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Night Terrace

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]

Night Terrace
GenreScience fiction comedy
Running time28 minutes
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
Home stationBBC Radio 4 Extra
StarringJackie Woodburne, Ben McKenzie and Petra Elliott
Created byBen McKenzie, David Ashton, Petra Elliott, John Richards and Lee Zachariah
Written byJohn Richards, David Ashton, Ben McKenzie and Lee Zachariah
Produced byBen McKenzie and John Richards
Recording studioMelbourne, Australia
Original release21 April 2019 –
present
No. of series2
No. of episodes17
WebsiteOfficial Website

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

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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

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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]

Cast

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Regular cast

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Guest cast

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  • Adam Richard – (Discoworld)
  • Alan Brough – Barry (Sound & Fuhrer)
  • Andrew McClelland – The Colonel / Mr Bell (Time of Death)
  • Cal Wilson – Vraxnall (Moving House)
  • Celia Pacquola – (The Edification of Anastasia Black)
  • Chris Taylor – The Captain (Starship Australis)
  • Colette Mann – The Tea Lady (Sense & Susceptibility)
  • Emily Taheny – (The Edification of Anastasia Black)
  • Francis Greenslade – Morrie (Starship Australis)
  • Ian Smith – Bunny (Sense & Susceptibility)
  • Jane Badler – (Home) | (Things That Go Bump in the Night Terrace)
  • Lawrence Leung – (Things That Go Bump in the Night Terrace)
  • Louise Jameson – Marjorie (Sense & Susceptibility)
  • Steven Gates – (Situational Awareness)
  • Tegan Higginbotham – (Situational Awareness)
  • Toby Truslove – Vraxnall (Moving House) | The Hostile Takeover Commander (The Outsourcing)
  • Virginia Gay – Miss Liaina Baker (Time of Death)
  • Aahmer Rahman – Tony (The Outsourcing)
  • Andrew Hansen – (The Edification of Anastasia Black) | (The Retirement of Horatio Gray) | (Home Again)
  • Brianna Williams – (Ancient History)
  • Cate Wolfe – The Human Commander (Moving House) | Carol (The Outsourcing)
  • Eryn Saunders – (The Last Hunt) | (Situational Awareness)
  • Gary Russell – Charles (Sense & Susceptibility)
  • George Ivanoff – (A Verb of Nouns)
  • Gnarnayarrahe Waitairie – (The Last Hunt)
  • Jason Tamiru – (The Last Hunt)
  • John Clarke – Mr King (Sense & Susceptibility)
  • Kevin Powe – (A Verb of Nouns)
  • Laura Hughes – (The Edification of Anastasia Black)
  • Lee Zachariah – Vraxnall (Moving House)
  • Michael F Cahill – (A Verb of Nouns)
  • Ming–Zhu Hii (Full Steam)
  • Naomi Rukavina – The Story Teller (The Last Hunt) | (Discoworld)
  • Phil Zachariah – The Hitlers (Sound & Fuhrer)
  • Samantha Streeter – Voice of the Toy / SquidgyPiggy (Sound & Fuhrer)

Additional voices

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  • Nicholas Briggs – Moving House
  • Virginia Gay – Moving House | Home
  • Aahmer Rahman – Starship Australis
  • 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

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  • 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

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Season 1

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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

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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

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TBA in May 2020 (estimated release date)

Bonus episodes

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The Making of Night Terrace

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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

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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

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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

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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).

Title Length Writers
An Echo of Socks 07:54 Tony Flynn, Ben McKenzie
Dinosaurs of Antarctica 07:36 Robin Bland, David Ashton
Habitat of Mushrooms 09:44 David Chilcott, John Richards
The Conditions of Entry 07:11 Daniel Sullivan, Ben McKenzie
The Sandwiches of Pluto 07:51 Craig Irvine, David Ashton
The Smell of Books 09:32 Samantha Streeter, John Richards

The Adventures of Sue

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TBA in May 2020 (estimated release date)

References

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  1. ^ a b Michelle Starr (3 April 2014). "Night Terrace: where Australia meets time and space". CNET. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Aussie Sci-Fi Comedy Podcast NIGHT TERRACE Will Air On BBC Radio". Broadway Baby. 24 March 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  3. ^ a b Tara Cosoleto (26 March 2019). "John Richards' Night Terrace audio series to make BBC Radio debut". Bendigo Advertiser. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  4. ^ "BBC Radio 4 Extra - Night Terrace". BBC Radio 4 Extra. 6 October 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  5. ^ Louisa Mellor (23 August 2019). "TV shows worth watching this week: Peaky Blinders, The Affair, Sanditon". Den of Geek. Retrieved 7 October 2019. Two radio series, Kevin Eldon Will See You Now and Night Terrace, sneak into our home entertainment recommendations this week…
  6. ^ "Night Terrace". The Cambridge Geek. 23 April 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  7. ^ Charles Packer (29 February 2016). "Night Terrace Season Two". Sci-Fi Online. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  8. ^ "2014 Aurealis Awards Winners". Locus magazine. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  9. ^ And the winners are..., WASFF, 12 April 2015, retrieved 22 September 2019
  10. ^ "Night Terrace: An original sci-fi comedy audio series".
  11. ^ "Night Terrace: Season Two".
  12. ^ "Night Terrace: Season Three".
  13. ^ "On the Terrace". 11 September 2020.
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