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The Dark Is Rising

A young boy’s time-travelling fight against ancient evil. This dramatisation of Susan Cooper’s cult novel is a magical journey into the supernatural.

World Service,13 episodes

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Introducing The Dark Is Rising
Fighting against evil in a time-travelling midwinter family drama.
6 mins17 Nov 2022
1. Midwinter Eve
This night will be bad. Tomorrow will be beyond all imagining
18 mins20 Dec 2022
2. Midwinter Day
Waking up in a different century, Will meets The Rider
18 mins21 Dec 2022
3. The Sign-Seeker
Will seeks the Signs of the Light
18 mins22 Dec 2022
4. The Walker on the Old Way
Will tries his new powers, but the Dark appears
17 mins23 Dec 2022
5. The Book of Gramarye
Hawkin risks his life for ancient knowledge
17 mins24 Dec 2022
6. The Opening of the Present
Will is betrayed. Nowhere is safe and his family are in danger
17 mins25 Dec 2022
7. The Besieging
Fear on Christmas Day. A man freezing in snow
17 mins26 Dec 2022
8. The Coming of the Cold
The Dark grips with deepening snow
17 mins27 Dec 2022
9. Hawk in the Dark
The Rider is poised to strike
18 mins28 Dec 2022
10. The King of Fire and Water
Will’s sister is missing
18 mins29 Dec 2022
11. The Hunt Rides
Will is pursued by a tornado of the Dark
17 mins30 Dec 2022
12. The Joining of the Signs
Twelfth Night. The Old Ones gather from across the centuries
18 mins31 Dec 2022