Manx Radio Dramas

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Manx Radio Dramas episodes

July 07 ROAST DINNER
A one act play written and adapted for radio by Lisa Smith. Ben loves a roast dinner . . . but all is not as it seems . .
35 min
October 31, 2023 The Claire Witch Project
Join our comedy team for a satirical, spooky treat for Hop tu Naa.
27 min
December 25, 2022 The Railway Children
The Railway Children, a new radio drama adapted from and based on the much loved novel and film. Featuring an all-Island cast and produced by Bob Harrison for Manx Radio.
55 min
July 13, 2022 The Atholl Paper Plays
These short plays, produced by Manx National Heritage, are based upon some very engaging and little known stories discovered within the Dukes of Atholl archive. They relate to the Atholls’ administration of the Isle of Man between 1736 and 1830. The Dukes of Atholl archive is currently being catalogued at the Manx Museum, with papers dating from 1630-1839. The plays were written and performed by Labyrinth: History in Action players.
25 min
July 05, 2022 Suddenly at Home
A theatre of the mind, painting aural snapshots of a remembered Manxness from another time
39 min
December 27, 2021 A Garden of Teeth and Claws
Our favourite intrepid duo, Hally and Kelly, are back in their newest adventure, ‘A Garden of Teeth and Claws.’ From the pen of Alex Duncan comes the next breakneck thrill ride straight to your radio. In 1920 something, on the Isle of Man, Captain Hall and Joyce Kelly face their most dangerous case yet as a beast returns to terrorise the island. The Mordhey Dhoo is back! Will they survive? Will they uncover the secrets of the beast? Will they find a good cup of tea? Tune in to find out!
1 hr 2 min
January 01, 2021 Cronk Beg Carnival
Manx Radio brings you a special radio drama mini-series, Cronk Beg Carnival. Written by Lisa Creighton and voiced by Juan Bridson, Lisa Creighton, Toby Smith, Jackie Hawkes, Tom Cain, Chris Caine, Sophie Rudge, Alexandra Batty, Máıre Stephens, and Jenny Davies, all of the Service Players. Produced by Bob Harrison and Marc Tyley
1 hr
November 16, 2020 The Monkey's Paw
Manx Radio brings you a dramatisation of the supernatural tale by W.W. Jacobs, adapted for radio by Bob Harrison and produced by Bob Harrison and Marc Tyley
27 min
May 15, 2020 After the War
It’s 75 years since the end of World War Two and to mark the event on Manx Radio; an original drama from the award-winning playwright - Tony Perrin. One of Coronation Street’s principal writers for several decades, he’s also supplied many a script for BBC Radio - and television series like Crown Court and Play for Today.
... His play concerns a couple of plumbers from the North West of England whose lives, like many others, are being permanently reshaped ... AFTER THE WAR
43 min
May 07, 2020 The Isle of Man Celebrates VE Day
Three unique radio productions created by Manx National Heritage and Labyrinth History in Action Players. Manx National Heritage had been working on a theatrical production to be performed at the Grove this weekend, but the hard work has been repurposed into three radio broadcasts instead. Using the Manx Newspapers as source material the three programmes focus on how VE Day was marked and celebrated on the Island in May 1945.
23 min