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Back on the BBC!

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This November, Anastasia, Eddie and Sue are back on British airwaves as the first season of Night Terrace is repeated on BBC radio!

You can hear all eight episodes as they are broadcast nightly on BBC Radio 4 Extra at 6 PM (GMT) from Monday, November 9. Each episode will also be repeated at midnight, and available via BBC catchup services for 30 days afterwards, including in the BBC Sounds app for mobile devices. You can find the schedule on the BBC web site, though note they only show about two weeks in advance.

Night Terrace stars (left to right) Ben McKenzie, Jackie Woodburne and Petra Elliott.

To celebrate, we’re making publicly available a new slice of the Night Terrace universe: For Your Ears Only, an in-universe “emergency contingency podcast” from the shadowy D.E.P.A.R.T.M.E.N.T.

The first (very short) season of For Your Ears Only is the “Stage 4 Training Module”, conceived, written and performed by Petra Elliott as “Sue”. It takes the form of a series of instructions you can follow while walking, jogging or running during periods of lockdown to help keep your mind as active as your body. Being a secret D.E.P.A.R.T.M.E.N.T. communique, its not currently available via the major podcast directories; head to the For Your Ears Only page to find details on how you can subscribe, or you can listen direct from the page!

Remember too that if you want your own copy of Night Terrace to keep and listen to whenever you want, you can always buy it from our store here on the site, or via Bandcamp. If you’re keen to support Splendid Chaps Productions, you can buy any of our seasons or mini-series from Bandcamp on Bandcamp Friday, when the platform is waiving their fees to help support artists during the COVID-19 pandemic; the next one is on Friday, November 6.

On the Terrace: Breaking Free

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We’ve reached the end of series one of Night Terrace! In this last episode for season one of On the Terrace, host Vaya Pashos talks to John Richards (head writer, producer), Ben McKenzie (producer, Eddie Jones) and David Ashton (audio designer) about the epic conclusion to the first series: “Home”.

When we last left our heroes, they’d crashed their time and space travelling house into some kind of alien virtual reality disco…thing. And they got themselves ejected. Now, they’re split up, and find themselves in an eerie white void – and they’re not alone. We finally get a bunch of answers about Sue, the DEPARTMENT and even the origins of Night Terrace itself! But can Anastasia and Eddie survive to make use of this information? Vaya, John, Ben and David talk about the plot, guest star Jane Badler, regular stars Jackie Woodburne and Petra Elliott, psychic igloos and the first series as a whole.

We’ll be back with season two of On the Terrace when Night Terrace returns to BBC Radio 4 Extra in August 2019. In the meantime, send us your questions via Twitter, Facebook or email, and we’ll see if we can release a bonus Q&A episode in between series.

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Episode eight of Night Terrace, “Home”, is available on BBC Radio 4 Extra for 30 days after broadcast. You can also listen to episode one for free, and purchase the rest of the series, via nightterrace.com or the Splendid Chaps Bandcamp store. Find Vaya on Neighbuzz at neighbuzzpod.com.

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On the Terrace: Gettin’ Down

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As we near the end of series one of Night Terrace, On the Terrace host Vaya Pashos talks with writer Lee Zachariah and audio designer David Ashton about the penultimate episode of series one: “Discoworld”.

Anastasia and Eddie have really started to get into the swing of travelling through time and space – despite her objections. But when they end up in a 1970s disco where the partygoers explode, things get really weird… Have they bit off more than they can chew? Vaya, Lee and David talk about their influences, how the show was recorded, guests stars Adam Richard and Naomi Rukavina, and the secrets of the disco soundscape and soundtrack for this episode.

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Episode seven of Night Terrace, “Discoworld”, is available on BBC Radio 4 Extra for 30 days after broadcast. You can also listen to episode one for free, and purchase the rest of the series, via nightterrace.com or the Splendid Chaps Bandcamp store. Find Vaya on Neighbuzz at neighbuzzpod.com.

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On the Terrace: Camping Out

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In episode six of On the Terrace, Vaya chats with Night Terrace head writer John Richards and episode writer Ben McKenzie about the show’s sixth episode: “The Last Hunt”.

Anastasia and Eddie are separated from the house in Australia’s distant past, just as they’re attacked by a vicious beast! Luckily for them, two local hunters are tracking it – and they’re happy to help our housemates get home along the way. Meanwhile someone else is telling the story of this last hunt to a group of children – including one little girl who has a lot of impertinent questions… The crew discuss their thoughts about being on the BBC, writing this episode, Australian megafauna, casting the series – including this episode’s Naomi Rukavina and Gnarnyarrahe Waitairie – and how it all came together.

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Episode six of Night Terrace, “The Last Hunt”, is available on BBC Radio 4 Extra for 30 days after broadcast. You can also listen to episode one for free, and purchase the rest of the series, via nightterrace.com or the Splendid Chaps Bandcamp store. Find Vaya on Neighbuzz at neighbuzzpod.com.

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On the Terrace: Shocking Facts

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In the fifth episode of On the Terrace, Vaya chats with Night Terrace head writer John Richards and sound designer David Ashton about episode five: “Sound & Führer”.

The house arrives in the far future in a theme park staffed entirely by robot versions of…Adolf Hitler? John, David and Vaya try to explain how this came about, the sci-fi tropes involved, working with Alan Brough and Phil Zachariah, and how the music, soundscapes and voice effects were created.

