Will is pursued by the tornado of the Dark and prepares for the final battle. He flies with Merriman on the great white horse to where Herne the ancient hunter is waiting. Herne summons his hounds – a pack of huge white animals ghostly in the half-light. Listen on headphones for 3D immersive sound. #TheDarkIsRising

Will Stanton: Noah Alexander

John Smith/Paul Stanton/Mr Beaumont: Thomas Arnold

Bus Conductor/Jamaican Old One/James Stanton: Danny Bailey

Stephen Stanton: Simon Bubb

Mrs Stanton/Mrs Pettigrew/Dr Armstrong: Amanda Hadingue

The Walker/Hawkin: Toby Jones

Narrator: Simon McBurney

The Rider/Mr Mithothin/Mr Stanton/Farmer Dawson: Tim McMullan

Merriman: Paul Rhys

Maggie Barnes/Mary Stanton: Natasha Stone

The Lady/Miss Greythorne: Harriet Walter

Herne: Miles Yekinni

The chorister: Vinay Singh

Radio announcer: Samuel West

Soundscape design: Gareth Fry

Music: Josh Sneesby

Original songs by Johnny Flynn, Luisa Gerstein and Héloïse Tunstall-Behrens

Adapted for audio by Robert Macfarlane and Simon McBurney

Dramaturg: James Yeatman

Director: Simon McBurney

Producers: Catherine Bailey and Tim Bell

A Complicité and Catherine Bailey Production for BBC World Service

Commissioned by Simon Pitts

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