A collection of Hallowe'en inspired programmes from the Radio 4 vaults!
Sheila Dillon and special guests discover a delicious world of pumpkins and winter squash.
Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the blood sucking vampire finch.
A chronicle of the origins of Halloween and the economy of pumpkins.
The molecular gastro-chef Heston Blumenthal tells Jane how to cook a seasonal soup.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Salem witch trials.
Sybil Ruscoe joins beef farmer Luke Hasell who wanted more people to enjoy his land.
Francine Stock talks to Ken Loach about how to get the best performances from young actors
Kirsty Young's castaway is writer Stephen King
Sue Lawley's castaway is actor Christopher Lee
Sean Street investigates the sound of fear, the noises and music that scare us, and why.
The history of witchcraft in Reformation Europe.
Matthew Benson-Smith joins Sheila McClennon to cook the perfect Parkin.
Josie Long presents a sequence of frightening mini-documentaries.
Lionel Kelleway explores some very dark cellars in search of some very big spiders.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the beliefs underpinning witchcraft.
Chris Sperring searches for tube web spiders at Exeter Cathedral.
Michael Parkinson's castaway is novelist James Herbert
Archaeologist Christine Finn taps her foot to ancient sounds not heard for millennia.
Sarah Pitt visits the Usk Valley to see a population of lesser horseshoe bats.
How are a rise in street crime and Christian objections affecting Halloween?
Irish novelist Patrick McCabe explores the Irish influences on Bram Stoker's Dracula.
