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Ida and Louise – a radio commission for Jane Purcell

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Clare Spencer

I’ve just been commissioned to write a five part Woman’s Hour Drama based on the lives of Ida and Louise Cook.   Both were avid opera lovers and during their travels to Europe in the 1930s became aware of the persecution … Continue reading →

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All-Action Radio Road Movie

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Jules Horne

The story of Kirkpatrick Macmillan, the inventor of the pedal cycle, is well known in Dumfriesshire, but he doesn’t seem to get due credit elsewhere. Time, I thought, to put the record straight, and give him his own radio play.  … Continue reading →

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Jane Purcell: BBC Radio 4 play commission

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Clare Spencer

The way that BBC Radio 4 works is that you send in an idea, jumping through about 356 hoops while you do so.  Then you wait and wait and at some point you might hear that your idea has gotten … Continue reading →

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