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In 2023, award winning audio dramatist Oliver Emanuel was part way through writing a new play for radio when something happened to him and he found he could no longer read. This is his story: a powerful and poetic drama that is part audio play and part autobiography...
A man and a woman are caught in a rip tide, the life they might have had together - flashing in front of their eyes.
Another man and a woman are caught in an impossible situation, the life they have together - flashing in front of their eyes.
One Hundred and Fifty Days is drawn from The Great Wave - Oliver Emanuel's unfinished audio drama and from All My Reading – his creative response to the experience of brain cancer.
These two pieces of writing were edited together by Victoria Beesley and Kirsty Williams.
Performed by:
Robin LaingShauna MacdonaldRobert Jack
Sound Design by Fraser Jackson
Directed by Kirsty Williams
Details of support with cancer are available at bbc.co.uk/actionline.
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A new satire from award winning writer Anita Sullivan, set at a fictional COP conference, with a talking Mosquito. Developed with leading climate scientists.
Peter is a hapless politician representing the UK at COP in Paris. Hoping to retire soon – he didn’t really want this assignment, but now he’s caught like a rabbit in the headlights between the fiercely intelligent business analyst who has taken the place of his usual PA, and the changing landscapes of contemporary politics and climate crisis speak. Will he talk absolute rubbish? Will he keep his job? Will he sell our children’s future to the highest bidder? What is African Horse Flu? And can anyone else hear that whining voice?
The Mosquito was developed through OKRE Experimental Stories supported by Wellcome, in consultation with Professor Andy Morse (Professor of Climate Impacts at the University of Liverpool) and Dr Omnia El Omrani (Climate and Health Policy Fellow at Imperial College London).
Interviews are used with permission from:
https://hub.connectingclimateminds.org/lived-experiences
CAST
Peter- Robert Bathurst
The Mosquito- Laila Alj
Farah - Laila Alj
Addy - Audrey Brisson
Faith - Ruth Everett
Miles - Laurence Saunders
The Volunteer and other roles - Nuhazet Diaz Cano
Production Co-ordinators - Eleri McAuliffe and Noa Dowling
Sound Design - Catherine Robinson
Directed by John Norton.
A BBC Audio Wales production for Radio 4.
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Daisy Johnson is a multi-award-winning short story writer whose debut novel Everything Under was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.
In The Stranger she weaves a gentle romantic story beginning with an unusual flatshare to save money, then twists it into a suspenseful thriller all in the space of 14 minutes - read by Saffron Coomber.
Saffron Coomber has recently starred in Sir Lenny Henry's Windrush drama Three Little Birds, was in Small Axe by Steve McQueen, and made her West End debut as Shakespeare's muse in Emilia by Morgan Lloyd Malcolm
Written by Daisy JohnsonRead by Saffron CoomberProduced by Allegra McIlroy
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By Helen Cross.
Rose has made a fresh start in the City of Angels and life feels good. But she can't ignore the past, and now it's starting to bite.
Her ex-boss Maya is loving never getting older and has Rose to thank for that. Maya has big plans for a 'rejuvenation' spa in the California hills, but Rose suspects all is not what it seems. On top of that she's worried that someone, or something, is trying to send her telepathic messages. But are they to warn her, or frighten her?
Stylish and surprising fantasy horror with a comic twist, starring Alexandra Mardell (Coronation Street) and Demetri Goritsas (Ten Percent). With music by Dana Margolin and Sam Yardley of Mercury-nominated band, Porridge Radio.
Helen Cross wrote ‘My Summer of Love’ which won a Betty Trask award and was made into a Bafta-winning film with Emily Blunt (recently rated her best film in The Guardian top ten Emily Blunt films). Mary Ward-Lowery won Best Director in 2020 Audio Drama Awards.
Rose ... Alexandra MardellMaya ... Miranda BraunAustin ... Demetri GoritsasSiobhan ... Deirdre MullinsDelphine ... Yasemin ÖzdemirMam ... Jane ThorntonJack ... Tyler CameronGym owner ... Don GiletDakota ... Rhiannon NeadsAlina ... Kitty O'SullivanEnglishman ... Martin BongerAngry Man ... Douglas HodgsonGully ... Bruce Casswell
Original music written and performed by Dana Margolin and Sam Yardley of Porridge Radio.
