Worth noting that the new slot may be 90 minutes - but #DramaOn3 could be any length - right up to three hours.
Not sure what this will mean for #Shakespeare on radio. Shorter plays or two-parters, presumably...
#RadioDrama #AudioDrama #SADatTheBBC #BBCRadio3 #BBCRadio4

📻 Equity General Secretary Paul W Fleming said: “This is a win for Equity members and came about after significant campaigning… We will continually campaign to protect audio drama and ensure there is always a place for it on the BBC.” #SADatTheBBC

Win for BBC audio drama campaign Equity has welcomed confirmation from BBC management that longform audio drama will remain a feature on BBC radio. The move follows widespread outcry at the BBC’s decision earlier this year to cut aud...

📻 *WIN!!* BBC commits to 90 minute audio drama slot on Radio 4 following our #SADatTheBBC campaign. Focus on new dramas and original adaptations of stage plays.

Full story 👇
www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/wi...

The Writers’ Guild: #SADatTheBBC breaking news from the Audio Drama Awards - #BBC is launching a monthly, 90 min play slot on #Radio4, with focus on new #dramas and original adaptations of classic stage plays

#SADatTheBBC breaking news from the Audio Drama Awards - BBC is launching a monthly, 90 min play slot on Radio 4, with focus on new dramas and original adaptations of classic stage plays

More news incl WGGB response to follow

On the day of the very last #DramaOn3, here's my article for @thestage.co.uk on why it matters...
#BBCRadio3 #SADatTheBBC #RadioDrama #AudioDrama

change.org Save Audio Drama at the BBC Sign petition 10,594 Verified signatures The Issue "The BBC have informed the Writers' Guild of Great Britain, Equity and the Society of Authors that as of April 2025 they will be making dramatic cuts

Just because the battle to keep #DramaOn3 has been lost, it doesn't mean we should stop fighting for #AudioDrama on the #BBC. It's been heavily cut over recent years - don't let anything more go!
#SADatTheBBC @writersguildgb.bsky.social @societyofauthors.bsky.social
www.change.org/p/save-audio...

Listing for BBC Radio 3 on 30 March without the drama slot

Listing for BBC Radio 3 on 6 April without the drama slot

#RadioDrama on #BBCRadio3 is going even more quickly than we thought... It had been suggested that #DramaOn3 wouldn't be axed until April. Actually it looks like the last play will be broadcast a week on Sunday, as the slot disappears after that...
#SADatTheBBC

Save Audio Drama at the BBC blue and white flyer, featuring WGGB logo, graphics of a radio mic and the words Save Audio Drama at the BBC #SADatTheBBC www.writersguild.org.uk/save-audio-drama-at-the-bbc

From next month the BBC are axing all audio drama from BBC Radio 3

As part of our campaign with @equityuk.bsky.social and @societyofauthors.bsky.social we are now urging our members and supporters to write to Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy MP 🔽

writersguild.org.uk/save-audio-d...

#SADatTheBBC

Feedback - Radio 3 controller Sam Jackson on ending the 90-minute drama. Controversial song choice on Desert Island Discs - BBC Sounds Andrea Catherwood speaks to Radio 3 controller Sam Jackson about cuts to drama.

Yesterday, WGGB Audio Co-Chair Nicola Baldwin spoke on the BBC Radio 4 Feedback programme about plans to axe audio drama from Radio 3 + why it is so important we must Save Audio Drama at the BBC

Listen to the full interview here:

bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

#SADatTheBBC

BBC Radio 4 - Feedback Radio 4's forum for comments, queries, criticisms and congratulations

WGGB Audio Co-Chair Nicola Baldwin is talking on BBC Radio 4 Feedback this afternoon at 3.30pm, about plans to axe audio drama from BBC Radio 3 + why it is so important that we must Save Audio Drama at the BBC

#SADatTheBBC

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

Pickup's progress While many people, hearing that Ronald Pickup is to play Hamlet on Radio 3 (Sunday 6.50) may well ask Who?', to regular National Theatre goers the casting will come as no surprise. Indeed, if you've followed his progress from walk-on parts six years ago to a succession of memorable performances, you may wonder why he hasn't played Hamlet before. Pickup (above) himself gives the suggestion a nervous smile. 'Just because I've been lucky enough to play leading parts at the National doesn't mean I expect good roles elsewhere.' Playing Hamlet on the radio is of particular significance to him. 'Where I was brought up, in Chester, there wasn't a lot of theatre; it was listening to radio that gave me the urge to be an actor.'

