Eilidh McCreadie
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Eilidh McCreadie is a radio drama
director and producer
for BBC Radio
Drama at Pacific Quay, Glasgow
. She directed two episodes of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
broadcast on Christmas Day 2009.
Radio drama
Radio drama is a dramatized, purely acoustic performance, broadcast on radio or published on audio media, such as tape or CD. With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine the characters and story...
director and producer
Radio producer
A radio producer oversees the making of a radio show. There are two main types of producer. An audio or creative producer and a content producer. Audio producers create sounds and audio specifically, content producers oversee and orchestrate a radio show or feature...
for BBC Radio
BBC Radio
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Drama at Pacific Quay, Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
. She directed two episodes of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is a series of twelve novels by Scottish author Alexander McCall Smith. The agency is located in Gaborone, capital of Botswana. Its founder is a Motswana woman, Mma Precious Ramotswe, who features as the stories' protagonist and main detective...
broadcast on Christmas Day 2009.
Radio Plays
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| – | The Inn at the Edge of the World | Alice Thomas Ellis abridged by Alison Joseph | Read by Alexandra Mathie | Five guests are drawn to a remote Scottish island, all seeking an escape over the Christmas Christmas Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days... season. However, the island isn't the idyllic haven they had hoped for. |
BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the... Book at Bedtime Book at Bedtime Book at Bedtime is a long-running radio programme on BBC Radio 4, broadcast each weekday evening at 10.45–11.00 pm.Book at Bedtime offers fiction including modern classics, new works by leading writers and literature from around the world. Books are usually abridged and serialised each evening for... |
| One for the Road: I Hope that I Don't Fall in Love with You | Kathryn Heyman Kathryn Heyman Kathryn Heyman is an Australian writer, born in Lismore, New South Wales.Heyman is the author of four novels: The Breaking , Keep Your Hands on the Wheel , The Accomplice and Captain Starlight's Apprentice . She is also a playwright for theatre and radio and has held a number of creative writing... |
Read by Federay Holmes | A newspaper headline triggers unhappy memories for a barmaid in a story about love and betrayal in the Australian Outback. | BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the... Afternoon Reading |
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| One for the Road: The Telegram | Charlotte Hobson | Read by John Kazek | Only a person with a real taste for the macabre, a self-destructive streak, would choose to drink down at the railway station... | BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the... Afternoon Reading |
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| One for the Road: RSI | Bill Duncan Bill Duncan William "Bill" Duncan was a Scottish football goalkeeper who played professionally in Scotland and the United States.... |
Read by John Buick | Rumours fly around a North-East fishing village as The Creator seems to succumb to the illness that took his father – but could there be a simpler explanation? | BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the... Afternoon Reading |
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| One for the Road: Are You Lonely | Will Napier | Read by Paul Birchard Paul Birchard Paul Birchard is an American actor living in Scotland and working worldwide. In 1986 he wrote and recorded the song "Diamonds Rap ", promoting the Glasgow Diamonds American football team... |
Vince might have problems but at least he's found a novel source of income. However, as last orders are called, he is about to face the consequences of his actions. | BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the... Afternoon Reading |
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| One for the Road: There's a Fine Line between an Elvis Suit and a Babygro | Denise Mina Denise Mina Denise Mina is a Scottish crime writer and playwright. She has written the Garnethill trilogy and another three novels featuring the character Patricia "Paddy" Meehan, a Glasgow journalist. Described as an author of Tartan Noir, she has also dabbled in comic book writing, having recently written... |
Read by Gabriel Quigley | Ellie is on a long-awaited trip to Manchester Manchester Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater... . She's relaxed, confident and looking forward to seeing her sister. Everything would be perfect if only the man in the seat opposite would calm down. |
BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the... Afternoon Reading |
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| – | Trouble with Lichen Trouble with Lichen Trouble with Lichen is a science fiction novel by John Wyndham.-Plot summary:The plot concerns a young woman biochemist who discovers that a chemical extracted from an unusual strain of lichen can be used to retard the ageing process, enabling people to live to around 200–300 years... |
