A new Sweet Talk short story airs this Friday (19th Jan) at 15:45 on Radio 4 – written by Alison MacLeod and read by Indira Varma! A work of creative non-fiction – ‘Portrait: Eric Gill Dreaming‘ imagines the controversial artist Eric Gill in his house in Ditchling, asleep and dreaming about his work and life, and wondering whether or not they go together…
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Tomorrow (Friday 22nd Dec’17) at 11:15 and again at 21:15, BBC Radio 4 EXTRA are repeating ‘The Christmas of Inspector Steine‘; our Christmas drama from 2013 by Lynne Truss! Few people know that in the fifties, Brighton’s most infamous criminal mastermind was married to a war hero. Now, for the first time ever we hear from the horse’s mouth, what happened when the honeymoon was over…
‘How To Stop Time’ by the best-selling, Brighton-based author Matt Haig is our Book at Bedtime starting on Christmas Day, beautifully read by Tom Hollander!! Catch it on Radio 4 at 22:45 for two weeks (25th Dec’17- 5th Jan’18).
Next Monday – Friday (18th-22nd Dec’17) at 09:45 on Radio 4, catch our latest Book Of The Week ‘Village Christmas‘! Derek Jacobi reads from a new collection of Laurie Lee’s writings; including newly discovered pieces by his daughter Jessy Lee, which return to the landscape and traditions of his rural home in Slad as well as a changing London in the last century…
This Friday (15th Dec’17) at 15:45 on BBC Radio 4, catch our latest short story ‘Granny Flat‘ – specially-commissioned from the Australian writer Cameron Raynes, and read by Richard Dillane. While his son is preparing to leave the granny flat, Dan’s father is struggling in a nursing home. Dan asks himself if there used to be more to life than this. A tale of mid-life crisis and the sandwich generation…
Anita Sullivan’s comedy drama ‘Homesick‘ was repeated on BBC Radio 4 EXTRA this weekend – now it’s on BBC iPlayer for 20 days (until 25/12/17)!
All this week (4th-8th Dec’17), catch our Book Of The Week ‘Over and Out‘ by cricket commentator Henry Blofeld – 09:45 on BBC Radio 4! ‘Blowers’ as he is affectionately known by cricket lovers around the world, enlivened the Test Match Special commentary box for over 40 years. Today, Blowers looks back upon the event that triggered his retirement and reflects too on the accident that curtailed a promising career with the bat…
Next Monday – Friday (20th-24th Nov’17) at 11am, BBC Radio 4 EXTRA are repeating ‘No One Belongs Here More Than You‘! Award-winning filmmaker and writer Miranda July introduces her own critically acclaimed collection of stories, which kicks off with ‘The Swim Team’, read by Bryony Hannah…
BBC Radio 4 EXTRA are repeating ‘Saint Mazie‘ by Jami Attenberg – our Book at Bedtime from June 2015! Catch the first 5 episodes on Sunday 12th November and the following 5 on Sunday 19th November at 14:30…
BBC Radio 4 EXTRA are currently (6th-8th Nov’17) repeating ‘Infinite Possibilities and Unlikely Probabilities‘ – three specially-commissioned stories from April 2014, in which the writer Anita Sullivan explores a wider world that co-exists with our everyday lives…
Our latest short story airs tomorrow (Friday 3rd November 2017) at 15:45 on BBC Radio 4! A family meal doesn’t go quite to plan in this specially-commissioned story by Agnieszka Dale. No-one knows quite what’s wrong with Annie, but her condition is getting worse and her expressions are more and more colourful… Daniela Denby-Ashe reads ‘The Curse‘.
This Monday (23rd October) on BBC Radio 4, presenter Lucy Hawking tells the story of one of the earliest online dating stories, written 140 years ago: ‘Wired Love – A Romance in Dots and Dashes’. Hawking looks at how the invention of the telegraph led to social changes in the role of women as well as providing the inspiration for this first on-line romance novel, published over 100 years before the internet… catch ‘Wired Love‘ at 11am.
This Sunday (22nd Oct) at 6pm, BBC Radio 4 Extra are repeating Julian Simpson’s thriller radio drama ‘Kokomo‘, originally broadcast in June 2013!
Did you guess our iconic 70’s horror title for this years BBC Radio 4 Fright Night season??
We can now reveal we have adapted David Seltzer’s ‘The Omen‘! Read by Owen Teale, catch it next Monday 9th – Friday 13th (!) October for the Book at Bedtime reading at 22:45… spooky!!
A new Sweet Talk short story airs this Friday (29th September) at 15:45! Breast cancer surgery is often followed by sessions of chemotherapy. Some of the physical side-effects of this are well-known, but what happens to the mind? Specially-commissioned for BBC Radio 4, the writer Susmita Bhattacharya tells her own story in ‘My Chemo Brain‘
We’re pleased to say that our docudrama ‘Mama Courage‘ – written and performed by Jessica Pidsley and Matthew Bannister, based on their experience of post-partum psychosis – has been shortlisted for a Mind Media Award! Winners are announced on 13th November… wish us luck!
This Sunday morning (24th September) at 00:30, BBC Radio 4 are repeating ‘There Is No-One In The Lab But Mice‘, a Sweet Talk short story from August 2016.
Tania Hershman is well-known for her science-inspired tales, but in this story – specially-commissioned for Radio 4 – there is a crucial difference: all the scientists have gone on strike…
Next Monday to Friday (w/c 18th September) at 11am, BBC Radio 4 EXTRA are repeating ‘The Listener‘.
Originally broadcast in 2014 to mark the centenary of Tove Jansson’s birth; these 5 stories are taken from her debut collection published in 1971, where she tells of what we experience in youth, love, getting older and dying…
‘Afterworld‘ by Anthony Doerr (taken from ‘Memory Wall’, Doerr’s collection of stories about memory) is our new 5-part Book at Bedtime starting Monday 28th August! Read by Allan Corduner, catch episode one on BBC Radio 4 at 22:45.
On Friday 18th August, catch our latest short story ‘Cut & Paste‘ on BBC Radio 4 – written by Anya Lipska and read by Ellie Kendrick! Cassie Raven is a young mortuary attendant. She’s used to having students shadowing her work – but there’s something unusual about this one…
Next Monday – Friday (w/c 7th August) at 11am, BBC Radio 4 EXTRA are repeating ‘England and Other Stories‘ from 2014 – five short stories by Graham Swift, that dwell on the essence of Englishness…
This Friday 14th July at 15:45, don’t miss the radio debut of Italian-born writer Federica Lugaresi, who has written Sweet Talk’s latest short story for BBC Radio 4. In ‘The New World‘ – read by Jonathan Coy – things start happening to Gustav after he goes to a concert on London’s South Bank…
Next week (10th-14th July 2017), BBC Radio 4 EXTRA are repeating our Book Of The Week from July 2012; ‘Burying The Typewriter‘ by Carmen Bugan! Catch it Monday – Friday at 14:45 or 02:45.
Don’t miss the opportunity to hear the tales of our beloved Annika Stranded once more, as BBC Radio 4 repeat series 3 from Monday 26th – Thursday 29th June at 22:45!