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 (Ben McKenzie) and, later, fellow ex-D.E.P.A.R.T.M.E.N.T. agent Susan Denholm (Petra Elliott). 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 (a digital book collection of stories, trivia and puzzles in the style of TV annuals and comic books) 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 (alongside Woodburne the show has had past and present Neighbours stars in guest roles). 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 – (Discoworld) Alan Brough – Barry (Sound & Fuhrer) Andrew McClelland – The Colonel / Mr Bell (Time of Death) Cal Wilson – Vraxnall (Moving House) Celia Pacquola – (The Edification of Anastasia Black) Chris Taylor – The Captain (Starship Australis) Colette Mann – The Tea Lady (Sense & Susceptibility) Emily Taheny – (The Edification of Anastasia Black) Francis Greenslade – Morrie (Starship Australis) Ian Smith – Bunny (Sense & Susceptibility) Jane Badler – (Home) | (Things That Go Bump in the Night Terrace) Lawrence Leung – (Things That Go Bump in the Night Terrace) Louise Jameson – Marjorie (Sense & Susceptibility) Steven Gates – (Situational Awareness) Tegan Higginbotham – (Situational Awareness) Toby Truslove – Vraxnall (Moving House) | The Hostile Takeover Commander (The Outsourcing) Virginia Gay – Miss Liaina Baker (Time of Death) Aahmer Rahman – Tony (The Outsourcing) Andrew Hansen – (The Edification of Anastasia Black) | (The Retirement of Horatio Gray) | (Home Again) Brianna Williams – (Ancient History) Cate Wolfe – The Human Commander (Moving House) | Carol (The Outsourcing) Eryn Saunders – (The Last Hunt) | (Situational Awareness) Gary Russell – Charles (Sense & Susceptibility) George Ivanoff – (A Verb of Nouns) Gnarnayarrahe Waitairie – (The Last Hunt) Jason Tamiru – (The Last Hunt) John Clarke – Mr King (Sense & Susceptibility) Kevin Powe – (A Verb of Nouns) Laura Hughes – (The Edification of Anastasia Black) Lee Zachariah – Vraxnall (Moving House) Michael F Cahill – (A Verb of Nouns) Ming–Zhu Hii (Full Steam) Naomi Rukavina – The Story Teller (The Last Hunt) | (Discoworld) Phil Zachariah – The Hitlers (Sound & Fuhrer) Samantha Streeter – Voice of the Toy / SquidgyPiggy (Sound & Fuhrer)
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(antha) 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 Title Original Runtime Written By Moving House 25:50 John Richards Starship Australis 27:59 Lee Zachariah Time of Death 28:50 Ben McKenzie The Outsourcing 27:59 David Ashton Sound & Fuehrer 27:13 John Richards The Last Hunt 29:16 Ben McKenzie Discoworld 28:29 Lee Zachariah Home 30:19 John Richards
Season 2 Title Original Runtime Written By Sense & Susceptibility 25:25 John Richards Full Steam 29:18 Ben McKenzie A Verb of Nouns 33:27 John Richards Things that Go Bump in the Night Terrace 26:46 David Ashton Ancient History 28:24 Ben McKenzie The Edification of Anastasia Black 30:47 Lee Zachariah The Retirement of Horatio Gray 32:44 Lee Zachariah Home Again 26:26 John Richards Situational Awareness (Live Episode) 40:41 John Richards, David Ashton, Lee Zachariah and Ben McKenzie
Season 3 TBA in 2026 (estimated release date)
Bonus 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 Title Length Written By The Academic Transcript of Death 03:32 Lee Zachariah, Ben McKenzie The Awkward Small Talk of Death 05:57 Ben McKenzie, David Ashton A Trip to the Milk Bar of Death 02:37 David Ashton The Psychological Experiment of Death 04:36 Ben McKenzie The Job of a Lifetime of Death 04:05 Ben McKenzie Did You Know that You Can Save 4% of Death 04:42 Ben McKenzie, Lee Zachariah
Horatio's Travels Title Length Written By The Painting 03:00 Lee Zachariah Relativity 02:59 Lee Zachariah History 01:55 Lee Zachariah The Houseguests 04:19 Lee Zachariah Settling Down 04:05 Lee Zachariah Messages 03:38 Lee Zachariah
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 (both overt and covert). 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
The Adventures of Sue TBA in 2026 (estimated release date)
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