Radio Drama Grace Corriette

The history. Radio Dramas have been around for a very long time. Over the years, the means of recording and broadcasting have change as new technology has come into play. Radio Drama was developed in 1920’s and was extremely popular right up until the invention of the Television in the 1950’s. Unfortunately radio drama has never managed to regain its popularity in some countries. In Britain, however Radio drama is still very popular with producers such as the BBC broadcasting hundreds of new and very popular plays. Click onto the link to get more information on the history of Radio Drama.

Radio drama is a form of audio storytelling broadcast on radio. With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine the story.radio drama Radio drama achieved widespread popularity within a decade of its initial development in the 1920s. By the 1940s, it was a leading international popular entertainment. With the advent of television in the 1950s, however, radio drama lost some of its popularity, and in some countries, has never regained large audiences. However, recordings of OTR (old-time radio) survive today in the audio archives of collectors and museums.old-time radio As of 2006, radio drama has had a minimal presence on terrestrial radio in the United States. Much of American radio drama is restricted to rebroadcasts or podcasts of programs from previous decades. However, other nations still have thriving traditions of radio drama. In the United Kingdom, for example, the BBC produces and broadcasts hundreds of new radio plays each year on Radio 3, Radio 4, and BBC Radio 7. Drama is aired daily on Radio 4 in the form of afternoon plays, a Friday evening play, short dramas included in the daily Woman's Hour program, Saturday plays and Sunday classic serials. On Radio 3 there is Sunday evening drama and, in the slot reserved for experimental drama, The Wire. The drama output on Radio 7, which consists predominantly of archived programs, is chiefly composed of comedy, thrillers and science fiction. Podcasting has also offered the means of creating new radio dramas, in addition to the distribution of vintage programs.podcastsBBCRadio 3Radio 4BBC Radio 7Woman's Hour The terms "audio drama" or "audio theatre" are sometimes used synonymously with "radio drama" with one notable distinction: audio drama or audio theatre is not intended specifically for broadcast on radio. Audio drama, whether newly produced or OTR classics, can be found on CDs, cassette tapes, podcasts, webcasts and conventional broadcast radio. "Radio drama documentaries" are also called "feature".audio theatreCDs cassette tapespodcastswebcastsfeature Radio Drama

What is The Archers? The Archers is a radio soap opera set in the fictional English village of Ambridge. It provides contemporary drama in a rural setting. What will I hear? Ambridge is portrayed as a 21st century village, with all the pressures of modern rural life. You'll become involved in the characters' personal and business struggles, love affairs - happy and troubled - and village activities. And there are plenty of lighter moments too. Who is it about? Several of the main characters are farmers: David and Ruth Archer at Brookfield Farm (dairy and beef), their cousins Pat and Tony Archer who farm organically at Bridge Farm (dairy and vegetables), and well- off Brian and Jennifer Aldridge at Home Farm (arable, sheep and deer), the biggest in the village. The Archer family is related to the Aldridges and to several other Ambridge families, including the Hebden Lloyds (riding school and vet), the Pargetters (stately home owners) and the Woolleys (retired business people). And there are lots of less well-off characters. Most of them live and work in and around Ambridge: on the farms, in the local pub (The Bull), at the village shop, the swanky Grey Gables hotel or St Stephen's church. Others might be found in the nearby market town of Borchester. Full details can be found in the Who's Who.Who's Who And there are family trees for the main families.family trees How can I hear it? The 13-minute episodes are broadcast on BBC Radio 4 every day, Sunday to Friday at 7 pm, repeated the next day at 2pm (except Saturdays). There's an omnibus edition of all the week's episodes on Sunday morning at 10.00am. BBC Radio 4 is on FM, 198 LW, and on digital radio and television You can also listen online, or get the programme sent to your computer in a podcast.listen onlinepodcast