radioplays



The Paradise Machine
(BBC Radio 4, 1995 & Deutscher Rundfunk, 1994)
Doctor Mary Godwin exploits Virtual Reality and tries to defy Nature

European Broadcasting Union
Best European Radio Drama
1995

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The Korvack Conspiracy
(BBC Radio 4, 1989 & Suddeutscher Rundfunk, 1990)

Crudely edited surveillance tapes tell of master-criminal Korvack's attempt to orchestrate the perfect bank robbery

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The Singing Community of 1926
(BBC Radio 4, 1986)

Lord Beaverbrook's triumphant Daily Express Community Singing Concert at the Royal Albert Hall is intercut with Durham miners' reactions as they learn of the collapse of the seven month Strike



Changes
(BBC Schools Broadcasting, Radio 4, 1986)

19C family is forced off the land to seek work in new industrial town



Boys Toys
(BBC Radio 4, 1985)

Exploration of domestic friction in a contemporary marriage when feminist wife overrules her husband and forbids their son to play with toy guns



Revelations
(BBC Radio 4, 1984 & Westdeutscher Rundfunk, 1985)

Department of Internal Security bio-computer reveals intelligence and a moral conscience. Artificial Intelligence creator Doctor Dowing has to decide whether or not she should obey her masters and destroy this new form of life

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Working in the Dark
(BBC, 1983 & Westdeutscher Rundfunk, 1985
& Rai Bolzano, 1985)

Skilled factory workers are forced to examine their lives when made redundant by an industrial robot

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Project Genesis
(BBC Radio 4, 1982)

Secret transmissions from Sirius promise technology to genetically engineer human evolution



The Biggest Sandcastle in the World
(BBC Radio 4, 1981 & Westdeutscher Rundfunk, 1982
& Radio Greece, 1984)

Three unemployed labourers create the huge Sandcastle to alleviate boredom & frustration. They attract praise & derision, but they also learn to articulate their hopes & fears

BBC Radio
Giles Cooper Best Play Award
1981


published & broadcast UK, Germany, Hungary
Russia, New Zealand, Greece & Italy
Methuen, UK

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An English Lesson
(BBC Radio 4, 1980)

London teacher tries to explain the Irish Question to a sink-class of fifth-formers when he learns one of them intends to join the British Army

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