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Usenet Posted 21 years ago
Screenwriting
Audio drama
Not exactly screenwriting, I realise, but there was a certain amount of interest in an earlier thread on this subject so perhaps I might be forgiven for posting this: anyone interested in the style of current BBC audio drama might like to know that my own latest offering is being broadcast on their main spoken-word network Radio 4 this coming Saturday, the 26th, at 2.30pm UK time.
This is The Distant Echo from the novel by Scottish crime writer Val McDermid. In their student days, four friends stumble across a dead body and become suspects in a murder investigation; thirty years later, the still-unsolved case is re-opened and all the old pressures and traumas return. Then one of the four is murdered. Then another...
The play, alas, is neither as complex nor as deep as the book, partly because what was to have been a two-part serial was cut down to half its length (before I started writing, fortunately); but I hope that some flavour of the novel survives.
There are more details at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/saturday play.shtml and on Saturday afternoon the play itself can be heard by clicking on Listen Live on the same page. After the broadcast it can still be accessed for seven days for listening or recording by choosing "Listen to the play" on that same page.
Just in case anyone's mildly interested...
Bert
http://www.bertcoules.co.uk
This is The Distant Echo from the novel by Scottish crime writer Val McDermid. In their student days, four friends stumble across a dead body and become suspects in a murder investigation; thirty years later, the still-unsolved case is re-opened and all the old pressures and traumas return. Then one of the four is murdered. Then another...
The play, alas, is neither as complex nor as deep as the book, partly because what was to have been a two-part serial was cut down to half its length (before I started writing, fortunately); but I hope that some flavour of the novel survives.
There are more details at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/saturday play.shtml and on Saturday afternoon the play itself can be heard by clicking on Listen Live on the same page. After the broadcast it can still be accessed for seven days for listening or recording by choosing "Listen to the play" on that same page.
Just in case anyone's mildly interested...
Bert
http://www.bertcoules.co.uk
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[nq:1]Not exactly screenwriting, I realise, but there was a certain amount of interest in an earlier thread on this subject ... or recording by choosing "Listen to the play" on that same page. Just in case anyone's mildly interested...
- [nq:1]Not exactly screenwriting, I realise, but there was a certain amount of interest in an earlier thread on this subject ...
- or recording by choosing "Listen to the play" on that same page.
- Just in case anyone's mildly interested...
- uk [/nq] very cool!
- I hope to be awake at the right time Friday night to hear it!
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[nq:1]Not exactly screenwriting, I realise, but there was a certain amount of interest in an earlier thread on this subject ... or recording by choosing "Listen to the play" on that same page. Just in case anyone's mildly interested... Bert http://www.bertcoules.co.uk[/nq]
very cool! I hope to be awake at the right time
very cool! I hope to be awake at the right time
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[nq:1]Not exactly screenwriting, I realise, but there was a certain amount of interest in an earlier thread on this subject ... can still be accessed forseven days for listening or recording by choosing "Listen to the play" on that same page.[/nq]
Coolness!
Too bad we don't do much radio drama over here anymore. Our NPR station replays old dramas from the '40s on Sunday evenings, and the r
Coolness!
Too bad we don't do much radio drama over here anymore. Our NPR station replays old dramas from the '40s on Sunday evenings, and the r
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Lois,
Happily, audio drama is still very much alive in the UK, where the BBC broadcasts a multitude of new single plays, serials, series, dramatised documentaries and two soap operas, as well as older stuff on a separate network devoted almost entirely to archive programming.
The medium attracts some of the country's leading actors and writers, a popular radio play can draw an audienc
Happily, audio drama is still very much alive in the UK, where the BBC broadcasts a multitude of new single plays, serials, series, dramatised documentaries and two soap operas, as well as older stuff on a separate network devoted almost entirely to archive programming.
The medium attracts some of the country's leading actors and writers, a popular radio play can draw an audienc
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[nq:1]Coolness! Too bad we don't do much radio drama over here anymore. Our NPR station replays old dramas from the ... religious radio station plays a kids' drama every night around 8:00, but there's not much more that I know of.[/nq]
You can listen to them on the Internet. At least for a month or so after they play.
You can listen to them on the Internet. At least for a month or so after they play.
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[nq:1]You can listen to them on the Internet. At least for a month or so after they play.[/nq]
Well, seven days at least, (for the weekly plays, that is) then each is replaced by the next week's offering.
Paulo, thanks for your comment on the Radio 4 message board.
Bert
http://www.bertcoules.co.uk
Well, seven days at least, (for the weekly plays, that is) then each is replaced by the next week's offering.
Paulo, thanks for your comment on the Radio 4 message board.
Bert
http://www.bertcoules.co.uk
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@reader1.panix.com:
[nq:1]Not exactly screenwriting, I realise, but there was a certain amount of interest in an earlier thread on this subject ... the 26th, at 2.30pm UK time. This is The Distant Echo from the novel by Scottish crime writer Val McDermid.[/nq]
McDermid is one of my wife's faves! I haven't read her stuff, but thought the TV version of Wire in the Blood was quite compelling.
[nq:1]Not exactly screenwriting, I realise, but there was a certain amount of interest in an earlier thread on this subject ... the 26th, at 2.30pm UK time. This is The Distant Echo from the novel by Scottish crime writer Val McDermid.[/nq]
McDermid is one of my wife's faves! I haven't read her stuff, but thought the TV version of Wire in the Blood was quite compelling.
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Ken,
[nq:1]McDermid is one of my wife's faves! I haven't read her stuff...[/nq]
The Distant Echo is a splendid novel, as much a character study as a whodunnit. It was a daunting job to try to distil the essence of it down into a sixty-minute drama.
[nq:1]I look forward to listening to your adaptation.[/nq]
Please let me know your reactions, good or bad.
Bert
[nq:1]McDermid is one of my wife's faves! I haven't read her stuff...[/nq]
The Distant Echo is a splendid novel, as much a character study as a whodunnit. It was a daunting job to try to distil the essence of it down into a sixty-minute drama.
[nq:1]I look forward to listening to your adaptation.[/nq]
Please let me know your reactions, good or bad.
Bert
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