Shakespeare on the Radio: A Century of BBC Plays Published in Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television (Ahead of Print, 2026)

Pleased to have reviewed Shakespeare on the Radio: A Century of BBC Plays by Andrea Smith, published by Edinburgh University Press, for HJFRT.

First 50 clicks can download a free .pdf

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This was excellent - really useful and thought provoking. Thank you, @virginiabwrites.bsky.social 📝💛
And we're already looking forward to @georgyjamieson.bsky.social's upcoming visit next month.
#UniOfSuffolk #UOSEnglish #CreativeWriting #Suffolk
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Lovely review in the TLS of #ShakespeareOnTheRadio💀🎧
Michael W. Thomas says that it's a “fascinating exploration of broadcasting history” and offers “pleasures aplenty”.
You can read the full review here: www.the-tls.com/literature/l...
#Shakespeare #RadioDrama #AudioDrama

We mentioned the play Arden of Faversham a couple of times - which coincidentally happens to be my #AudioDrama choice for April, as you'll see below...
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#ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧
#Shakespeare #RadioDrama @beyondshakes.bsky.social
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This was a challenge - but an enjoyable one: Talk about #ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧 without mentioning #Shakespeare
Actually, I didn't do badly and had a great time talking to Robert Crighton about early modern playwrights and how their work has been interpreted for audio
#RadioDrama #AudioDrama
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Discussing: Pre-Modern Drama on the Radio A chat about pre-modern drama on the radio - and by radio we mean the BBC

🚨Latest pod drop - it's a chat with @audioandrea.bsky.social about pre-modern drama on the radio. And by radio we mean the BBC. Though other audio drama producers are available upon request. #drama #audio audioboom.com/posts/888038...

This month's #AudioDrama recommendation could be called a true crime podcast/black comedy crossover.
April: Arden of Faversham
Sometimes attributed to #Shakespeare, it's the story of a series of bungled attempts to kill, until...
#BBCSounds #RadioDrama #DramaOn3
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

First publication of the year – a review of #TwelfthNight at the Cambridge Arts Theatre by the Marlowe Society.
You can find it here: doi.org/10.1080/1745...
Or if you don’t have a login, this link will take you to an open access version: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/5TCUJ...
#Shakespeare 🎭

“A delight… something between a documentary jukebox and an audio seance” - pick of the day, @radiotimes.bsky.social

In tonight’s Archive on 4, Eleanor McDowall listens to the spirits of radio’s past and asks how our memory of radio might shape its future.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Interview | Rishi Dastidar in Conversation with Sarah Howe - The London Magazine Rishi Dastidar in conversation with Sarah Howe about workplace language, satire, Bruce Forsyth and his new collection, Cherry Blossom at Nightbreak.

'I lean on the Clive James idea that a poem is the only art form where you can order a coffee, and even before the drink has gone cold, you could have written something that will still be read in 500 years’ time.' – Rishi Dastidar

Read the interview here: thelondonmagazine.org/interview-ri...

Ipswich beats Bristol and 7 other places to make 2029 City of Culture longlist Ipswich has been named on the longlist for UK City of Culture 2029, joining eight other towns and cities in the running for a title that has delivered transformational economic and cultural growth to....

Hoorah!

One step closer...

#CityOfCulture #Ipswich

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@ipswichnews.bsky.social
www.ipswich.co.uk/articles/ips...

The Importance Of Being Earnest (Full Show) | Take Your Seats | National Theatre at Home YouTube video by National Theatre

You have just about 24 hours left to view the @nationaltheatre.org.uk production of The Importance of Being Earnest for free on YouTube! It is an absolute delight and I want everyone to watch it! (Do it! Right now!)

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Saw this in the cinema and it really is a joyous production. And the best Lady Bracknell you’ll ever see.

I write for ease & for strengthening of my memory, & it may be for future ages, when the law of love will be more naturalized among you ~ Ann Bathurst, 1694

I get goosebumps when C17th women directly address future readers! They hoped the future would be more open to them than was their present

BBC Radio 4 - Free Thinking, How and why we talk John Gallagher hears about Gaelic consonants, tongue shapes and accent prejudice

Back when I was a young journalist, my voice was a barrier to my career... And I am far from alone in this, as I explained in a previous edition of #BBCRadio4's #FreeThinking with @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social - still available on #BBCSounds (2/2)
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Free Thinking - Women, language and experience - BBC Sounds Shahidha Bari's guests include Karen McCarthy Woolf, Lauren Elkin and Sara Ahmed.