"It was listening to radio that gave me the urge to be an actor."
Ronald Pickup on his role as #Hamlet in 1971 (being repeated this Sunday).
The importance of #RadioDrama is clear - without it, where will the next generation of actors come from if they don't have access to theatre?
#SADatTheBBC

Listen to this! 👇
Linda Marshall Griffiths, Paterson Joseph, Nell Leyson, Andrew MacCaldon, Timberlake Wertenbaker, Rhiannon Tise, David Morley and Hannah Silva on cuts to #RadioDrama
These people know their stuff! 📻🎭
#SADatTheBBC #DramaOn3 #BBCRadio3 #AudioDrama

Our petition with @equityuk.bsky.social and @societyofauthors.bsky.social to Save Audio Drama at the BBC has reached over 10,000 signatures

Help us reach the next goal!

#SADatTheBBC

www.change.org/p/save-audio...

BBC radio drama is in grave danger. Without it we may lose the next generation of writing talent Hundreds of hours of original plays have been cut from the corporation’s programming in recent years. If the trend continues, a valuable training ground for writers will be lost

An important piece in today’s Observer from Katie Hims on why cuts to audio drama are so damaging - to writers, audiences and the wider cultural ecosystem in the UK

We continue to campaign to Save Audio Drama at the BBC #SADatTheBBC

www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Following on from Katie Hims important piece on the worrying state of #RadioDrama in today's Observer (@theguardian.com), here's a reminder of my piece on the subject in @thestage.bsky.social Plus my Insta post for the #SADattheBBC campaign: www.instagram.com/reel/DGAVL_S... #DramaOn3 #AudioDrama

A fantastic piece from Katie Hims. Please read!
#SaveAudioDrama #DramaOn3 #BBCRadio3 #SADattheBBC

#SADatTheBBC
Please consider signing and sharing this petition to preserve radio drama on the #BBC
Thank you 👍

writersguild.org.uk/save-audio-d...

#writingcommunity #radio #writing #radiodrama

Exactly! #SADattheBBC

actors, producers and sound engineers are gathered around microphones and a mixing desk. two men hold a total of three prop guns aloft to provide sound effects, while a group of actors stand around a microphone with scripts in hand.

it’s #WorldRadioDay, so the perfect time to embody the bombast of this 1938 recording of ‘Gang Busters’, and sign the @writersguildgb.bsky.social petition against radio drama cuts 👇

www.change.org/p/save-audio...

#SADattheBBC

@SoA @BBC #SADattheBBC BBC Radio Drama is not only cheap but Unique and the Best. BBC DON'T CUT RADIO DRAMA. WE NEED IT!!

Drama on 3. Toby or not Toby?
#SADatTheBBC (Save Audio Drama at the BBC)
#WorldRadioDay

You're right and you should say it #SADattheBBC

We love when public funds support the arts - especially audio drama - and it would be a shame if the BBC ceased to do so! This #WorldRadioDay is the perfect time to let the world know that you want to save audio drama at the BBC. #SADattheBBC

Sign the Petition Save Audio Drama at the BBC

it would be a damn shame for aspiring audio writers everywhere - and for the health of the medium - for them to stop giving a shit. here's a petition you can sign to show your support:

chng.it/8KFsKzZmMy
@writersguildgb.bsky.social #SADattheBBC

as always, Ella offers amazing insights in this thread- read through the whole thing + support #SADattheBBC

now more than ever, it's vital that public institutions support - and, crucially, PAY - artists from all backgrounds. and you might be thinking, "lauren, you're an american, why do YOU care?"

Over the years, I've enjoyed many a BBC audio drama - Deadhouse, Weird Tales, Charles Paris Mysteries, The Interrogation, The Corrupted, to name but a few. Huge shame they're cutting the drama budget. #SADattheBBC

I love audio drama, and I'm really sad to see the BBC making cuts in this growing industry.

#SADattheBBC
@writersguildgb.bsky.social

Sign the Petition Save Audio Drama at the BBC

There was never a better day than #WorldRadioDay to sign the @equityuk.bsky.social @writersguildgb.bsky.social and @societyofauthors.bsky.social petition to Save Audio Drama at the BBC.
Please do it today ... do it now!
#SADatTheBBC
www.change.org/p/save-audio...

I can't overstate the positive change this has been, and it never would have happened but for BBC radio drama and Radio 4 etc. being accessible worldwide. That's worth the licence fee forever. @societyofauthors.bsky.social #SADatTheBBC This was the start; see worstjouney.com for the present.