Dark Shadows (audio drama)

Dark Shadows
Album cover
MPI Home Video
Big Finish Productions audio drama
Series
Produced byJim Pierson
Jamison Selby
Stuart Manning
Joseph Lidster
James Goss
David Darlington
Executive producer(s)
  • Jason Haigh-Ellery
Release date2004 (2004)–present

Dark Shadows is a series of audio dramas continuing the story of the 1966–1971 television soap opera of the same name. There have been two productions of Dark Shadows audio dramas. The first production, released in 2004 by MPI Home Video, was based on a 2003 stage play. Since 2006, Big Finish Productions have produced a number of audio dramas.

MPI Home Video

Starring David Selby, Kathryn Leigh Scott, John Karlen, Nancy Barrett, Lara Parker, Roger Davis, Marie Wallace, Christopher Pennock, Donna Wandrey, James Storm, and Terry Crawford.

No.TitleDirected byWritten byFeaturingRunning TimeRelease DateProd.
code
TBA"Return to Collinwood"Jamison SelbyJamison SelbyAngelique Bouchard
Quentin Collins
Maggie Evans
Willie Loomis
Sebastian Shaw
Carolyn Stoddard
Ned Stuart
1:43:352004 (2004)CD7645

Big Finish Productions

Full Cast Dramas

The first season featured David Selby (Quentin Collins), Lara Parker (Angelique Bouchard Collins), Kathryn Leigh Scott (Maggie Evans), and John Karlen (Willie Loomis). The role of Barnabas Collins was recast with Andrew Collins. Robert Rodan, who played Adam in the original series, also appears in the first and fourth story, playing a new character. A second series was released in 2010. In addition to the cast returning from Series One, Kingdom of the Dead also featured Lysette Anthony, Alec Newman, Lizzie Hopley, Jerry Lacy, and David Warner.[1] The third full cast drama Blood & Fire, released on June 27, 2016 to celebrate exactly 50 years since the start of the original TV series, featured Lara Parker (Angelique Bouchard), Joanna Going (Laura Murdoch Stockbridge), Nancy Barrett (Isobel Collins), John Karlen (Alfred Loomis), Jerry Lacy (Malachi Sands), Kathryn Leigh Scott (Patience Collins), Christopher Pennock (Uriah Spencer Stockbridge), Lisa Richards (Euphemia Spencer Stockbridge), Mitchell Ryan (Caleb Collins), David Selby (Theodore Collins), James Storm (Abraham Harkaway), and Marie Wallace (Dorothea Summers).

No.TitleDirected byWritten byFeaturingRunning TimeRelease DateProd.
code
1.1"The House of Despair"Gary RussellStuart ManningAngelique Bouchard
Barnabas Collins
Quentin Collins
Maggie Evans
Willie Loomis
1:10:59November 2006 (2006-11)BFPDSCD01
1.2"The Book of Temptation"Gary RussellScott HandcockAngelique Bouchard
Barnabas Collins
Quentin Collins
Maggie Evans
Willie Loomis
1:08:43November 2006 (2006-11)BFPDSCD02
1.3"The Christmas Presence"Gary RussellScott HandcockAngelique Bouchard
Barnabas Collins
Quentin Collins
Josette DuPres
Maggie Evans
Willie Loomis
Carolyn Stoddard
Timothy Eliot Stokes
1:14:21January 2007 (2007-01)BFPDSCD03
1.4"The Rage Beneath"Gary RussellScott Alan WoodardAngelique Bouchard
Barnabas Collins
Quentin Collins
Maggie Evans
Willie Loomis
1:13:55January 2007 (2007-01)BFPDSCD04
2.0"Kingdom of the Dead"Darren GrossStuart Manning
Eric Wallace
Angelique Bouchard
Barnabas Collins
David Collins
Quentin Collins
Maggie Evans
Willie Loomis
Carolyn Stoddard
4:01:49July 2010 (2010-07)BFPDSCD05
BFPDSCD06
BFPDSCD07
BFPDSCD08
3.0"Blood & Fire"Ursula Burton
Joseph Lidster
Roy GillAngelique Bouchard
Laura Murdoch Stockbridge
Abigail Collins
Joshua Collins
2:33:0527 June 2016 (2016-06-27)BFPDSCD09

