My Christmas special dramatisation of ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS is currently available again on Radio 4 Extra.
A lovely week in studio with Monsignor Quixote directed by Marc Beeby and starring Bernard Cribbins and Philip Jackson. Bernard, aged 87, was an inspiration to us all with his energy and professionalism. He even spotted typos in the scripts which Marc and I had missed. The dramatisation will be on R...
The course ended on 9th April with a very successful day in the Pier Productions studios in Brighton. The participants had extracts from their plays recorded with a group of very talented actors under the masterly direction of the one and only Martin Jenkins.
The Advanced Radio Drama Course I'm taking for New Writing South got off to a very promising start this month with a very keen and talented group of writers. Looking forward to working with them and the distinguished radio producer Martin Jenkins over the next eight weeks.
Deal done on my dramatisation of Graham Greene's Monsignor Quixote to be recorded in April directed by Marc Beeby.
My dramatisation of Vanity Fair directed by Claire Grove and Marc Beeby is back on Radio 4 Extra for the Christmas season.
FINLANDIA is Drama of the Week on the Radio Drama Newsletter email with a podcast available.
As part of BBC Radio 3's Northern Lights season, award-winning writer, Stephen Wyatt, has woven the psyche of Jean Sibelius, his music and a Finnish epic into a compelling drama.
See website.
FINLANDIA by Stephen Wyatt with Tim Pigott-Smith as Sibelius. Directed by Tracey Neale. Sunday 6th December 9 pm BBC Radio Three (available then on iPlayer for 30 days.
Bloomsbury have announced the publication in November of Writing for TV and Radio: A Writers' and Artists' Companion.
It's written by the formidably experienced team of Sue Teddern and Nick Warburton. It also includes short contributions by a number of writers including my own thoughts on the p...
Early next year I will be teaching my course in advanced radio drama for New Writing South in collaboration with the distinguished radio producer Martin Jenkins.
Details of the course and how to book are on the NWS website and in their latest brochure out very soon.
Three very productive days this week in the crumbling BBC Maida Vale Studios recording Finlandia, my play about Sibelius, directed by Tracey Neale with an excellent cast headed by Tim Pigott-Smith. The play broadcasts in December on Radio 3 as part of the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of Sib...
Turns out the Prix Marulic got their maths wrong when counting the votes, and we really came second!
So a promotion of sorts! A little embarrassing for the organisers though...
As of 30th May, 26 days still to go on iPlayer