It probably doesn’t reflect very well on the quality of what is presented today as entertainment if I, a 25-year-old, can honestly say that I love to lie on my bed after a shift doing my job as a psychiatric nurse enjoying radio plays that my friends of my age would rag me about if they knew I listened to them so avidly (we hit the town at the weekend to party like most people of our age who work hard all week…). My dad sometimes joins me to enjoy listening to a play I’ve chosen to listen to that evening, it’s great if that play has us discussing it once it has finished. I really appreciate that someone takes the time to gather the wonderful plays & shows that so many of us enjoy so much and then upload them to KZread. Thank you to Chesterton Radio for providing them for our listening pleasure. (My name, Thorvald, is pronounced Tourval by the way, Norwegian) 😊

I used to enjoy listening to these longer radio plays when they were a regular thing on BBC Radio 4. For some reason in the early 2000s the BBC decided these were too difficult for us to listen to with our minuscule attention spans so we got 45 minute plays instead. Nothing wrong with shorter plays but the 90 minute radio dramas were a speciality of Radio 4. It's so good to be able to hear them again.

@MRSCARNIVAL

2 ай бұрын

Down to half an hour now!

I put these on at bedtime and usually drift off. This one had me so tense I couldn't fall asleep! 😅

Peeling spuds&veg Sunday roast I’m listening 🍷 thank you for uploading 👍

It's June 2022 , and here I am giving this radio drama another listen.

So Kafka-esque, it made me indignant all the way to the end! Terrifically written - Kafka would have been proud!

Bravo! My kind of entertainment…

Thank you so much, I was completely absorbed in this story.

This drama is rich with twists and intrigue.

My parents listen to radio dramas in the day. Wonderful example thanks for this.

Just discovered these and love them thank you

Excellent thank you ... wonderful way to spend a sleepless night!

The acting is splendid!

This particular radio drama is so interesting that I'm listening to it for the third time.

@avisjohnson6185

3 жыл бұрын

Your comment has made me decide to listen for the first time.

@ralphtouch8962

3 жыл бұрын

@@avisjohnson6185 you won't be disappointed.

@markadams2907

3 жыл бұрын

I've listened to this one more than I have any of the others and it never gets old...I still love it Signed Victor - the giraffe 🦒

I feel spoiled with all these wonderful radio broadcasts that you post and I LOVE IT AND APPRECIATE YOU !!!!🙌🙏🏽🤗THANK YOU!!!

I wish BBC Radio 4 Extra would play some of the fine old British dramas here. R4 Extra has really been turning up quite a lot of rubbish of late, whilst they sit on a veritable goldmine of drama.

@petejames5562

28 күн бұрын

Said this so many times, there are so many plays in the archive. 1000s just sitting doing nothing. It is sad waste.

Thanks, this was a good story, thanks for finding and sharing for all us audiophiles

A mind twist til the very end. Superb! Thanks ☮️

Wonderful podcasts -

There was no other possible ending. Great!

😮 wow!! Thank you very much! ❤😮

Excellent, thank you.

Very much enjoyed listening to the play, excellent!!

Second to none. 👌👌 The play and the Wireless!!! 😘😘😘🤗🤗🤗 📻 funny too, I worked in Halesowen for a few years!

This story reflects the way society is today, people are more interested in sensationalism than the real story. Everything is dumbed down so it requires no stimulated thought.

@Cheepchipsable

3 жыл бұрын

It's always been that way. I have to admit I couldn't listen to the whole thing. The writer seem a bit dim (I won't say why due to spoilers.) The reality is if people didn't like what was being offered they wouldn't buy it. Publisher is a business there to make money off that.

