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The 1950s Torchwood Soho team hunt the ghosts of London’s past in The Unbegotten a brand-new box set of full-cast audio drama, released today by Big Finish.

In a three-hour audio adventure, agent Norton Folgate (Samuel Barnett) investigates an eerie post-war bombsite alongside his ex-boyfriend, journalist Gideon Lyme (Joe Shire), and Sergeant Andy Davidson (Tom Price).

Lizbeth Hayhoe (Dervla Kirwan) – a woman ahead of her time and back from the dead – meets flirtatious pub landlady, Mia (Saffron Coomber), while searching for clues. And the educated but manipulative politician, Armitage (played by Class star, Greg Austin), makes a strong impression on Norton…

The dead walk the Earth! The air and ground are poisoned! Mandeville Walk is the most haunted street in 1950s Soho. Norton Folgate has come to confront ghosts of his own, but finds himself caught up in a government cover-up. Andy Davidson is being hunted by demons. What really happened on Mandeville Walk? 

A First Breath 

Torchwood visits the most haunted street in London.

The Ghost Wall 

Norton Folgate ruins a carpet. Andy worries about a wall.

The Taken

An ancient force awakens.

Afterwards They Came 

The demons and ghosts arise. Torchwood learns a lesson.

Confessions 

The grisly secret of the gentleman callers.

Mandeville Walks 

As London falls, everyone turns to Norton Folgate.

Samuel Barnett said: “It’s always a pleasure to record more Torchwood Soho. When we were recording during the COVID-19 pandemic we weren’t able to be in the same room and it felt quite sad, so it’s lovely to be back in the studio all together. It does help that we know each other well and are fond of each other as human beings!”

Joe Shire added: “It’s always great to come back to this part and Sam makes it really easy to act alongside him. The journeys that we go on in each episode and the arcs that these characters go through are so big. It’s a lot of fun and we want to keep Norton and Gideon’s relationship fresh and exciting for the listeners. Gideon has very much grown as a person. He has teeth now and bites back!”

Tom Price said: “It’s nice to see Andy putting his proper Sherlock Holmes boots on – asking questions and working stuff out. As the actor performing those lines, it’s very hard when Andy makes conclusions to not go ‘Yes Andy, you genius!’. It’s been a lot of fun.”

Torchwood Soho: The Unbegotten, written by James Goss, is now available to own for just £19.99 (collector’s edition CD box set + download) £16.99 (download only), exclusively from www.bigfinish.com.