Return To Collinwood Audio CD

Good to hear from you, I rather miss your progress reports on taking in the TV series. Nothing wrong with watching the OS all over, you know. :-)

It's a full-cast audio drama written by Jamison Selby (Ed Griffin) set in (I think) just slightly post-Y2K Collinsport, with a really great list of returning cast from the original series. It was performed live at a DS Festival in 2003 before being recorded for the CD release. It's not terribly observant of the Big Finish continuity since it came first although I think the Big Finish DS releases are generally mindful of it.

Personally I just had to get it (and glad I did), it has John Karlen (and Donna Wandrey who has yet to do a Big Finish audio that I know of, and Terry Crawford who I wish would do more of them) not to mention everyone else who's in it. Not at all a bad story, either.

There was a sequel that was performed at a Festival also, called Revenge at Collinwood, although it was never recorded for commercial release. Occasionally the subject comes up and generally we long to hear it but I'm not sure how much hope of that it would be realistic to hang onto if it hasn't happened by now.

I agree with barnabaslives! Miss your detailed posts on the OS. And also on RtC--you should get it. Just one small correction--its sequel (which as far as I know was never recorded) is called "'Vengeance' at Collinwood".

As a Big Finish listener, you may be interested to hear Return to Collinwood.

Many of the Big Finish Dark Shadows audios use RtC as a distant signpost to steer towards.  Things that have happened in BF audios that help set up RtC:
-the introduction of Jessica Griffin (who becomes Jessica Loomis)
-Carolyn going to college to study the occult
-Maggie finding and marrying Joe Haskell
-Maggie becoming ignorant of the supernatural

and probably a lot more but that's off the top of my head.

And if audios happen to take place after RtC, well that would make RtC interesting listening too.

Have purchased. Thanks for the recommendations. Will get to you with my opinion on it.

I enjoyed it, but it sort of sets up a new series and sadly there hasnt been any audio continuation and apparently vengance at collinwood? Doesnt follow up on certain plot threads.

Its worth listening too though

I'd actually kind of like them to re-record Return, incorporate Vengeance into it, intermingling the two plots to be somewhat concurrent, and update both to incorporate stuff from the multitude of BF audios that have come out in the past decade. While they're at it, they can spread it all out over thirteen episodes as another mini-series. Or at the very least across several lengthy episodes akin to Blood & Fire.

Like, what happened to Amy? And her kids? Tony meeting Angelique again should have a lot more going on in the background, given their through thread in the Dramatic Readings. We know a lot more about the Trask family now, so maybe expand some more on the hints that Tony is Charity's grandson. Where's Miss Quick? Where's Burke? Etc, etc.

I think BF has done a grand job of fitting in the audios to RtC.

I am not sure they can move the series forward if RtC is canon instead a measuring rod...

But I never say never... these guys are full of imagination and energy....