John Wyndham John Wyndham John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris was an English science fiction writer who usually used the pen name John Wyndham, although he also used other combinations of his names, such as John Beynon and Lucas Parkes... |
Read by Joanna Tope Joanna Tope Joanna Tope is an English actress. She has appeared in many TV programmes including Emmerdale Farm as Dr. Clare Scott between 1973 and 1977, The Omega Factor as Julia Crane in 1979 and The Tomorrow People as Mrs Boswell.... |
Biochemist Diana Brackley makes a discovery which could change the course of humanity. | BBC Radio 7 |
| SOS SOS SOS is the commonly used description for the international Morse code distress signal... : Save Our Souls – Signing |
Alison Joseph | Read by Natalie Bennett Natalie Bennett Natalie Louise Bennett has been editor of The Guardian Weekly since December 2007... |
A series of stories inspired by the international Morse Code Morse code Morse code is a method of transmitting textual information as a series of on-off tones, lights, or clicks that can be directly understood by a skilled listener or observer without special equipment... distress call, "SOS SOS SOS is the commonly used description for the international Morse code distress signal... – Save Our Souls". A court interpreter is being sent unexpected signals – but will she choose to acknowledge them? |
BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the... Afternoon Reading |
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| SOS SOS SOS is the commonly used description for the international Morse code distress signal... : Save Our Souls – The Longsight Branch |
Paul Magrs Paul Magrs Paul Magrs is a writer and lecturer. He was born in Jarrow, Tyne and Wear, England, and now lives in Manchester with his partner, author and lecturer Jeremy Hoad.-Early life:... |
Read by Laura Smales | Short stories to mark the 100th anniversary of the international distress call. This quirky tale of friendship and survival is set in the squirrel community in the trees high above Manchester. |
BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the... Afternoon Reading |
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| SOS SOS SOS is the commonly used description for the international Morse code distress signal... : Save Our Souls – Ghosts |
Colette Paul | Read by Barbara Rafferty Barbara Rafferty Barbara Rafferty is a Scottish actress. She is best known for playing Ella Cotter in Rab C Nesbitt between 1990 and 1999, then again from 2008 when the show made a comeback. Other notable television roles include playing Agnes Meldrum the pub landlady in Hamish Macbeth and Alice MacAllister in The... |
Short stories to mark the 100th anniversary of the international distress call. A retired woman is jolted out of her comforting routine by the intrusion of a voice from her past. |
BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the... Afternoon Reading |
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| SOS SOS SOS is the commonly used description for the international Morse code distress signal... : Save Our Souls – The Fishwife's Lament |
Stuart MacBride Stuart MacBride Stuart MacBride is a Scottish writer, most famous for his crime thrillers set in the "Granite City" of Aberdeen and featuring Detective Sergeant Logan McRae.-Biography:... |
Read by Lisa Gardner Lisa Gardner Lisa Gardner is an American author of fiction. She is the author of several thrillers including The Killing Hour and The Next Accident. She also wrote romance novels using the pseudonym Alicia Scott. Raised in Hillsboro, Oregon, she graduated from the city's Glencoe High School... |
Short stories to mark the 100th anniversary of the international distress call. An elderly fish-gutter spins an unconvincing yarn in this darkly humorous tale of murder, deception and ice cream. |
BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the... Afternoon Reading |
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| SOS SOS SOS is the commonly used description for the international Morse code distress signal... : Save Our Souls – The Weight of the Earth and the Lightness of the Human Heart |
Linda Cracknell | Read by Ralph Riach Ralph Riach Ralph Riach is a Scottish actor from Elgin, Moray. He is best known for his role as "John McIver" in BBC One Scotland's comedy/drama Hamish Macbeth. His career began at the age of 45, when he appeared in Lost Empires... |
Short stories to mark the 100th anniversary of the international distress call. A climber teeters between life and death on the slopes of a remote mountain. |
BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the... Afternoon Reading |
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| The Astronaut | Jason Donald | Read by Iain Robertson Iain Robertson Iain Robertson is a BAFTA winning Scottish actor. He was once described by Barry Norman as "the best thing to come out of Scotland since whisky".... |
