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Showcasing the very best in new Audio Drama

Radio Without Limits

| February 23, 2016

In an IBT article entitled, BBC Radio to air uncensored adaptation of Erica Jong’s feminist novel featuring sex scenes BBC is dramatizing for radio scenes from the famous novel Fear of Flying. BBC began to air scenes last night, as they break the novel into five different episodes. Fear of Flying was a controversial book for iconic […]

Twilight Zone Appears Over England

| February 22, 2016

The BBC has made arrangements to carry the famous Twilight Zone Radio Dramas from producer Carl Amari. For those of us familiar, Stacy Keach’s rich voice fills the role of narrator once held by the iconic Rod Serling for the original television series. In an io9 article, we discover that ten episodes will be released featuring the […]

Hurt’s So Good!

| February 3, 2016

So many great stars old and new keep coming back to Audio Drama. Now it’s the War Doctor himself, John Hurt, has a plea for many people out there. About radio drama, Mr. Hurt says:  “I consider it a very important part of my life. I think one of the major weapons of an actor […]

Serial Successes

| December 14, 2015

In the Guardian newspaper, Miranda Sawyer asks a very simple question: Why are Americans so much better at making podcasts than the British?  I for one think that Ms. Sawyer has the ideas backwards. She suggests in the article that you have to do massively produced shows to get them to be successful and that the British […]

25th Annual Radio Playwriting Competition

| October 15, 2015

“Creative Writing is a vibrant subject area at The Open University, with courses from beginner and undergraduate, to MA and PhD level. We are thrilled to collaborate with BBC World Service in this important and unique competition, encouraging and supporting talent internationally.” So says Doctor Derek Neale of The Open University Faculty of Arts in consideration […]

So You Want to Make Money Selling Audio Drama. No, you don’t.

| August 21, 2015

There’s an old adage that success leaves clues. There’s another less popular adage in the audio drama crowd that goes something like this: “You know audio drama hasn’t made the big time because of everyone who comes out saying they are going to ‘bring radio drama back!” The amount of proclaimed experts in modern audio […]

Sonic Echo- 0134- Binding Radio

| April 24, 2015

Our last week this month of April’s Merry-go-round with General Forces radio from across the pond brought to you by David Ault, and showcasing “Much Binding”. Be with us next week as we begin May Meta-human month!

Sonic Echo- 0133- Stand Waterlogged on the Air

| April 17, 2015

  Tonight David brings us two more comedy gems on the merry-go-round from the BBC vaults continuing our showcase month of British OTR with “Studio Stand Easy” and “HMS Waterlogged”

Sonic Echo- 0132- Hay! It’s that Man Again!

| April 10, 2015

  David Ault comes back to British OTR Showcase month with an episode that pokes fun at Hitler called “It’s that Man Again” and a rare episode of “The Will Hay Programme” for our second feature!

Sonic Echo- 0131- Up with the Lyons

| April 3, 2015

  David Ault begins our look into British Showcase Old Time Radio month with “Life with the Lyons” and “Up the Pole”!