The Price of Fear (radio serial) explained

The Price of Fear is a horror/mystery radio series produced by BBC Radio between 1973 and 1983. The host and star of the show was Vincent Price.

This show stands out in Price's radio career as some of the episodes are based on fictional adventures of Vincent Price himself, in which Price plays himself, while others have him merely introducing the macabre tale of the week. Twenty-two episodes were produced. Credited writers and source authors for the series include William Ingram, Stanley Ellin, Richard Davis, R. Chetwynd-Hayes, A. M. Burrage, Elizabeth Morgan, Rene Basilico, and Roald Dahl.^[1] Fifteen of the episodes were rebroadcast by BBC Radio 7 in the spring of 2010. They have periodically been repeated on BBC Radio 4 Extra since then.

Episodes

1. Remains to be Seen by William Ingram (based on the story by Jack Ritchie)
2. William and Mary by Barry Campbell (based on the story by Roald Dahl)
3. Cat's Cradle by Richard Davis (based on "The Squaw'" by Bram Stoker)
4. Meeting in Athens by Maurice Travers (based on "So Cold, So Pale, So Fair" by Charles Birkin)
5. The Man Who Hated Scenes by William Ingram (based on the story by Robert Arthur)
   1. Lot 132 by Elizabeth Morgan The Waxwork by Barry Campbell (based on the story by A. M. Burrage)
6. Fish by Rene Basilico
7. Soul Music by William Ingram
8. Guy Fawkes' Night by Richard Davies
9. Come As You Are by William Ingram
10. Speciality of the House (based on the story by Stanley Ellin)
11. The Ninth Removal (based on the story by R. Chetwynd-Hayes)
12. An Eye for An Eye by William Ingram
13. Blind Man’s Bluff by William Ingram
14. Never Gamble With A Loser (probably not recorded)
15. Goody Two Shoes^[2] by William Ingram
16. To My Dear, Dear Saladin by William Ingram
17. The Family Album by William Ingram
18. Not Wanted on Voyage by William Ingram
19. Out of the Mouths by William Ingram
20. Is There Anybody There? by William Ingram

External links

• • The Definitive The Price of Fear Radio Log with Vincent Price
• The Price of Fear on My Old Radio
• The Price of Fear at RadioLovers.com
• The Price of Fear at The Sound of Vincent Price

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Price of Fear . 29 October 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121218062558/http://www.thesoundofvincentprice.com/fear.html . 18 December 2012 .
2. https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/e10fdf39793c48a988a1f6c7c58b230c The Price of Fear: Goody Two Shoes, BBC Radio 4, 30 May 1983, BBC Genome