A lethargic jobseeker is distracted from his mission by an old woman in distress, and spies an opportunity to be a heroin in this comic story about success, self-belief and the healing power of white lies. | BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the... Scottish Shorts |
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| The Intelligence of Hearts | Cynthia Rogerson | Read by Paul Young Paul Young (actor) Paul Young is a Scottish television actor and presenter. He is the son of the actor John Young. Educated at George Heriot's School in Edinburgh.... |
A touching portrayal of the peculiar solitude experienced in a crowd. Love and loneliness are on the mind of a gallery attendant as he watches the world go by. | BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the... Scottish Shorts |
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| Pillars of the Community | Anneliese Mackintosh | Read by Natalie Bennett Natalie Bennett Natalie Louise Bennett has been editor of The Guardian Weekly since December 2007... |
Three flatmates endure the dinner party from hell, hosted by neighbours who may be gun-wielding maniacs as well as committed minimalists. This is a story about the lengths to which students will go for a free meal. | BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the... Scottish Shorts |
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| A Glimpse of Stocking: Hold-Ups | Jojo Moyes Jojo Moyes Jojo Moyes is a British novelist.Moyes studied at Royal Holloway, University of London. She won a bursary financed by The Independent newspaper to study journalism at City University, London and subsequently worked for The Independent for 10 years. In 2001 she became a full time novelist... |
Read by Siobhan Redmond Siobhan Redmond Siobhan Redmond is a Scottish actress.Originally from Tollcross, Glasgow, Redmond's first television appearances were in the early 1980s. Her first TV appearance was in 1982 in a sketch show called "Nothing to worry about!" which then lead to the sketch show Alfresco... |
A short story in celebration of 'something shocking' - the nylon stocking. Alice Herring's heart sinks when three men burst into the jeweller's shop where she works. What follows is a heist with a twist, inspiring an unlikely act of heroism. | BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the... Afternoon Reading |
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| A Glimpse of Stocking: The Hostess With The Mostest | Laura Marney Laura Marney -Biography:The author of four novels and numerous short stories, Laura Marney is a member of the Glasgow G7 group of writers .... |
Read by Gayanne Potter | Jill is working on a deregulated bus route in 1984, aiming to get a cash bonus to fund her summer holiday. All that in her way are some curling sandwiches, a top-loading video cassette player, the miner's strike and a malfunctioning suspender belt. | BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the... Afternoon Reading |
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| A Glimpse of Stocking: A Silly Gigolo | Shena Mackay Shena Mackay Shena Mackay FRSL , is a Scottish novelist born in Edinburgh. She was shortlisted for the Booker Prize for Fiction in 1996 for The Orchard on Fire.-Biography:... |
Read by Joanna Tope Joanna Tope Joanna Tope is an English actress. She has appeared in many TV programmes including Emmerdale Farm as Dr. Clare Scott between 1973 and 1977, The Omega Factor as Julia Crane in 1979 and The Tomorrow People as Mrs Boswell.... |
Public humiliation transforms a shy schoolgirl, leading her into a previously unimagined world of rhinestone, show tunes and stocking-clad chorus lines. | BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the... Afternoon Reading |
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| – | The Magnetic North | Sara Wheeler | Read by Adjoa Andoh Adjoa Andoh Adjoa Andoh is a British film, television, stage and radio actress of Ghanaian descent. Andoh is known on the UK stage for lead roles at the RSC, the National Theatre, the Royal Court Theatre and the Almeida Theatre, and is a familiar face on British television Adjoa Andoh (born 1962) is a British... |
Sara Wheeler journeys to the collar of lands around the Arctic Ocean, searching for the truth behind the perceptions of this "place of greatest dignitie". She examines some of the myths and legends of this sparsely populated area and how preconceptions match up to the reality. | BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the... Book of the Week Book of the Week Book of the Week is a BBC Radio 4 series broadcast daily on week days. Each week the selected book, always a non-fiction work, is read in five episodes; each fifteen-minute episode is broadcast in the morning and repeated overnight . The Act of Worship replaces the morning broadcast on... |
| One of Us | Julia Butler | Read by Simon Tait | The story of a young asylum seeker, struggling to fit in at school, who comes alive on the football pitch. A poignant tale of new arrivals and old prejudices. | BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the... Scottish Shorts |
