The Case of Charles Dexter Ward: Episode 4
The Lovecraft Investigations
BBC
4.8 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 2 January 2019
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
H.P. Lovecraft’s tale continues: A donation from an unknown source allows Heawood and Kennedy to crack on with their investigation. But the trail gets weirder.
Cast includes Barnaby Kay, Jana Carpenter, Alun Armstrong, Adam Godley, Nicola Walker, Steven Mackintosh, Mark Bazeley, Samuel Barnett, Richard Cordery, Harry Kay, Penny Downie, Madeleine Potter, Phoebe Fox, Ben Crowe, Nathan Osgood, Susan Jameson, Samantha Dakin, Alex Lanipekun and Cherrelle Skeete.
Producer: Karen Rose Director/Writer: Julian Simpson Sound Recordist and Designer: David Thomas Production Coordinator: Sarah Tombling Music by Tim Elsenburg
A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4
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| 0:00.0 | This is the story of Bonnie Prince Charlie. |
| 0:05.6 | A tale of destiny, disputes and despair. |
| 0:08.8 | I am here because these brave men cannot rise by themselves. |
| 0:12.4 | We must go, your majesty, my loyal men. |
| 0:14.7 | And the best part is, it's all true. |
| 0:17.4 | Well, mostly. |
| 0:18.7 | A brand new drama podcast. |
| 0:22.3 | It's the rise and fall of a destined king. |
| 0:25.4 | Fearless or foolish, you decide. |
| 0:27.8 | Narrated by award-winning actor Jack Loudon. |
| 0:31.1 | Pretender Prince. |
| 0:32.5 | Listen first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:36.3 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:40.6 | Before we start, I just wanted to talk about something, or I guess make an announcement, |
| 0:46.3 | really. Last episode, I was talking about how hard it is to keep a show like this, a company |
| 0:51.3 | like this, going financially. And I hate to break the fourth wall like |
| 0:55.5 | that and kind of let the light in on the magic, so to speak, but I thought it was important to explain |
| 1:01.4 | why I hadn't been doing any of the heavy lifting thus far on the Charles Dexter Ward story. |
| 1:06.5 | Anyway, the response from listeners was really encouraging. A lot of you wrote in messages of support and we saw a definite uptick in the number of people pledging monthly donations via the website, which wasn't what I was trying for, but it's always nice. |
| 1:20.6 | So thank you. |
| 1:22.6 | The really stunning thing, though, is that we got one particular donation. It was an overseas money |
| 1:30.0 | transfer from the US, and it's a lot of money, or it's a lot of money to us. It means we can keep |
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