Shows / The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
Welcome, dear listener, to The Mrs. Henry Wood Library, where the lamps are lit, the curtains drawn, and the great houses of England yield their secrets once more. Within these walls you shall find no idle tales, but histories of the heart, of devotion sorely tried, of reputations imperilled, of sorrow borne in silence, and of truths that will not forever remain concealed.
Here are the quiet parlours and shadowed corridors where conscience whispers louder than scandal, and where a single…
Episodes
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter LX - In What Does It Lie?
In which the family gathers to celebrate the marriage of Constance Channing to the Reverend William Yorke on a radiant January day, marked by a modest yet…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter LIX - Ready.
In which the household rejoices at the unexpected and miraculous return of young Charley, alleviating many hearts burdened with worry and suspicion, while…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter LVIII - Bywater's Dance.
In which the long-lost Charley Channing is tenderly restored to his family’s embrace after a harrowing illness and mysterious disappearance, attended by a…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter LVII - A Ghost Again.
In which a startling confession clears the innocent and restores rightful honour at Helstonleigh school, prompting Lady Augusta to hasten with justice, mingled…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter LVI - The Broken Phial.
In which the diligent pursuit of truth over a damaged surplice and a broken ink phial reveals tensions among the schoolboys, their master, and the curious…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter LV - News From Roland.
In which a letter from Roland Yorke reveals a tangled truth behind a lost bank-note, prompting Arthur to exclaim innocence and unleashing a cascade of…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter LIV - "The Ship's Drowned."
In which Mr. Channing and his acquaintances grapple with unsettled suspicions and uneasy doubts concerning young Arthur’s conduct and the mysterious return of…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter LIII - The Return Home.
In which Mr. Channing returns home in improved health amidst the golden warmth of a kind autumn, yet is met with the profound weight of troubling news…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter LII - A Relic From The Burial-Ground.
In which the household learns unexpectedly of Roland’s sudden departure, prompting Arthur’s solemn decision to resume his place at Mr. Galloway’s office with…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter LI - An Arrival In A Fly.
In which the absent clerk’s unexpected departure to far-off Port Natal sends Mr. Galloway into a flurry of anxiety over the chaotic state of his office and its…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter L - Really Gone!
In which Roland Yorke, weary of his present life, makes a sudden departure for Port Natal, leaving his household in a flurry of surprise and sorrow…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter XLIX - A Chateau En Espagne.
In which Roland Yorke, burdened by debt and dissatisfaction with his current employment, resolves to seek his fortune at Port Natal, despite the misgivings of…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter XLVIII - Muffins For Tea.
In which the sombre chill of November mirrors the heavy spirits within Mr. Galloway’s office, where poor Arthur Channing’s misfortunes deepen under the weight…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter XLVII - Dark Clouds.
In which Constance and her brothers grapple with heavy suspicions and painful misunderstandings that weigh upon their family and school life, while Hamish…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter XLVI - A Letter For Mr. Galloway.
In which a mysterious letter arrives bearing a returned twenty-pound note, unsettling old suspicions and prompting a tangled reflection on innocence and guilt…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter XLV - A New Suspicion.
In which Arthur Channing, restless and burdened by the mystery of Charles’s disappearance, offers to assist Mr. Galloway with the mounting legal work left…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter XLIV - Mr. Jenkins In A Dilemma.
In which the usually dutiful Mr. Jenkins is firmly restrained by his wife from attending to his office duties due to his declining health, leading to some…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter XLIII - Dragging The River.
In which a tragic event casts a sombre shadow over the college, prompting a heartfelt but difficult gathering of family, friends, and staff to grapple with…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter XLII - An Official Ceremony Interrupted.
In which a cruel prank involving a ghostly apparition at the college school leads to a fearful suspicion among the boys concerning the fate of young Charles…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter XLI - The Search.
In which a sudden and unaccountable absence of young Charles Channing causes growing anxiety among his family and the school, leading to a thorough but…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter XL - Mr. Ketch's Evening Visit.
In which the poor old Mr. Ketch is lured out by a mischievous invitation to a supper of tripe and onions that turns out to be a jest, leaving him bewildered…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter XXXIX - The Ghost.
In which moonlight reveals the quiet grandeur of Helstonleigh, setting the scene for a mischievous plot by the college boys to conjure a ghostly scene in the…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter XXXVIII - The Decision.
In which the rain-soaked boys of Helstonleigh College gather for a solemn day marked by morning prayers and the long-anticipated appointment of their new…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter XXXVII - The Conspirators.
In which the peaceful routine of Helstonleigh College is stirred by a mischievous scheme among the boys to frighten young Charles Channing, revealing his…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter XXXVI - Ellen Huntley.
In which a delayed letter from Germany brings glad tidings of Mr. Channing’s recovery, while tensions quietly rise among the Helstonleigh families as…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter XXXV - The Earl Of Carrick.
In which the long-absent Earl of Carrick arrives at Helstonleigh to the warm, bustling welcome of the Yorke family, while the diligent yet ailing Mr. Jenkins…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter XXXIV - Gerald Yorke Made Into A "Block".
In which Arthur Channing endeavours to secure temporary employment at a law office amidst the shadow cast by recent accusations, receiving both discouragement…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter XXXIII - No Seniorship For Tom Channing.
In which Mr. Huntley arrives in Helstonleigh and promptly becomes embroiled in the delicate and tumultuous affairs surrounding the school’s seniorship and the…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter XXXII - An Ominous Cough.