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| Fifty-one | Tat Usher | Read by Clare Yuille | Fifty-one, is about lane swimming, growing up and letting go. A driven teenager spends night after night swimming lengths at her local pool, until the arrival of a familiar face makes her question her motivation. | BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the... Scottish Shorts |
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| Miss Bell And Miss Heaton | Janette Walkinshaw | Read by Ann Louise Ross | There is a new Queen on the throne, Europe is rebuilding after the horrors of the Second World War and Jane Bell has some difficult news for her best friend. | BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the... Scottish Shorts |
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| The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is a series of twelve novels by Scottish author Alexander McCall Smith. The agency is located in Gaborone, capital of Botswana. Its founder is a Motswana woman, Mma Precious Ramotswe, who features as the stories' protagonist and main detective... : Tea Time for the Traditionally Built |
Alexander McCall Smith Alexander McCall Smith Alexander "Sandy" McCall Smith, CBE, FRSE, is a Rhodesian-born Scottish writer and Emeritus Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh. In the late 20th century, McCall Smith became a respected expert on medical law and bioethics and served on British and international committees... |
Claire Benedict, Nadine Marshall, Ben Onwukwe Ben Onwukwe Ben Onwukwe is a British film, radio, television, theatre and voice actor.He is perhaps best known for appearing as Stuart 'Recall' MacKenzie in thirty-nine episodes of London's Burning, a dramatic television series first aired on the British television network ITV.-Career:In addition to his... , Janice Acquah, Mo Sesay, Nyasha Hatendi, Kedar Williams-Stirling, Emmanuel Ighodaro and Anna Bengo |
Precious Ramotswe, owner and founder of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, is about to get in over her head. She's got an important new client from the incomprehensible world of football, but she's on her own as her loyal assistant Mma Makutsi is distracted by the return of a troublesome figure from her past. | BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the... Afternoon Play Afternoon Play The Afternoon Play is a long-running drama programming strand, broadcast every weekday at 2.15pm on BBC Radio 4. Each play lasts for 45 minutes, and roughly 190 new Afternoon Plays are broadcast each year.... |
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| The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is a series of twelve novels by Scottish author Alexander McCall Smith. The agency is located in Gaborone, capital of Botswana. Its founder is a Motswana woman, Mma Precious Ramotswe, who features as the stories' protagonist and main detective... : The Seller of Beds |
Alexander McCall Smith Alexander McCall Smith Alexander "Sandy" McCall Smith, CBE, FRSE, is a Rhodesian-born Scottish writer and Emeritus Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh. In the late 20th century, McCall Smith became a respected expert on medical law and bioethics and served on British and international committees... |
Claire Benedict, Nadine Marshall, Ben Onwukwe Ben Onwukwe Ben Onwukwe is a British film, radio, television, theatre and voice actor.He is perhaps best known for appearing as Stuart 'Recall' MacKenzie in thirty-nine episodes of London's Burning, a dramatic television series first aired on the British television network ITV.-Career:In addition to his... , Mo Sesay, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Beru Tessema, Albie Parsons, Kedar Williams-Stirling, Emmanuel Ighodaro, Tyrone Lewis, Anna Bengo and Nyasha Hatendi |
The detectives are embroiled in the murky world of the football cheat as they investigate the recent bad form of the Kalahari Swoopers. But Mma Ramotswe's problems don't end there – she must confront an issue which has been avoided for too long. Could it be the end of the road for the tiny white van? | BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the... Afternoon Play Afternoon Play The Afternoon Play is a long-running drama programming strand, broadcast every weekday at 2.15pm on BBC Radio 4. Each play lasts for 45 minutes, and roughly 190 new Afternoon Plays are broadcast each year.... |
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| Elvis In Prestwick | Oliver Emanuel | Read by Laura Fraser Laura Fraser Laura Fraser is a Scottish actress.-Early life:Fraser is the daughter of Rose, a college lecturer and nurse, and Alister Fraser, a scriptwriter who also worked in business. She attended Hillhead High School and is a former member of the Scottish Youth Theatre... |
Elvis Presley Elvis Presley Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King".... 's only trip to Britain, a brief stopover on 3 March 1960 at a small Scottish airport on his return from military service in Germany. A shy young girl who doesn't even like rock 'n' roll is dragged along to the airport by her best friend, who is determined to catch a glimpse of the American superstar. Taking refuge from the crowds, the girl encounters a handsome stranger in the staff corridor – some weeks later, a letter arrives from America. |
BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the... Afternoon Reading |
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| Elvis In Prestwick: Do You Know Where I Am? | Andrew O'Hagan Andrew O'Hagan Andrew O'Hagan, FRSL is a Scottish novelist and non-fiction author. He is also an Editor at Large of Esquire and is currently a creative writing fellow at King's College London. He was selected by for inclusion in their 2003 list of the top 20 young British novelists. His novels appear... |
Read by Finn Den Hertog | A man remembers the moment in 1960, on the concourse of a small regional airport, when his home town first felt connected to the rest of the world. | BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the... Afternoon Reading |
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| Elvis In Prestwick: Don’t Ask Me Why | Ruth Thomas Ruth Thomas (novelist and short story writer) Ruth Thomas is a British writer of novels and short stories.-Biography:Ruth Thomas read English Literature at Edinburgh University, then worked in various administrative jobs in the private and voluntary sector before turning to writing... |
Read by Sally Reid Sally Reid Sally Reid is a Scottish stage, radio and television actress who trained at Langside College, Glasgow and with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company and the Second City Training Center in Chicago. Her partner is actor Keith Fleming.... |
Sonia's friend Wendy is knocked down by a car on the day Elvis Presley lands at Prestwick airport. The coincidence plagues Sonia as she contemplates loyalty, growing up and the awful possibility of being left behind by her best friend. | BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the... Afternoon Reading |
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| Come Away, Come Away! – Peanut Butter and Cello | Geraldine McCaughrean Geraldine McCaughrean Geraldine McCaughrean is a British children's novelist.The youngest of three children, McCaughrean studied teaching but did not like it, and found her true vocation in writing. She claims that what makes her love writing is the desire to escape from an unsatisfactory world... |
Read by Melody Grove | A young girl from the favela Favela A favela is the generally used term for a shanty town in Brazil. In the late 18th century, the first settlements were called bairros africanos . This was the place where former slaves with no land ownership and no options for work lived. Over the years, many freed black slaves moved in... carries an unexpected burden on a cross-city journey. |
BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the... Afternoon Reading |
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| Come Away, Come Away! – Daredevil | Michael Morpurgo Michael Morpurgo Michael Morpurgo, OBE FKC AKC is an English author, poet, playwright and librettist, best known for his work in children's literature. He was the third Children's Laureate.-Early life:... |
Read by James Bryce | A reckless challenge leads to a dark discovery in a tale of nature and brotherhood. | BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the... Afternoon Reading |
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| Come Away, Come Away! – The Beautiful Freedom Cage | Julie Bertagna Julie Bertagna Julie Bertagna is a Scottish author who has written real life and science fiction novels for both children and young adults. Her books have been shortlisted for several literature awards, including the Carnegie Medal and her novel Exodus was the winner of the Lancashire County Library Children’s... |
Read by Laura Smales | Alam travels from his desolate mountain community to the glittering promise of Europe, where he hopes to learn the true meaning of freedom. | BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the... Afternoon Reading |
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| – | Scott-land: The Man Who Invented a Nation | Stuart Kelly abridged by Laurence Wareing | Read by Robin Laing | Sir Walter Scott invented the modern novel, began Scotland's tourist industry and was the first celebrity author. His name, image and influence can be seen everywhere; from Scottish banknotes to place names across the globe. | BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the... Book of the Week Book of the Week Book of the Week is a BBC Radio 4 series broadcast daily on week days. Each week the selected book, always a non-fiction work, is read in five episodes; each fifteen-minute episode is broadcast in the morning and repeated overnight . The Act of Worship replaces the morning broadcast on... |
| The Greengrocer's Apostrophe: Penny's from Heaven | Anneliese Mackintosh | Read by James Anthony Pearson | Comic tales inspired by those hand-written signs offering "Apple's and Banana's" which can be found in every town in Britain. A quirky story about the apostrophe that ends a relationship. |
BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the... Afternoon Reading |
