Sparrow Studios Supernatural Tales

One home for our Audio Dramas

with a strange twist!

The Black Dog  - A Podcast Audio Play in one episode

The first in a series of our Audio Dramas with a strange twist. In the tradition of Charles Dickens and M R James, The Black Dog is a supernatural, chilling, winter tale.
Written by Clive Stubbings.

Sound design and music by Adam P McCready.

Episode 1 - The Black Dog

Premieres 24th December 2022 on a Podcast Platform of your choice.

Two old men sit in a public house before the embers of wood fire. As the evening passes, Mr Dawkins' haunting tale unfolds to Mr Purkiss.

Cast List:

Kenneth Alan Taylor - Mr Dawkins

Nick Cornwall - Mr Purkiss

Edward Little - Storyteller

Creative Team:

Written by Clive Stubbings

Adam P McCready - Sound Design and Composition

Michaela Betts - Additional Composition

Kenneth Alan Taylor - Director

Rebecca Little - Director and Producer

Helena Leonard - Producer

...And Never Home Came She – A Podcast Audio Play in one episode

The second in a series of our Audio Dramas with a strange twist.

Written by Clive Stubbings.

Sound design and music by Adam P McCready.

Episode 2 - ...And Never Home Came She

Premieres ...March 2024 on a Podcast Platform of your choice.

Many years after the event, an old man remembers the circumstances behind a young woman going missing on the Essex marshes in deep winter and its strange conclusion.

This Audio Drama is produced using binaural processing to create a more immersive, three dimensional listening experience than traditional stereo formats, giving a sense of sounds passing around and over the listener. The spatial effect will only be felt by those people listening on headphones or earphones / buds while people listening on loudspeakers will simply enjoy a normal stereo playback.

Cast List:

Kenneth Alan Taylor – The Narrator

Carl Penlington-Williams - Organist

Creative Team:

Written by Clive Stubbings

Adam P McCready - Sound Design and Composition

Naomi Sklar - Additional Recording

Clive Stubbings - Director

Rebecca Little – Producer 

Helena Leonard - Producer

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