@rogerevans8081

3 жыл бұрын

No, the guy's problem was not just society. It was his unrelentingly negative attitude, which he told himself and others was his elevated literary ideals. Every time someone says something positive to him, he interrupts to contradict them. I'm only 25 minutes in, and I assume that he's going to turn it around (for good or ill), but his agent, Ms. Shapiro, is telling him of an idea that he doesn't have to turn into a Tom Robbins blockbuster. He can make it a modern Dickens-level blockbuster by combining her insights with his literary skill (assuming he has as much as he insists he has). But I'm guessing he won't. He doesn't really have a strong mind of his own.

@louisbrugnoni1291

3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately the majority seems to like it that way. That’s why comic book heroes and transformers make so much money for the studios. I love independent films myself.

@stevie-ray2020

2 жыл бұрын

.....yes, but this play asks; What is the 'real story'?

@fplspartans

2 жыл бұрын

@@Cheepchipsable I just wonder how much of the play you did actually listen too. The character of the writer isn't dim at all. He has principles, knows about the subject he's writing and has integrity. He soon discovers that the publisher is totally unscrupulous and is more concerned about manipulating the situation for her own needs, rather than treating the author with any respect for his creative content.

Shocking ❤. Thanks😮!!!!

I enjoy this so much!

10:45 The best reality check of why a job us not a "career" and hiw co-workers are not "family"

Thanks for the upload

I found this and now, second listening... 🇮🇪😀

Synopsis: A writer with a modest success behind him. A huge American corporation interested in film scripts. The two come together! Suddenly Matthew Bradford finds himself caught up in a world of make-believe that becomes, for him, beyond belief. With Martyn Read and Margaret Robertson

@zoyablake9538

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! This sounds good!

@stewartmcardle8149

3 жыл бұрын

Nice descriptive synopsis from a Maestro...😉

@tottiemae2258

3 жыл бұрын

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@hectorbrown656

3 жыл бұрын

@@tottiemae2258 ( Maureen ) good morning Tottie it’s a lovely morning here in the Ch. Maritime I hope it’s the same for you in Arizona ,and thank you .

@tottiemae2258

3 жыл бұрын

@@hectorbrown656 Yes, it's bright and beautiful here. It's supposed to be in the mid-70s, our Spring. Hope you've had a happy day, Maureen!

I miss these hour long plays. There's a real cutting back on BBC radio drama.

@thorvaldrhysbjrnson8720

9 ай бұрын

The BBC can’t spend licence payers money on producing quality radio dramas and pay grotesque 000,000 £ salaries to so called football pundits for sitting on their backsides sprouting their rubbish every week and making statements about matters they obviously don’t really understand.

Very interesting. There’s a Stepford Wives quality to the story. Packaging the perfect author and then causing the real author to “disappear .” My spouse has a novel currently under review by a publisher. Thankfully we are now warned! ;)

It wouldn't surprise me if this was a true story and had happened on more than one occasion.

@RSEFX

2 жыл бұрын

I've gone thru this sort of thing, tho in not as Faustian a way, but with some of the same principles involved. And I know others who have been thru that same kind of "mill".

@katiedotson704

5 ай бұрын

@@RSEFX It still happens. The music industry is rife with this.

Absolutely brilliant! Thanks for the upload!

Great story line. The acting magnificent. You close your eyes and your imagination follows the voices. It was a wonderful story. Thank you

@joannpagdon6728

2 жыл бұрын

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It would be great if you could give a brief synopsis in the introductory notes.

@danjsy

4 ай бұрын

If you listen to the play you'll find that very apposite !

That was fantastic! Thank you.

Top marks! It makes a person wonder about many other commercial endeavors based on illusion and fantasy being their hallmarks to sucess!!

It’s the story of Faust with Marleen playing the part of the devil

@RSEFX

2 жыл бұрын

Ah...I like that angle! Maybe they could do a bit of a re-write on this and suggest---I don't know, just spit-balling here---some hints of strange charts on Shapiro's desk. And some sexy parties that he winds up attending that take place in some "hip" bit obscure part of town, in a series of sub-sub-basements. where there's more than a mere hint that there are deep dark deals being made with power-brokers from around the world, all involved in entertainment, and hint of...."rituals"?? A mysterious stranger dressed in red?----But maybe that's too on the nose?

