Articles on Radio Plays
Articles on radio plays by well-known authors: note that some of them load up in pairs, two on a page, for convenience... the views expressed are those of the writers (shown in bold type); I do not necessarily share them.
DELIVERING RADIO DRAMA
Introduction to Scriptwriting - Mike Harris
Writing for Radio - Mike Harris
Bringing a Radio Drama script to life - Bert Coules
Working as a Radio Writer - Michelene Wandor
TEN FAVOURITE PLAYS
Alan Whitby's Choice
Ten Favourite Tapes-Barry Pike;
Ten Favourite Tapes-Donald Campbell
Ten favourite plays: Roger Bickerton
My top ten radio plays - Nigel Cropper
Radio Drama - My Top Ten - David Hawley
You only listen to comedy? Try these Plays - Nigel Deacon
Ten more favourite radio plays - Nigel Deacon
Your Top Ten Plays - Nigel Deacon
INDEPENDENT RADIO DRAMA
It's drama, but with adverts - Independent Radio Drama in the 1980s -Roger Harvey
GENERAL INTEREST
The Brilliant Darkness of Radio Drama- Steve Walker
Stanley Baxter's return to Radio - Mark Lawson, interview
Does the BBC give us the plays we want?-Nigel Deacon
Dumbing Down? More comments on radio drama, 2007 - various contributors
BBC RADIO DRAMA POLICY
The Decline & Fall of Radio Drama (1999)-Barry Pike;
Northern Exposure - Promoting Northern Writers (1999)-Donald Campbell.
Whither Radio Drama? (1999)
Speaking up for Radio Drama (1999)
BY AND ABOUT THE GOONS
Ying Tong, by Roy Smiles
STORING RECORDINGS; ARCHIVING
Storing recordings on CD: Nigel Deacon
This website and the British Comedy Website
Some thoughts on the BBC's Treasure Hunt
DIGITAL AUDIO CLEANUP
Rescuing "Rules of Asylum": digital audio cleanup - James Follett
Digital Cleanup of old audio recordings-Nigel Deacon
Hiss reduction in old audio recordings-Nigel Deacon
Related article (music) - making and cleaning up a piano recording - Nigel Deacon
Crackle reduction in old audio recordings - Nigel Deacon
WORKING FOR THE BBC
Abridging a book for the BBC - James Follett
My Radio Drama Swansong - Catherine Czerkawska
My experiences with the BBC Drama Department - Ben Thompson
RECORDING A RADIO PLAY
Recording "The Guinea Stamp" in 1967 - Jean Barnes
Radio play about a radio play: Charlotte Goodwin & Pamela Wells
Working with Glyn Dearman -an actor's view - Ken Cumberlidge
SPECIFIC PLAYS
A new radio play - Fog and Shifting Pebbles - Dawn Lowe-Watson
The Sicilian Expedition -John Fletcher
Under the Loofah Tree -Michael Bakewell & Ric Cooper
Richard Wortley's production of "The History Boys" - Nigel Deacon
Time after Time, by Gerry Jones - various contributors
Bringing Eddie Home, by John Peacock - John Peacock and others
Mixed Blood, Imison Award 2006:- an interview - Kirsty Lang, Nazrin Choudhury
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists - various contributors
HISTORICAL INTEREST
The BBC Radio Drama Department, 1951-Lord Simon
Radio Plays on the way out, 1949-Strand Magazine
The Eagle of the Ninth:- Felix Felton & Rosemary Sutcliff:- Roger Bickerton
Toytown: The World of S.G. Hulme Beaman:- Roger Bickerton
Scrapbook: Roger Bickerton
ITMA: Francis Worsley (1946)
MISCELLANEOUS
Radio Drama quiz (archive from May 2005)
Sending CDs and tapes through the post - Nigel Deacon
Peter Coke - Paul Temple and afterwards
Nigel Deacon / Diversity website
