Batman: Knightfall (Audio Drama)

Batman Knightfall (Audio CD) — Cover of the Audio CD version

Batman: Knightfall was a BBC Audio Drama based on the comic series of Batman: Knightfall. It was first broadcasted on BBC Radio 1 in 1994 on April 11th and finished on July 22nd. It was later published on audio cassettes and CDs. As was named in the US as "Batman: The Knighfall Saga".

Description[]

(Taken from the Audio CD)

"In this thrilling Radio Drama, Batman has been crippled by his fiercest foe ever: Bane, a villain of Superhuman strength, cunning and evil."

Plot[]

(Taken from the Audio CD)

"Gotham City is reeling from the shocking news that Batman has been confined to a wheelchair. Who will now protect the innocent from thedangerous inmates of Arkham Asylum, whom Bane released? A new hero-Azrael-takes up the mantle of the Bat. But Azrael is a more brutal Batman than Bruce Wayne, and far more eager to punish the guilty rather than protect the innocent. Will he destroy Gotham City in order to save it?

Cast[]

Bob Sessions as Batman/Bruce Wayne
Michael Gough as Alfred Pennyworth
Daniel Marinker as Robin/Tim Drake
Peter Marinker as Bane, Jack Drake
Kerry Shale as Jean Paul Valley/Azrael, The Joker, The Cavalier, Thomas Wayne
William Roberts as Commissioner James Gordon, Amygdala, Carlton LeHa, Tough Tony
Lorelai King as Renee Montoya, Leslie Thompkins, Lady Shiva, Young Bruce, Martha Wayne, Sarah Essen
Eric Meyers as Harvey Bullock, Colonel Vega, Batcave Computer, Joe Chill, Bird, Jeremiah Arkham, Firefly, Nomoz
Michael Roberts as The Ventriloquist, Film Freak, Simpson Flanders, Benedict Asp, Hood
Alibe Parsons as Shondra Kinsolving
James Goode as Nightwing/Dick Grayson, The Scarecrow
Stuart Milligan as The Riddler, Maxie Zeus
Chris Emmett as Mad Hatter
Vincent Marzello as Armand Krol, Abattoir, Mr. Zsasz

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Trivia[]

Michael Gough who played Bruce Wayne's loyal butler and guardian in the Burton/Schumacher Batman movies reprised his role as the voice of Alfred Pennyworth.