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William Boyd - A Haunting

A landscape architect starts acting very strangely. Has he been taken over by an unseen presence? Stars John Sessions.

A landscape architect finds himself taken over by an unseen presence in an aeroplane and is forced to make a strange drawing which he doesn't recognise.

He begins to act out of character, lusting after waitresses and butcher's assistants, growing a beard and behaving so strangely that he seems to have a breakdown...

Published in 2000, William Boyd's ghost story stars John Sessions.

Alexander Reif …. John Sessions
Stella Reif …. Emma Currie
John-Jo Harrigan …. Liam Brennan
Demarco …. Crawford Logan
Leandra …. Eliza Langland
Stewardessr …. Joanna Tope

Other parts played by the cast.

Director: Dave Batchelor

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in December 2001.

45 minutes

Last on

Sat 10 Dec 2022 16:00
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  • Sat 10 Dec 2022 16:00
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