![]() This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection. Becky Hindley Directed by Cherry Cookson Broadcast on BBC Radio 4 30 December 1994 However, the danger from the wolves may be nothing compared to the danger the two cousins face from their evil and conniving governess, who will stop at nothing to get her hands on Sir Willoughby's fortune. Set in an alternative 1832, in which Good King James III is on the throne, and Britain is ravaged by wolves which have migrated through the newly-opened Channel. In a 19th century England that never was, the country is overrun by packs of starving vicious wolves, and two young cousins, Sylvia and Bonnie Green, are now living in the grand old house of Willoughby Chase in the care of their governess Mrs. Throughout her lifetime she received the Edgar Allan Poe Award in the United States, the Guardian Award for Fiction for The Whispering Mountain, and was named a Member of the Order of the British. Its lively and atmospheric with two engaging female lead characters. ![]() ![]() An BBC Radio adaptation by Eric Pringle of Joan Aiken's classic children's novel. Her best-known books are those in the James III saga, of which the Lewis Carroll prize-winning The Wolves of Willoughby Chase was the first title. I came to the Wolves of Willoughby Chase slightly jaded after reading one too many boring and formulaic crime novels and found this a very refreshing read - like a glass of cold water on a hot day or a decent pint after a days walking. ![]()
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