Jeremy Mortimer

BBC radio drama is in grave danger. Without it we may lose the next generation of writing talent

BBC World Service - BBC World Drama - The International Audio Drama Competition 2026: How to enter How to submit your play for the International Audio Drama Competition 2026

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a...

Blue and white flyer with WGGB logo and radio mic graphic. The text reads 'Save Audio Drama on World Radio Day' #SADatTheBBC

Next Thurs 13 Feb is World Radio Day, but audio drama is under serious threat

Share a short video to tell BBC Director General Tim Davie + the BBC why audio drama is important to you, the wider UK drama ecosystem + why you oppose their cuts

More info 🔽

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

Little Muspratt by Penelope Mortimer - BBC Sounds A widow moves to a new village and hopes to befriend a novelist. Stars Mary Wimbush.

I've just spotted that LITTLE MUSPRATT is on BBC Sounds (for the next month) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Andrea Smith: The BBC is wrong to axe drama on Radio 3 – here’s why it matters Radio drama has been at the heart of the BBC since it began broadcasting in November 1922. The first play written for children was aired…

"The BBC is wrong to axe drama on Radio 3 – here’s why it matters"
My piece for @thestage.bsky.social on the importance (past & present) of BBC Radio 3 drama: edition.thestage.co.uk/2025/01/21/a...
#RadioDrama @writersguildgb.bsky.social @equityuk.bsky.social @societyofauthors.bsky.social

Absolutely, Lisa. Read more about this here: edition.thestage.co.uk/2025/01/21/a...

David Benedict: How long should a play be? Probably not 45 minutes How long does a play last? Dumb question, I know – up there with ‘How long is lunch?’. The most recent bid for the longest…

Following on from my piece in @thestage.bsky.social yesterday about the importance of drama on BBC Radio 3 (and the decision to axe it), @eggsbened.bsky.social explains why size is important...
edition.thestage.co.uk/2025/01/22/d...

Sign the Petition Save Audio Drama at the BBC

Today, alongside @equityuk.bsky.social + @societyofauthors.bsky.social, we have launched a petition calling on Director-General of the BBC Tim Davie to rethink plans to eradicate audio drama from BBC Radio 3

Sign the petition to Save Audio Drama at the BBC

www.change.org/SADatTheBBC

“I have conversed with the spiritual sun. I saw him on Primrose Hill”. Wm Blake.

BBC Radio 3 - Drama on 3, War with the Newts By Ed Harris adapted from Karel Čapek’s 1936 novel. With Doña Croll and Laura Elphinstone.

Yes - it's war. With newts. Put on your goggles. Pull on your wet suit. Sunday 8.00pm BBC Radio 3 - and after @bbcsounds.bsky.social @edmundharris.bsky.social @reducedlistening.bsky.social @bbcradio3.bsky.social

@edharrisblue.bsky.social has woven a great new thread through Capek’s nightmare vision.

BBC Radio 3 - Drama on 3, War with the Newts By Ed Harris adapted from Karel Čapek’s 1936 novel. With Doña Croll and Laura Elphinstone.

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

Coming up on Sunday 8th December. Be afraid. Very afraid.

Back in the day when some uni theses were typed up a friend found that her dissertation on Webster’s heroine was renamed ‘the Duchess of half;’. Strangely satisfying now that I only got to see half of the production tonight. ;;;;;;;;

BBC Radio 3 - Drama on 3, Bacon in Moscow - Bacon in Moscow How Francis Bacon became the first major Western artist to exhibit solo in the USSR.

'There was change in the air, a hunger for art that escaped committees and censorship – even for Bacon’s brand of (exuberant) nihilism.

Francis Bacon in Moscow.

The story of an exhibition - and a BBC Radio 3 play on the same theme

Anohni sings Lou Reed. Astonishing.

What a lot of fine audiotypes ! Glad to be among them.

Loved this. Thank you !

Well, to be honest, it wasn’t quite.

In 2015 we stumbled across an old ambulance depot in Tottenham Hale.

over the next 5 years we would turn it into a space for us to experiment, our first show an audio adventure saw audience members shot out of the warehouse in coffins down a canal we built in the car park!

#theatre #music #myths

All’s Well

Tempted.

Such an important discussion - something we all need to pay attention to. Thanks for the link.

Some of the best radio I have ever heard. I have learned so much from these pieces.

Spent today with Felix at Hall for Cornwall, sharing our learnings from the past 15 years.

It made me grateful for a shared adventure that’s seen us produce dozens of plays in crazy spaces, cycle the length of the USA, bus to Singapore and much much more.

#theatre #travel #cornwall #adventures

BBC Radio 4 - Drama on 4, Song from Far Away Will Young's solo tour de force about family, loss and the faces of love. Strong language.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... just caught up with this. Will Young is brilliant. And the sound design is magical. Bravo @jonnicholls.bsky.social and Polly Thomas and Eloise Whitmore.

Ford Madox Ford writing to Joseph Conrad about the sounds of war #greatwar #westernfront

What’s up ?

I’ve been spending quite a bit of time with these fellas recently @edharris.bsky.social @bbcradio3.bsky.social

History of the BBC Explore the history of the BBC since its foundation in 1922 to the present day

Some wonderful resources here for anyone interested in the history of broadcasting:

Hundreds of archive clips, documents, interviews, and images.

Timelines.

Curated collections on special themes with background articles by academics.

Links to other relevant resources

‘Leaving Twitter’ (aka X) from First Dog on the Moon @guardian

‘Leaving Twitter’ by First Dog on the Moon in today’s Guardian.