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INDEPENDENT FULL CAST AUDIO THEATRE QR Audio Theatre is the home of cutting-edge story-telling.  Smart, edgy, contemporary fiction, that defies definition. Breath-taking, powerful, epic: sometimes surprising, sometimes challenging.... .....but always independent. read less
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Episodes

4: The Other Side of the World
31-12-2023
4: The Other Side of the World
Catflap Media and The Jungle Room in association with TBC Audio present 'The Other Side of the World' by Jonathan Williamson It is 1958.  BBC Tonight reporter Alan Whicker, having recently filmed stories for the show in Sudan and Aden approaches producers Donald Baverstock and Alasdair Milne with the idea of filming a series of stories of social interest from the other side of the world.  After pitching the idea to Head of Television Talks, Leonard Miall,  the idea turns into a reality.  Alan, cameraman Cyril Moorhead and sound recordist Freddie Downton set out on a 30,000-mile world trip, crossing five continents while filming more than forty different reports, each one flown back to London for film editor Jack Gold to shape into stories for the nightly show.  CAST JON CULSHAW (Alan Whicker) TOM DUSSEK (Cyril Moorhead) MATT BEAUMONT (Freddie Downton) PENNY SCOTT-ANDREWS (Joy Moorhead) ANDY CRESSWELL ( Donald Baverstock) CHARLIE BUCKLAND (Leonard Miall) SORCHA BROOKS (Grace Wyndham Goldie) AMELIA ARMANDE (Cynthia Kee) ANTONIA KINLAY (Marguerite Higgins) DOUG DEVANY (Ned Sherrin) BRETT FANCY (Antony Jay) THOMAS GRANT (Jack Gold) JUSTIN K HAYWARD ( Bill Searle) JD HENSHAW ( Alasdair Milne) RUSSELL SHAW( Fred Atkinson) PETER WALSH (Cliff Michelmore) MEI KONSKI (Interpreter) HARIZ A. JAIDI (Arsenio Lacson) RAY ROSEN-RAWLINGS (Ray) PEARL ROSEN RAWLINGS (Pearl) JONATHAN WILLIAMS (Writer) STEVE PRITCHARD (Sound Recordist) SIMON MOORHEAD (Sound design) ASHLEY SLATER (Opening and Closing Music) ALEX KNOWLES (Set Photographer) JANE RAY (Executive Producer) EMILY ROSEN RAWLINGS (Executive Producer) BEVERLEY HURLL (Executive Producer) SORCHA BROOKS (Director) SIMON MOORHEAD (Producer) This play was recorded at Greenwich Studios, London. www.tbc.audio QR Audio  https://audioboom.com/channels/5057159 The Other 1%  https://audioboom.com/dashboard/4966632 ©TBC Audio Ltd 2021
3:  The Boleyn Brothers
31-12-2023
3: The Boleyn Brothers
GOLD WINNER OF THE 2019 NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL RADIO AWARDS DIGITAL PODCAST. TBC Audio original drama present The Boleyn Brothers by Jonathan Williamson. This is the story of four lads from the borough of West Ham, who sign up for a bit of adventure - "it will all be over by Christmas!" - and go on to fight in some of the most horrific and deadliest battles of the First World War. From the basic training on Wanstead Flats through to the deadly meat-grinder of the Somme and finally their epic last stand at Cambrai, the Pals of West Ham saw continuous duty until they were disbanded on 10th February 1918. CAST ROBERT BOULTER (George Hancock) JACK KRISTIANSEN ( (Walter) OWEN BLEACH (Henry) ANDY CRESSWELL (Tom) PAUL MORIARTY (Sgt. Moore) JOHN SPOUR (Frank Jenns) EMMA WINGROVE (Izzie) JUSTIN K HAYWARD (Captain Keeble) ROBERT COHEN (Lt. Fairweather) DAN GREEST (Private Stagg) PETER WALSH (Private Price) MATT BEAUMONT(Private Tettmar) AMY SUTTON (Madame) RUSSELL SHAW (Corp 2nd Staffs) PHILLIPPA HAMMOND ( Nurse) MURRAY HECHT (Recruitment Sgt.) PETER ELLIOTT (Lt. Col. Pappillon) GUY WAH (Doctor) JONATHAN WILLIAMSON (Writer) JAKE SKINNER (Sound Engineer) BEVERLEY HURLL (Associate Producer) ANDREW WANNIARATCHY (Executive Producer) RUARAIDH ADAM-CAIRNS( Technical & Historical Advisor) ELLIOT TAYLOR (Technical & Historical Advisor) CHRIS BATCHELOR (Cornets & Tenor Horn) JEFF MILLER (Tuber & Ophicleide) ASHLEY SLATER (Director, Original Music & Sound Design) SIMON MOORHEAD (Producer & Sound Designer) Original music based upon the West Ham Battalion March-'Knife, Fork,Spoon'. The play contains strong language and descriptions of violence. "People who can really relate to this will love it.  Sound Effects were brilliant to the point you felt like you were transported as the listener to that era.  You could tell it was a huge production.  The fans need to know this war existed - it's part of their heritage." "This is a profoundly moving story, that really immerses you into the life and reality of the West Ham Battalion - not just in the trenches, but their lives before and after seeing action, giving a rich and textured tale" www.tbc.audio QR Audio  https://audioboom.com/channels/5057159 The Other 1%  https://audioboom.com/dashboard/4966632 ©TBC Audio 2021
2: The Nessie Files
31-12-2023
2: The Nessie Files
