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Strange | Episode Guide | Episode Three
Trivia
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Desert Island Discs
Strange refers to Desert Island Discs, the long-running, Radio 4 programme, created by Roy Plomley in 1942. Each week a guest is invited to choose the eight records they would take with them to a desert island. The discussion of their choice is a device for them to review their life. They also choose a favourite book and a luxury item. Sue Lawley has presented Desert Island Discs since March 1988.
Give me fever
The Bone's Fever featured in the episode seems to be a variant of Scarlet Fever (formerly Scarlatina). Spread by the streptococcal bacteria, Scarlet Fever is a contagious disease that is recognised by the appearance of a rash made up of tiny pinkish-red spots over the body. Associated with poor standards of hygiene, the disease was life threatening in the past, but is less of a problem since the development of antibiotics.
Sounds like
Costa Burra features Mahler's Songs on the Death of Children (Kindertotenlieder). Gustav Mahler was an Austrian conductor and composer who lived from 1860 to 1911. His family was plagued by tragedy, which perhaps explains the nature of his work.
Death coach
The Legend of the Death Coach or c�iste bodhar stems from a Greek folktale which became an English and Welsh legend in the Middle Ages. The tale tells of a coach drawn by a team of horses without a driver on board that would arrive at night at the house of someone who was about to die. Some accounts also refer to a headless coachman in charge.
Banshee
The Banshee is based on the Irish Bean Sidhe, a woman of the hills who visits a household and warns of an impending death by wailing. When she is caught she is forced to name the person in question. In Scotland she is known as caoineag, (wailing woman) and is only heard, not seen.
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