BBC Radio 4 Drama - The Darker Side of The Border - Three Supernatural Tales

The Darker Side of The Border
Series of three Scottish 19th Century tales of terror and mystery, dramatised by Marty Ross.
Approx. 30 minutes each.


1 : The Captain of the Polestar by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
A Dundee whaling ship becomes trapped in the arctic. Strange cries sound across the ice at night and a figure is glimpsed on the floes. Is it the Captain's lost love come to reclaim him? [First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 24th April 2003. Recorded from BBC 7 in June 2009]

Captain Craigie : Alec Heggie
Doctor Rae : Nick Underwood
Milne : James Bryce
Williamson : John Bewick
McCloud : Brian Pettifer
Directed by Bruce Young.

2 : Olalla by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Set during the Peninsular War in Spain. A wounded Scottish soldier is sent to stay in a remote house in the hills, but the family who live there harbour a terrible secret .... [First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 1st May 2003. Recorded from BBC 7 in June 2009]

Alec : Paul Blair
Carrido : Richard Green
Felipe : Richard Colon
Olalla : Roxana Pope
Padre : Simon Tait
Senora : Carol Ann Crawford
Directed by Bruce Young.

3 : The Brownie Of The Black Haggs by James Hogg
Lady Wheelhope has a reputation as a violent mistress to those under her power. Yet when desire for a mysterious servant overwhelms her, it's her own soul she yields to terrible risk. [First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 8th May 2003. Recorded from BBC 7 in June 2009]

Lady Wheelhope : Irene Macdougall
Adam : Alec Heggie
Bessie : Mary Riggans
Merodach : Jimmy Chisolm
The Laird : Paul Young
Wattie : James Bryce
Directed by Bruce Young.