I often enjoy browsing the polymath goodies to be found in Nigel Deacon's Diversity Website, especially the section devoted to Radio Drama.  In the late 1980s, I spent a very happy 18 months as a member of the Radio Drama Co. - the BBC's in-house stable of tame luvvies (motto: "Never Knowingly Underplayed").

During that time, in order to ensure I got all the repeat fees that were due to me, I filed away the top-sheet of every script.  In 2005 I blew the dust off that file and realised that the wealth of information it contains might be of interest to Nigel and his fellow Radio Drama collectors.  Since then, he has very kindly asked if he can make this data available to his site visitors.

THE TABLE BELOW lists the productions by title, along with as much data as I could feasibly squeeze in.  You can re-sort the table alphabetically by category: - just click the relevant column heading, and the data will re-arrange itself accordingly.  NOTE: - You will need to have Javascript switched ON to do this.

COLOUR CODE:  A  BLUE  background indicates that the play is missing from my collection of recordings - so if you happen to have a copy, do get in touch!  A  PINK  background indicates that I have a recording of that production.  Thanks to the generosity of Nigel Deacon, Mike Roberts and VRPCC founder Barry Pike in bolstering my collection with items from their own vast archives, the number of pink panels is gradually growing and may soon outnumber the blue ones.   Also, to my delight and surprise, in recent years I have been receiving a stream of 'missing' plays in mp3 form via the sendspace service, from a donor (or donors) whose identity is unknown to me. Whoever you are, mystery benefactors, please accept my heartfelt thanks!  My thanks to playwright Juliet Heslewood for her copy of "A Travelling Actress", to Mark Beeson for his verse-drama "The Swallows", to Dennis Nicoll for "Pelléas & Mélisande" and "The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Part 5)", to Steve Heaton for "The Deep End", to Alistair Wyper for "A Tale Of Two Cities" and to Greg Linden of Oakland, California, who has sent me recordings of "The Bass Saxophone", "A Best Kept Village", "That Cunard Woman" and "A Child Crying".

STUDIO MANAGERS:  Wherever possible, I have included info as to which job was being taken by whom on the day.  In those cases where such info is missing, it's fairly safe to assume that the list runs "Panel / Grams / Spot FX", as this seems to have been the standard BBC practice when listing names on the script.

PICTURES:  If you see a name that looks Red and Underlined like this, click it to see a picture of that person working on the production in question.

WHY NO ACTORS?  Should any of my fellow cast members see this page and feel aggrieved that no actors' names have been included, please accept my apologies.  It's purely a matter of layout.  As you'll recall, cast sizes averaged between 3 and 8, and on the big 'classic serial' productions they could go to 20 or 30.  There simply isn't space to put everybody in!  Perhaps that'll be the basis for another project...

GAPS IN THE DATA:  As you'll see, there are some productions for which info is incomplete.  If you can help fill in any of these gaps, please EMAIL ME.

All the best to everyone - especially all those talented folk on both sides of the glass, alongside whom I was privileged to work!
Ken Cumberlidge