In which the ever-observant and somewhat languid Mr. Roland Yorke engages in a candid exchange with his faithful clerk Jenkins, whose persistent cough and…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter XXXI - Abroad.
In which the Channings arrive in the quaint spa town of Borcette seeking healing for Mr. Channing’s ailment, accompanied by the steadfast and perceptive Mr…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter XXX - The Departure.
In which the Channing family prepare for a heartfelt departure on a radiant August morning, with Mr. Channing imparting solemn advice and blessings upon his…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter XXIX - A Taste Of "Tan".
In which the boys of Helstonleigh College become embroiled in a tempestuous debate over perceived favouritism in the appointment of the school senior, with…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter XXVIII - An Appeal To The Dean.
In which Arthur Channing, steadfast in his integrity and trust in divine justice, bravely confronts the shadow cast over him by a grievous suspicion…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter XXVII - A Piece Of Preferment.
In which the Reverend William Yorke receives an unexpected ecclesiastical preferment that both surprises and pleases those acquainted with him, while Constance…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter XXVI - Checkmated.
In which Miss Channing endeavours with gentle firmness to impress upon her young charge the virtues of discipline and early rising, illustrating her lesson…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter XXV - A Morning Call.
In which the noble Arthur Channing bears the heavy burden of suspicion with a quiet fortitude born of love for his brother, whose own elusive part in the…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter XXIV - The Examination.
In which Arthur Channing faces a painful and bewildering examination upon suspicion of a theft, his steadfast innocence shadowed by the weight of an unspoken…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter XXIII - An Escort To The Guildhall.
In which a grave and unexpected accusation disrupts the Channing household, casting a shadow of suspicion and stirring a tempest of emotions among its members…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter XXII - An Interrupted Dinner.
In which a grievous suspicion casts a heavy shadow over the Channing household, stirring unrest and whispered accusations among the young scholars at…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter XXI - Mr. Butterby.
In which a perplexing disappearance of a bank-note from a sealed letter sparks a discreet investigation within the quiet precincts of Helstonleigh, where…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter XX - The Looming Of An Awful Fear.
In which the quiet order of the insurance office is unsettled by the mysterious disappearance of a twenty-pound note, stirring suspicion and unease amidst the…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter XIX - The Loss.
In which Mr. Galloway, confronted with the mysterious disappearance of a bank-note from an office letter, interrogates his clerks and puzzles over the…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter XVIII - Mr. Jenkins Alive Again.
In which the quiet repose of Sunday yields to the bustling return of daily labours in Helstonleigh, with Mr. Jenkins bravely resuming his duties despite the…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter XVII - Sunday Morning At Mr. Channing's, And At Lady Augusta's.
In which the Channing family observe their well-established Sunday customs, marked by quiet devotion and the humble preparations for divine service, while Mr…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter XVI - Much To Alter.
In which Miss Constance Channing undertakes the delicate task of instilling discipline and good habits in her young charges at Lady Augusta Yorke’s, navigating…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter XV - A Splash In The River.
In which the irascible Mr. Ketch nursing grievances over lost keys finds himself at odds with a band of lively college boys, whose mischievous escapades prompt…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter XIV - Keeping Office.
In which the Channing brothers navigate the small turmoil of office duties and social obligations amidst looming financial troubles, while encounters with old…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter XIII - Mad Nance.
In which the perplexing misadventures of Mr. Jenkins—locked in the college cloisters and injured in a fall—unfold amidst the quiet bustle of Mr. Galloway’s…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter XII - A Mishap To The Bishop.
In which the agreeable Bishop of Helstonleigh finds himself inadvertently locked within the cloisters of Helstonleigh Cathedral, accompanied by the porter…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter XI - The Cloister Keys.
In which the young Arthur Channing reflects upon mercies and troubles amid cathedral psalms, while a rumour of unfair favouritism stirs unrest among the…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter X - A False Alarm.
In which Arthur receives a surprising appointment as assistant-organist of the cathedral, bringing new responsibilities and a modest income that brighten the…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter IX - Hamish's Candles.
In which Judith reveals her anxious observations about Mr. Hamish Channing’s late-night vigils by candlelight, puzzling over the cause and consequences with…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter VIII - The Assistant-Organist.
In which Arthur endeavours to secure permission from Mr. Galloway to extend his office hours, that he might accept an offer to play the cathedral organ and…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter VII - Mr. Ketch.
In which Mrs. Channing gently ministers to her children with daily scripture and loving counsel, while the household faces new uncertainties brought by…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter VI - Lady Augusta Yorke At Home
In which the everyday trials of Lady Augusta Yorke’s family life unfold with a mixture of maternal exasperation and gentle interventions, while the prospect of…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter V - Roland Yorke
In which the scene is set in the quiet chambers of Richard Galloway, Esquire, where the young Arthur Channing toils under the watchful eye of his master…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter IV - No Holiday To-day
In which the amiable and resolute Constance confides in Mr. Yorke her decision to undertake the humble position of a daily governess, seeking to alleviate her…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter III - Constance Channing
In which the Channing family confronts the heavy disappointment of a long-expected inheritance lost to legal dispute, compelling them to face altered prospects…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter II - Bad News
In which the Channing family confronts grievous tidings delivered by post, concerning a long-contested legal matter that threatens their financial hopes and…
- The Mrs. Henry Wood Library
The Channings Chapter I - The Inked Surplice
In which the solemn opening of the Helstonleigh Assizes is observed with reverence and ceremony, yet a mischievous act involving the staining and hiding of a…