Radio drama

Bruce Bedford obituary

Other lives: Caver who edited Descent caving magazine, and writer of plays for radio and stage

Peter Glanvill

26, Feb, 2023 @11:21 AM

Guy Meredith obituary

Other lives: Writer of radio dramas for the BBC, including The Surprise Symphony and Mad, Bad

Cherry Cookson

22, Feb, 2023 @5:34 PM

The week in audio: The Archers; Buried; The Sound: Mystery of Havana Syndrome and more

While Ambridge is left reeling, new podcasts delve deep into a waste scandal in Derry and a sinister Cuban mystery, and Zoe Ball gets reading

Miranda Sawyer

29, Jan, 2023 @11:30 AM

David Pownall obituary

British playwright best known for Master Class, as well as for comic novels inspired by his time in Zambia

Michael Coveney

22, Dec, 2022 @8:40 PM

Charlotte Higgins on The Archers: the empress of Borsetshire has left the building!

It’s not even Christmas and the troubled Archer family are imploding. Jill has hurled her flapjacks and departed in protest at Ben’s condomless foolishness

Charlotte Higgins

06, Dec, 2022 @6:00 AM

Midwinter magic: Robert Macfarlane on the enduring power of The Dark Is Rising

Susan Cooper’s 1973 novel, newly adapted for a BBC audio series, has enthralled generations of children and writers with its folkloric tale of an English boy caught in a battle between light and dark

Robert Macfarlane

03, Dec, 2022 @2:00 PM

The week in audio: Unlicensed; The Name Is DeSantis; Today; Room 5; Away From Home

A US crime drama takes a weird-noir turn, James Naughtie analyses Ron DeSantis, and the Ukrainian football team with pluck on their side

Miranda Sawyer

12, Nov, 2022 @5:00 PM

Charlotte Higgins on The Archers: the hot tub scenes are radio at its most icky

Agonising double entendres such as ‘You look like a man with a large adjustable wrench’ make you yearn for turnip content, frankly

Charlotte Higgins

08, Nov, 2022 @6:00 AM

The week in audio: Who Is Aldrich Kemp?; I Must Have Loved You; Some Kind of Black

Sting can’t lift his own limp drama, but a ludicrous crime caper is a hoot and there’s fun to be had for breakfast

Miranda Sawyer

26, Mar, 2022 @5:00 PM

Charlotte Higgins on The Archers: Jackie Weaver is the new queen of Ambridge

Making a celebrity appearance at the village fete, the viral star of the Handforth parish council meeting proves she really has the authority as she out-Archers the Archers

Charlotte Higgins

31, Aug, 2021 @8:26 AM