Audiobooks

No.TitleDirected byWritten byFeaturingRunning TimeRelease DateProd.
code
1"Angelique's Descent: Part 1 - Innocence"Darren GrossLara Parker
Stuart Manning
Angelique Bouchard2:31:54August 2007 (2007-08)BFPDSCAD01
2"Angelique's Descent: Part 2 - Betrayal"Darren GrossLara Parker
Stuart Manning
Angelique Bouchard2:36:30August 2007 (2007-08)BFPDSCAD02
3"Clothes of Sand"Stuart ManningStuart ManningMaggie Evans1:09:30July 2008 (2008-07)BFPDSCDAD03
4"The Ghost Watcher"Stuart ManningStuart ManningMaggie Evans1:05:40July 2008 (2008-07)BFPDSCDAD04
5"The Skin Walkers"Darren GrossScott HandcockAngelique Bouchard
Quentin Collins
1:12:47November 2008 (2008-11)BFPDSCDAD05
6"The Path of Fate"Darren GrossStephen Mark RaineyAngelique Bouchard
Quentin Collins
1:10:37November 2008 (2008-11)BFPDSCDAD06
7"The Wicked and the Dead"Darren GrossEric WallaceCarl Collins
Gregory Trask
1:15:20January 2009 (2009-01)BFPDSCDAD07
8"Echoes of Insanity"Darren GrossD Lynn SmithAngelique Bouchard
Willie Loomis
1:15:45July 2009 (2009-07)BFPDSCDAD08
9"Curse of the Pharaoh"Joe SalvatoreStephen Mark RaineyCarolyn Stoddard1:15:14September 2009 (2009-09)BFPDSCDAD09
10"Final Judgement"Darren GrossD Lynn SmithAngelique Bouchard
Josette DuBois
1:04:42February 2010 (2010-02)BFPDSCDAD10
11"Blood Dance"Darren GrossStephen Mark RaineyQuentin Collins1:05:02April 2010 (2010-04)BFPDSCDAD11
12"The Night Whispers"Darren Gross
Jim Pierson
Stuart ManningBarnabas Collins
Willie Loomis
49:49June 2010 (2010-06)BFPDSCDAD12
13"London's Burning"Darren GrossJoseph LidsterQuentin Collins58:42June 2010 (2010-06)BFPDSCDAD13
14"The Doll House"Stuart ManningJames GossBeth Chavez
Jenny Collins
1:02:29July 2010 (2010-07)BFPDSCDAD14
15"The Blind Painter"Nigel Fairs
Darren Gross
Jonathan MorrisCharles Delaware Tate1:03:15May 2011 (2011-05)BFPDSCDAD15
16"The Death Mask"Darren GrossMark Thomas PassmoreAngelique Bouchard
Tony Peterson
58:15May 2011 (2011-05)BFPDSCDAD16
17"The Creeping Fog"Darren GrossSimon GuerrierQuentin Collins1:06:10June 2011 (2011-06)BFPDSCDAD17
18"The Carrion Queen"Darren GrossLizzie HopleyAngelique Bouchard
Gregory Trask
55:44June 2011 (2011-06)BFPDSCDAD18
19"The Poisoned Soul"Jim PiersonJames GossPansy Faye
Charity Trask
1:06:10July 2011 (2011-07)BFPDSCDAD19
20"The Lost Girl"Darren GrossD Lynn SmithJosette DuBois55:14July 2011 (2011-07)BFPDSCDAD20
21"The Crimson Pearl"Joseph Baker
James Goss
Darren Gross
Joseph Lidster
James Goss
Joseph Lidster
Angelique Bouchard
Millicent Collins
Quentin Collins
Rachel Drummond
Maggie Evans
Jeb Hawkes
Carolyn Stoddard
Lamar Trask
1:08:51August 2011 (2011-08)BFPDSCDAD21
22"The Voodoo Amulet"Darren Gross
James Goss
Mark Thomas PassmoreAngelique Bouchard
Tony Peterson
1:00:17February 2012 (2012-02)BFPDSCDAD22
23"The House by the Sea"Joseph LidsterJames GossNicholas Blair
Danielle Roget
1:10:59March 2012 (2012-03)BFPDSCDAD23
24"Dress Me In Dark Dreams"James GossMarty RossEdith Collins
Judith Collins
1:00:05April 2012 (2012-04)BFPDSCDAD24
25"The Eternal Actress"Jim Pierson
Darren Gross
Nev FountainAmanda Harris1:03:58May 2012 (2012-05)BFPDSCDAD25
26"The Fall of the House of Trask"Darren GrossJoseph LidsterPansy Faye
Charity Trask
Gregory Trask
1:09:37June 2012 (2012-06)BFPDSCDAD26
27"Operation Victor"Darren GrossJonathan MorrisQuentin Collins57:54July 2012 (2012-07)BFPDSCDAD27
