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1. Such as Sit in Darkness

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A policeman and his wife face evil on the Yorkshire Moors. With Brian Peck. Alan Ayckbourn directs Roy Clarke’s serial from 1968.

PC James Hewitt has been posted to the bleak Yorkshire Moors.

Being more of a townie, he's appalled by the prospect of pedalling over miles of open country, exposed to bitter winds in pursuit of rural criminals.

But far from the quiet life he and his wife Pam are expecting - the arrival of a mysterious letter sparks a terrifying chain of events and their first encounter with the powers of evil...

Starring Brian Peck and James Beck.

Alan Ayckbourn directs.

Roy Clarke's six-part thriller serial.

PC Jamie Hewitt ...... Brian Peck
Pam Hewitt ...... Juliet Cooke
Sergeant ...... James Beck
Father Probert ...... Bob Grant
Radio Voice ...... Heather Stoney

Director: Alan Ayckbourn

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2 in April 1968.

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