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Voices in the Valley

Strange tales set in Barrowbeck, an isolated village on the Yorkshire/Lancashire border, from British folk-horror writer Andrew Michael Hurley.

Radio 4,10 episodes

Episodes

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1: The Barrowbeck Survey
Maxine Peake kicks off ten chilling strange tales from the folk-horror author of The Loney
30 Oct 2022,14 mins
2: A Strange Case
Reece Shearsmith reads the next in a series of ten chilling strange tales.
30 Oct 2022,14 mins
3: After the Fair
Another chilling strange tale set in the remote and seemingly cursed village of Barrowbeck
30 Oct 2022,14 mins
4: A Few May Creep Back
An elderly teacher find himself unnerved by one of his pupils.
30 Oct 2022,14 mins
5: Natural Remedies
A childless Barrowbeck couple make an agonising decision.
30 Oct 2022,14 mins
6: Pity
A man struggles to make sense of a shocking childhood tragedy back in Barrowbeck.
30 Oct 2022,14 mins
7: The Haven
Toby Jones reads the next chilling strange tale from the folk-horror author of The Loney.
29 Oct 2022,14 mins
8: The Sisters
Tamsin Greig reads the next chilling strange tale from the folk-horror author of The Loney
28 Oct 2022,14 mins
9: A Celestial Event
Friends gather to support their friend, whose wife has died in strange circumstances.
27 Oct 2022,14 mins
10: The God Stone
Jessica Raine reads the final story in this series of British folk horror tales.
26 Oct 2022,14 mins