Why you should start here
“The towers burn in order. The message moves faster.” 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 1977 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tower Six Asks Twice | 2026-10-01 | The relay at Crag Moor receives the same distress twice, eight years apart, in the same voice. |
| The Ashfall Years | 2026-09-17 | How the towers learned to burn in order. |
| Relay One Holds | 2026-09-03 | The first tower refuses to fall, out of spite and good masonry. |
| The Operator's Oath | 2026-08-20 | You do not leave the key. You do not leave the key. You do not leave the key. |
| Static Hymn | 2026-08-06 | Petra Sund's whistle theme, performed at full length by the bench. |
| Tower Two Asks Once | 2026-07-23 | The quietest episode in the run; four lines of dialogue, forty minutes. |
| The Chain Breaks | 2026-07-09 | A tower falls and the message must go around, overland, by mule. |
| Crag Moor | 2026-06-25 | The relay that answers twice is found. |
| The Last Baker | 2026-06-11 | Interlude: bread is still delivered along the burning chain. |
| Dawn Watch | 2026-05-28 | Season close. The skip opens at dawn and the whole coast hears it at once. |