RADIO DRAMA REVIEWS’ TWENTY BEST PRODUCTIONS OF 2012

Regrettably the BBC productions are no longer available for download, but other companies’ productions are readily available.  Check the website addresses for details. All reviews archived under the authors' names in the lists on the left.

THE MUMBAI CHUZZLEWITS by Ayeesha Menon (Radio 4)

BLURRED by Frazer Fintham (Radio 4)

ZURICH by Pearse Elliott (Radio 3)

PRIVATE PEACEFUL by Michael Morpurgo (Radio 4)

WELLIES, TENTS and CHEMICAL KHAZEES by Rrrants Collective

SUNSET by Doug Lucie (Radio 3)

THEO TROUVER’S STATIC by David Lorell Hoskins (Black Fly Theater)

SEVERED THREADS by John Dryden (Goldhawk for Radio 4)

THE CRUEL SEA by Nicholas Monsarrat, dramatized by John Fletcher (Radio 4)

ANYTHING BUT LOVE by Mary Coll (RTE Ireland)

LOVE VIRTUALLY by Daniel Glattauer (Radio 4)

LEAVING A LEGACY by Jonathan Brown (Tin Can Podcast)

THE WASTE LAND by T. S. Eliot (Radio 4)

DEAR ARTHUR, LOVE JOHN by Roy Smiles (Radio 4)

THE STRANGE CASE OF SPRINGHEEL’D JACK by Robert Valentine and Gareth Parker (Wireless T/C)

COURTLY LOVE by Michelene Wandor (Radio 3)

ZEN BUDDHISM AND THE ART OF MOTORCYCLE MAINTENANCE by Robert M. Pirsig, dramatized by Peter Flannery (Radio 4)

BETRAYAL by Harold Pinter (Radio 4)

ROMEO AND JULIET by Shakespeare (Sydenham Community Radio)

Special Awards:

Favourite Radio Actor: David Tennant

Favourite Radio Actress: Tracy Ann Oberman

Favourite Dramatist: Julie Mayhew

Favourite Director(s): Jeremy Mortimer (BBC), Gwendolyn Jensen-Woodard (Gypsy Audio)