Victor Pemberton

After wishing her daughter, Amy, 'Goodnight', Agnes Dodds left the family home in Islington and disappeared into the London Blitz. Amy, left to look after her brother, sisters and father, was determined to find Agnes. Eventually Amy discovers the reason why Agnes left, but perhaps this knowledge should have remained a dark secret.

Best known as a TV producer, writer and script editor for Doctor Who, Victor Pemberton created the Doctor's most iconic gadget, the sonic screwdriver. A prolific dramatist, he also penned a wide variety of plays for BBC Radio including this gripping 8-part adventure, first broadcast in 1968.

Elizabeth Warwick, the daughter of a famous archaeologist, travels to Egypt's Valley of the Kings to explore the mysterious tomb her father discovered before his death. Following in his footsteps, she hopes to find out what secrets lurk within. Is it an empty shell, or the final resting place of a Pharaoh? But her investigations lead her further and further into danger. Sir Richard Warwick had enemies, and now they are pursuing her. Embroiled in intrigue and unsure who to trust, she embarks on a quest that will take her from the Temple of Luxor to Cairo's City of the Dead...

Sarah and Beattie Melford were sisters but never friends. When Beattie has an affair with the man Sarah loves she ruins her reputation and their lives take very different paths. Only a tragedy forces them together again.

At the start of WWII 20-year-old Ruth rushed into marriage with Tom Phillips when he was on leave. As time goes by she has no news from Tom, she starts to enjoy the attention of someone else. When the war ends she realises she must battle for her personal freedom and safety.

Author, playwright and TV producer Victor Pemberton was probably best known as a script editor and writer for Doctor Who, and as the inventor of the Doctor's trademark sonic screwdriver. But he also created numerous dramas for radio, among them the three cult classics included here. The Slide, Night of the Wolf  and Dark.