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14 Full-Cast Dramas

The Susan Hill BBC Radio Drama Collection

Two Full-Cast BBC Radio Crime Dramatisations

The Murder of the Maharajah & The Governess

The Woman in Black

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The Various Haunts of Men

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The Pure in Heart

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The Risk of Darkness

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The Vows of Silence

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The Shadows in the Street

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The Betrayal of Trust

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A Question of Identity

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The Soul of Discretion

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The Comforts of Home

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The Benefit of Hindsight

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A Change of Circumstance

The Mist in the Mirror

A Ghost Story

Dolly

The Small Hand

The Man in the Picture

The Travelling Bag

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The Woman in Black and Other Ghost Stories

I'm the King of the Castle

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Hill's exploration of a juvenile ghoul and his natural prey is a brilliant tour de force

Equalled for poignancy and horror only in Lord of the Flies

Delves beneath the surface of complex young minds, exposing not only their vulnerability and tenderness, their cruelty and malevolence, but also how parents end up turning a blind eye to their pain

'Some people are coming here today, now you will have a companion.' 
 
But young Edmund Hooper doesn't want anyone else in Warings, the large and rambling Victorian house he shares with his widowed father. Nevertheless Charles Kingshaw and his mother are soon installed and Hooper sets about subtly persecuting the fearful new arrival. 
 
In the woods, Charles fights back but he knows that his rival will always win the affections of the adults - and that worse is still to come . . .

Discover a chilling twentieth century classic, delving into the dark and complex heart of childhood 
 
'Some people are coming here today, now you will have a companion.' 
 
But young Edmund Hooper doesn't want anyone else in Warings, the rambling Victorian house he shares with his widowed father. Nevertheless Charles Kingshaw and his mother are soon installed and Edmund sets about persecuting his fearful new playmate. 
 
From the dusty back rooms of Warings through the gloomy labyrinth of Hang Wood to the very top of Leydell Castle, Edmund pursues Charles, the balance of power slipping back and forth between bully and victim. With their parents oblivious, the situation speeds towards a crisis... 
 
Darkly claustrophobic and morally ambiguous, Susan Hill weaves a classic tale of cruelty, power, and the dangerous games we play as children. 
 
'A brilliant tour de force' Guardian 
 
'Equalled for poignancy and horror only in Lord of the Flies' Sunday Telegraph 
 
'Delves beneath the surface of complex young minds, exposing not only their vulnerabilty and tenderness, their cruelty and malevolence, but also how parents end up turning a blind eye to their pain' Anita Sethi

Susan Hill was born in Scarborough in 1942, and educated at grammar schools there and in Coventry. She read English at King's College, London, of which she is now a Fellow. As well as I'm the King of the Castle, her novels include Strange Meeting, The Bird of Night, In the Springtime of the Year, Air and Angels, The Service of Clouds,The Various Haunts of Men, The Pure in Heart, The Rise of Darkness, The Beacon, The Vows of Silence and The Small Hand. She has written several volumes of short stories, including A Bit of Singing and Dancing; two ghost novels, The Woman in Black and The Mist in the Mirror; and a number of stories for children. Her autobiographical books are The Magic Apple Tree and Family. She is married with two adult daughters and lives in North Norfolk.

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