1. VAM PD Volume 01

For The Love Of StoriesBig Finish produce fantastic full-cast audio dramas for CD and download.

Big Finish Originals

Released October 2024

Written by James Goss

Starring Juliet Landau Mara Wilson

This release contains adult material and may not be suitable for younger listeners.

From US $23.98

Download

US $23.98

Buy

About
Video
Backstage
Cast
Production Credits

Vampires live their lives by rules - but who polices them? Welcome to the Office of the Night, where vampires Catrin and Magnus keep an uneasy peace between the living and the undead.

Party All Night
Vampire Circuit Parties? Someone's set up a series of tasting clubs at which vampires massacre unsuspecting human invitees. Magnus and Catrin must stop this before the craze goes viral. It's Jane's first day as human liaison to the Office of the Night and it may well be her last.

Blood Bank
Some vampires choose not to kill for blood – they prefer to have it supplied. It's a lifestyle choice. There’s a thriving red market in liquid gold.

But the vampires running the Red Market are worried – something's contaminating the blood – a contaminant that for some is a drug and for others is lethal. If the Red Market falls, then their customers are suddenly going to get very hungry.

Under the Sun
A vampire cult has sprung up allowing vampires the ultimate cure – the ability to walk in the sun. Catrin and Magnus are worried. Is the cult a trick, or will it change the way that vampires feed, unleashing terror on the world?

Note: This production features scenes of vampiric feeding and blood consumption.

Recorded on: 19-21 September and 31 October 2023

Recorded at: Deyan Audio, The Soundhouse

Producer Lizzie Worsdell said: “I am so excited for everyone to hear Vam PD. It features two iconic leads in Mara Wilson and Juliet Landau as well as a stellar supporting cast. The writing is brilliantly clever, witty and camp – a take on a vampire story that we haven't encountered before. Listeners can expect mystery, comedy, a bit of gore and lots of vampires! If you like Buffy or Lucifer, this is the series for you.”

Writer James Goss said:: "I grew up obsessed by Drusilla on Buffy – who wasn't haunted by her lethal kookiness? She was a vampire who never obeyed the rules. Which got me thinking...

"A lot of vampire lore is just that – laws and rules. They can't walk in sunlight, they can't stand garlic, holy water or other people’s doors... There are so many rules. And I wondered where these rules came from, and who enforced them?

"This led to the idea of the Office of the Night, a vampire police force who ensure that other vampires are obeying these rules and hunt down those that find ways of breaking them. That's right – it's a show about vampire bureaucrats!

"And to head it up is Juliet Landau, now playing Catrin, a vampire obsessed with the rules. But she's forgotten one thing – all laws are made to be broken."

Lead actor and associate producer Juliet Landau said: "Vam PD is a completely unique universe. It’s not like anything I’ve read before. The three main characters are so distinct. The world is wickedly funny. Genre fans, Buffy fans, Big Finish fans and really any listener who thrives on great material will love Vam PD."

Her co-star Mara Wilson added: "My first reaction to getting the Vam PD script was, finally, I get to play a vampire. I've wanted to play a vampire for a very long time now. And then I actually read the part of Jane and realised that I was the only one who was not a vampire!

"But honestly, being Jane has been so much fun. She is a wonderful straight man to Catrin and to Magnus, and is very, very layered – I was pleasantly surprised by how funny she was, how intelligent she was, and how there is a bit of a darkness to her as well. I knew immediately when I got the script, this was something that I wanted to be a part of."