A lovely message from experienced radio producer Sara Davies on Linked In which means a lot to me:
Stephen, this was a fantastic piece of radio drama, and made me weep. My father was one of the members of the British Army who had to say goodbye to Russians he had befriended - he wasn't an offic...
SONG OF THE COSSACKS my radio dramatisation of Jean Binnie's play about the enforced repatriation of the Cossacks after World War Two will be broadcast on Saturday 25th March at 14.45 pm. It will then be available on Sounds for four weeks.
This has been an intense experience. The nominated write...
Very excited that Radio 4 Extra is finally repeating my dramatisation of Walter de la Mare's Memoirs of a Midget. It's available for 29 days.
As part of Radio4 Extra's tribute to Bernard Cribbins, my adaptation of Graham Greene's Monsignor Quixote is being repeated.
This is alongside an extended conversation between Bernard and his long-term friend and mine, the radio producer Martin Jenkins.
Available throughout November on Radio4 Extra my play about Gilbert Harding starring Roger Allam.
Just found that The Complete Ripley (where I did three of the five dramatisations of the Patricia Highsmith originals) has just been reissued by Audible.
My dramatisation of Vanity Fair directed by Claire Grove is back on BBC Sounds.
28 March 22. Billy and Raymond are back on Radio4Extra for the next 30 days trying to finish the script for Double Indemnity.
The book I wrote with Claire Grove about radio drama is now available on Kindle with an updated preface. It continues to gather good reviews. Here's the latest:
"The advice given is not only useful for people wishing to have a stab at radio drama. The tips and directions are also spot on for...
A mediaeval town puts a pig on trial for murder. My play PIGLAW first broadcast in 1989 is back on Radio4 Extra for 26 days from today (17th August)
The Rudest Man in Britain about Gilbert Harding includes a recording of my play about him starring the inimitable Roger Allam. It's available via Radio4Extra for another 29 days from today (8th August).
My ten dramatisations of the short stories of W.S.Gilbert Gilbert Without Sullivan available this month from Penguin Audio Books.
The scripts are available from Smith Scripts.
My ten radio dramatisations of Dickens' Sketches by Boz are now available from Penguin Audio Books.
Five of the scripts are also available from Smith Scripts.
Lots of very favourable responses to this monologue including one on Twitter from Dame Sian herself:
"I recorded this wholehearted, moving story by Stephen Wyatt from home during lockdown. It was wonderful to be directed again by Martin Jenkins."