Late Night Story — Season 1, Episode 5: Sredni Vashtar
15 min • 2 seasons, 10 episodes
Episode synopsis
The story of Conradin, a sickly young boy, and Sredni Vashtar, his pet polecat/ferret. Conradin prayed to the malign deity Sredni Vashtar for deliverance from his hated aunt. This episode was scheduled to start the series on 22 December, but went unscreened due to a BBC strike.
About Late Night Story
Late night bedtime stories. Tom Baker reads a series of macabre stories about childhood (season 1), and John Mills reads war stories (season 2).