28"Speak No Evil"Scott HandcockScott HandcockTad Collins51:0821 August 2012 (2012-08-21)BFPDSCDAD28
29"The Last Stop"Darren GrossDavid LlewellynAngelique Bouchard
Tony Peterson
1:01:3210 September 2012 (2012-09-10)BFPDSCDAD29
30"Dreaming of the Water"Darren GrossKymberly AshmanMaggie Evans
Sebastian Shaw
1:10:2131 October 2012 (2012-10-31)BFPDSCDAD30
31"The Haunted Refrain"Darren Gross
Jim Pierson
Aaron LamontQuentin Collins1:02:3117 January 2013 (2013-01-17)BFPDSCDAD31
32"A Collinwood Christmas"Darren Gross
Joseph Lidster
Jim Pierson
Lizzie HopleyGabriel Collins
Jamison Collins
Quentin Collins
Josette DuPres
Kitty Hampshire
52:5917 December 2012 (2012-12-17)BFPDSCDAD32
33"The Phantom Bride"Darren Gross
David Darlington
Mark Thomas PassmoreAngelique Bouchard
Tony Peterson
56:0829 May 2013 (2013-05-29)BFPDSCDAD33
34"Beneath the Veil"Darren Gross
David Darlington
Jim Pierson
Kymberly AshmanMaggie Evans
Eve
Amy Jennings
Danielle Roget
Carolyn Stoddard
1:06:038 July 2013 (2013-07-08)BFPDSCDAD34
35"The Enemy Within"Darren Gross
David Darlington
Will HowellsCyrus Longworth
Carolyn Stoddard
Sabrina Stuart
1:03:0630 July 2013 (2013-07-30)BFPDSCDAD35
36"The Lucifer Gambit"David Darlington
Darren Gross
Eric WallaceAmy Jennings
Carolyn Stoddard
Sabrina Stuart
1:04:4030 August 2013 (2013-08-30)BFPDSCDAD36
37"The Flip Side"David Darlington
Darren Gross
Jim Pierson
Cody Quijano-SchellMaggie Evans
Amy Jennings
Carolyn Stoddard
Sabrina Stuart
1:01:5525 September 2013 (2013-09-25)BFPDSCDAD37
38"Beyond the Grave"David Darlington
Darren Gross
Jim Pierson
Aaron LamontMaggie Evans
Eve
Amy Jennings
Danielle Roget
Carolyn Stoddard
55:2531 October 2013 (2013-10-31)BFPDSCDAD38
39"Curtain Call"David Darlington
Joseph Lidster
David LemonLeticia Faye
Gerard Stiles
1:04:2031 January 2014 (2014-01-31)BFPDSCDAD39
40"The Harvest of Souls"David Darlington
Darren Gross
James GossNicholas Blair
Maggie Evans
1:17:4718 February 2014 (2014-02-18)BFPDSCDAD40
41"The Happier Dead"David Darlington
Darren Gross
Adam UsdenMaggie Evans
Amy Jennings
Carolyn Stoddard
Sabrina Stuart
1:12:5621 March 2014 (2014-03-21)BFPDSCDAD41
42"Carriage of the Damned"David Darlington
Darren Gross
Alan FlanaganAmy Jennings
Gerard Stiles
Hallie Stokes
Sabrina Stuart
1:05:3510 April 2014 (2014-04-10)BFPDSCDAD42
43"The Devil Cat"David Darlington
Darren Gross
Mark Thomas PassmoreAngelique Bouchard
Tony Peterson
1:17:3829 May 2014 (2014-05-29)BFPDSCDAD43
44"The Darkest Shadow"David Darlington
Joseph Lidster
Nev FountainQuentin Collins
Amanda Harris
2:21:5810 July 2014 (2014-07-10)BFPDSCDAD44
45"Panic"Joseph Lidster
Jim Pierson
Roy GillQuentin Collins1:05:088 May 2015 (2015-05-08)BFPDSCDAD45
46"The Curse of Shurafa"Ursula Burton
David Darlington
Rob MorrisBarnabas Collins
Amy Jennings
1:15:0916 June 2015 (2015-06-16)BFPDSCDAD46
47"In the Twinkling of an Eye"David Darlington
Jim Pierson
Penelope FaithTBA1:02:2622 July 2015 (2015-07-22)BFPDSCDAD47
48"Deliver Us From Evil"Ursula Burton
David Darlington
Aaron LamontAmy Jennings
Cyrus Longworth
Danielle Roget
Carolyn Stoddard
Sabrina Stuart
1:09:5426 August 2015 (2015-08-26)BFPDSCDAD48
49"Tainted Love"Joseph LidsterDaniel CollardDavid Collins
Amy Jennings
Hallie Stokes
1:17:3523 September 2015 (2015-09-23)BFPDSCDAD49
50"…And Red All Over"David Darlington
Jim Pierson
Cody SchellBurke Devlin
Maggie Evans
50:0727 October 2015 (2015-10-27)BFPDSCDAD50

