What’s your favourite audio drama?

Listen list!

Listen…there is a list of links to audio dramas recommended by fellow delegates; some are free, some need to be paid for.

• Free Links:

• Welcome to the Insomnia Town – the Cantonese version. but I loved it so much so I still want to share it here. It's about a writer who has insomnia and one day, he received an invitation to the Insomnia Town, where he began a series of adventure.

• https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPbX1ivjKJuJ_Te55tQG4vyglvYWWXgmV&si=SwajbAg91j6AZsnH

• Magnus Archives  - horror anthology series. 

• First episode – Anglerfish -  introduces lead  character and leaves suspense right until the very end. https://youtu.be/AdiUHYacaRI

• Anatomy Class:  https://www.podbean.com/ea/dir-c7q6b-1b17565

• Don't go gentle into that good night by Michael Sheen   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-sM-t1KI_Y or another version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1JJ5actiUM&t=23s

• The Effect by Lucy Prebble, starring Jessie Buckley, on BBC Radio 3 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09pl824). It's a fantastic bit of writing which leaves you guessing until the end, focused on a clinical trial.

• S-Town – not strictly drama, but beautiful narrative descriptions from Brian Reed,  on mental health, isolation, and the need for connection in an increasingly disconnected world. https://open.spotify.com/show/1KPTM79Wn9vkWX0UoMYyrd?si=2faaf98e4049424a

• Hidden Belfast, Forbidden Love on BBC -  the story of gay lives in 1930s Belfast, a time and place when such lives were forced into secrecy,combining emotional intimacy with strong narrative arcs. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0jnxnt1

• A History it Paper by Oliver Emmanuel - non linear story telling structure and unique plot which grips the audience.  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HrPuVZLQL8Q

• Stone- Sleep Tight by Cath Staincliffe - Murder Mystery, very tense and fast paced. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b01cjm4w

• A Christmas Carol -  https://threeleftfeetuk.bandcamp.com/album/a-christmas-carol-audiobook

• Jeff Wayne’s The War of the Worlds: the musical drama - https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Jeff-Waynes-The-War-of-The-Worlds-The-Musical-Drama-Audiobook/B07JVPGMDC?source_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdp

  1967 BBC radio play of The War of The Worlds by Jon Manchip White -  https://archive.org/details/the-war-of-the-worlds_20230621

  The classic 1938 radio play of the book by Orson Welles and The Mercury Theatre on The Air - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs0K4ApWl4g

• The Cipher on BBC Sounds or Moonburn on Spotify - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p090t9cl?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile

• Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, BBC https://open.spotify.com/episode/3z59f1VuhtLb7NdLYepG7n?si=tOTU_fY7SrqjT8ZTy9ayFQ

• Dear Harry Kane BBC Radio 4  https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001f4xs

• Bitter Pill -  a Radio 4 thriller. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001nprq

• Sorry For Your Loss by Joe Venarble https://youtu.be/mYSHsXuICmM?si=QfeMUmoTTVh2Bs07

• Behind the Scenes at the Museum - abridged adaptation of a popular 1990s book set in 1950s-90s York. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0026n4b/episodes/player.

• God of Obsidian - a short series about gaslighting and manipulating loved ones - a terrifying story in a very small scope.

• https://open.spotify.com/episode/3mq86w9IQJ12BmJYw7rXSY?si=0jOFR0g0TS6v0ROyktpISQ

• Siân Owen's 'Balls' on BBC Radio 4 -  - great atmospheric exploitation of the medium to build the chatter of the women's inner worlds as they struggle with ADHD. 

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002hb6f

• Welcome to Night Vale - a radio show https://open.spotify.com/show/0s6Wc5qf8SIvCtKZNC6N7s)

• Rooms by Enda Walsh  -  audio drama in an installation.  https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2019/event/enda-walsh-rooms

• Big Finish Productions Doctor Who Audio Dramas.  - great production quality, writing and acting that makes it feel like I’m listening to an episode that’s on par with the actual TV show itself, if not better since the format allows them to be more experimental with their stories. 

• Invaders from Mars starring Paul McGann. https://open.spotify.com/album/7r9wVAXI1X7TW1cONV9Qd6?si=5AxZKbg_Tpmfvyt_-re0qA

• Ross Sutherland - Imaginary Advice: Plays with form and is very well sound designed: https://www.imaginaryadvice.com/

• The White Vault - horror and thriller. https://spotify.link/QRf3MqHWvXb

• Out Loud - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000bcmx

• Scam hunters on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4mWK9vpIL9xYRQhJlWhEAQ

• The Archers, BBC Radio 4

• Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, narrated by Jeremy Irons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSD8jUbarXs

• https://books.apple.com/gb/audiobook/manuscript-found-in-accra/id1442766434

• Half of a yellow sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - explores the Nigerian-Biafran War through human experiences, showing how politics, privilege, and power affect real lives.  It asks big questions about identity, love, and survival, but it never loses sight of the people at the heart of it all. It’s emotional and thought-provoking in equal measure, exactly the kind of story that stays with me long after you finish listening or reading it - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000mbq1

• This Thing of Darkness, Radio 4 -  multiple intriguing stories - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m0011tsq?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile

• Cock by Mike Bartlett BBC Radio 3 - https://soundcloud.com/delilahdevinkaufman/bbc-radio-3-presents-mike

• Midnight Burger: https://www.weopenatsix.com/

• Camp Here & There: https://blue-wolfe.com/camp-here-there/

• Sherlock & Co: https://open.spotify.com/show/5yfvdowY1nFCyXRTD5ITqb

• The Grimoire Diaries: https://shows.acast.com/the-grimoire-diaries

• Gray Matter: https://www.graymatterhorror.com/

• Witherburn Afterschool News: https://spotify.link/iYALHx5ExXb

• The Black Tapes: https://spotify.link/CHRI5K1ExXb

  
  

  Pay to Listen:

• War Doctor Series - https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-war-doctor-only-the-monstrous-1380.

• The Silt Verses - https://www.thesiltverses.com/

• Cursed by Femi Oke - about a British-Nigerian nurse involved in a serious criminal case. 

  https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Cursed-Audiobook/B0DFHKV2DQ

• The Sandman audiobook. https://www.audible.co.uk/series/The-Sandman-Audiobooks/B09BDGVT2G

• Stone, BBC Radio 4  - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Stone-The-Complete-Series-1-4/dp/B07B41JZ7L

  https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/luther-arkwright-heart-of-empire-2529

• Torchwood radio drama Deadline on Audible.

• Torchwood: Tropical Beach Sounds and Other Relaxing Seascapes #4 

  https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/torchwood-tropical-beach-sounds-and-other-relaxing-seascapes-4-2139

• Limetown - about this journalist trying to find out what happened to 300 people who disappeared from this research town. Sounds mad but the way they tell it feels so real - like you're listening to an actual investigation. Had me hooked from episode one - https://twoupproductions.com/limetown/podcast

• The Best-Laid Plans, Doctor Who drama from Big Finish Productions. The tone was light but still raised intriguing questions, and fit in the Dr Who universe.

  Link: https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-short-trips-the-best-laid-plans-2130

Not currently available:

• Cabin Pressure (BBC Radio 4)

• BBC Radio 4, Craven

• The Learners on Radio 4