Will awakes in a different time, centuries before his own. Where a familiar farm stood there is a huge forest, blanketed in snow. The Rider, a terrifying agent of the Dark, tries to kidnap him but Will is rescued by a white horse and taken to a pair of carved oak doors set on a hillside. Listen on headphones for 3D immersive sound. #TheDarkIsRising
Will Stanton: Noah AlexanderJohn Smith/Paul Stanton/Mr Beaumont: Thomas ArnoldBus Conductor/Jamaican Old One/James Stanton: Danny BaileyStephen Stanton: Simon BubbMrs Stanton/Mrs Pettigrew/Dr Armstrong: Amanda HadingueThe Walker/Hawkin: Toby JonesNarrator: Simon McBurneyThe Rider/Mr Mithothin/Mr Stanton/Farmer Dawson: Tim McMullanMerriman: Paul RhysMaggie Barnes/Mary Stanton: Natasha StoneThe Lady/Miss Greythorne: Harriet WalterHerne: Miles YekinniThe chorister: Vinay SinghRadio announcer: Samuel WestSoundscape design: Gareth FryMusic: Josh SneesbyOriginal songs by Johnny Flynn, Luisa Gerstein and Héloïse Tunstall-BehrensAdapted for audio by Robert Macfarlane and Simon McBurneyDramaturg: James YeatmanDirector: Simon McBurneyProducers: Catherine Bailey and Tim BellA Complicité and Catherine Bailey Production for BBC World ServiceCommissioned by Simon Pitts
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