I’d encourage everyone to think about writing for radio. Really, it’s an amazing medium, prosaic and poetic all at the same time; you can set anything anywhere – the possibilities are endless. There’s no medium quite like it.
The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3 programme The Verb is a weekly "Cabaret of the Word", featuring the best poetry, new writing and performance, presented by Ian McMillan. The programme has regularly collaborated with us at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Writersroom, offering the opportunity for writers from our development groups to gain a short audio drama commission and the chance to appear as a guest in The Verb studio.
Having been selected, the writers undergo a thorough development process with a Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Audio Drama North Producer. Find out more about the previous writers who were commissioned and listen to their audio dramas.
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2024
Short audio dramas from Amy Arnold, Alan Flanagan, Matthew Smith and Karen Featherstone. -
2022
Short audio dramas from Georgia Affonso, Tim Barrow and Alex Riddle recorded in 2022. -
2021
Short audio dramas from Emilie Robson, Miles Sloman and Paolo Chianta. -
2020
Short audio dramas from Jacob Welby, Alissa Anne Jeun Yi, Lucy Burke and Lettie Precious. -
2019
Short audio dramas from Matthew Ingram, Allison Davies, Willow Mirza and Jesse Schwenk.