Perfect 🤍💗

Amazing story thank you

Awesome broadcast

Thank you.

That was fantastic. Would make a great one off tv drama.

I still think: Radio Drama has the side-effect of being more timeless than movies. In movies it only takes seconds to see anything outdated, in audio it is mostly that old, analogue phone ringing (in contrast to having a smartphone wherever we are) that reminds of such. 🤔

The variety of opinions on these radio dramas is quite fun, and interesting!

@kimmccabe1422

3 жыл бұрын

My own modest opinion id-excellent! Any British drama-mysteries best! More avail. pls.

@carmelgrace1939

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this very clever story. I thoroughly enjoyed it!

A mind twister right to the end. Smashing! Thanks ☮️

@shirleymurray4416

2 жыл бұрын

Loved it. Especially enjoyed the overbearing editor.

I'm finally back to finish this story, it seemed to good to listen to while being distracted. I read the comments, looking forward to seeing how it goes

Fantastic story! Darkly humourous

Splendid

That was completely trippy!! 😂

The title is appropriate as each of the characters is "flawed" to the point irritability...and that's great because it just adds to the drama. Of all the uploads I've listened to this is my absolute favorite. I love it!!! Thanks for uploading! Ps - Victor the giraffe is hilarious 🤣

What a great piece of work! Exciting until the end, although the turn it takes was easily forecast. This has to be one of my top ten to twenty favorites of all time. I am finding it difficult to ‘turn on’ my friends to this genre of entertainment, but if you have a rabid book reader in your circle, try this on them, as I have done. BRAVO!

@ismailmiah1446

2 жыл бұрын

I love them to

I can't believe he couldn't see it coming.That's my only complaint: I could see it coming.

Loved Marlene - how to make a talentless, entitled whining walley into a cash machine. My role model😁

That's a Corporation Street, Birmingham, UK on the title photograph.

This is a great serious comedy.

Very good. thank you for uploading it. I have to agree with Anaderol. He was naive in the extreme. I knew he was on a downward path as soon as he stood up Jenny on that lunch date near the beginning of the play.

@melissasaint3283

Жыл бұрын

Poor Jenny

@hermajesty52

Жыл бұрын

yes.....I actually got a bad feeling after that and I could guess the rest and just couldn't go on.... Reminds me of some Evelyn Waugh stories, esp Handful of Dust..... UGH..... good writing but a bummer of an ending.

Exquisite radio play!

This one woke me up straight off from the very beginning. One of the best.

Letting it go, I am Trusting You Father God, Glory to You Father God, it's about Your Will Not my own, You know Best God, Always.....

Listening

Do you think we should call the company Eagle Publishing or Vulture Press? We want to create the right first impression...

Love these Saturday night theatre audio books and would appreciate a length of time on them if at all possible. Thanks 😊

@valeriejohnson5283

3 жыл бұрын

They are usually between an hour or an hour and a half. The time shows up on all my uploads.🥀🥀

: : "in the real sense you put yourself in here'. Said the doctor to Matthew. What a nightmare of brutal manipulation and nievity...i still have 10 minutes listening left but this has been quite a story! 🤗

Like the twist.

This is quite a prescient drama as it's been documented that certain writers have been de-commissioned by their publishers for "anti-woke" comments by the specific authors who created the "franchise" ............a bit like "truth is stranger than fiction".....

@chrisloughlin3705

3 жыл бұрын

Yes well it's good the publishers don't want to be propaganda tools for racists and misogynists ..shows things may be changing slowly. It must be very scary for the poor fragile reactionary types having their worldview critiqued and perceived as 'uncool' by the younger generations. These "Anti-wokers" are so frightened they refer to people generally left of centre as the 'elite' and suchlike to try to put people off ideas of just being generally respectful to each other in terms of race, gender sex, sexuality, and co-operation instead of conflict.

