Christopher Lee on TV over Christmas!

[julie]

The word is that Christopher Lee will be reading Fireside Tales this Christmas.
Thats from the BBC.
Here is the link, is this true?
If so when and what time?

http://uk.wrs.yahoo.com/S=2114717008...nt/4030299.stm

rats

[Purple_Pen]

Oh, please, yes! Oh god, please, yes!

I can't tell you how great this would be: I absolutely loved his M.R. James stories a few years ago, and would die for more of the same.

Oh, I hope it's true, I hope it's true!

*skips around excitedly*

[Laura Allard]

This will be broadcast on Radio 2 and it appears to be true as the BBC press release states:

[i]Christopher Lee, the connoisseur of the supernatural, tells wintertime tales to make listeners shiver, jump and thrill to the darker side of life.

In Christopher Lee's Fireside Tales (Sunday 27 December

[Purple_Pen]

I just had another thought about this. I'm pretty certain that the previous batch of M.R. James stories which he did aren't available on video or DVD. Is that right, anyone? Anyway, my thought was: I wonder if there's any chance of them being released now on the back of these new stories? I like to hope, anyway!

[Laura Allard]

[quote=Lallard37]
In Christopher Lee's Fireside Tales (Sunday 27 December

[Andrés Verdú]

Wow!! This will really make my Christmas!!

Mr Lee has one of the most distinctive voices around. Instantly recognisable and truly a pleasure to hear. I have been building up a collection of the audio books that Mr Lee has recorded over the years (I have two collections of Edgar Allan Poe tales, Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, several of Conan-Doyle's "Sherlock Holmes" cases, and even The Exorcist, by William Peter Blatty, which I procured only recently and I'm still listening to... I have others too, and even more that I'm still trying to obtain). Anyone who has ever listened to Mr Lee reading will know that he really brings the stories to life (his ability to interpret all the different characters in a work, for example, is, to my mind, second to none).

My one disappointment is that this will be an audio rather than an audiovisual broadcast. I saw (and recorded) the fabulous Ghost Stories For Christmas (based on short stories by M R James...see attachment), and I thought they were brilliant. I've watched them several times since. Easily one of the best television programmes that Christmas that year. I plan to record these stories too, and I await their arrival with keen anticipation (it will be a truly delightful surprise to see which of the stories by Poe, Bierce, Jacobs, and the rest are ultimately selected for the audience's delectation... I would have loved an H P Lovecraft thrown in for good measure, but, alas, I'm not holding my breath on that one).

But, otherwise, I am overjoyed to hear that Mr Lee will be treating us once more to spooky offerings during the Christmas season. Draw shut the curtains, turn down the lights, and gather round the fireplace for some chilling classic tales...

Many Yuletide greetings (well in advance),

poeraven :)

*** Copyright Note on the image used for the attachment: the image I submit as an attachment is from the following reference source:
Rigby, Jonathan, Christopher Lee: The Authorised Screen History, (Surrey, England: Reynolds and Hearn Ltd., 2001), p. 233. I include it here not for any commercial or profitable purposes, but merely as an illustration for the subject under discussion.

[VladTepes]

Wow this souds pretty cool!
Only It looks like i'm not home at that time...
Is it a show that can be downloaded on the website?
:-)

[Purple_Pen]

Is it a show that can be downloaded on the website?

I should think so: most stuff can be heard on the BBC website these days, either live or for about a week after it has been broadcast. When the time comes, go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/ and hit either 'Listen Live' or 'Listen Again' as appropriate.

[Anita Fein]

When the audio cast does make the BBC website, can someone post the link here so we in the States can also listen in?


Greatly appreciated and thanks!

Anita