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The Tractate Middoth

Derek Jacobi introduces the classic ghost story of Doctor Rant and the strange goings-on in the library. Stars Sam Dale. From December 2007.

Diligent curator, David Garrett, gets caught up in the machinations of the mysterious Dr Rant when he's sent down to the library stacks to retrieve an obscure manuscript.

Derek Jacobi - as the voice of MR James - introduces classic ghost stories.

Dramatised by Chris Harrald.

Stars Sam Dale as Mr Thompson, Joseph Millson as Garrett, John Rowe as Mr Eldred and Joannnah Tincey as Lucy Simpson.

Producer: Gemma Jenkins

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2007.

15 minutes

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  • Tue 22 Dec 200914:45
  • Wed 23 Dec 200904:45
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  • Wed 1 Aug 201218:00
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  • Tue 7 May 201318:45
  • Wed 8 May 201300:45
  • Tue 22 Apr 201418:00
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  • Tue 17 Nov 201518:15
  • Wed 18 Nov 201500:15
  • Tue 6 Feb 201818:00
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