1st Broadcast 1994 BBC Radio 1
Dirk Maggs
Dirk Maggs
Dirk Maggs
BBC Radio Light Entertainment BBC Radio 1
A new and sinister enemy, Bane, has arrived in Gotham City.
The entire maximum-security wing of Ardham Asylum has been breached; all the major villains have escaped and are looking for vengeance.
| Character |
Actor |
| The Riddler | Stuart Milligan |
| Mayor Krohl | Vincent Marzello |
| The Mad Hatter | Chris Emmett |
| Nightwing | James Goode |
| Scarecrow | James Goode |
| Robin | Daniel Marinker |
| Shondra Kinsolving | Alibe Parsons |
| Scarface | Michael Roberts |
| Ventriloquist | Michael Roberts |
| Harvey Bullock | Eric Meyers |
| Montoya | |
| Commissioner Gordon | William Roberts |
| The Joker | Kerry Shale |
| Jean-Paul | Kerry Shale |
| Bane | Peter Marinker |
| Brue Wayne | Bob Sessions |
| Batman | Bob Sessions |
| Tim Drake | Daniel Marinker |
| Alfred | Michael Gough |
Recorded and Mixed Paul Deeley
None at this time
Mark Russell
Released as three cd's called
CD1 A Knight's Fall CD2 A Hero's Quest CD3 A Batman Reborn
When it was first suggested we should make action dramas in
daily three minute episodes I was pretty scared but willing to give it a try.
There was a lot of gloomy
predictions of failure but once we got into our stride it seemed to work pretty
well, and it was a format which could be slotted in between the chart records
on BBC Radio 1. Also the first real effort to get to grips with Dolby Surround
was ‘Batman Knightfall’ which we made for BBC Radio 1 in 1994.
The idea was to create an atmospheric mood which would be quite scary. Paul Deeley did some amazing sound mixing but some of the effects mixing and panning aren't as focussed as we would do it now on Dolby 5.1. To be honest, everything I have done I would improve if I could go back and do it again ... we are all the same, perfectionists who - but for deadlines - might never finish a job! A quick word for Bob Sessions who played our Batman. What a great presence he has, what a wonderful voice. And he WAS Batman in a uniquely urbane way. My ambition was to do Frank Miller’s ‘The Dark Knight Returns’ with him ... sadly it was not to be - dear Bob died before it could happen. Thank you Bob.
65 number 3 minute episodes 195 minutes in total
A Very good Review By Ty Power
“... Dirk Maggs, who wrote and produced, threw everything into the pot and
stirred vigorously. The result was richly textured, highly flavoursome, original
and wonderfully energetic ... Maggs struck just the right balance between
Gothic horror, gung-ho heroism and camp humour, and maintained it. This sort
of speed and density is all too rare in radio ...”
NIGEL ANDREW, Daily Telegraph
“... summoned up Gotham’s nocturnal horrors more effectively than the movies...”
DAMIAN THOMPSON, Sunday Telegraph
“... Dirk Maggs productions ‘Composed through' like a Lloyd-Webber' musical
- scene boundaries of the lightning cut type - over-aural-excitation - crowded
'mise en scène' - plenitude of sound events...”
STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY February 2001 NEW MEDIA: NEW PRACTICES: NEW PARADIGMS
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