Bloodlust Miniseries

In 2015, a miniseries, entitled “Bloodlust”, consisted of thirteen episodes released in twice-weekly downloadable instalments as to emulate the original soap opera format of the show. [2]

No.TitleDirected byWritten byFeaturingRunning TimeRelease DateProd.
code
TBA"Bloodlust: Volume 1"

"Snowflake"
Episodes 1-6
Ursula Burton
David Darlington
Alan Flanagan
Will Howells
Joseph Lidster
Angelique Bouchard
Barnabas Collins
David Collins
Quentin Collins
Maggie Evans
Amy Jennings
3:39:4227 January 2015 (2015-01-27)BFPDSBLCD01
TBA"Bloodlust: Volume 2"

Episodes 7-13
Ursula Burton
David Darlington
Alan Flanagan
Will Howells
Joseph Lidster
Angelique Bouchard
Barnabas Collins
David Collins
Quentin Collins
Maggie Evans
Amy Jennings
Willie Loomis
Carolyn Stoddard
4:33:0320 February 2015 (2015-02-20)BFPDSBLCD02

Bloodline Miniseries

The follow-up to “Bloodlust” was another thirteen-episode miniseries. It was released in 2019.[3]

No.TitleDirected byWritten byFeaturingRunning TimeRelease DateProd.
code
TBA"Bloodline: Volume 1"

Episodes 1-6
Ursula Burton
David Darlington
Joseph Lidster
Aaron Lamont
Will Howells
Alan Flanagan
Rob Morris
Amy Jennings
Barnabas Collins
Carolyn Stoddard
Quentin Collins
Maggie Evans
Dr Julia Hoffman
Sabrina Jennings
3:35:00April 2019 (2019-04)BFPDSBLINECD01
TBA"Bloodline: Volume 2"

Episodes 7-13
Ursula Burton
David Darlington
Joseph Lidster
Aaron Lamont
Will Howells
Alan Flanagan
Rob Morris
Amy Jennings
Barnabas Collins
Carolyn Stoddard
Quentin Collins
Maggie Evans
Dr Julia Hoffman
Sabrina Jennings
4:56:00May 2019 (2019-05)BFPDSBLINECD02

The Tony & Cassandra Mysteries

No.TitleDirected byWritten byFeaturingRunning TimeRelease DateProd.
code
1"Series 1"

  "The Mystery at Crucifix Heights"
  "The Mystery of La Danse Macabre"
  "The Mystery of Flight 493"
  "The Mystery of Karmina Sonata"
David Darlington
Darren Gross
Joseph Lidster
Philip Meeks
Zara Symes
Alan Flanagan
Aaron Lamont
Tony Peterson
Cassandra Collins
TBAOctober 2017 (2017-10)BFPDSCD16
2"Series 2"

  "The Mystery of Stone Heart Studios"
  "The Mystery of West Vale Sanitarium"
  "The Mystery of Apartment 493"
  "The Mystery of the Soulmates Hotel"
David Darlington
Alan Flanagan
Darren Gross
Joseph Lidster
Philip Meeks
Joshua J. Price & Tanja Milojevic
Alan Flanagan
Grace Knight
Tony Peterson
Cassandra Collins
TBANovember 2018 (2018-11)BFPDSCD18
3"Series 3"