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| The Greengrocer's Apostrophe: Alice, Hanging In There | Ronald Frame Ronald Frame Ronald Frame is a prize-winning novelist, short story writer and dramatist. He was educated in Glasgow, and at Oxford University.Unwritten Secrets, a novel and his fifteenth book of fiction, was published in 2010.... |
Read by Tracy Wiles | Comic tales inspired by those hand-written signs offering "Apple's and Banana's" which can be found in every town in Britain. When Alice's high-flying career stalls, she finds a novel way to occupy her time. Armed only with a balaclava and a pot of paint, she starts to vent her anger on sloppy punctuation. |
BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the... Afternoon Reading |
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| The Greengrocer's Apostrophe: The Sweet Possessive | Diana Hendry | Read by Monica Gibb | Comic tales inspired by those hand-written signs offering "Apple's and Banana's" which can be found in every town in Britain. Distracted by an apostrophe obsession, a woman fails to notice that her lover is not all that he seems. |
BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the... Afternoon Reading |
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| – | Catherine of Aragon Catherine of Aragon Catherine of Aragon , also known as Katherine or Katharine, was Queen consort of England as the first wife of King Henry VIII of England and Princess of Wales as the wife to Arthur, Prince of Wales... : Henry's Spanish Queen |
Giles Tremlett Giles Tremlett Giles Tremlett is an author, journalist and broadcaster. He is the Madrid correspondent for the Guardian newspaper and a regular contributor to The Economist. He is also a current affairs commentator for Spain's state-owned TVE television and for the country's biggest radio station, Cadena SER.He... abridged by Alison Joseph |
Read by Yolanda Vazquez Yolanda Vazquez Yolanda Vazquez is a film, television and theatre actress best known for appearing in the film The Air Up There. More recently, she had a cameo in the well-received British indie science fiction thriller, Children of Men... |
A compelling account of the life of the Spanish Infanta who became Queen of England, then changed the course of Tudor history by refusing to grant Henry VIII the divorce he needed to marry Anne Boleyn Anne Boleyn Anne Boleyn ;c.1501/1507 – 19 May 1536) was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536 as the second wife of Henry VIII of England and Marquess of Pembroke in her own right. Henry's marriage to Anne, and her subsequent execution, made her a key figure in the political and religious upheaval that was the... . |
BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the... Book of the Week Book of the Week Book of the Week is a BBC Radio 4 series broadcast daily on week days. Each week the selected book, always a non-fiction work, is read in five episodes; each fifteen-minute episode is broadcast in the morning and repeated overnight . The Act of Worship replaces the morning broadcast on... |
| The Crash | Laura Marney Laura Marney -Biography:The author of four novels and numerous short stories, Laura Marney is a member of the Glasgow G7 group of writers .... |
Julie Austin and Shabana Bakhsh Shabana Bakhsh Shabana Akhtar Bakhsh is a Scottish actress of Pakistani descent who has appeared in soaps such as River City and Doctors. Her most recent and best-known role is in Waterloo Road starring as Jasmine Koreshi.-Biography:... |
When Gloria staggers from her damaged car after a collision on a quiet country road, the last thing she's expecting is to have her prejudices shaken to the core. But that's what happens when she pulls a woman in a niqāb Niqab A niqab is a cloth which covers the face, worn by some Muslim women as a part of sartorial hijāb... from the wreckage of the other vehicle. This could be the start of a beautiful friendship – if only they could meet each other half way. |
BBC Radio Scotland BBC Radio Scotland BBC Radio Scotland is BBC Scotland's national English-language radio network. It broadcasts a wide variety of programming, including news, sport, light entertainment, music, the arts, comedy, drama, history and lifestyle... Drama |
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| Fear in a Hat | Nicola White | Read by Sally Reid Sally Reid Sally Reid is a Scottish stage, radio and television actress who trained at Langside College, Glasgow and with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company and the Second City Training Center in Chicago. Her partner is actor Keith Fleming.... |
A shy schoolgirl fears the worst when she attends a compulsory religious retreat with her catty classmates. | BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the... Scottish Shorts |
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| Matryoshka | Kirsty Logan | Read by Nicola Jo Cully | A spoilt princess craves possession of the one thing she can't have in this new spin on a familiar tale. | BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the... Scottish Shorts |
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| – | Journey Into Fear | Eric Ambler Eric Ambler Eric Clifford Ambler OBE was an influential British author of spy novels who introduced a new realism to the genre. Ambler also used the pseudonym Eliot Reed for books co-written with Charles Rodda.-Life:... adapted by Robert Forrest |