Sound design by Ilse Lademann and Mary Ward-LoweryAssistant Producer ... Alison CrawfordDirector ... Mary Ward-Lowery
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By Samantha Harvey. Mum drives through the Dark Hedges, crossing a threshold into a different world. Read by Deirdre Mullins.
Topical fiction inspired by the story, in this week's news, that some of the beech trees that line the Bregagh Road in Armoy, County Antrim, have been felled amid concern for public safety. The trees, a landmark in their own right, were made more famous after featuring in the fantasy drama Game of Thrones.
Samantha won the Betty Trask Prize for her first novel The Wilderness, which was longlisted for the Man Booker, and shortlisted for the Orange Prize and the Guardian First Book Award. Her work has been described by critics as 'spectacular', 'beautiful' and 'profound', and her latest novel, 'Orbital', an 'awe-inspiring and humbling love letter to Earth', has been selected by The Guardian as one of the most important books of 2023.
Producer: Mary Ward-Lowery
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Atmospheric drama from BBC Radio 4 with bonus scenes for BBC Sounds, featuring original music by Imelda May.
Have you ever wondered where the term 'gaslighting' comes from? Find out in episode 1 of this dark reimagining of the classic 1938 stage thriller by Patrick Hamilton. To hear the series in full, just search for Gaslight in BBC Sounds.
Jonathan Holloway's modern adaptation is set in the present, with a deliciously vintage feel.
Jack Manningham has used his wife’s recently inherited money to buy a huge period property - a former bell foundry - which they will renovate. They occupy a small habitable part of the ground floor and basement. This previously neglected ramshackle building is lit by gas, as it was in Victorian times.
In this first episode, Jack and Bella find a house that suits them and there's a lot riding on the screening of their latest film.
Cast in order of appearance:
Tippi Griffiths ..... Lacey TurnerJack Manningham ..... James PurefoyBella Harding ..... Rebecca NightIshani Rawe / Izzy ..... Macadie AmorosoDCI Nina Rawe ..... Cathy TysonDI Reynolds / Michael McLennon / Chris De Jeanne ..... Richard Lintern
Written by Jonathan Holloway, based on the original play by Patrick Hamilton
Music: Imelda May with Tim Bran
Produced by Sally Harrison with James PurefoyDirected by Johnny Vegas
A Woolyback production in association with Darling Pictures, for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds
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Dan's life is in danger. To what lengths will Jess go to save him?
Jess now knows the truth about Ronnie Vaz's relationship to Dan. But she's sucked even deeper into the violent world of his drug gang. Holli Dempsey and Josef Altin star in a new thriller of conflicting perception from Matthew Broughton (the creator of Tracks).
Jess.....Holli DempseyDan.....Josef AltinMelissa......Alexandria RileyPetal.....Rina MahoneyMother.....Christine KavanaghRonnie.....Alun RaglanGallery Director....Jasmine HydeMagnar.....Neil McCaul
Sound design by Catherine Robinson and Nigel LewisA BBC Cymru Wales production for BBC Radio 4, directed by John Norton and Emma Harding
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Jess now knows the truth about Ronnie Vaz's relationship to Dan. But she's sucked even deeper into the violent world of his drug gang. Holli Dempsey and Josef Altin star in a new thriller of conflicting perception from Matthew Broughton (the creator of Tracks).
Jess.....Holli DempseyDan.....Josef AltinMelissa......Alexandria RileyPetal.....Rina MahoneyMother.....Christine KavanaghRonnie.....Alun RaglanGallery Director....Jasmine HydeMagner.....Neil McCaul
Sound design by Catherine Robinson and Nigel LewisA BBC Cymru Wales production for BBC Radio 4, directed by John Norton and Emma Harding
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Jess has returned to Dan, despite her misgivings. In revenge for his secretive behaviour, she snorts a line of DMT. And experiences a terrifying trip. Holli Dempsey and Josef Altin star in a new thriller of conflicting perception from Matthew Broughton (the creator of Tracks).