TBC Audio original drama presents The Nessie Files by Colin Brake and Andrew Cartmel. Nessie.. the Loch Ness Monster...  What a story, what a legend! You’ve heard the stories, no doubt... that somehow some kind of prehistoric giant reptile lives in Loch Ness, one of Scotland’s deepest lakes. It’s a real phenomenon. From a few sightings through history to an explosion of blurred photos and videos in the twentieth century it’s become a global legend, right up there with Big Foot, Sasquatch, the Yeti ... Nessie has been the subject of newspaper speculation, scientific study, monster-seeking tourism and true believers taking time away from searching the skies for little green men... But what’s the truth behind it all? Is it all smoke and mirrors? Can it be just illusions, misunderstandings, and circumstantial evidence that proves nothing? Or is it a deliberate deception, a series of pranks and practical jokes, a cynical way to exploit a very specialised tourist market and to enhance the worldwide reputation of an otherwise obscure Scottish loch? The Nessie Files: The Naturalist’s Tale by Andrew Cartmel (00:01:53) with Tom Dussek as Sir William Clapperton The Nessie Files: The Journalist’s Tale  by Andrew Cartmel (00:16:00) with Amelia Armande as Madeline. The Nessie Files: The Diver’s Tale By Andrew Cartmel  (00:29:51) with Jon Campling as Albert. The Nessie Files: The Local’s Tale by Colin Brake  (00:51:40) with Sorcha Brooks as Isla   The Nessie Files: The Believer’s Tale by Colin Brake  (01:12:48) with Brett Fancy as Kevin Miles. JAKE SKINNER (Sound Engineer) SORCHA BROOKS (Director) SIMON MOORHEAD (Producer) www.tbc.audio QR Audio   https://audioboom.com/channels/5057159 The Other 1%  https://audioboom.com/dashboard/4966632 ©TBC Audio Ltd 2021
6: The UFO Diaries
31-12-2023
6: The UFO Diaries
TBC Audio original drama presents The UFO Diaries. Unexplained Flying Objects... UFOs...We’ve all heard the stories... alien abductions, lights in the sky, close encounters of the first, second and third kind... Project Blue Book, Roswell...  People who insist that “the truth is out there...” And where are most of those tales from?  From America? Here in the United Kingdom, we’re more grounded. No little grey men over Blighty, just little grey bureaucrats in Whitehall.  Or so you may think...   But in fact the UK is a hotbed of UFO sightings.  In December 1980 one of the best-documented incidents occurred in Rendelsham Forest in Sussex.    Now, nearly 40 years later, new information about the mysterious events has come to light. THESE THEN ARE THE UFO DIARIES...... File One - The SAS Connection by Colin Brake (00:01:12) with Sorcha Brooks as Fliss. File Two - The Missing Boyfriend by Colin Brake (00:18:36) with Eva Savage as Caroline. File Three - WPC Alice Strangford by Andrew Cartmel (00:35:38) with Tigger Blaze as Alice File Four - Colonel Jim Kingthorn by Andrew Cartmel (00:40:45) with Ashley Slater as Colonel Kingthorn. File Five - Wendy Wennington by Andrew Cartmel (01:01:58) with Amy Sutton as Wendy. File Six - The Final Truth by Colin Brake (01:13:42) with Russell Shaw as Dan. File Seven - Eric Lanner by Andrew Cartmel (01:32:39) with Tom Dussek as Eric File Eight - Alex Sedwell by Andrew Cartmel (01:45:40) with Brett Fancy as Alex. File Nine - The Crusading MP by Colin Brake (02:05:26) with Emily Carding as Sofia File Ten - The CEO Report by Colin Brake (02:24:50) with Jon Camplin as The CEO. SIMON MOORHEAD (Producer & Director) This production is supported by public funding from Arts Council England. www.tbc.audio QR Audio   https://audioboom.com/channels/5057159 ©TBC Audio Ltd 2022
7: Brady & Hindley - Genesis of the Moors Murders.
25-12-2023
7: Brady & Hindley - Genesis of the Moors Murders.
QR Audio Theatre and the Jungle Room present the audiobook of Brady & Hindley - Genesis of the Moors Murders by Fred Harrison.  Read by Andy Cresswell My name is Fred Harrison and I am the newspaper journalist who was able to penetrate the haunted mind of Ian Brady and uncover the truth behind the previously unsolved disappearances of 16 year old Pauline Reade and 12 year old Keith Bennett.  In the mid 1980s, through my work for the Sunday People newspaper, I was able to access to Ian Brady in prison, and embark upon a personal mission to solve the mystery of two of Manchester’s missing children.  I wanted justice for the mothers, but Brady had his price. Revenge. Brady wanted Lord Longford’s 16 year campaign to free Myra Hindley from prison to fail, and for Myra to die behind bars.  As I entered into a macabre cat-and-mouse operation with Britain’s most notorious child killer, it was a race against time to wrestle the truth from Brady’s haunted state of mind before Myra Hindley was granted parole.  To find justice for Pauline Reade, Keith Bennett and their families, I had to joust with a psychopath who had created his own killing cult, finally securing a confession from Brady forcing the metropolitan police to reopen 20 year old cold cases and conduct a new search of the moors, uncovering the body of Pauline Reade, and leading to the lifelong incarceration of Myra Hindley. Brady & Hindley - Genesis of the Moors Murders draws heavily on a unique series of interviews with Brady and cast new light on a horrifying series of crimes: it also, provides clues that deepen our understanding of the general and continuing problem of child abuse.  © Fred Harrison, QR Audio Theatre & The Jungle Room 2022