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Four hair-raising tales of terror, as heard on BBC Radio 4''Three hours worth of spooky entertainment ... there are some terrific performances to be enjoyed here'' Entertainment FocusIn these four supernatural dramas, first broadcast on radio in 1984, a house hides more than meets the eye; a B & B landlady helps her guests forget their troubles; a Japanese man inadvertently awakens a vengeful spirit; and a mother and baby become unsettled in remote mill.Written by Colin Haydn Evans, David Campton, Jill Hyem and Don Webb, and starring Anna Massey, Rosemary Leach, Sean Barrett, and Pam Ferris, these eerie, atmospheric stories are guaranteed to give you goosebumps. Just don''t listen with the lights off...Figures - Stuck in a marriage of convenience, unhappy Ann is searching for a refuge. So as soon as she sees the house, she knows it has to be hers. Its past is part of her future - all she has to do is sit in the upstairs room, kept locked for so long, and wait...Mrs M - Mrs Meadowsweet offers visitors to her country guesthouse a truly carefree holiday. Everybody is so happy. A little abstracted, perhaps, but certainly happy. New arrivals Madge and Arthur are suspicious, but can Mrs M win them over?Origami - When mild-mannered Mr Shimojo takes a room in Mrs Bestall''s house, he becomes an instant hit with her young daughter, teaching her the Japanese art of paper folding. But no one is prepared for the sequence of horrifying events which his presence seems to generate...Witch Water Green - Barbara Tate and her baby girl are all alone in their new home - a converted mill deep in the countryside. The move has been stressful; Barbara is lonely and the baby is fretful. But there''s another, deeper reason for her uneasiness...Cast and creditsFiguresAnn - Anna MasseyRalph Symons - Blain FairmanRebecca Symons - Jill LidstonePeter Fuller - Jon StricklandAlex Slade - Michael BiltonWritten by Colin Haydn EvansDirected by Ian CotterellFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 15 February 1984Mrs MMrs Meadowsweet - Rosemary LeachMadge - Anne JamesonArthur - Roger HumeSimon - Terry MolloyMiss Brazenose - Joyce GibbsInga - Patricia GallimoreWritten by David CamptonDirected by Peter WindowsFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 22 February 1984OrigamiMr Shimojo - Sean BarrettHelen Bestall - Carole BoydPeter Trent - Christopher ScoularLucy Bestall - Helen WorthWritten by Jill HyemDirected by Kay PatrickPronunciation adviser: Masatoshi TobiaFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 29 February 1982Witch Water Green Barbara Tate - Pam FerrisDr Jane Rayner - Jenny LeeThe Rev Roy Brown - Nigel AnthonyJohnny Goad - Brian SouthwoodWendy Williams - Kate LeeWritten by Don WebbDirected by Tony CliffFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 15 March 1984© 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd