The Price of Fear is a horror/mystery radio serial produced by BBC Radio

BBC Radio

BBC Radio is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927. For a history of BBC radio prior to 1927 see British Broadcasting Company...

 during the 1970s. The host and star of the show was Vincent Price

Vincent Price

Vincent Leonard Price, Jr. was an American actor, well known for his distinctive voice and serio-comic attitude in a series of horror films made in the latter part of his career.-Early life and career:Price was born in St...

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This show stands out in Price's radio career as some of the episodes were based on fictional adventures of Vincent Price himself, playing himself, while others had him merely introducing the macabre tale of the week. Twenty-two episodes were produced; writers on the series included William Ingram, Stanley Ellin, Richard Davis, R. Chetwynd-Hayes, A.M. Burrage, Elizabeth Morgan, Rene Basilico, Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl was a British novelist, short story writer, fighter pilot and screenwriter.Born in Wales to Norwegian parents, he served in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, in which he became a flying ace and intelligence agent, rising to the rank of Wing Commander...

 and Price himself. Fifteen of the episodes were rebroadcast by BBC Radio 7 in the spring of 2010.

External links

• http://www.archive.org/details/PriceOfFear-OTRKIBM