The Magic Cottage - James Herbert
Category: Radio Productions
Narrator: Full Cast
Tags: Radio Productions, Full Cast, Horror
Broadcast: R4, Saturday 17th January 1998 @ 10:30 p.m., Mike, a guitar session musician and his girlfriend Midge, a successful illustrator of childrens books, are trying to buy a house. Tired of city life, they finally find a cottage close to the village of Cantrip that seems absolutely perfect. The late Flora Chaldeans roundhouse, called Gramarye, is the idyllic home that Mike and Midge have longed for. Its in the middle of the New Forest - quiet, and absolutely beautiful. Flora Chaldean had lived in Gramarye for around eighty years and had a reputation as some sort of witch in the community. When she passed away, she left strict (and secret) instructions as to the choice of her successors in the cottage. Mike and Midge met those conditions., For Mike and Midge the cottage was quaint, charming, maybe a little run-down, but so peaceful. The woodland animals and birds couldnt have been more neighbourly. There was a magic quality to it. Midges painting and Mikes music soared to new heigh
