Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury

Set in 1960's Illinois, USA: this is the story of two boys, and the evil that grips their small Midwestern town with the arrival of a "dark carnival" one Autumn midnight.

James Nightshade and William Halloway are two innocents, both aged 13.

Will was born one minute before Halloween, and Jim one minute after.

Both save the souls of the town - as well as their own.

Starring Theo Gregory and Joseph Lindsay.

Ray Bradbury's gem of modern Gothic literature, first published in 1962

Dramatised by Diana Griffiths

Will ........ Theo Gregory
Jim ........ Joseph Lindsay
Charlie ........ Henry Goodman
Mr Dark ........ Kenneth Cranham
Mr Coogar ........ Gerard McDermott
Lightening Rod Salesman ........ Gerard McDermott
Miss Foley ........ Barbara Barnes
Dust Witch ........ Buffy Davis
Robert ........ Taran Stanzler
Young Miss Foley ........ Amelia Clarkson
JED ........ Ethan Brooke

Music composed by David Paul Jones

Sound by Paul Cargill

Director: Pauline Harris

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2011.