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On #WorldRadioDay2025 ten BBC radio dramas that speak to the world we live in: 1) It Can’t Happen Here - former newspaper editor Doremus Jessup (Ben Miles) reflects on the rise of American demagogue, Buzz Windrip. Based on the novel by #SinclairLewis🧵 https://t.co/qf8zTVfwkn
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Sinclair Lewis's prescient 1936 satire adapted for radio by Mike Walker. Stars Ben Miles.
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“Why, where in all history has there ever been a people so ripe for a dictatorship as ours!” Meet new US President Buzz Windrip in ‘It Can’t Happen Here’ by Sinclair Lewis, adapted @BBCRadio4 by Mike Walker 3pm 5 Oct. Stars Ben Miles & @nathanosgood
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Sinclair Lewis's prescient 1936 satire adapted for radio by Mike Walker. Stars Ben Miles.
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Looking forward to this - the return of Life Lines from the award-winning team of Al Smith @salavens @SarahCRidgeway @BOBbootcampBOOK & Michael Jibson 2.15pm Tues 13 Aug @BBCRadio4 or already @BBCSounds
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Al Smith's award-winning drama series set in an ambulance control room.
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Final episode of the first series of our family saga ‘Almonds and Raisins’ goes out this afternoon on @BBCRadio4 or you can catch the whole series on @BBCSounds A heartwarming drama which begins in Manchester in 1905. https://t.co/0DuFdZl9sE
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Based on the novel by Maisie Mosco an epic family saga about Jewish refugees in England.
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‘Almonds and Raisins’ starts today. Dramatized with heart and humour by @AdamUsden with a wonderfully committed cast. Shout out to my wise and brilliant co-producer @GazzerBrown A passion project, so happy we made it happen. @BBCRadio4 @BBCSounds
https://t.co/0DuFdZl9sE
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Based on the novel by Maisie Mosco an epic family saga about Jewish refugees in England.
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Almonds and Raisins first ep today. Witty and textured scripts by @AdamUsden Great cast who gave everything. All credit to drive and vision of my co-producer @JessicaMitic Who got it over the line @BBCRadio4
@BBCSounds @bbcstudios @BBCRadioDrama
https://t.co/vZjj2hBKLi
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Based on the novel by Maisie Mosco, an epic family saga about Jewish refugees in England.
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As part of @BBCRadio4's Orwell vs Kafka special, a new dramatisation of Kafka's The Trial by @edmundharris 3pm Sun 9 June. Josef K is arrested. But what was his crime? Stars @iwanrheon @PhilDavis6 @Nina_Wadia Produced by @AnneIsGrr Catch up @BBCSounds
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Josef K is arrested. But what was his crime?
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My Mother Said I Never Should, Episode 1 - 3pm Sun 28 April @BBCRadio4 @BBCSounds Charlotte Keatley's bittersweet drama about four generations of women. Stars @lesley_nicol @TeamSFinneran Cecilia Appiah & Bebe Massey. Directed by @Nadia_Molinari
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Charlotte Keatley's award winning, landmark play.
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2) a late play, Cymbeline, starring Lydia Wilson @michaelamaloney @parditti Greta Scacchi, @Will2Close & @IfanHuwDafydd Original song settings by @josephhoward_ Sound by @BassettRobinson Directed by @EmmaHarding01 8pm Sun 28 April @BBCRadio3 & @BBCSounds
https://t.co/bM0dvaZPdV
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Two exciting new #Shakespeare productions @BBCRadio3 - both contemplating English/British identity. 1) Henry V stars Ben Lloyd-Hughes, Penelope Wilton, Nicholas Farrell & @Steffan_Rhodri with music by @jonnicholls Directed by @salavens Find @BBCSounds &🧵 https://t.co/GsI65vxcTI
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Hal has to prove he has what it takes to be King as he lays claim to the throne of France.
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Under Milk Woods @BBCRadio3 -5 new mini dramas to mark the 70th anniversary of the 1st broadcast of #DylanThomas' much-loved radio play. Five Welsh writers conjure their own area of Wales. Stars Ruth Jones. Mon-Fri 2245 & omnibus Drama on 3 1930 Sun 28 Jan
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For the 70th anniversary of Under Milk Wood, five short drama portraits of Wales in 2024.
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The three-dimensional storytelling of Under Milk Wood & beyond - The Guardian view on radio plays: an underrated cultural resource that must be preserved | Editorial
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Editorial: Their status has fallen since the great days of Under Milk Wood or The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, but we still need audio dramas
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Cobalt - a brand new 5-part thriller by Eno Mfon & Darragh Mortell takes us from South Wales to Lagos via Zimbabwe, on the trail of a missing man and a missing shipment of cobalt. Stars Saffron Coomber & John Pfumojena. Available now @BBCSounds #Limelight
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Maita goes to see her dad for her birthday, but he's disappeared.
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Congratulations to all shortlisted for the 2024 BBC Audio Drama Awards! These awards celebrate the creativity of actors, writers, directors, producers, musicians, sound designers & all who work in this vibrant art form. Winners announced Sun 24 March 2024
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Announcing the shortlisted people and programmes for the 2024 BBC Audio Drama Awards.
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The third & final series of Broken Colours - @Broughton500’s thriller about perception, synaesthesia & the lure of the gang starts next Thurs 30 Nov 2.15pm @BBCRadio4 . Stars @HolliDee & @JosefAltin Get up to speed with Series 1 & 2 here @BBCSounds
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Jess sees the world differently from other people. A new thriller from Matthew Broughton
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Beautifully written drama by @_billiecollins on @BBCRadio4 today and later on @BBCSounds Recorded on location in the stunning Wirral. With a superb, young cast. A story about youth, loss and coming home.
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The @samaritans answered their first call 70 years ago today, 2 Nov 1953. @BBCRadio4 drama Samaritan Number One by Anna Linstrum, starring @ReeceShearsmith, tells the story of its visionary, unorthodox founder, Reverend Chad Varah. Listen @BBCSounds
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For the 70th anniversary of the Samaritans, a drama about its visionary founder Chad Varah
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✍️ @bbcworldservice and the @BritishCouncil have announced the winners of the 2023 International Radio Playwriting Competition! 📻 This year there were 677 entries from 94 countries 🌎 Find out the winners here ➡️ https://t.co/yLvmxapN3x
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Was fascinating to learn about the amazing Gertrude Bell, a Yorkshire lass who was the first woman to work in British Military Intelligence. Dramatised by Mary Cooper, stars amazing Fenella Woolgar, epic sound by Sharon Hughes. Thanks to a brilliant cast.
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Some folk horror drama on @BBCRadio4 that listeners might be interested in. Written by @purplehearttc
https://t.co/6ae716PqfC
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Atmospheric folk horror about communes, nature and the price that must be paid.
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