Jess.....Holli DempseyDan.....Josef AltinHenry.....Brendan CharlesonJaney.....Jasmine HydeRonnie.....Alun RaglanPetal.....Rina Mahoney
Sound design by Catherine Robinson and Nigel LewisA BBC Cymru Wales production for BBC Radio 4, directed by John Norton and Emma Harding
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Jess has left Dan, the dockside studio and the grimy, violent world of Ronnie Vaz behind. But something is pulling her back. Holli Dempsey and Josef Altin star in a new thriller of conflicting perception from Matthew Broughton (the creator of Tracks).
Jess.....Holli DempseyDan.....Josef AltinHenry.....Brendan CharlesonJaney.....Jasmine HydeRonnie.....Alun RaglanPetal.....Rina MahoneyNews Reader.....Chris Jack
Sound design by Catherine Robinson and Nigel LewisA BBC Cymru Wales production for BBC Radio 4, directed by John Norton and Emma Harding
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Jess starts her first paid commission as an artist, painting a work for Dan's employer Ronnie Vaz. But she also discovers the true nature of Vaz's business empire. Holli Dempsey and Josef Altin star in a new thriller of conflicting perception from Matthew Broughton (the creator of Tracks). Written by Faebian Averies.
Jess.....Holli DempseyDan.....Josef AltinClem…..Francois PandolfoMelissa.....Alexandria RileyPetal.....Rina MahoneySecurity Guard.....Chris Jack
Sound design by Catherine Robinson and Nigel LewisA BBC Cymru Wales production for BBC Radio 4, directed by John Norton and Emma Harding
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Jess discovers more about the shadowy world Dan moves in, but she's also increasingly aware of its benefits. She's moved into the dockside studio owned by Dan's employers - the gangster-run Tactical Security. And though Dan himself remains something of a mystery, the studio is starting to inspire Jess’s art. Holli Dempsey and Josef Altin star in a new thriller of conflicting perception from Matthew Broughton (the creator of Tracks). Written by Faebian Averies.
Jess.....Holli DempseyDan.....Josef AltinClem…..Francois PandolfoMelissa.....Alexandria RileyRyan.....Justice RitchiePetal.....Rina MahoneySecurity Guard.....Chris Jack
Sound design by Catherine Robinson and Nigel LewisA BBC Cymru Wales production for BBC Radio 4, directed by John Norton and Emma Harding
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Dan has reappeared just as mysteriously as when he vanished. Can Jess trust him.? And is he boyfriend or predator? Holli Dempsey and Josef Altin star in a new thriller of conflicting perception from Matthew Broughton (the creator of Tracks).
Jess.....Holli DempseyDan.....Josef AltinMelissa.....Alexandria RileyDaisy....Grace Cooper Milton
Sound design by Catherine Robinson and Nigel LewisA BBC Cymru Wales production for BBC Radio 4, directed by John Norton and Emma Harding
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When aspiring artist, Jess, is injured during an environmental protest, she’s taken to hospital by a kind stranger. And then the stranger becomes her boyfriend. And then he disappears. Holli Dempsey and Josef Altin star in a new thriller of conflicting perception from Matthew Broughton (the creator of Tracks).
Jess.....Holli DempseyDan.....Josef AltinMelissa.....Alexandria RileyDesk Sergeant.....Chris JackSecurity Guard.....Jasmine HydeMark.....Neil McCaul
Sound design by Catherine Robinson and Nigel LewisA BBC Cymru Wales production for BBC Radio 4, directed by John Norton and Emma Harding
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Jess is an aspiring artist with synaesthesia, which means that she sees colours and patterns when she hears certain sounds. When Jess collapses and hits her head during an environmental protest, she meets the engimatic Dan. This meeting will change both of their lives.
Holli Dempsey and Josef Altin star in a new thriller of conflicting perception from Matthew Broughton (the creator of podcast drama Tracks).
