Afternoon Play, today, at 3pm in the Secrets and Lies series is
Shirley's Party by Katie Hims.
An interesting topic. Has her playwriting informed her scriptwriting
or vice versa? ITWSBT
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002mffm
Nick
Nick Odell <nickodell49@yahoo.ca> wrote:
Afternoon Play, today, at 3pm in the Secrets and Lies series is
Shirley's Party by Katie Hims.
An interesting topic. Has her playwriting informed her scriptwriting
or vice versa? ITWSBT
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002mffm
Nick
Gave it < 30 secs. Elderly couple, probably in a care home, one with >dementia, arguing awaya Lovely relaxing Saturday afternoon listening NOT! >Click-Off.
On Sat, 15 Nov 2025 19:17:19 -0000 (UTC), Mike McMillan <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:
Nick Odell <nickodell49@yahoo.ca> wrote:
Afternoon Play, today, at 3pm in the Secrets and Lies series is
Shirley's Party by Katie Hims.
An interesting topic. Has her playwriting informed her scriptwriting
or vice versa? ITWSBT
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002mffm
Nick
Gave it < 30 secs. Elderly couple, probably in a care home, one with
dementia, arguing away-a Lovely relaxing Saturday afternoon listening NOT! >> Click-Off.
That's a shame. I was out at the time of broadcast so I've downloaded
it for later. Meanwhile, the Telegraph has called it "The Finest Radio
Drama of the Year."
Drama: Shirley-As Party
Radio 4/BBC Sounds, 3pm
There-As an extraordinary humanity to
this beautifully judged play about a
wife and mother (Rachel Davies)
emerging slowly, tentatively into the
light after a lifetime in the shadow
of a controlling husband. Writer Katie
Hims cements her reputation as one of
the best radio dramatists out there,
helped by a superb cast that includes
Alan Williams, Ralph Ineson, Christine
Bottomley and, briefly, Philip Jackson.
Possibly the finest radio drama of the
year, certainly one of the warmest and
most uplifting.
<https://www.telegraph.co.uk/radio/what-to-listen-to/radio-podcasts-of-the-week-shirleys-party/>
Archived at https://archive.ph/l02t9 for non-Telegraph subscribers
I'm looking forward to hearing it later.
Nick
Nick Odell <nickodell49@yahoo.ca> wrote:
On Sat, 15 Nov 2025 19:17:19 -0000 (UTC), Mike McMillan <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:
Nick Odell <nickodell49@yahoo.ca> wrote:
Afternoon Play, today, at 3pm in the Secrets and Lies series is
Shirley's Party by Katie Hims.
An interesting topic. Has her playwriting informed her scriptwriting
or vice versa? ITWSBT
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002mffm
Nick
Gave it < 30 secs. Elderly couple, probably in a care home, one with
dementia, arguing away-a Lovely relaxing Saturday afternoon listening NOT! >> Click-Off.
That's a shame. I was out at the time of broadcast so I've downloaded
it for later. Meanwhile, the Telegraph has called it "The Finest Radio Drama of the Year."
Drama: Shirley-As Party
Radio 4/BBC Sounds, 3pm
There-As an extraordinary humanity to
this beautifully judged play about a
wife and mother (Rachel Davies)
emerging slowly, tentatively into the
light after a lifetime in the shadow
of a controlling husband. Writer Katie
Hims cements her reputation as one of
the best radio dramatists out there,
helped by a superb cast that includes
Alan Williams, Ralph Ineson, Christine
Bottomley and, briefly, Philip Jackson.
Possibly the finest radio drama of the
year, certainly one of the warmest and
most uplifting.
<https://www.telegraph.co.uk/radio/what-to-listen-to/radio-podcasts-of-the-week-shirleys-party/>
Archived at https://archive.ph/l02t9 for non-Telegraph subscribers
I'm looking forward to hearing it later.
Nick
Each to his/her own I suppose, IrCOm becoming very disenchanted with R4rCOs drama slots; they have not only reduced them in length and frequency, so
much of it when rCygoodrCO is only so IMNSHO because they are repeats! The new
material is generally a very poor imitation of the works they used to commission and produce a few years ago. Then there is the Monday afternoon spot, which is now repeats of 18:30 comedy slots FGS! Disappointed Toodles.
On Mon, 17 Nov 2025 14:37:40 -0000 (UTC), Mike McMillan wrote:
Nick Odell <nickodell49@yahoo.ca> wrote:
On Sat, 15 Nov 2025 19:17:19 -0000 (UTC), Mike McMillan
<toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:
Nick Odell <nickodell49@yahoo.ca> wrote:
Afternoon Play, today, at 3pm in the Secrets and Lies series is
Shirley's Party by Katie Hims.
An interesting topic. Has her playwriting informed her scriptwriting >>>>> or vice versa? ITWSBT
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002mffm
Nick
Gave it < 30 secs. Elderly couple, probably in a care home, one with
dementia, arguing away-a Lovely relaxing Saturday afternoon listening NOT! >>>> Click-Off.
That's a shame. I was out at the time of broadcast so I've downloaded
it for later. Meanwhile, the Telegraph has called it "The Finest Radio
Drama of the Year."
Drama: Shirley-As Party
Radio 4/BBC Sounds, 3pm
There-As an extraordinary humanity to
this beautifully judged play about a
wife and mother (Rachel Davies)
emerging slowly, tentatively into the
light after a lifetime in the shadow
of a controlling husband. Writer Katie
Hims cements her reputation as one of
the best radio dramatists out there,
helped by a superb cast that includes
Alan Williams, Ralph Ineson, Christine
Bottomley and, briefly, Philip Jackson.
Possibly the finest radio drama of the
year, certainly one of the warmest and
most uplifting.
<https://www.telegraph.co.uk/radio/what-to-listen-to/radio-podcasts-of-the-week-shirleys-party/>
Archived at https://archive.ph/l02t9 for non-Telegraph subscribers
I'm looking forward to hearing it later.
Nick
Each to his/her own I suppose, IrCOm becoming very disenchanted with R4rCOs >> drama slots; they have not only reduced them in length and frequency, so
much of it when rCygoodrCO is only so IMNSHO because they are repeats! The new
material is generally a very poor imitation of the works they used to
commission and produce a few years ago. Then there is the Monday afternoon >> spot, which is now repeats of 18:30 comedy slots FGS! Disappointed Toodles. >>
I can't disagree with you there. With Radio 4, the "Limelight" branding
might as well be spelled "don't go anywhere near this work written by teenagers for other teenagers." Not that I have anything against teenagers mind...
Radio 4x often has some real blasts from the past. Last week there was a
lot of archive Richard Burton including Treason, by Sanders Lewis which
was first broadcast in the late 1950s. It's the sort of thing which, even
if it's not much good (and I don't know because I haven't heard it yet) I find fascinating for the way the production techniques seem so different
from the present day.
Nick
Afternoon Play, today, at 3pm in the Secrets and Lies series is
Shirley's Party by Katie Hims.
An interesting topic. Has her playwriting informed her scriptwriting
or vice versa? ITWSBT
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002mffm
Nick
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