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Morning all, hope no one's been the recipient of any dastardly April Fool's today!

I just wonder how many japes and jokes have been the cover for people seeing strange things and not wanting to admit the weirdness? Anyway, I digress. I thought I'd follow on from yesterday's blog with some chat about the ghosts themselves.

So far, we've met Lord Byron - hands up all those who love this man. A dreamy, talented but wicked male who wrote some amazing poetry, Byron was a famous figure as much in his day as posthumously. You get a sense (well I do, at least) that Tamara's pretty impressed with meeting such a legend. Shame he's dead, as I see a little flirtation between them.

Imagine what it would be like to meet the ghost of an idol! For me, I think it would have to be Elvis, preferably in the form of his early days (though I know I shouldn't be so superficial but, hey, he was gorgeous!). Maybe Elvis is a Protector too - now wouldn't that be something to see!

Interesting twists happening on the message board. I sense a bit of resistance from certain quarters. I wonder why?

1st April 2003


My Family
Hello all - hope you had a restful and demon-free weekend.

I thought I'd start this week's blogs with some history about my family.

As you have seen, Tamara and William are about to inherit a legacy passed to them from their grandfather Ludlow. Ludlow was a fantastic magician, but had been hiding this teeny-weeny little secret from his family. Sadly, I think he just didn't expect the end would come so quickly, so hadn't prepared the next generation fully.

Ludlow was passed his gift from his Uncle Morris. He used it well and was a great protector of Albion. It's terrible the way he died, but I'm afraid that hand-in-hand with the darkness that exists on the realms of our world, is the knowledge that not all good people see a good end. As for Dr Hillman and Tamara and William's father - again, the existence of such demons sometimes infringes on the living in an unpleasant way, as was the case with the Swifts.

You'll just have to wait and see how that pans out... I'm sworn to secrecy, so don't even think of bribing me with chocolate (though FYI, my favourite is Terry's Chocolate Orange - but that discussion's for another day)!

Oh, and you lot have been busy over the weekend. Thanks so much for the postings on my message board. I am incorporating some of your research into the clues and map location pages later this afternoon, so anyone new coming in will know not to start a new discussion with information we've already got.

31st March 2003


The morning after
So, launch day seemed to go okay - no panicky phone calls late at night about the outraged masses who couldn't access the drama - and this morning sees Rob and the team still smiling. Hooray!

And what a great response already! I can't believe how much you people collectively know. I think it's almost certain we've discovered the identity of the ghosts from Ludlow's map. I've put a message up on the board with some more stuff I've found and some answers to some very pertinent questions... well done.

I'm really glad you liked the animation too, it's pretty cool isn't it? The were-beasts are the scariest for me - imagine those things jumping in whilst you're enjoying your dinner watching Eastenders!

Sadly, as you'll see in the following weeks, such beasts may not be as much a figment of imaginative minds as one would hope. Dare I say again how much I believe that there is far more out there then we know, and I just hope none of you ever come face-to-face with such evil. On that happy note, I'll take my leave. Until Monday then...

28th March 2003


In the beginning...
Hello and welcome to the Ghosts of Albion - an exciting new animated drama on BBCi.

As you may already know from reading my intro, I am Tamara Swift, 26-year old Londoner and hostess of this fab site.

All the basic background is in my intro, but a quick recap (I just never seem to tire of telling my story!) This site is based around my family history � a legacy like no other. As you watch the animation over the next few weeks, you'll see what I mean. My great, great, great, great grandfather and his sister (also called Tamara � I was named after her) had a rather cool side-hobby of ridding this country of things that did not necessarily belong here, and I'm not talking Rentakill employees. To know more, you'll just have to wait and see ("Oh no," I hear you cry...) Believe me, it'll be worth it.

This site which I'm looking after will be a forum for any and all to talk about my family, the legacy, the ghosts or anything else that comes to mind. There's the message board for all those thoughts to get to me, and a map which belonged to my great-grandfather (to the power of six), with some interesting stuff on � do check it out.

I'll be in every day around noon, and will check in on the message boards, which will hopefully be thriving with loads of chat, debate and ghoulish tales (no wonder I have trouble sleeping!). I'll also be writing a blog each day with the meanderings of my mind, thoughts on the story so far, any thing that catches my attention on the message boards, what I had for dinner and of course... what all of it means!

So for now my new cyber friends, enjoy Episode one, let me know what you thought � did it scare you, did you like it, isn't William a bit of alright (I know he's a relative but hey... it's a long time ago!) and here's to the Ghosts of Albion!

27th March 2003


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Dramatisation - Legacy
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Act 3  Act III

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Act 4  Act IV

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Act 5  Act V

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Act 6  Act VI

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Act 7  Act VII

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