Jess.....Holli DempseyDan.....Josef AltinJohnny.....Tom ByrneMelissa.....Alexandria RileyPetal.....Rina MahoneyDaisy.....Grace Cooper Milton
Sound design by Catherine Robinson and Nigel LewisA BBC Cymru Wales production for BBC Radio 4, directed by John Norton and Emma Harding
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Jess is an aspiring artist with synaesthesia, which means that she sees colours and patterns when she hears certain sounds. When Jess collapses and hits her head during an environmental protest, she meets Dan and falls in love. This relationship changes both of their lives. But Dan has a shadowy career, working for a criminal gang who are running drugs. He’d like to escape from this way of life, but Jess is increasingly pulled towards it.
Holli Dempsey and Josef Altin star in a new thriller of conflicting perception from Matthew Broughton (the creator of podcast drama Tracks).
Jess.....Holli DempseyDan.....Josef AltinJohnny.....Tom ByrneMelissa.....Alexandria RileyPetal.....Rina MahoneyDaisy.....Grace Cooper Milton
Sound design by Catherine Robinson and Nigel LewisA BBC Cymru Wales production for BBC Radio 4, directed by John Norton and Emma Harding
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Exercise your imagination with some of the best writers and actors on radio.
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Presented by Paul FrenchDrama written by Sarah Wooley
Whatever anyone declared categorically about Shura Giraldi, someone else insisted on the exact opposite. Shura was handsome and beautiful; Shura was kind and good, Shura was exploitative and evil. Shura was just another struggling White Russian refugee trying to get by in 1930s China; Shura was the heart and brains of a gang that ran clubs, sex workers, illicit booze and drugs, when not robbing banks and stealing gems to fence in Shanghai. Shura loved ballet and cabaret, creating the Shura Giraldi Dance Troupe that topped the bill at all the best Peking nightclubs.
Shura sometimes presented as male and sometimes as female. When passing as a man Shura bound his breasts tightly and wore a sharp tailored suit; when she was a woman she wore startlingly coloured robes, both Chinese-style cheongsam and Western dresses, letting her raven hair flow loose, said witnesses. Shura had added an incredibly massive layer of confusion and obfuscation to anyone looking by changing gender. Switching for anonymity, for commercial gain or criminal advantage, for love, for a whim.
Paul French is a historian and writer who focuses on China in the first half of the 20th century. He's been on Shura’s trail for 15 years, digging through the paper records and archives in half a dozen countries in an attempt to get to grips with the enigma that was Shura. This story, a product of that tireless research, is full of truths, but like an old jigsaw brought down from the attic after decades, there are many pieces missing. So we're using drama, written by Sarah Wooley, to conjure and join the dots of Shura’s story, and go in search of a lost life and a forgotten world.
The search will take us from a Russian far east in violent revolution, to the chaos of the mass emigration of the White Russians, to the crowded hutongs of Peking; from that city’s nightclubs and cabarets, to the casinos of Shanghai; from a China wracked by rampaging warlordism, invaded by Japan, and then fighting its own civil war that culminated in its own revolution.
Shura saw it all; Shura lived through it all; Shura, in part, explains it all.
Shura . . . . . Maggie BainZaichek . . . . . Leo WanRoy . . . . . Daniel York LohLeopard . . . . . Chris Lew Kum HoiTatiana . . . . . Charlotte EastAnton . . . . . Luke NunnMarie . . . . . Cecilia AppiahSaxsen . . . . . Ian Dunnett JnrThe MC . . . . . Roger RingroseAnna . . . . . Jane Whittenshaw
Editing and sound design by Peter Ringrose.
Directed by Sasha Yevtushenko.
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Presented by Paul FrenchDrama written by Sarah Wooley
Whatever anyone declared categorically about Shura Giraldi, someone else insisted on the exact opposite. Shura was handsome and beautiful; Shura was kind and good, Shura was exploitative and evil. Shura was just another struggling White Russian refugee trying to get by in 1930s China; Shura was the heart and brains of a gang that ran clubs, sex workers, illicit booze and drugs, when not robbing banks and stealing gems to fence in Shanghai. Shura loved ballet and cabaret, creating the Shura Giraldi Dance Troupe that topped the bill at all the best Peking nightclubs.
