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A brand new radio adaptation of a classic Agatha Christie short story by Paul Kember. Bridget has an unusual and frightening gift for communicating with the dead, and making the deceased appear in a flesh and blood likeness. When Rasha approaches her, in mourning for her young daughter, Simone reluctantly agrees to carry out a séance, with horrifying results.
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A brand-new radio adaptation of a classic Agatha Christie short story by Paul Kember. Bridget has an unusual and frightening gift for communicating with the dead, and making the deceased appear in a flesh and blood likeness. When Rasha approaches her, in mourning for her young daughter, Simone reluctantly agrees to carry out a séance, with horrifying results.
  
 
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1 episode of 30 minutes 30 minutes in total
 
1 episode of 30 minutes 30 minutes in total
 
[[category:2003]]
 
[[category:2003]]

Latest revision as of 18:35, 13 July 2025

1st Broadcast 24th March 2003 BBC Radio 4

Director

Dirk Maggs

Producer

Bruce Hyman

Dramatised

Paul Kember

Written By

Agatha Christie

Produced By

Above The Title Productions for BBC Radio 4

Synopsis

Based on Agatha Christie's The Last Seance

A new contemporary dramatisation

Set in England against the backdrop of international turmoil. A young woman whose life has been devastated by the war in Afghanistan, and who has lost her husband and only child, turns to an Irish couple who may be able to offer her a chance of salvation - the promise of a miracle. But the price to be paid for such a miracle could be too much to bear.

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A brand-new radio adaptation of a classic Agatha Christie short story by Paul Kember. Bridget has an unusual and frightening gift for communicating with the dead, and making the deceased appear in a flesh and blood likeness. When Rasha approaches her, in mourning for her young daughter, Simone reluctantly agrees to carry out a séance, with horrifying results.

Cast

Rasha Rebecca Saire

Declan Adrian Dunbar

Bridget Dervia Kirwan

Mr Weiss Andrew Sachs

Patrick Rupert Degas

Colleen Cate Hamer

Sergeant Paul Kember

Meena Montana Thompson

Production Crew

Not known at this time

Recorded at

Not known at this time

Music composed & Arranged

Not known at this time

Comment by Dirk Maggs

None currently

Running Time

1 episode of 30 minutes 30 minutes in total