The Sonic Society

Jack | November 9, 2018

This Spectator article wants to point out to those enamoured with the latest craze of podcast-madness, that radio hasn’t exactly been overwhelmed by the downloading RSS feeds. Podcasts, too, have yet to master drama; it will surely become established, challenging the corporation to maintain its commitment to what is for many of us the USP of […]

Category: Media, Podcast, Radio | No Comments »
Tags: BBC Radio, Eloise Whitmore, John Wyndham, Kate Chisholm, Midwich Cuckoos, Oliver Vibrans, Podcasts, Spectator

Jack | February 25, 2016

Nicola Sturgeon has the challenge of her life. She’s to save the world from alien invasion! The first time an actor was called upon to do this may have been Orson Welles, but it was hardly the last. BBC 4 has Sturgeon playing in a modern retelling of the classic John Wyndham 1953 apocalyptic novel […]

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Tags: BBC 4, Huffington Post, John Wyndham, Nicola Sturgeon, Orson Welles, The Kraken Wakes, Val McDermid