Maud Knollyes is the daughter and heiress of a rich, eccentric recluse. After he dies, young Maud is placed in the guardianship of her Uncle Silas. This is intended to be a public declaration of one man's confidence in his brother, for Silas was disgraced years before...

Sheridan le Fanu's Victorian gothic horror novel dramatised in three parts by Alan Drury.

Maud ... Teresa Gallagher

Austin.... Graham Crowden

Madame de la Rougierre ... Dorothy Tutin

Lady Monica Knollye ... Joan Sims

Mary Quince ... Kathleen Byron

Mrs Rusk ... Tessa Worsley

Dr Bryerley .... John Hartley

Dudley ... Jonathan Keeble

Tom Brice.... Roger May

Mr Grimston .... Geoffrey Whitehead

The Rough Fellow ....Stephen Critchlow

Pianist: Michael Haslam

Director: Enyd Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in Ocotber 1995.