Radio Waves by three writers new to radio - this afternoon at 2.15.

To mark the centenary of radio drama at the BBC, Radio Waves brings together three emerging writers who explore how storytelling is integral to the human experience 🧬 Join Captain Avery as she voyages through deep space

Did you know radio drama is 100 years old? We continue our run of radio plays to mark the occasion with KALEIDOSCOPE 3 featuring David Haig as BBC radio pioneer Lance Sieveking 📻 bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

The Radio Times celebrates its centenary this week. Radio productions of #Shakespeare's plays have frequently featured on the cover, so here's a short thread of my favourites... starting with some of the earliest from the 1920s & 30s (1/4) #RadioTimes100 #RT100 #RadioDrama

This is a wonderful, beautiful Thai surname. But just bear with me while I go off and have a quick cry… #UniversityChallenge

Without doubt, one of the most terrifying, thrilling, life-affirming, JOYOUS things I've ever been involved with. Unforgettable. There's nowhere like Shakespeare’s Globe

Emily Mortimer, A Voyage Round My Father: ‘I wish I’d written about my dad like he did about his’ telegraph.co.uk/theatre/what-t…

Lots happening across the BBC to celebrate 400 years since the first Shakespeare folio. On BBC Radio 3 we'll have an entire day of music inspired by the Bard *and* some remarkable new dramas inspired by Hamlet: bbc.com/mediacentre/20…

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 bbc.co.uk/programmes/art…

Our friend James Birch’s book Bacon in Moscow is being dramatised on radio 3 at 7.30 this evening. Strong recommend. bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/pr…

bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0… Now available on BBC Sounds - Tim Spall plays Francis Bacon in James Birch's memoir of 1980s London and Moscow, dramatised by Stephen Wakelam.

It’s that time of year again #marmalade #sevilles

The Guardian view on radio plays: an underrated cultural resource that must be preserved | Editorial theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0… So much more than a tribute to Dylan Thomas - this is a proper treat for the ears - beautifully directed by Emma Harding and Fay Lomas with sound design by Catherine Robinson and Jonathan Thomas @bbcradio3 @bbcwales #audiofiction

Seventy years after Dylan Thomas’s radio play Under Milk Wood was first broadcast, five Welsh writers create dramatic portraits of Wales in 2024. Actor Ruth Jones narrates the stories BBC Sounds 🎧 tinyurl.com/yrfmkk64

I just backed 9 Holidays I wish I had Never Been On on Kickstarter kickstarter.com/projects/rathb…

Hard Times by #Dickens & Graham White 3pm Sun 29 Sept BBC Radio 4 - David Morrissey Rachel Harper Ike Bennett Shaun Dooley Jan Ravens Janey Will Close @Arthur_Hughes1 @ClaireCage1 Patrick Robinson Julie Barclay, Richard Elfyn & Aaron Anthony bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

The first in a #Dickensian season of three dramatisations, followed by #LittleDorrit with Jason Watkins Samuel Barnett Kitty Archer & @Ptjbrad and #OurMutualFriend with Mat Fraser. & Lucy Speed #CharlesDickens Interview by Anna Jones Radio Times Illustration Matthew Brazier

Hello - and goodbye. I’m over here if anyone wants to chat.

Plans to cut audio drama from BBC Radio 3 have been labelled a “devastating loss for writers and actors alike”, with critics calling it the end of the “National Theatre of the airwaves” 👇 thestage.co.uk/news/cuts-to-r…