Read by Richard Greenwood | A late-night encounter with an alluring cabaret artiste in wartime Istanbul Istanbul Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and... begins a series of events turning a mild-mannered engineer's trip into a fight for survival. As he attempts to return to England, he finds himself pursued by Nazi assassins determined to steal the vital military papers he is carrying. |
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| Census 2011: The Suffragette's Party | Beatrice Colin | Read by Melody Grove | A story about principles and protest as a woman risks the wrath of her family by gathering with fellow suffragettes on census night 1911. | BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the... Afternoon Reading |
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| Census 2011: Everyone Who Lives Here | Kathryn Simmonds Kathryn Simmonds -Life:She graduated from the University of East Anglia with an MA in Creative Writing.She has also experimented with playwriting, and her first radio play Poetry for Beginners, a comic drama set on a creative writing residential course, was broadcast on Radio 4 in 2008.She lives in London, England,... |
Read by Meg Fraser | Two isolated neighbours bond over the census form in a tale of urban loneliness. | BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the... Afternoon Reading |
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| Census 2011: Realm Of The Census | Louise Welsh Louise Welsh Louise Welsh is an author of short stories and novels, based in Glasgow, Scotland.Welsh studied History at Glasgow University and traded in second-hand books for several years before publishing her first novel.... |
Read by Rebecca Elise | A lonely girl takes a low-paid job, chasing census evaders, which leads to an unsettling encounter in a dark tenement. | BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the... Afternoon Reading |
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| – | The Warmth of the Heart Prevents Your Body from Rusting | Marie de Hennezel abridged by Alison Joseph | Read by Alexandra Mathie | French psychologist Marie de Hennezel looks at western attitudes to ageing and asks if we can transform the way we feel about growing old, to make this most feared period one of the best times of our lives. Relating her encounters with extraordinary people who have embraced ageing happily and with grace, de Hennezel guides us through the art of growing old. |
BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the... Book of the Week Book of the Week Book of the Week is a BBC Radio 4 series broadcast daily on week days. Each week the selected book, always a non-fiction work, is read in five episodes; each fifteen-minute episode is broadcast in the morning and repeated overnight . The Act of Worship replaces the morning broadcast on... |
| – | All Made Up | Janice Galloway Janice Galloway Janice Galloway is a writer of novels, short stories, prose-poetry, non-fiction and libretti-Biography:She is the second daughter of James Galloway and Janet Clark McBride. Her parents separated when she was four and her father died when she was six. Her sister Nora, sixteen years older, died in... abridged by Sian Preece |
Read by Janice Galloway Janice Galloway Janice Galloway is a writer of novels, short stories, prose-poetry, non-fiction and libretti-Biography:She is the second daughter of James Galloway and Janet Clark McBride. Her parents separated when she was four and her father died when she was six. Her sister Nora, sixteen years older, died in... |
Memories of adolescence in a small Scottish town in the 1970s. Since the death of their father, Janice and her unpredictable older sister, Cora, have lived in close quarters with their downtrodden mother. But the timid child, who has survived by observing rather than acting, is about to hit adolescence. | BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the... Book of the Week Book of the Week Book of the Week is a BBC Radio 4 series broadcast daily on week days. Each week the selected book, always a non-fiction work, is read in five episodes; each fifteen-minute episode is broadcast in the morning and repeated overnight . The Act of Worship replaces the morning broadcast on... |
| Grand | Robert Forrest | Kevin Guthrie, Kathryn Howden, Brian Pettifer Brian Pettifer Brian Pettifer is an actor who has appeared in many television shows. Pettifer was born in Lower Durban, South Africa, and briefly brought up in Glasgow and London. He intended to become a photographer, but pursued a career as an actor... and Sean Scanlan |
Joy-riding, bevvying, hooliganism... An old man is horrified by the mess that his family have made of their lives. He decides to give the younger generation one last chance to turn things around. | BBC Radio Scotland BBC Radio Scotland BBC Radio Scotland is BBC Scotland's national English-language radio network. It broadcasts a wide variety of programming, including news, sport, light entertainment, music, the arts, comedy, drama, history and lifestyle... Drama |
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