Shura sometimes presented as male and sometimes as female. When passing as a man Shura bound his breasts tightly and wore a sharp tailored suit; when she was a woman she wore startlingly coloured robes, both Chinese-style cheongsam and Western dresses, letting her raven hair flow loose, said witnesses. Shura had added an incredibly massive layer of confusion and obfuscation to anyone looking by changing gender. Switching for anonymity, for commercial gain or criminal advantage, for love, for a whim.
Paul French is a historian and writer who focuses on China in the first half of the 20th century. He's been on Shura’s trail for 15 years, digging through the paper records and archives in half a dozen countries in an attempt to get to grips with the enigma that was Shura. This story, a product of that tireless research, is full of truths, but like an old jigsaw brought down from the attic after decades, there are many pieces missing. So we're using drama, written by Sarah Wooley, to conjure and join the dots of Shura’s story, and go in search of a lost life and a forgotten world.
The search will take us from a Russian far east in violent revolution, to the chaos of the mass emigration of the White Russians, to the crowded hutongs of Peking; from that city’s nightclubs and cabarets, to the casinos of Shanghai; from a China wracked by rampaging warlordism, invaded by Japan, and then fighting its own civil war that culminated in its own revolution.
Shura saw it all; Shura lived through it all; Shura, in part, explains it all.
Shura . . . . . Maggie BainZaichek . . . . . Leo WanRoy . . . . . Daniel York LohLeopard . . . . . Chris Lew Kum HoiTatiana . . . . . Charlotte EastAnton . . . . . Luke NunnMarie . . . . . Cecilia AppiahSaxsen . . . . . Ian Dunnett JnrThe MC . . . . . Roger RingroseAnna . . . . . Jane Whittenshaw
Editing and sound design by Peter Ringrose.
Directed by Sasha Yevtushenko.
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Presented by Paul FrenchDrama written by Sarah Wooley
Whatever anyone declared categorically about Shura Giraldi, someone else insisted on the exact opposite. Shura was handsome and beautiful; Shura was kind and good, Shura was exploitative and evil. Shura was just another struggling White Russian refugee trying to get by in 1930s China; Shura was the heart and brains of a gang that ran clubs, sex workers, illicit booze and drugs, when not robbing banks and stealing gems to fence in Shanghai. Shura loved ballet and cabaret, creating the Shura Giraldi Dance Troupe that topped the bill at all the best Peking nightclubs.
Shura sometimes presented as male and sometimes as female. When passing as a man Shura bound his breasts tightly and wore a sharp tailored suit; when she was a woman she wore startlingly coloured robes, both Chinese-style cheongsam and Western dresses, letting her raven hair flow loose, said witnesses. Shura had added an incredibly massive layer of confusion and obfuscation to anyone looking by changing gender. Switching for anonymity, for commercial gain or criminal advantage, for love, for a whim.
Paul French is a historian and writer who focuses on China in the first half of the 20th century. He's been on Shura’s trail for 15 years, digging through the paper records and archives in half a dozen countries in an attempt to get to grips with the enigma that was Shura. This story, a product of that tireless research, is full of truths, but like an old jigsaw brought down from the attic after decades, there are many pieces missing. So we're using drama, written by Sarah Wooley, to conjure and join the dots of Shura’s story, and go in search of a lost life and a forgotten world.
The search will take us from a Russian far east in violent revolution, to the chaos of the mass emigration of the White Russians, to the crowded hutongs of Peking; from that city’s nightclubs and cabarets, to the casinos of Shanghai; from a China wracked by rampaging warlordism, invaded by Japan, and then fighting its own civil war that culminated in its own revolution.
Shura saw it all; Shura lived through it all; Shura, in part, explains it all.
Shura . . . . . Maggie BainZaichek . . . . . Leo WanRoy . . . . . Daniel York LohLeopard . . . . . Chris Lew Kum HoiTatiana . . . . . Charlotte EastAnton . . . . . Luke NunnMarie . . . . . Cecilia AppiahSaxsen . . . . . Ian Dunnett JnrThe MC . . . . . Roger RingroseAnna . . . . . Jane Whittenshaw
Editing and sound design by Peter Ringrose.
Directed by Sasha Yevtushenko.
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