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KILL THE PHAROAH!: A VINTAGE BBC RADIO THRILLER

Best known as a TV producer, writer and script editor for Doctor Who, Victor Pemberton created the Doctor's most iconic gadget, the sonic screwdriver. A prolific dramatist, he also penned a wide variety of plays for BBC Radio including this gripping 8-part adventure, first broadcast in 1968.Elizabeth Warwick, the daughter of a famous archaeologist, travels to Egypt's Valley of the Kings to explore the mysterious tomb her father discovered before his death. Following in his footsteps, she hopes to find out what secrets lurk within. Is it an empty shell, or the final resting place of a Pharaoh? But her investigations lead her further and further into danger. Sir Richard Warwick had enemies, and now they are pursuing her. Embroiled in intrigue and unsure who to trust, she embarks on a quest that will take her from the Temple of Luxor to Cairo's City of the Dead...

MY SISTER SARAH

Sarah and Beattie Melford were sisters but never friends. When Beattie has an affair with the man Sarah loves she ruins her reputation and their lives take very different paths. Only a tragedy forces them together again.

A PERFECT STRANGER

At the start of WWII 20-year-old Ruth rushed into marriage with Tom Phillips when he was on leave. As time goes by she has no news from Tom, she starts to enjoy the attention of someone else. When the war ends she realises she must battle for her personal freedom and safety.

VINTAGE BBC RADIO HORROR: THE SLIDE, NIGHT OF THE WOLF & DARK

Author, playwright and TV producer Victor Pemberton was probably best known as a script editor and writer for Doctor Who, and as the inventor of the Doctor's trademark sonic screwdriver. But he also created numerous dramas for radio, among them the three cult classics included here. The Slide, Night of the Wolf and Dark.

WHEN THE SWALLOWS COME AGAIN

Mary Trimble's life has been hard since her parents were killed in an air raid. It's up to her to look after her two young sisters, little brother and elderly granddad. Mary works as an usherette at the Marlborough cinema, but her dream is to escape the horrors of London and take her family on a long charabanc trip to Devon. But little does she know her dream will come at a tragic price...