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BBC Radio Drama

5/30/2010

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Past few weeks I've really been enjoying listening to radio drama on the BBC website. Meanwhile in the states there's This American Life - not drama but a great magazine show with stories that always really engage, amuse, and sometimes really move one.
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Click the dials on the radio, and you'll go directly to the drama page.
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MArtin Jameson
5/30/2010 07:43:44 pm

There's been some great stuff recently... my highlight of recent weeks was a radio adaptation of Ronald Harwood's An English Tragedy about John Amery who was executed for treason shortly after the second world war. Then there was a wonderful play about an editor at a failing London publishing house who publishes an agony memoir of an Afghan woman abused by the Taliban etc - only to discover, too late that the whole thing was faked. You should check out a comedy series called Clare in the Community - which is about a social worker. I love Clare!

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MArtin Jameson
5/30/2010 07:49:06 pm

Also check out a strange little series called 'One'. I really love this show...

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Matthew
5/31/2010 01:25:23 am

Thanks Martin, a show about a social worker. At last.

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MArtin Jameson
5/31/2010 08:56:01 am

It's not deep, but it usually has half a dozen laughs and a few smiles in it...

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Matthew
6/1/2010 04:24:04 am

Yes, I really enjoyed Clare. I've also improved the link so all of us can go directly to the drama page.

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terina
6/1/2010 08:03:18 am

yes Clare's great. MIke and I listen to the ..... Archers !!!
good soap stuff : rebelling adolescents, dementia, pregnancy - its all there. Great for car journeys. HOw sad for you to live without radio 4

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Matthew
6/1/2010 08:14:23 am

Yes but you can listen to all the shows here on the i-pod/computer via that site. Though it's not the same ... Here there's a show on NPR called This American Life that's absolutely wonderful, you might enjoy it.
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/

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terina brennan-slade
6/3/2010 07:09:05 pm

Hi |I've just listened to Count Arthur Strong on radio - irritable opinionated elderly man - makes me chuckle!
Will try to listen to your suggestion but ....painting calls

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Martin Jameson
6/4/2010 01:18:33 am

Check this one out... it was on this afternoon, directed my a mate of mine, Marc Beeby. Marc's directing Devil in the Fog which I'm adapting for Radio 4 at the moment.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00sknzt/Afternoon_Play_The_Last_Witch_Trial/

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Matthew
6/6/2010 02:49:22 am

Hi, just listened to The Last Witch Trail, really quite touching. The unstated complete love between the two women was what I liked the most. Marc Beeby (I bet he gets very tired of the obvious joke ... Beeby C.(?)) directs with a light touch. Looking forward to Devil In The Fog. Thanks for the plug.

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