Radio Roundup
Apr. 18th, 2016 10:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tealinHaving been off a regular work schedule, and doing more with words than with pictures lately, I've fallen off the radio wagon somewhat. But there's so much good stuff available at the moment, I can't let it go unpromoted, so here's a list for your listening pleasure:
DRAMA
This Is Not A Banksy - Sam goes to a house party and gets a Banksy drawn on his bum. The madness of the art world ensues.
Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury's tale about a sleepy midwestern town visited by a sinister circus. The radio adaptation races through the book in an hour, but embraces all the depth that the film left out.
Beyond Endurance - Just as the Worst Journey radio play followed the men 'left behind' while the more famous stuff was happening elsewhere, this drama tells the story of the men left to wait on Elephant Island while Shackleton & Co. did their daring voyage to and across South Georgia to get help.
COMEDY
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme, Series 3 - I mean. Do I really need to tell you to listen to this. You know what's good for you.
The Unbelievable Truth is back for another run, with its dependable mix of truth and lies, both funny.
No Tomatoes - Barmy sketch comedy
Radio 9 - Even barmier sketch comedy. Radio 9 blindsided me one day at work, and it was years before they reran it again, so I'm always happy to see it come round and be reminded it wasn't a mid-afternoon dream.
I Think I've Got a Problem - Tom has a four-piece lounge band in his head. It makes things difficult.
The Masterson Inheritance - Completely improvised historical epic family drama, usually somewhere on a scale between silly and really quite silly. This one's about scurvy!
Bleak Expectations, Series 4 - Pip Bin must join forces with his former nemesis Gently Benevolent to save spoof-Dickensian London from ... pudding?
Radio Active - An oldie but goodie, sort of sketch comedy stitched together by the conceit of being a radio station
FACTUAL (COMEDY)
Mitch Benn's Wondrous Stories - An engaging comic history of the symphonic narrative concept album. As both Les Mis and Jesus Christ Superstar started out s concept albums, if you like modern musicals you may find this interesting as well.
Natalie Haines Stands Up for the Classics - the comedienne brings us to some brilliant if occasionally smutty ancient Greeks, which she nerds out over, as one does.
FACTUAL (SERIOUS)
Free Speech - I really highly recommend listening to this fascinating look into the role freedom of speech, and all it entails, plays in modern western civilisation. A+ in-depth stuff, broken into easily digestible 15-minute chunks.
More or Less - The programme which takes a closer look at the statistics in the news is always a valuable listen, but may attract a wider audience this week as it checks out whether or not more celebrities have died this year than average.
DRAMA
This Is Not A Banksy - Sam goes to a house party and gets a Banksy drawn on his bum. The madness of the art world ensues.
Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury's tale about a sleepy midwestern town visited by a sinister circus. The radio adaptation races through the book in an hour, but embraces all the depth that the film left out.
Beyond Endurance - Just as the Worst Journey radio play followed the men 'left behind' while the more famous stuff was happening elsewhere, this drama tells the story of the men left to wait on Elephant Island while Shackleton & Co. did their daring voyage to and across South Georgia to get help.
COMEDY
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme, Series 3 - I mean. Do I really need to tell you to listen to this. You know what's good for you.
The Unbelievable Truth is back for another run, with its dependable mix of truth and lies, both funny.
No Tomatoes - Barmy sketch comedy
Radio 9 - Even barmier sketch comedy. Radio 9 blindsided me one day at work, and it was years before they reran it again, so I'm always happy to see it come round and be reminded it wasn't a mid-afternoon dream.
I Think I've Got a Problem - Tom has a four-piece lounge band in his head. It makes things difficult.
The Masterson Inheritance - Completely improvised historical epic family drama, usually somewhere on a scale between silly and really quite silly. This one's about scurvy!
Bleak Expectations, Series 4 - Pip Bin must join forces with his former nemesis Gently Benevolent to save spoof-Dickensian London from ... pudding?
Radio Active - An oldie but goodie, sort of sketch comedy stitched together by the conceit of being a radio station
FACTUAL (COMEDY)
Mitch Benn's Wondrous Stories - An engaging comic history of the symphonic narrative concept album. As both Les Mis and Jesus Christ Superstar started out s concept albums, if you like modern musicals you may find this interesting as well.
Natalie Haines Stands Up for the Classics - the comedienne brings us to some brilliant if occasionally smutty ancient Greeks, which she nerds out over, as one does.
FACTUAL (SERIOUS)
Free Speech - I really highly recommend listening to this fascinating look into the role freedom of speech, and all it entails, plays in modern western civilisation. A+ in-depth stuff, broken into easily digestible 15-minute chunks.
More or Less - The programme which takes a closer look at the statistics in the news is always a valuable listen, but may attract a wider audience this week as it checks out whether or not more celebrities have died this year than average.
