Dad and the Dragon
Jackie’s job is to go out every week and make sure his father’s missing person posters are still in place, and remain readable, and relatively unvandalised.
Dad and the Dragon tells the story of his father’s disappearance in the form of Jackie’s own tragic thesis on the effectiveness of Sellotape in the rain.
Bridgers
Winner of the Colin Dexter Award
For Ellie, it was the best day of her life. The moment when the whole point of her existence had become clear and her heart was so full of love she thought it might burst. So why is she standing on a bridge in the middle of the night? What is she going to do and can the stranger who stops his car to speak to her, talk her out of it?
Note for listeners: please be aware that the theme of suicide is discussed in this play.
Halo of Harlots
Set in a 15th-century Southwark brothel, this story follows Angelica and her band of women as they endure and conspire against the cruel and blackmailing house overseer, Leofrick Troutbeck, who holds a deadly secret. Seeking liberation, the women devise a plan under the guise of searching for King John’s lost treasure on All Hallows’ Eve.
While I Wait – Internet Dating
Alex is down from the Midlands to visit her student daughter in London. While she waits in the coffee shop at Marylebone Station, two women join her table. She soon becomes party to an eye-opening discussion about internet dating!
Somebody’s Darling
When Sam Talbot arrives at the Fifth Southern General Hospital in 1915, she is a naïve but committed young woman keen to ‘do her bit’. Using poetry and anecdotes from real First World War hospitals, we tell the story of her experiences as she seeks to find her feet in a situation almost beyond her imagination.
A Calling to Murder
All her life Annie has been stalked by murder. So much so, that she has made a successful academic career in its study. Tonight, however, she thinks that she may be on the threshold of her greatest achievement; the solving of a cold case live on The Curtis Vellon Murder Hour. But, as anyone who works in broadcasting will tell you…once the microphone is switched on, nothing is guaranteed.
Hurricane Rash
During the Battle of Britain, fighter pilot Peter Blakey’s aircraft is shot down in flames. Badly burned, Blakey survives and is placed under the care of pioneering surgeon Archibald McIndoe. Hurricane Rash is the story of Blakey’s recovery and that of McIndoe’s other patients who would come to know themselves as the Guinea Pig Club.
In a Manner of Speaking
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Speech therapist Isobel first met ‘John’ when he was about ten years old. He had been referred to her by his family doctor. Most of her patients came to her that way – children whose linguistic development was not progressing, to the point where firstly parents, then medical professionals, had decided to investigate further.
John was as run-of-the-mill a patient as she had ever come across. Or at least he was at first… A tense supernatural spine chiller – In a Manner of Speaking addresses the disturbing question – are we ever free of the sins of our past?
In the Shadow of the Noose
Joining Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson for breakfast at 221B Baker Street would, one imagines, be rather a civilised affair. Consisting of eggs, bacon, toast with marmalade and, of course, tea. However, there’s a disruption to the morning’s routine. Scotland Yard arrive, not to seek the help and advice of the Consulting Detective, but to arrest him for murder, placing him precariously ‘In the Shadow of the Noose’.
Hail A Cab For Christmas
Amidst the merriment and mayhem of a modern Christmas Eve, a solitary woman steps into a taxi. An ordinary occurrence you might think. Ah, but this short journey proves to be unlike any other she has ever taken.
Hail A Cab For Christmas – wishing you a wonderful festive season – from the Springline Radio Players.
Battle of the Barbara Line – a Felicity Fermington Adventure
It’s 1943 and World War Two continues to rage across Europe. On a cold November evening, the renowned medium Felicity Fermington hears a solemn knock on her cottage door. Upon her answer, the night air creeps in, blowing the horror of the conflict directly into her sitting room.
Springline Radio Players presents The Battle of the Barbara Line in memory of the fallen.
Séance for a Spy – A Felicity Fermington Adventure
In 1941, we meet the eminent medium Felicity Fermington immersing herself in the war effort. Roof top evacuations and ARP appearances demonstrate her commitment to keeping the home fires burning brightly in Kent. However, a dark deed disturbs her beloved village and her visionary vocation is needed to point out the perpetrator.
Strands
Even a year after her sister was murdered, Carly is still desperate to find something onto which she can focus her grief and unimaginable sense of loss. One day she decides to enter the sealed shrine that her parents have turned her sister’s bedroom into as her one last hope for salvation.
Vocal sample by Katarina Rose.
A Little Bit of Luck
For years, Adam has been plagued by a secret and the lies he told to keep it from his wife. Finally, he votes to come clean and tell her everything, but will he receive the forgiveness he craves?