Why you should start here
“Folklore you can set a watch by.” is how the continuity announcer introduces it, and she is right. Episodes are engineered to stand alone: arrive anywhere in the run, the prelude will put you right.
Recorded in one session to wire, with the full effects bench: the 1908 stair, a recovered ship's whistle, and a rain tray the size of a dinner table.
Production notes
- Recorded live to wire, one take, corrections broadcast as appended letters.
- Engineered for standalone listening: the prelude reorients any new ear.
- Archived complete since 1961 on lacquer and wire copy.
- Broadcast at -3 dB relative to network standard, on director's orders.
Cast: three leads, rotating character pool of eleven.
Recent episode log
The full vault →| Date | Episode | Note |
|---|---|---|
| The Drowned Bell | 2026-08-30 | Restored 1953 lacquer. The bell still rings at half tide, allegedly. |
| Wool Weather | 2026-09-06 | On the fog that arrives like livestock and must be counted. |
| The Ferryman Rings Twice | 2026-09-13 | Ninety seconds of the best-believed ghost on the Reach. |
| Salt Roads | 2026-09-20 | The paths the tide keeps open that the council does not. |
| The Counting House | 2026-09-27 | Why the harbour counts its boats twice, once going out and once in. |
| Gullwrack Weatherlore | 2026-10-04 | Six ways to predict tomorrow that the MET office cannot disprove. |
| The Net Menders | 2026-10-11 | A song-cycle of the women who mended everything. |
| Halfpenny Lights | 2026-10-18 | The candle tax of 1811 and who actually paid it. |
| The Quiet Regatta | 2026-10-25 | The one day a year the harbour races without engines. |
| Tide Tables Christmas | 2026-12-20 | Annual special: the bells at midnight, recorded from a boat. |
Elsewhere in repertory
The Lighthouse LettersThe Midnight ExchangeSignal FiresThe Understudy's WarWire & Wool