The Inspector: Frank Atkinson Rum Chops: Arthur Bush Mouse: Charles Hawtrey The Bishop's Sister: Susan Richards Ellen: Janet Morrison The Head: Arthur Bush Narrator: Norman Shelley Saturday Night Theatre This was a one-off drama, with a script by John Keir Cross, broadcast in 1966, and repeated in 1968 and 1969. It was then remade with a new cast in 1977. 1966 Kay Harker (a man): Harman Grisewood Kay Harker (a boy): Patricia Hayes Cole Hawlings: Cyril Shaps Foxy-faced man: Henry Stamp Chubby man: Wilfred Babbage Miss Caroline Louisa: Carol Marsh The Lady of the Ring: Noel Howe Maria Jones: Jo Manning Wilson Susan Jones: Sian Davies Peter Jones: Eva Hadbon The Bishop: Preston Lockwood Abner Brown: Felix Felton Rat: Norman Shelley Alf Rat: Stanley Unwin Police Inspector: Hector Ross Sylvia Daisy Pouncer: Joan Matheson 1977 Kay Harker (a man): David Davis Kay Harker (a boy): Jean English Abner Brown: Heron Carvic Cole Hawlings: Cyril Shaps Foxy Man: Roy Spencer Chubby Man: Paul Meier Caroline Louisa: Irene Sutcliffe Sylvia Daisy Pouncer: Kathleen Helmk Rat: Norman Shelley Lady of the Ring: Grizelda Hervet Inspector: Rod Beacham Jemima Jones: Nicolette McKenzie Maria Jones: Anne Rosenfeld Susan Jones: Jane Knowles Peter Jones: Judy Bennett Bishop: Lewis Stringer The boy: John Levitt The Bronze Head: John Gabriel Radio 4 1995 Two-part drama with a script by John Peacock. Abner Brown: Donald Sinden Cole Hawlins: Lionel Jeffries BBC Television 1984 A BBC TV adaptation of The Box of Delights was broadcast in six parts between 21 November and 24 December in 1984. It starred Devin Stanfield, Patrick Troughton and Robert Stephens as Kay Harker, Cole Hawlings and Abner Brown respectively and adapted for television by Alan Seymour, directed by Renny Rye and produced by Paul Stone. It featured an innovative mixture of live action and animation, in particular Quantel Paintbox and chroma key effects. The series cost £1-million to make in 1984, the most expensive children's series the BBC had made to that date, but it was widely acclaimed and won a number of BAFTA and RTS awards, in particular for its special effects. The opening and closing title music features an orchestral arrangement of "The First Nowell" extracted from the third movement of the Carol Symphony by Victor Hely-Hutchinson. It had been used for earlier radio adaptations and has become synonymous with the story. Big Finish 2021 Big Finish Productions produced an audio play of