Night Terrace
Night Terrace is a scripted science fiction audio comedy produced by Splendid Chaps Productions. Originally released as a paid digital download in 2014, the first two seasons have been broadcast on BBC [Radio 4 Extra] since 2019.
The show stars Jackie Woodburne as Dr Anastasia Black, a "science hero" whose retirement from the mysterious "D.E.P.A.R.T.M.E.N.T." is cut short when her Melbourne terrace house unexpectedly starts to travel through space and time. She is joined by student and door-to-door electricity plan salesman Eddie Jones and, later, fellow ex-D.E.P.A.R.T.M.E.N.T. agent Susan Denholm. The first season won the Convenor's Award for Excellence at the 2014 Aurealis Awards.
Crowdfunding
Each season so far has been primarily funded through Kickstarter campaigns.Season 1 met its base funding target plus two stretch goals which allowed The Making of Night Terrace documentary and The Adventures of Eddie mini-series to be created. Season 2 met its base funding target plus one stretch goal, which allowed a Live episode to be created where backers and friends of the production became part of the episode as the live audience. Season 3 met its base funding target plus two stretch goals which allow The Night Terrace Summer Special and a mini-series revealing the untold adventures of Sue to be made.
Companion podcast
To accompany the broadcast of Night Terrace on BBC Radio 4 Extra Vaya Pashos, of the Neighbours recap podcast Neighbuzz, hosted a companion podcast. Each episode featured members of the cast and crew discussing the episode just broadcast, the show in general, and answering fan questions.Cast
Regular cast
- Jackie Woodburne – Dr Anastasia Black
- Ben McKenzie – Eddie Jones
- Petra Elliott – Sue | The Borealian Commander | Dr Housen
- David Lamb – various
- Amanda Buckley – various
Guest cast
- Adam Richard –
- Alan Brough – Barry
- Andrew McClelland – The Colonel / Mr Bell
- Cal Wilson – Vraxnall
- Celia Pacquola –
- Chris Taylor – The Captain
- Colette Mann – The Tea Lady
- Emily Taheny –
- Francis Greenslade – Morrie
- Ian Smith – Bunny
- Jane Badler – |
- Lawrence Leung –
- Louise Jameson – Marjorie
- Steven Gates –
- Tegan Higginbotham –
- Toby Truslove – Vraxnall | The Hostile Takeover Commander
- Virginia Gay – Miss Liaina Baker
- Aahmer Rahman – Tony
- Andrew Hansen – | |
- Brianna Williams –
- Cate Wolfe – The Human Commander | Carol
- Eryn Saunders – |
- Gary Russell – Charles
- George Ivanoff –
- Gnarnayarrahe Waitairie –
- Jason Tamiru –
- John Clarke – Mr King
- Kevin Powe –
- Laura Hughes –
- Lee Zachariah – Vraxnall
- Michael F Cahill –
- Ming–Zhu Hii
- Naomi Rukavina – The Story Teller |
- Phil Zachariah – The Hitlers
- Samantha Streeter – Voice of the Toy / SquidgyPiggy
Additional voices
- Nicholas Briggs – Moving House
- Virginia Gay – Moving House | Home
- Aahmer Rahman – Starship Australis
- Allan Carey – Sense & Susceptibility | Time of Death
- Andrew Hansen – Moving House | Ancient History
- Andrew Waddington – Starship Australis | The Outsourcing | Sense & Susceptibility
- Anniene Stockton – Time of Death | The Outsourcing
- Brianna Williams – Sense & Susceptibility | Full Steam
- Daniel Sullivan – The Outsourcing
- David Ashton – Moving House | The Outsourcing | Full Steam | A Verb of Nouns
- Glenn Greening – Starship Australis
- Graeme Callaghan – The Outsourcing | Sense & Susceptibility | Full Steam
- John Richards – Full Steam
- Karen Pickering – Moving House | Discoworld
- Kevin Powe – Home | Ancient History | The Retirement of Horatio Gray
- Kyle Threlfo – Sense & Susceptibility
- Michael F Cahill – Sense & Susceptibility
- Michael Ward – Moving House
- Richard Schipper – Sense & Susceptibility | Full Steam | The Retirement of Horatio Gray
- Sam Streeter – A Verb of Nouns | The Retirement of Horatio Gray
- Stephen Hall – Sense & Susceptibility
- Steven Petrenko – The Outsourcing
- Tony Flynn – The Outsourcing
Hello My Name is Eddie
- Ben McKenzie – Eddie Jones
- Petra Elliott – Sue
- Perri Cummings – Professor Brenda
- Noah Moon – The Time Traveller
- David Ashton – The Office Worker
- Lee Zachariah – Shop Assistant
- John Richards – Shop Assistant
- George Ivanoff – Wiliams
- Brianna Williams – Gilbert | Rebecca
- Lisa-Skye – Claudia
- Amanda Buckley – Jamie
Episodes
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
TBA in 2026Bonus episodes
The Making of Night Terrace
Narrated and produced by Josh Kinal, this episode is 27:27 long. It features interviews with all the main cast and creators of Night Terrace.Hello My Name is Eddie
Horatio's Travels
Night Your Own Terrace
The Night Your Own Terrace mini-episodes were written for backers at the Night Producer or Choose-Your-Own-Night Terrace level of their Kickstarter campaign for Season 2. The backers provided the writers with personal writing prompts & all of Jackie Woodburne's lines were recorded months in advance, providing a feeling of deja vu across the episodes.| Title | Length | Writers |
| An Echo of Socks | 07:54 | Tony Flynn, Ben McKenzie |
| Dinosaurs of Antarctica | 07:36 | Robin Bland, David Ashton |
| Habitat of Mushrooms | 09:44 | David Chilcott, John Richards |
| The Conditions of Entry | 07:11 | Daniel Sullivan, Ben McKenzie |
| The Sandwiches of Pluto | 07:51 | Craig Irvine, David Ashton |
| The Smell of Books | 09:32 | Samantha Streeter, John Richards |