenneth McClellan Beaumont: Haydn Jones Matheson: Douglas Blackwell Ponsonby Paget: David Bird Man in the fog: Jeffrey Segal London PC/Sgt Howley: Walter Hall Dr Dunn: Peter Craze Cab driver: Andrew Seear Sir Stephen Ware: Malcolm Gerard Insp Green: Malcolm Reid Insp Snargrove: David Graham Mrs Spedding: Shirley Dixon Solicitor: James Thomason Tolputt: Michael Harbour Cornet player: Graham Whiting

[@martas9283]

Good one!

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Just listened to it. I'm still in the dark....

[@mrbazzabee4013]

Ha' Ha'.....Ne'er mind.-Hey...maybe you could write your own play about the listener...'In The Dark'.

[@yvonneali9833]

Although the sound was muffled at times l still enjoyed listening.

[@tottiemae2258]

Synopsis: The muckraking publisher of a tabloid finds new victims on a daily basis. No one in public life is safe. There are the ones who make it into the pages of his newspaper. And there are the ones who pay his blackmail to be spared exposure. But the time comes when he does it to just one person too many....and it changes lives. Thank you, CR!

[@kathleensmith644]

It isn’t there are it is they’re for correct English.

[@tottiemae2258]

@@kathleensmith644 I think you misunderstood the meaning of my sentence. I'm using "there" as an adverb. The subject of the sentence is "the ones" and the predicate is "are". I'm sorry if the way I expressed it was confusing for you. I'm not a professional. I just take the time to do this to be kind. 😊

[@jonsmum5552]

@@kathleensmith644, Tottie mae is doing us a favour giving a synopsis and you’re worrying about grammar? Rude!

[@davidhull1481]

@@kathleensmith644 I’m sure you meant well, but she did write it correctly.

[@simonmcgrath4112]

Tottie as far as I read, u wrote it right. As 'there' are people who think 'they're' right, so there!! Thank you for taking the time to write the synopsis in the first place!!

[@mrbazzabee4013]

Thank You dear Uncle Chesterton !..P-H-E-W !...I do have to admit that I was a smidgen discombobulated by that one @t times....but still-that's the charming thing about your transmissions these days.- And I'll eat one oy my Lottie's Blueberry and Pistachio T-Cakes to that one Uncle Chezz, lad. Oh ! BTW - Please tender my warmest regards to dear Auntie Elvira for me-thanx.

[@dl18336]

Great story

[@colinglass7929]

Wonder if these dramas that are downloaded on you tube will ever be as popular as Coronation Street or East Enders on television .I'm not a fan of any tv soaps unlike most people im not hooked on tv shows dramas I prefere much better entertainment .

[@jacqui7672]

Yes me too.

[@shiva72945]

@@jacqui7672 Right. Me too.

[@marymary5494]

Me too. 👌

[@tottiemae2258]

Ditto! We're a bunch of radio snobs, aren't we!!!! 😂🤣😂

[@shiva72945]

@@tottiemae2258 Looking down on those who do watch soaps and even like it and we feel superior pity for them.

[@wiilwaalarawelo5795]

Nice!

[@mrbazzabee4013]

I thought that the Dog @ 34:33 had some inclination of what was happening.

[@michaelgoron4226]

A good plot etc but I found this hard to follow in places...some voices were very similar and the narrative wasn't as connected as it might have been.

[@rosebud3971]

👍👍

[@r4b32t11]

Broken hearted I cant make out what they are saying.. The sound is woeful...

[@iap-ug3oy]

Catherine , sorry you could not hear this, it was very good , it is strange that happens to some listeners, it was very clear at my end. Regards .

[@r4b32t11]

@@iap-ug3oy just one of those things… Cant be helped 🤗

[@jamesmason8052]

👋😃👍

[@heliosphere9789]

Sorry, had to stop, the sound is horrible.

[@iap-ug3oy]

Sorry you missed this it was very good , It is strange how the sound is bad in many places…

[@elisekeel701]

Dr Dunn"s accent was dreadful!

[@donnacaporaso1762]

For some reason that comment make a cripple walk really bothers me. The term cripple I find offensive. Just seems like a very ignorant term to use.

[@parrmik]

it seems the more explicit a word is ,the more offensive it becomes.The exception to this are the buzzwords of various politcal/social movements (gay, black ,queer ect).These formerly derogatory words , become clarion calls of a revolution. If a cripple rights movement ever became a thing, the word 'cripple would seem less offensive.

[@ASPODUK]

Get over it - different times!

[@davidhull1481]

You’re right. It’s just as bad as calling someone a retard.

[@kathleensmith644]

It isn’t the same at all. Tut tut stop being a snowflake.

[@davidhull1481]

@@kathleensmith644 your MAGAt sneers are outdated. Crawl back into your cave.