The Audio Drama Show

Nov 04 2024 82 ep. 20 mins 56
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Bringing you the best of original and adapted English language drama, literature, autobiography, and poetry - classical and modern - from talented independent writers and producers.

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The Laboratory of Dr Smith

Nov 04 2024 19 mins  
Doctor Charles Smith is a scientist and dreamer. He has a revolutionary idea for how the human race can develop itself and the planet. With the fruits of his work about to be revealed, Smith receives a visit from his commercial sponsor, who gets more than he bargained for in an explosive, life-threatening (and perhaps life-changing) encounter, as the horror of his vision is finally

The Falcon Part 2

Sep 03 2024 38 mins  
Alphonse and Emina have become lovers. His desire to please her makes him drop his guard and appear in public places. As a double act they go to local villages, beginning to make money and plans for the future: until the past catches up with them... Send us a text

The Falcon Part 1

Jul 31 2024 40 mins  
By chance, young dancer Emina meets equally youthful, trumpet-playing soldier Alphonse in a barn in the mountains of war-torn Southern Spain. They are both innocent and experienced in entirely different ways. Initially wary, they tell each other stories that weave fact and fiction. She lies and he believes her. He tells the truth and she mistrusts him. But when he plays and she dan

Interlopers Part 2 by Thomas Hardy

Jul 03 2024 24 mins  
After the dramatic series of arrivals and events at the Knap on marriage engagement night in Part 1, the triangle of relationships between Sally Hall, her ex sister-in-law Helena, and Farmer Charles Darton becomes tangled still further by marriage, death, and more courtship interloping.The path to an eventual denouement highlights the problematic position of women in 19th Century V

Interlopers Part 1 by Thomas Hardy

Nov 21 2023 25 mins  
On a dark night, Farmer Charles Darton and his friend Japheth Johns are riding on their way to The Knap to meet Sally Hall, Charles' bride-to-be. Losing their way is the prelude to a series of unexpected arrivals and events that potentially changes lives forever.Send us a text

Crudely, Badly, Cheaply Part 2

Oct 18 2023 37 mins  
Having ended Part 1 with his business plan "in the air", Jimmy 'Skiver' McIver at last gets the backing and support of his old school friend and businessman Roger Soul and Denise, Roger's glamorous PA. They launch the dry cleaning business with a fanfare. Sadly, the venture has attracted renewed attention from loan shark Mo Greensmith, who has hatched a dastardly plan of deceit and

Crudely, Badly, Cheaply Part 1

Jun 19 2023 29 mins  
Jimmy ‘Skiver’ McIver is back! Last heard from in “Ashes to Ashford”* sunning himself on a Caribbean beach, “Crudely, Badly, Cheaply” takes us back 15 years to less lucky times for our feckless Cockney wheeler-dealer. In Part 1 of the prequel, Jimmy bumps into old school mate and businessman, the decidedly-successful Roger Soul and pitches a money-making idea for a dry

The Three Strangers by Thomas Hardy

Sep 29 2022 27 mins  
On a dark, stormy Victorian night atop a Wessex hill, Shepherd and Mrs Fennel are holding a christening party at their cottage for a second-born child. Proceedings are interrupted by the consecutive arrival of three strangers to shelter from the elements. One of these men is not who he seems – but which one is it?Send us a text

The Plagues of Egypt

Aug 16 2022 4 mins  
There 's nothing like a good biblical story...and this is NOTHING like a good biblical story!Mary Poppins jokes aside, this is a short story relating how Pharoah Contraraoh fared whilst trying to Make Egypt Great Again (MEGA). It contains one or two ripe parallels for our 21st century world - delivered with humour.Send us a text

Institute, Destitute, Substitute Part 2

Jun 27 2022 24 mins  
Talking humanity creeps into the chance encounter at the Women's Institute between uptight Lydia and the educated but impoverished itinerant Colin. Then external reality arrives: the WI guest speaker cannot make it. Shakespeare's words provide the platform for a replacement speaker and hope to emerge, before tragedy strikes.Episode 2 of 2Send us a text