@rogerevans8081

3 жыл бұрын

If we are for freedom of private enterprise, we have no grounds to oppose the right of publishers to publish only what they believe to be true or helpful for their public.

Do people remember Tony Bilbow in connection with a lot of these plays?

Lots of truth in this play. A lot of truth...

This was good. Different from the usual run-of-the-mill 😜

My new novel " Breaking the Wind " is due out in a few months .

Splendidly Horrific

Great story. Hard to feel sorry for him.

Wouldn't it be a good idea to always give the dates of transmission? It would be much appreciated - save us looking it up. Anyway, thanks very much for all these uploads. Hugely valuable to so many people.

@vespadavidson2315

3 жыл бұрын

Oh put yourself out and look up the dates if you are interested.

@robwilde855

3 жыл бұрын

@@vespadavidson2315 I do. As I said. The point remains valid, as it's easy for the uploader to add the date to their introductory words. A lot of listeners would appreciate it.

@vespadavidson2315

3 жыл бұрын

@@robwilde855 Point was never valid. Try and wipe your own ass. Edit; due to complaints, if the word ass, or the idea of wiping ones own, offends you, then substitute the words bottom and bidet. Also consider looking up the use of metaphors, for linguistic effect.

@miltondavidfrank

3 жыл бұрын

@@vespadavidson2315 so enlightening to spew your hate and vitriol on the interwebz, innit?

@rich-ard-style6996

3 жыл бұрын

@@vespadavidson2315 👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻ugly way to speak to others.

I love plays on Saturday pm...

I say old fruit . Can I bother you to pass me a slice of guinea fowl .

Driven insane by a society constantly bleating on about councelling and mental health. What, exactly, is reality these days ??

Who maintains this channel?

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Faust all right.

By "Chris Allen"

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I think the ending is ridiculous. Enjoyed the play up to the time of the nursing home but after that it went haywire.

I don’t get the ending.

The book title Shapiro insists upon is, uh, too "British". A better title (at the time) would be something like THE FATALITIES or just FATALITIES (the fatalities of victims in the old London streets, as well as those fatalities---the fatal flaw/s----that run thru the family over time ....so the point remains the same/a double meaning.) Simplifying the title would be closer in line with the Dean Koontz books, many of which were pretty darn successful and came with simple one-word titles. (Also like King, with THE STAND, THE SHINING etc). I've kinda gone thru a similar process in film business. Very eviscerating, but common. Fun play. "Matt Brand"...That's great! I can easily picture that name emblazoned large in furnace-hot red on an airport rack book cover!

@fplspartans

2 жыл бұрын

I don't understand why you think the title 'The Fatal Flaw' is "too British"? The whole premise of the story is that the male side of the family has a kink/flaw which induces them into murder. The Fatal Flaw describes the key element of the book, the word fatalities doesn't. For info, the current top 20 best selling books of all time don't have one word titles. In fact the majority of the most sold books generally have a range from four to eight words, so simplfying titles doesn't guarantee success. In fact, Dean Koontz only started to use one word titles after his earlier successes which weren't one word titles like 'Demon Seed' etc, which probably suggests his later book sales were based on his reputation rather than a one word title of his books.

@RSEFX

2 жыл бұрын

@@fplspartans I get your point. My own personal opinion is just that and, perhaps, was not worth putting forth here. But, having done that, I think I should make what I said a tad clearer (omg, here he goes again! ;-7): I feel that the victim are not only those who are killed, but the family is a fatal victim to its own intrinsic "flaw" (as in the old phrase "they were their own worst enemy") so the title FATALITIES would suggest the sum of all those affected , A toll is taken all around. Well, maybe that was already clear from my previous (picky, I guess) comment. I mean, THE FATAL FLAW is a very appropriate title, but just seemed (to my own taste) a little "explain-y" rather than evocative. You may very well be right re why Koontz shifted to the one-word title deal. In general, it is a style that is admittedly in vogue/has been for quite a few decades (and who knows?---maybe it'll be the very thing that will come across as "old fashioned"/dated years down the line). I don't know what span of time the 20 most popular books covers: On an average over a long enough period of time, the one-word title may lose out to other, longer, more classic titles when averaged out, but might be more dominant if the survey covered a shorter, and more recent span only. But...now I'm just spinning my wheels over something ---a level of pickiness---that I'm getting really irritated at myself for having blabbed on and on so long about!! One needs to slap one's self sometimes from bouts of "over-think"----perhaps it's my own personal "fatal flaw"! (And I'll just tell myself it's the coffee---and a certain amount of procrastination---that's actually talking!) Good wishes. :-)

