{"product_id":"book-hidv","title":"The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, Black Hearts in Battersea \u0026 The Story of Is","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBBC Radio full-cast dramatisations of three of the classic novels from Joan Aiken's 'Wolves Chronicles'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the finest storytellers of her time, Joan Aiken wrote over 100 books for both adults and children. Among her best-known works are the 'Wolves Chronicles', a sequence of novels set in an alternate 19th century England ruled by Stuart kings. Included here are three tales from that magical, wolf-infested world - \u003ci\u003eThe Wolves of Willoughby Chase, Black Hearts in Battersea\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Story of Is\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wolves of Willoughby Chase\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Winter, 1832. The great manor of Willoughby Chase lies blanketed by snow, and predators lurk in the darkness. With the opening of the Channel Tunnel, ravenous wolves have overrun the country, and young Bonnie Green can hear their hideous howling. But she and her cousin Sylvia soon find themselves facing an even greater danger, in the shape of their devious governess, Miss Slighcarp. Aided by their friend Simon, can they foil her evil plan?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Hearts in Battersea\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Determined to become a painter, Simon sets off to London - but no sooner has he arrived than he becomes caught up in a fiendish Hanoverian plot to overthrow the King. Kidnapped and sent away to sea, he faces shipwreck, assassination plots, attacks by wolves and a hair-raising hot air balloon escape. With the help of fellow orphan Sophie, and the resourceful Dido Twite, will he save the day?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Story of Is\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Sent by King Richard IV to search for his missing son, Dido Twite's sister Isabett takes the Playland Express to the north of a divided England. There, she finds an underground city where children work as slaves in vast coal mines. This is the domain of Gold Kingy, a man who will stop at nothing in his pursuit of power - but he has reckoned without Is and her newfound friends...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese spellbinding adventures feature a star cast, including \u003ci\u003eGosford Park\u003c\/i\u003e's \u003cb\u003eEmily Watson\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGame of Thrones\u003c\/i\u003e' \u003cb\u003eJoe Dempsie\u003c\/b\u003e and legendary actor and comedian \u003cb\u003eRik Mayall\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eText copyright © Joan Aiken 1962 (\u003ci\u003eThe Wolves of Willoughby Chase\u003c\/i\u003e), 1964 (\u003ci\u003eBlack Hearts in Battersea\u003c\/i\u003e), 1992 (\u003ci\u003eIs\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eProduction credits\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by Joan Aiken\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wolves of Willoughby Chase\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCast: \u003cb\u003eJane Lapotaire\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eEmily Watson\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eAbigail Docherty\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eJohn Rowe\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eJohn Turner\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eGavin Muir\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eKristen Milward\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eTom Bevan\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eJilly Bond\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eEva Stuart\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eDavid Antrobus\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eIan Masters\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eDerek Waring\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eGeorge Parsons\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eElaine Claxton\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eNatasha Pyne\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eBecky Hindley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDramatised by Eric Pringle\u003cbr\u003eDirected by Cherry Cookson\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 30 December 1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Hearts in Battersea\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCast: \u003cb\u003eJoe Dempsie\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eNicola Miles-Wildin\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eEmerald O'Hanrahan\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eJohn Rowe\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eSheila Reid\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eBen Crowe\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eAnnabelle Dowler\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eRhys Jennings\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eTessa Nicholson\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eSam Pamphilon\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eNigel Hastings,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eBruce Alexander\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eJoseph Cohen Cole\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ePiers Wehner\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eKate Layden\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eJohn Biggins,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEwan Hooper\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDramatised by Lin Coghlan. Directed by Marc Beeby\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 23-24 December 1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Story of Is\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCast:\u003cb\u003e John Rowe,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eAlison Pettitt\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eRik Mayall\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eFreddie Jones\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith John Hartley, Gordon Reid, Rachel Atkins, Alastair Danson, Robert Harper, Gerard McDermott, Anthony Ofoegbu, Leila Campbell, George Maguire, Jenny Lee, Stephen Thorne, Carolyn Jones, Iwan Thomas, Christopher Scott, Richard Pearce, Tom Bevan, Brian Parr and children from the Italia Conti School\u003cbr\u003eDramatised by Eric Pringle. Directed by David Blount. Music by Neil Brand\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 15 March-5 April 1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e© 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. 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