"The Ghost Train" (1998) Old legends return when danger stalks a lonely nighttime station.

Support the Archive Buy Me A Coffee ☕ https://buymeacoffee.com/jr_the_old_r... Preserving classic radio drama, one story at a time. Classic Old Time Radio, vintage radio shows, the Golden Age of radio, BBC Radio, murder, mystery, drama, comedy, scifi, westerns. ========================================== Arnold Ridley’s classic comedy-thriller The Ghost Train has been adapted and broadcast by the BBC multiple times across radio and early television. The most prominent and widely archived BBC Radio production was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on Saturday, January 24, 1998 (with a Sunday repeat on January 25). Key Broadcast History: The 1998 Saturday Playhouse Production (Most Common Archive): Original Air Date: January 24, 1998 (BBC Radio 4) Adaptation: Shaun McKenna Director: Marion Nancarrow Cast: Adam Godley (as Teddie Deakin), David Brooks (Charles Murdock), Alison Pettitt (Peggy Murdock), and Tracy-Ann Oberman. Note: This version is frequently rebroadcast on BBC Radio 7 and BBC Radio 4 Extra (including notable airings in 2008, 2011, and 2015). Early BBC Broadcasts: December 28, 1937: The BBC broadcast an early 40-minute adaptation directed by John Counsell. (This was paired alongside an incredibly early, ambitious 40-minute experimental BBC television broadcast of the play on December 20, 1937, featuring the full West End cast). This atmospheric thriller follows a group of stranded travelers forced to spend the night in a remote station where local legends warn of a ghostly train that brings death to anyone who sees it. As fear rises and strange events unfold, the uneasy companions confront secrets, suspicions, and the possibility that the haunting may be more than a tale. The drama blends tension, character conflict, and creeping dread, turning an ordinary delay into a night filled with danger and unsettling revelations.