Ragged Scratch Podcast

Ragged Scratch Podcast

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Ragged Scratch Podcast episodes

  • Ragged Scratch Podcast S2E1: Gov.Ramble

    Ragged Scratch Podcast S2E1: Gov.Ramble

    Hosted by Natalie Winter

    Sound Design, Recording Engineer: Kirsty Gillmore

    Ready to Ramble, by Phil Taylor

    In order to have a nice walk you need to make sure you are well equipped.

    Directed and edited by Natalie Chisolm

    Tony: John Grayson

    Joan: Bethan Dixon Bate

    Gov.UK, by Eva Todica

    A humorous and light-hearted imaginary conversation with a government worker, post Brexit, highlighting some of the exhausting questions faced by immigrants.

    Directed by Bill Thomas

    Edited by Kirsty Gillmore

    Naimh: Katie Flamman

    Ionana: Catriona Croitoru

    Theme music by Alyx Jones

    Shoutouts:

    Thanks to our Patreon Supporters:

    John Grayson

    Tracey Hayward

    Natalie Chisolm

    Michael Solko

    Ruth Corner

    Lizzie Wilding

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    28 min
  • The Ragged Scratch Podcast: S2 Trailer

    The Ragged Scratch Podcast Season 2: Trailer

    Hosted by Natalie Winter, edited by Natalie Winter and Natalie Beran.

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    0 min
  • Ragged Scratch Podcast S1E6: Channel, Quick

    Ragged Scratch Podcast S1E6: Channel, Quick

    Hosted by Natalie Winter

    Sound Design, Recording Engineer: Kirsty Gillmore

    Channel, by Richard Hearn (www.richardhearn.co.uk)

    A sleep-deprived new mother tries to cope alone while her husband is away. Not all the sounds through the baby monitor are all they seem.

    Directed by Bill Thomas

    Edited by Kirsty Gillmore

    Gemma: Chloe Gilgallon

    A Quick Load, by Paul Robbie Stoyle

    An interview with a veteran voice actress takes a sinister turn in this pitch-black dark comedy. Expect screams, scares and suds!

    Directed and edited by Kirsty Gillmore

    Julia: Jo Ashe

    Jeff: Andrew Gallo

    Theme music by Alyx Jones

    Shoutouts

    Scratch at the Jack (Both Richard Hearn and Ben Francis have short plays in the lineup) info and tickets: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/brockleyjackstudio/scratch-at-the-jack/e-exxjxq

    https://twitter.com/ScratchAtJack

    Paragraph Planet: https://paragraphplanet.com/ https://twitter.com/paragraphplanet

    Zenpens Silent Writers Retreat: https://zenpens-silentwritersretreats.yolasite.com/

    Season 2 applications will open in December.

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    36 min
  • Ragged Scratch Podcast S1E5: Settling Your Benevolence

    Ragged Scratch Podcast S1E5: Settling Your Benevolence

    CW: Threats of gun violence, presented for comedy.

    Hosted by Natalie Winter

    Sound Design, Recording Engineer: Kirsty Gillmore


    Settling The Score by Roy Proctor

    A hot-headed husband goes to a gun store in search of the perfect weapon to kill his wife, her lover and himself, only to be confronted at every turn by a persnickety shopkeeper in this dark ten-minute comedy adapted from a Chekhov short story.

    Directed by Karen Hope

    Edited by Kirsty Gillmore

    Fyodor: Jack Glanville

    Shopkeeper: Jonathan Brandt

    Your Benevolence, by Matt Boothman (www.twitter.com/merelymatt)

    When divine intervention is a fact of life, you have to be careful what you pray for. One of a series of audio monologues that let you eavesdrop on pleas addressed to the highest power of another world.

    Directed by Karen Hope

    Edited by Kirsty Gillmore

    J: Dev Joshi

    Theme music by Alyx Jones

    Shoutouts

    Merely Roleplayers (Matt Boothman): mattboothman.com/merelyroleplayers (twitter.com/merelyroleplay)

    Slice and Dice (Jack Glanville): twitter.com/SliceandD6

    5 Calls: https://5calls.org/

    Write to Them: https://www.writetothem.com/

    They Work for You: https://www.theyworkforyou.com/

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    30 min
  • Ragged Scratch Podcast S1E4: An Ordinary Vein

    Ragged Scratch Podcast S1E4: An Ordinary Vein

    CW: Death of a family member, one short incident of swearing

    Hosted by Natalie Winter

    Sound Design, Recording Engineer: Kirsty Gillmore

    An Ordinary House, by Clare Finnimore

    When 28 year old Sarah goes off to Raqqa to fight with the Kurds, what happens to those she leaves behind. This fictional drama is adapted from a recent TV documentary about real events that happened in 2017

    Directed and edited by Natalie Winter

    Diana - Florence Olivea

    Sarah - Amber Muldoon

    Rachael - Sharita Oomeer

    Mark - Jamie Newal

    Like the Blood in Your Veins, by Victoria Taylor Roberts

    A lonely woman finds love (of sorts) on the treadmill.