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Episode five of Night Terrace, “Sounds & Führer”, is available on BBC Radio 4 Extra for 30 days after broadcast. You can also listen to episode one for free, and purchase the rest of the series, via nightterrace.com or the Splendid Chaps Bandcamp store. Find Vaya on Neighbuzz at neighbuzzpod.com.

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On the Terrace: Working Up

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In this episode of On the Terrace, host Vaya Pashos talks about Night Terrace episode four, “The Outsourcing”, with writer and sound designer David Ashton and actor Amanda Buckley!

Eddie goes off to explore a new world on his own, and accidentally signs his life away to the megacorporation that runs the planet! Can Anastasia save him? Does she even care to? And what’s the mystery behind Valufrax’s senior management? Vaya, David and Amanda talk about how they got on Night Terrace, plot complexities, call centres, accents and more.

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Episode four of Night Terrace, “The Outsourcing”, is available on BBC Radio 4 Extra for 30 days after broadcast. You can also listen to episode one for free, and purchase the rest of the series, via nightterrace.com or the Splendid Chaps Bandcamp store. You can find Vaya on Neighbuzz at neighbuzzpod.com.

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On the Terrace: Killing Time

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In episode three of On the Terrace, host Vaya Pashos talks with Night Terrace creators David Ashton (audio engineer/sound designer) and Ben McKenzie (writer and Eddie Jones) about episode three: “Time of Death”.

The house lands Anastasia and Eddie in a seaside English village in 1929 – and in the middle of a murder investigation. What’s more, the victim is Sue! Vaya, David and Ben talk about this episode’s glamorous sleuth, time travel shenanigans and brilliant guest stars Virginia Gay and Andrew McClelland.

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Episode three of Night Terrace, “Time of Death”, is available on BBC Radio 4 Extra for 30 days after broadcast. You can also listen to episode one for free, and purchase the rest of the series, via nightterrace.com or the Splendid Chaps Bandcamp store.

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On the Terrace: Heading Back

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In our second episode of On the Terrace, host Vaya Pashos talks with two of Night Terrace’s creators, writer Lee Zachariah and star Petra Elliott (Sue), about episode two: “Starship Australis”!

Anastasia and Eddie have returned to Melbourne – or have they? The stars aren’t quite right, the locals seem a bit weird and the calendar is a way off… Join Vaya, Lee and Petra for a chat as they decode the Aussie slang, Neighbours references and definitely-not-political commentary in one of the most Australian episodes of this Australian comedy series.

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This episode of On the Terrace was recorded at Stove Monkey cafe at 191 Clarendon Street in South Melbourne. Episode two of Night Terrace, “Starship Australis”, is available on BBC Radio 4 Extra for 30 days after broadcast. You can also listen to episode one for free, and purchase the rest of the series, via nightterrace.com or the Splendid Chaps Bandcamp store.

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On the Terrace: Blasting Off

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It’s the first full episode of On the Terrace, the after-show for the time travel comedy Night Terrace! Settle in with host Vaya Pashos (Neighbuzz) for chat with members of the cast and crew. This week we discuss Night Terrace episode one: “Moving House”.

Anastasia Black discovers her house can travel through space and time – and gets stuck with the enthusiastic but gormless Eddie Jones. Vaya chats with guests John Richards (co-producer, head writer and writer of this episode) and Ben McKenzie (co-producer and the actor behind Eddie Jones) about the origins of Eddie, the D.E.P.A.R.T.M.E.N.T., and the house, as well as the planning that went into this crucial first episode, how things have changed in the five years since it was made and much more.

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This episode of On the Terrace was recorded at Stove Monkey cafe at 191 Clarendon Street in South Melbourne. Episode one of Night Terrace, “Moving House”, is available on BBC Radio 4 Extra for 30 days after broadcast. You can also listen to episode one for free, and purchase the rest of the series, via nightterrace.com or the Splendid Chaps Bandcamp store.

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Night Terrace - time travelling to 6 PM Sundays on BBC Radio 4 Extra! Series 1 from April 21, series 2 from August 25.

Coming soon to a BBC near you!

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We said we’d have some big news early this year – and this is it! Night Terrace is coming to the BBC! To celebrate, we’re making a new podcast discussing the show – and we want to answer your questions!

Landing on BBC radio from April 21

Beginning April 21, Night Terrace season one – or series one, to use the BBC term – will be broadcast weekly on Sundays on BBC digital channel Radio 4 Extra at 6 PM UK time (that should be 3 AM Monday morning, Melbourne time, given he changeover for daylight savings). It will also be rebroadcast at midnight (9 AM Monday our time), and each episode will be available internationally in the BBC iPlayer (aka BBC Sounds) for 30 days after broadcast. After a break, series two will follow in the same timeslot from August 25.

You’ll see Night Terrace pop up in the Radio 4 Extra schedule about two weeks before broadcast. If you can’t wait until then, you can still listen to episode one right here, and both series – plus two mini-series and our live recorded special – remain on sale on our web site and in our Bandcamp store.

For media enquiries, please contact Barbara Wright at The Wright Word Publicity via thewrightwordpublicity@gmail.com. Review copies are available to media.

On the Terrace

To celebrate the BBC broadcast, we’ve decided to put together a new, limited-run weekly podcast: On the Terrace. Hosted by Vaya Pashos of the hit Neighbours podcast Neighbuzz, each instalment of On the Terrace will discuss that week’s episode of Night Terrace with guests from the cast and crew. Watch this site for more on this new project very soon!

Cast and crew will also be answering questions from fans, and we’d love you to send in yours! Email them to us at info@nightterrace.com and we’ll do our best to answer them.