Aside from his film and TV career (he played Jesus and Richard Hannay in the 1970s) he's also one of the great voices of his generation - often to be heard narrating documentaries and audiobooks and TV commercials etc...
I fell in LOVE with Robert Powell's acting when I saw him portraying the Lord Jesus Christ in the beautiful miniseries: 'Jesus Of Nazareth.' Bram Stoker's novel "Dracula" has been and remains one of my all time favorite books ever since I was a child. It's been a hope of mine to find this recording for years. Thank you very much.
Finally!!! For this Robert Powell production on YT I have been waiting very bloodthirsty for many years... ;-) Therefore: "Welcome to my extremely undead thanks - Enter freely and of your own will!"... 🙂
That knocking you can hear is the floaty-kid-from-Salem's-Lot wandering into the wrong story and demanding entrance. "Open The Window, Mark. Please! Let Me In... He Commands It!"
Ah ... the old country. Little wonder that it was the birthplace of the surreal. Still superstitious, still strange ... and, alas, more corrupt than ever. I'm so glad Robert Powell is narrating. I will forever remember him as Jude, Mahler, and ... oh yeah ... Christ. I'm thankful for the upload!
The statement in the info text that the production was never heard on radio is incorrect. I heard the series in the mid 1990s on Radio BBC-Worldwide in Switzerland. But perhaps there was also a broadcast on BBC 4 before that.
PS: However, the regular knocking sound could not be heard on the radio broadcast. Is this only heard on the cassette recording or did you add this noise to increase the tension?
Thanks so much for the information - I couldn't find any record of it being broadcast, but then the World Service records are very patchy. I couldn't find any indication of it being on Radio 4, but there was quite a wealth of stuff made for the World Service that never got a domestic broadcast. I suspect the knocking sound you refer to was indeed the result of the crude cassette-to-digital recording that set-up that I was using. Hope it didn't spoil things.
@@mysteriousmagpie Ghostly greetings to the mysterious magpie! Thanks for the quick reply. Yes, I can only confirm the broadcast on BBC-Worldwide as an ear witness. A possible broadcast on BBC 4 was only my guess, because I could not imagine that such an excellent reading was not also sent domestically in the UK. Don't worry about the knocking noises, these are probably not part of the production but are not very disturbing, in a way they fit quite well with a good eerie Dracula performance. With bloodthirsty regards from Eastern Switzerland, which is not too far away from Transylvania... 🙂
@@radnoll Switzerland, homeland of Victor Frankenstein..! Yes, that Robert Powell reading was sold here by the BBC on cassette so I always assumed it must have been a BBC recording in origin - but I could never find a record of its broadcast. You don't happen to remember if it was broadcast around Christmas time, do you?
@@mysteriousmagpie Good evening, dear creepy Christmas magpie! No - since it's been about 28 years, I'm afraid it's slipped my mind what time of year the Dracula reading by Robert Powell was broadcast by BBC-Worldwide. It was a series broadcast in 15 minute segments once or twice (?) a week, and I was immediately captivated by the excellent interpretation. Every subsequent audio production of Stoker's Dracula since has disappointed me because they were not nearly as vividly and fascinatingly performed. Yes - I know the birth region (or actually the construction site) of the Frankenstein monster on Lake Geneva well and enjoy visiting the area often. Next time I will send regards to the heirs of the Frankenstein family from you. Cheerio!
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His voice is simply wonderful.
Aside from his film and TV career (he played Jesus and Richard Hannay in the 1970s) he's also one of the great voices of his generation - often to be heard narrating documentaries and audiobooks and TV commercials etc...
Robert Powell never disappoints.
I fell in LOVE with Robert Powell's acting when I saw him portraying the Lord Jesus Christ in the beautiful miniseries: 'Jesus Of Nazareth.' Bram Stoker's novel "Dracula" has been and remains one of my all time favorite books ever since I was a child. It's been a hope of mine to find this recording for years. Thank you very much.
Happy to help!
Finally!!! For this Robert Powell production on YT I have been waiting very bloodthirsty for many years... ;-)
Therefore: "Welcome to my extremely undead thanks - Enter freely and of your own will!"... 🙂
That knocking you can hear is the floaty-kid-from-Salem's-Lot wandering into the wrong story and demanding entrance. "Open The Window, Mark. Please! Let Me In... He Commands It!"
Ah ... the old country. Little wonder that it was the birthplace of the surreal. Still superstitious, still strange ... and, alas, more corrupt than ever. I'm so glad Robert Powell is narrating. I will forever remember him as Jude, Mahler, and ... oh yeah ... Christ. I'm thankful for the upload!
Don't forget Toby Wren..!
The statement in the info text that the production was never heard on radio is incorrect. I heard the series in the mid 1990s on Radio BBC-Worldwide in Switzerland. But perhaps there was also a broadcast on BBC 4 before that.
PS: However, the regular knocking sound could not be heard on the radio broadcast. Is this only heard on the cassette recording or did you add this noise to increase the tension?
Thanks so much for the information - I couldn't find any record of it being broadcast, but then the World Service records are very patchy. I couldn't find any indication of it being on Radio 4, but there was quite a wealth of stuff made for the World Service that never got a domestic broadcast. I suspect the knocking sound you refer to was indeed the result of the crude cassette-to-digital recording that set-up that I was using. Hope it didn't spoil things.
@@mysteriousmagpie Ghostly greetings to the mysterious magpie! Thanks for the quick reply. Yes, I can only confirm the broadcast on BBC-Worldwide as an ear witness. A possible broadcast on BBC 4 was only my guess, because I could not imagine that such an excellent reading was not also sent domestically in the UK.
Don't worry about the knocking noises, these are probably not part of the production but are not very disturbing, in a way they fit quite well with a good eerie Dracula performance. With bloodthirsty regards from Eastern Switzerland, which is not too far away from Transylvania... 🙂
@@radnoll Switzerland, homeland of Victor Frankenstein..! Yes, that Robert Powell reading was sold here by the BBC on cassette so I always assumed it must have been a BBC recording in origin - but I could never find a record of its broadcast. You don't happen to remember if it was broadcast around Christmas time, do you?
@@mysteriousmagpie Good evening, dear creepy Christmas magpie!
No - since it's been about 28 years, I'm afraid it's slipped my mind what time of year the Dracula reading by Robert Powell was broadcast by BBC-Worldwide. It was a series broadcast in 15 minute segments once or twice (?) a week, and I was immediately captivated by the excellent interpretation. Every subsequent audio production of Stoker's Dracula since has disappointed me because they were not nearly as vividly and fascinatingly performed.
Yes - I know the birth region (or actually the construction site) of the Frankenstein monster on Lake Geneva well and enjoy visiting the area often. Next time I will send regards to the heirs of the Frankenstein family from you. Cheerio!
Pls pls can you upload the 1991 version u had it up b4 yet it’s gone
I've just checked, and that video is still up on YT at the moment... have you tried finding it in your YT history?
Oooooooooooohhhhhhhh...