Night Terrace is a scripted science fiction audio comedy produced by Splendid Chaps Productions. Originally released as a paid digital download in 2014,[1] the first two seasons have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra since 2019.[2][3][4][5]
The show stars Jackie Woodburne as Dr Anastasia Black,[3] a "science hero" whose retirement from the mysterious "D.E.P.A.R.T.M.E.N.T." is cut short when her Melbourne terrace house unexpectedly starts to travel through space and time.[1][6] She is joined by student and door-to-door electricity plan salesman Eddie Jones (Ben McKenzie) and, later, fellow ex-D.E.P.A.R.T.M.E.N.T. agent Susan Denholm (Petra Elliott).[7] The first season won the Convenor's Award for Excellence at the 2014 Aurealis Awards.[8][9]
Crowdfunding
Each season so far has been primarily funded through Kickstarter campaigns.[10][11][12] Season 1 met its base funding target plus two stretch goals which allowed The Making of Night Terrace documentary and The Adventures of Eddie mini-series to be created. Season 2 met its base funding target plus one stretch goal, which allowed a Live episode to be created where backers and friends of the production became part of the episode as the live audience. Season 3 met its base funding target plus two stretch goals which allow The Night Terrace Summer Special (a digital book collection of stories, trivia and puzzles in the style of TV annuals and comic books) and a mini-series revealing the untold adventures of Sue to be made.
Companion podcast
To accompany the broadcast of Night Terrace on BBC Radio 4 Extra Vaya Pashos, of the Neighbours recap podcast Neighbuzz, hosted a companion podcast (alongside Woodburne the show has had past and present Neighbours stars in guest roles). Each episode featured members of the cast and crew discussing the episode just broadcast, the show in general, and answering fan questions.[13]
Allan Carey – Sense & Susceptibility | Time of Death
Andrew Hansen – Moving House | Ancient History
Andrew Waddington – Starship Australis | The Outsourcing | Sense & Susceptibility
Anniene Stockton – Time of Death | The Outsourcing
Brianna Williams – Sense & Susceptibility | Full Steam
Daniel Sullivan – The Outsourcing
David Ashton – Moving House | The Outsourcing | Full Steam | A Verb of Nouns
Glenn Greening – Starship Australis
Graeme Callaghan – The Outsourcing | Sense & Susceptibility | Full Steam
John Richards – Full Steam
Karen Pickering – Moving House | Discoworld
Kevin Powe – Home | Ancient History | The Retirement of Horatio Gray
Kyle Threlfo – Sense & Susceptibility
Michael F Cahill – Sense & Susceptibility
Michael Ward – Moving House
Richard Schipper – Sense & Susceptibility | Full Steam | The Retirement of Horatio Gray
Sam(antha) Streeter – A Verb of Nouns | The Retirement of Horatio Gray
Stephen Hall – Sense & Susceptibility
Steven Petrenko – The Outsourcing
Tony Flynn – The Outsourcing
Hello My Name is Eddie
Ben McKenzie – Eddie Jones
Petra Elliott – Sue
Perri Cummings – Professor Brenda
Noah Moon – The Time Traveller
David Ashton – The Office Worker
Lee Zachariah – Shop Assistant
John Richards – Shop Assistant
George Ivanoff – Wiliams
Brianna Williams – Gilbert | Rebecca
Lisa-Skye – Claudia
Amanda Buckley – Jamie
Episodes
Season 1
Title
Original Runtime
Written By
Moving House
25:50
John Richards
Starship Australis
27:59
Lee Zachariah
Time of Death
28:50
Ben McKenzie
The Outsourcing
27:59
David Ashton
Sound & Fuehrer
27:13
John Richards
The Last Hunt
29:16
Ben McKenzie
Discoworld
28:29
Lee Zachariah
Home
30:19
John Richards
Season 2
Title
Original Runtime
Written By
Sense & Susceptibility
25:25
John Richards
Full Steam
29:18
Ben McKenzie
A Verb of Nouns
33:27
John Richards
Things that Go Bump in the Night Terrace
26:46
David Ashton
Ancient History
28:24
Ben McKenzie
The Edification of Anastasia Black
30:47
Lee Zachariah
The Retirement of Horatio Gray
32:44
Lee Zachariah
Home Again
26:26
John Richards
Situational Awareness (Live Episode)
40:41
John Richards, David Ashton, Lee Zachariah and Ben McKenzie
Season 3
TBA in May 2020 (estimated release date)
Bonus episodes
The Making of Night Terrace
Narrated and produced by Josh Kinal, this episode is 27:27 long. It features interviews with all the main cast and creators of Night Terrace.
Hello My Name is Eddie
Title
Length
Written By
The Academic Transcript of Death
03:32
Lee Zachariah, Ben McKenzie
The Awkward Small Talk of Death
05:57
Ben McKenzie, David Ashton
A Trip to the Milk Bar of Death
02:37
David Ashton
The Psychological Experiment of Death
04:36
Ben McKenzie
The Job of a Lifetime of Death
04:05
Ben McKenzie
Did You Know that You Can Save 4% of Death
04:42
Ben McKenzie, Lee Zachariah
Horatio's Travels
Title
Length
Written By
The Painting
03:00
Relativity
02:59
History
01:55
The Houseguests
04:19
Settling Down
04:05
Messages
03:38
Night Your Own Terrace
The Night Your Own Terrace mini-episodes were written for backers at the Night Producer or Choose-Your-Own-Night Terrace level of their Kickstarter campaign for Season 2. The backers provided the writers with personal writing prompts & all of Jackie Woodburne's lines were recorded months in advance, providing a feeling of deja vu across the episodes (both overt and covert).
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