@fplspartans

2 жыл бұрын

@@RSEFX it's the writers first book so he doesn't have a legend hence why a one word title wouldn't really describe anything. JK Rowling's first Harry Potter book wasn't just called 'Harry' or 'Potter'. Also from an unknown author 'Fatalities' could be just an encyclopedia of major road traffic accidents during the year. You need a hook and a title that kinda describes more the theme of the book. With an established author, the title could be anything, as people will say 'must get the latest Koontz novel, what's it called...'Seaweed'...oh well it's bound to be good ☺️

@RSEFX

2 жыл бұрын

@@fplspartans In the end, I just think a more evocative title would help. The story is so much better than the title right now (obviously just a personal opinion), and the term "fatal flaw" is---again I emphasize TO ME----just an overly-familiar term that doesn't evoke, doesn't spark anything, just kinda sits there (in spite of it being very appropriate), and comes with no cache, no energy, no "grab". So, let's say FATALITIES is terrible too, or worse. Ok, it stinks. But I think sumptin''s gotta be better out there in title-grab-ass land.... Anyway, thanks for the back and forth. it has me re-thinking what I was thinking. (BUT....gotta get off here as now my own project is calling, asking, BEGGING for a few good ideas for my own, er, good.)

Everyone's behind him, yet he's too negative to go foreward... I can't finish listening....it's frustrating

@hudsony777

3 жыл бұрын

Because he's used to producing trash.

@RSEFX

2 жыл бұрын

He's just trying not to get lost and give away his soul. Probably should've realized that he'd already sold that part of himself and it was useless to struggle. Take the money and run, then go off and ----with money to support his true interests---write what he truly believes and is interested in.... But then....no drama. No story. Blah.

OMG... the New Zealand accent on here sounds like an Aussie in a vice.

@AllyPerrott

3 жыл бұрын

It’s unbelievable how they think they can use an Australian accent and pass it off as a NewZealand one. Shoddy work really 🧐

@mtsenskmtsensk5113

3 жыл бұрын

@@AllyPerrott I remember the QI joke,, graffiti seen on a London wall- Australia 6, New Zealand 7 (spoken in a Kiwi accent.)

@grimtt

3 жыл бұрын

😂

@markadams2907

3 жыл бұрын

That is hilarious 🤣😆😂😄!!!!!

@lizziedripping71

3 жыл бұрын

@@AllyPerrott And the Scots accent/posh English one are totally rubbish too

9:57

These stories are hugely superior to the modern and woke crap radio 4 puts out now.

HI RIPS HIM OFF !!! AND GUESS WHO GETS RIPED OFF ?

He didn't want to do the rubbish novel, then got annoyed when after minimal effort, it gave him the money and time to do the serious stuff without having to teach and without the adverse publicity/notoriety. Instead he whined and chased credit for the steaming pile he didn't want to be associated with anyway. The premise is 'fatally flawed'.

Indubitably, what?

Good grief - the main character has a PhD in naivety. Worse he does not learn from experience. An entertaining story nonetheless.

A decent portrayal of a very plausible story in todays dark corridors webbed of corparate strings.

Real life or fiction? Gaslighting or misinformation? Could this be today?

The company turned out to be rather gentle by modern standards!

Hated the ending.