BBC radio drama is in grave danger. Without it we may lose the next generation of writing talent
Jeremy Mortimer
@jeremort.bsky.social
Making a noise about sound drama. Likes walking, theatre, Shakespeare, autumn. Don’t like airports, ice cream, flashing lights, X.
Next Thurs 13 Feb is World Radio Day, but audio drama is under serious threat Share a short video to tell BBC Director General Tim Davie + the BBC why audio drama is important to you, the wider UK drama ecosystem + why you oppose their cuts More info 🔽 writersguild.org.uk/save-audio-d...
I've just spotted that LITTLE MUSPRATT is on BBC Sounds (for the next month) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Little Muspratt by Penelope Mortimer - BBC Sounds
A widow moves to a new village and hopes to befriend a novelist. Stars Mary Wimbush.
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"The BBC is wrong to axe drama on Radio 3 – here’s why it matters" My piece for @thestage.bsky.social on the importance (past & present) of BBC Radio 3 drama: edition.thestage.co.uk/2025/01/21/a... #RadioDrama @writersguildgb.bsky.social @equityuk.bsky.social @societyofauthors.bsky.social
Andrea Smith: The BBC is wrong to axe drama on Radio 3 – here’s why it matters
Radio drama has been at the heart of the BBC since it began broadcasting in November 1922. The first play written for children was aired…
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Absolutely, Lisa. Read more about this here: edition.thestage.co.uk/2025/01/21/a...
Andrea Smith: The BBC is wrong to axe drama on Radio 3 – here’s why it matters
Radio drama has been at the heart of the BBC since it began broadcasting in November 1922. The first play written for children was aired…
edition.thestage.co.uk
Lisa Holdsworth@lisaholdsworth.bsky.social · 2y agoAt a time when audio drama and entertainment is having a moment, it seems short-sighted of the BBC to cut their radio drama slots. Still, that is what they have been quietly doing. Sign the petition opposing their latest cuts. chng.it/V6QyDwkfbp
Following on from my piece in @thestage.bsky.social yesterday about the importance of drama on BBC Radio 3 (and the decision to axe it), @eggsbened.bsky.social explains why size is important... edition.thestage.co.uk/2025/01/22/d...
David Benedict: How long should a play be? Probably not 45 minutes
How long does a play last? Dumb question, I know – up there with ‘How long is lunch?’. The most recent bid for the longest…
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Today, alongside @equityuk.bsky.social + @societyofauthors.bsky.social, we have launched a petition calling on Director-General of the BBC Tim Davie to rethink plans to eradicate audio drama from BBC Radio 3 Sign the petition to Save Audio Drama at the BBC www.change.org/SADatTheBBC
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Save Audio Drama at the BBC
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“I have conversed with the spiritual sun. I saw him on Primrose Hill”. Wm Blake.
Yes - it's war. With newts. Put on your goggles. Pull on your wet suit. Sunday 8.00pm BBC Radio 3 - and after @bbcsounds.bsky.social @edmundharris.bsky.social @reducedlistening.bsky.social @bbcradio3.bsky.social
BBC Radio 3 - Drama on 3, War with the Newts
By Ed Harris adapted from Karel Čapek’s 1936 novel. With Doña Croll and Laura Elphinstone.
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www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... Coming up on Sunday 8th December. Be afraid. Very afraid.
BBC Radio 3 - Drama on 3, War with the Newts
By Ed Harris adapted from Karel Čapek’s 1936 novel. With Doña Croll and Laura Elphinstone.
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Back in the day when some uni theses were typed up a friend found that her dissertation on Webster’s heroine was renamed ‘the Duchess of half;’. Strangely satisfying now that I only got to see half of the production tonight. ;;;;;;;;
'There was change in the air, a hunger for art that escaped committees and censorship – even for Bacon’s brand of (exuberant) nihilism. Francis Bacon in Moscow. The story of an exhibition - and a BBC Radio 3 play on the same theme
BBC Radio 3 - Drama on 3, Bacon in Moscow - Bacon in Moscow
How Francis Bacon became the first major Western artist to exhibit solo in the USSR.
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Spent today with Felix at Hall for Cornwall, sharing our learnings from the past 15 years. It made me grateful for a shared adventure that’s seen us produce dozens of plays in crazy spaces, cycle the length of the USA, bus to Singapore and much much more. #theatre #travel #cornwall #adventures
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... just caught up with this. Will Young is brilliant. And the sound design is magical. Bravo @jonnicholls.bsky.social and Polly Thomas and Eloise Whitmore.
BBC Radio 4 - Drama on 4, Song from Far Away
Will Young's solo tour de force about family, loss and the faces of love. Strong language.
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I’ve been spending quite a bit of time with these fellas recently @edharris.bsky.social @bbcradio3.bsky.social
Some wonderful resources here for anyone interested in the history of broadcasting: Hundreds of archive clips, documents, interviews, and images. Timelines. Curated collections on special themes with background articles by academics. Links to other relevant resources
History of the BBC
Explore the history of the BBC since its foundation in 1922 to the present day
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‘Leaving Twitter’ by First Dog on the Moon in today’s Guardian.
I’m a librarian @psychotherapy.bsky.social and love craft ( insta @subvertthegerbera) and theatre (ex intervalthinks) . Winter-pursuits jigsaws scrabble and fire. Passionate about reform of the mental health system as a veteran.
From the archive for Penelope Mortimer, #BornOnThisDay in 1918, my thoughts on DADDY'S GONE A-HUNTING. A brilliantly observed novel about the horrors of suburban domestic life - unflinching, penetrating & very progressive for its time. Razor-sharp prose! 💙📚 jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2024/05/28/d...
Daddy’s Gone A-Hunting by Penelope Mortimer
Unflinching, penetrating and razor-sharp in its depiction of the horrors of suburban domestic life, Daddy’s Gone A-Hunting is one of Penelope Mortimer’s better-known novels, and rightly so. It’s a tru...
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West Cornwall, and first visits to The Ladder in Redruth and The Cornish Bank in Falmouth. Impressed by the ambition of both, and grateful also for the chance to catch up with MPs Jayne Kirkham and Andrew George. Plus, as ever, time well spent with Hall for Cornwall. Thanks everyone.
did not know that the new Baumbach film (Clooney, Sandler, Dern, Gerwig, Broadbent, Stacy fuckin Keach!) was co-written with Emily Mortimer???