    Directed by Victoria Taylor Roberts

    Edited by Kirsty Gillmore

    Maggie - Natalie Chisolm

    Theme music by Alyx Jones

    Sound file attributions: Room tone: JGarc on Freesound: https://freesound.org/s/342863/

    Shoutouts

    Medecins Sans Frontieres - https://www.msf.org.uk/

    Help Refugees - https://helprefugees.org

    Amnesty International - https://www.amnesty.org.uk

    Somewhere Else Writer’s Group, Cirencester: https://somewhere-else-writers.org.

    Sharita Oomeer co-directing The Norman Conquests by Alan Ayckbourn for Tower Theatre in Stoke Newington, March 2020: towertheatre.org.uk

    Victoria Taylor Roberts on Spotify


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    39 min
  • Ragged Scratch Podcast S1E3: About Home

    Ragged Scratch Podcast S1E3: About Home

    CW: Sexualised descriptions of characters, swearing

    Hosted by Natalie Winter

    Sound Design, Recording Engineer: Kirsty Gillmore

    About A Girl, by Rhiannon Owens

    I may not have a body but please don't talk about it. Even audiobook characters have had enough.

    Directed and edited by Kirsty Gillmore

    The Narrator - Blake Kubena

    The Girl - Samantha Béart

    The Lady - Rosemary Lippard

    Home, by Nick Maynard

    Coming home can be difficult – especially when it’s for the last time.

    Directed by Scott Le Crass

    Edited by Kirsty Gillmore

    Chris - Robert Nairne

    Andy - Luke De Belder

    Theme music by Alyx Jones

    Shoutouts

    Blake Kubena in Season 6 of ‘Vikings’ (www.twitter.com/HistoryVikings) coming Autumn/Winter 2019

    Luke De Belder in ‘A Curious Night of Music and Art’, run by Curious Tales Theatre Company (www.curioustalestheatre.com / www.twitter.com/CuriousTalesThr). Friday 29th November, 7.30pm at the Chapel Playhouse.

    Natalie Winter in Blackshaw’s Scare Slam as part of the London Horror Festival. 11th October, 9.30pm, The Pleasance Theatre London. https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/london-horror-festival-scare-slam#overview

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    39 min
  • Ragged Scratch Podcast S1E2: The Penitent is Honestly, Fine

    Ragged Scratch Podcast S1E2: The Penitent is Honestly, Fine!

    Hosted by Natalie Winter

    Sound Design, Recording Engineer: Kirsty Gillmore

    The Penitent is a Little Cheerful, by Alice Wilson

    Rome, 1580: a city of painters and priests. A cardinal is disturbed at the potential energy of a new altar-piece for the Pope.

    Directed by Bill Thomas

    Clemente: Paul Waggot

    Francisco: Robert Vernon

    I’m Fine, Honestly, Fine, by Tracey Hayward

    Were you ever rejected by someone and wanted them to say 'I was wrong about you'? Suzie is successful and her mean ex is back in touch, what could go wrong?

    Directed by Lorraine Ansell

    Suzy - Lynsey Murrell

    Jack - Raphael Von Blumenthal

    Theme music by Alyx Jones

    Shoutouts

    Paul Waggot in ‘The Offensive’ - https://stakhanov.studio/shows/the-offensive/

    Robert Vernon in ‘The Village in the Woods’ (www.twitter.com/village_movie), trailer - https://youtu.be/aa6a0jcc4IQ - available online in the UK on Amazon, Google Play, iTunes & Sky Store from 14th October.

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    37 min
  • Ragged Scratch Podcast S1E1: A Nobel Moon Rising

    Ragged Scratch Podcast S1E1: A Nobel Moon Rising

    CW: Very mild content warning for discussion of complicated past relationships, no swearing, no sexual content, no drugs references.

    Hosted by Natalie Winter

    Sound Design, Recording Engineer: Kirsty Gillmore

    A Nobel Prize or Your Money Back by Ben Francis

    Chester Campbell is a splendid writer who has, unaccountably, all his life been ignored by publishers, and in fact everyone. Then he buys a software package that will help him write his bestseller, and lives to regret it.

    Directed and edited by Lorraine Ansell

    Chester: Luke MacLeod

    Red Moon Rising by Freya Jackson

    Girlfriends Sam and Kim are visiting Kim's mother, when Sam discovers a revelation about Kim's teenage first love that causes them to think critically about the past.

    Directed by Lucy Linger

    Edited by Kirsty Gillmore

    Kim: Victoria Johnston

    Sam: Jess Nesling

    Theme music by Alyx Jones

    Shoutouts

    Blackshaw Theatre Company's Scare Slam (www.twitter.com/BlackshawUpdate)

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    32 min
  • Ragged Scratch Podcast: Season 1 Trailer

    This is a trailer for the Ragged Scratch Podcast, the new writing night in podcast form!

    Theme - Alyx Jones

    Sound Design - Kirsty Gillmore

    Created, hosted and edited - Natalie Winter

    Tune in next week for Episode 1, and in the mean time you can find us online on all the socials @RaggedFoils

    0 min

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The Ragged Scratch Podcast is a new writing night… in podcast form!