  "The Mystery of the Grandest Order"
  "The Mystery of the Fisherman’s Wife"
  "The Mystery of a Mother’s Love"
  "The Mystery of the Jack-in-the-Box"
David Darlington
Darren Gross
Joseph Lidster
Aaron Lamont
Jessica Smith
William Proudler
Zara Symes
Tony Peterson
Cassandra Collins
TBAOctober 2019 (2019-10)BFPDSCD19

Short story collections

No.TitleDirected byWritten byFeaturingRunning TimeRelease DateProd.
code
1"Echoes of the Past"

  "Trask the Exorcist"
  "The Missing Reel"
  "Lunar Tides"
  "Confession"
Ursula BurtonJerry Lacy
Ian Farrington
Philip Meeks
Paul Phipps
Reverend Trask
Quentin Collins
Maggie Evans
Angelique Bouchard
2:28:4727 June 2016 (2016-06-27)BFPDSCD10
2"Haunting Memories"

  "Hell Wind"
  "Communion"
  "The Ghost Ship"
  "A Face from the Past"
Darren GrossMarcy Robin
Adam Usden
Lara Parker
Kay Stonham
Josette DuPres
Gregory Trask
Angelique Bouchard
Elizabeth Collins Stoddard
2:26:158 December 2016 (2016-12-08)BFPDSCD11
3"Phantom Melodies"

  "Last Orders at the Blue Whale"
  "The Scarlet Bride"
  "On the Line"
  "In a Broken Dream"
Andrew Collins
David Darlington
Jim Pierson
Rob Morris
Ian Atkins
Ian Farrington
Penelope Faith
Harry Johnson
Barnabas Collins
Carolyn Stoddard
Amy Jennings
2:31:4120 February 2017 (2017-02-20)BFPDSCD12
4"Dreams of Long Ago"

  "The Reflected Man"
  "Old Acquaintance"
  "Devil’s Rock"
  "Cobwebs"
David Darlington
Jim Pierson
Alan Ronald
Matthew Waterhouse
Kate Webster
Aaron Lamont
Sabrina Stuart
Quentin Collins
Barnabas Collins
Willie Loomis
Sebastian Shaw
TBAMay 2017 (2017-05)BFPDSCD13
5"Love Lives On"

  "Tuesdays and Thursdays"
  "The Velvet Room"
  "Behind Closed Doors"
  "The Suitcase"
Darren Gross
Joseph Lidster
Jim Pierson
Cody Schell
Antonio Rastelli
Paul Phipps
Alan Flanagan
Timothy Eliot Stokes
Janet Findley
Gerard Stiles
Hallie Stokes
Sabrina Stuart
Cyrus Longworth
TBAJuly 2017 (2017-07)BFPDSCD14
6"Shadows of the Night"

  "Trio"
  "Honeymoon From Hell"
  "Retreat"
  "1:53 AM"
David Darlington
Jim Pierson
Nick Myles
Antoni Pearce
Daniel Hinchliffe
Lila Whelan
Carolyn Stoddard
Cyrus Longworth
Sabrina Stuart
Amy Jennings
TBADecember 2017 (2017-12)BFPDSCD15
7"Maggie & Quentin: The Lovers' Refrain"

  "The Girl Beneath The Water "
  "The Sand That Speaks His Name"
  "The Hollow Winds That Beckon"
  "The Paper To The Flame"
David Darlington
Darren Goss
Joseph Lidster
Lila Whelan
Mark Thomas Passmore
Cody Schell
Alan Flanagan
Maggie Evans
Quentin Collins
TBAJune 2018 (2018-06)BFPDSCD17

Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee(s) of the award, and the result of the nomination
Award ceremony Year Category Work(s) Result Ref.
Scribe Awards 2013 Best Audio The Eternal Actress Won [4]
Dress Me Nominated
2014 The Phantom Bride Nominated
The Flip Side Nominated
2015 The Darkest Shadow Nominated
The Devil Cat Nominated
2016 Bloodlust Nominated
In the Twinkling of an Eye Nominated
2017 Blood & Fire Won
2019 The Girl Beneath the Water Nominated
BBC Audio Drama Awards 2016 Best Online Only Audio Drama Dark Shadows: Bloodlust Nominated [5]

References

  1. ^ "Facebook". Facebook. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  2. ^ "Errors - Big Finish".
  3. ^ "Dark Shadows Bloodline - Big Finish". Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Previous Scribe Award Winners". 24 June 2013.
  5. ^ "BBC Audio Drama Awards 2016 Short List". Retrieved 10 November 2023.