Last week, while talking #podcasts with our MBA students, we touched on attitudes to the female voice - and coincidentally this was the subject of #BBCRadio4's #FreeThinking with @shahidhabari.bsky.social
It's something that's a key issue for me... (1/2)
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University of Suffolk student performs CPR on man who collapsed on campus

University of Suffolk student performs CPR on man who collapsed on campus

A few piccies of our beautiful new library at the #UniversityOfSuffolk
Some really great study spaces, easy to find study aids and a lovely airy atmosphere.
Obviously I headed for 822.33 (Dewey decimal code for #Shakespeare) and was delighted to find #ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧
#LibraryLove 📕📘📗📒💛📚📚📚📚

@radiotimes.bsky.social Worth a reminder... 👇

Thank you! That's plenty to keep me going 👍🎧

That's a very specific era of audio drama you mention - any particular plays/shows I should be looking out for? And on which platforms? Many thanks 🎧🎭💛

Here's a mystery for #WorldBookDay. In 1933 it was claimed that Wilson and Keppel's Betty was a novelist and short story writer using the name B. Knox. I've yet to find any of her fiction. Have you?
Much more on the sand dancing trio in Too Naked For The Nazis. www.amazon.co.uk/Wilson-Keppe...

I'm glad to hear that. I really do miss #DramaOn3. I've nothing against the plays produced for Radio 4, but they are a different beast. It seems such a missed opportunity too with Audible very prominently promoting its new audio offerings...

90’ R4 dramas are coming… but that doesn’t change the fact it was a terrible decision and reflects a major problem with the support for scripted fiction on BBC Radio.

And here you can read a column I wrote for @thestage.co.uk (before the cut) about why Drama on 3 should have been saved. Available in full here: www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/opin...
Don't let #DramaOn3 die in vain! It's still there - albeit hidden away - so do use it 📻🎧🎭
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Below you'll find an excerpt of a video I posted on Instagram in support of the Save Audio Drama campaign that was run by the @writersguildgb.bsky.social, @equityuk.bsky.social and the @societyofauthors.bsky.social
More on the campaign here: writersguild.org.uk/wggb-campaig...
#DramaOn3 (2/3)

BBC Radio 3 - Drama on 3 - Available now Available episodes of Drama on 3

A year ago today, the last #DramaOn3 was broadcast on #BBCRadio3 #RIP
However, while the campaign to stop the axe did not succeed (and the promised monthly, extended dramas on #BBCRadio4 never really materialised) Drama on 3 still exists on #BBCSounds
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b... (1/3)

Wolsey Writers in progress, a creative writing community upstairs at New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich. Gemma Cooper, Managing Editor at Gemini Books, is talking on the mic. The writers are listening intently and smiling. Gemma wears a pink maxi dress with flowers.

Wolsey Writers in progress, a creative writing community upstairs at New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich. The writers are busy writing in their notebooks

Wolsey Writers in progress, a creative writing community upstairs at New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich. Gemma Cooper, Managing Editor at Gemini Books, is talking one-to-one with writers who are queuing up to meet her. Gemma wears a pink maxi dress with flowers, and is holding a dinosaur picture book.

THANK YOU to Gemma Cooper @geminibooks.bsky.social for a truly inspiring and informative #MeetTheEditor & Picture Book themed #WolseyWriters. OMG we could have spent all day long with you Gemma, and we learned so much! And Thank You to New Wolsey Theatre @dougrintoul.bsky.social for welcoming us x

As it's a beautiful #spring day here in #Ipswich I thought I'd take four of our #UniversityOfSuffolk MA anthologies out for a little fresh air.
Available in all good bookshops and online retailers
#WorldBookDay
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And you can read John’s review in full here: doi.org/10.1080/0143...
Shakespeare on the Radio: A Century of BBC Plays was named as a 2025 Outstanding Academic Title by Choice. It’s published by @edinburghup.bsky.social You can find out more here: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-shakesp...
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