New Creatives Dramas

BBC Arts and Arts Council England have joined forces to give 500 emerging artists the chance to tell the stories they want to tell. New Creatives are aged between 16-30 - and their work is featuring on BBC TV, online and radio.

BBC Radio 4 Extra is the place to hear the very best dramas from these writers new to radio. And the writers themselves tell us what inspired them to explore the world of sound.

In this episode two dramas that inhabit a world of fear. First, in No Place Like Home, written by James Creswell, Lucy must confront some uneasy feelings. Then, in The Entity, written by Luke Beardsley, Matthew fears may be more than the stuff of nightmares.

Written by James Creswell.

Featuring the voices of Sophie Cottle, Kim Hicks; music by James Creswell.

A Rural Media Production for New Creatives which is supported by BBC Arts and Arts Council England.

Matthew ... Jack Hammett; Lisa ... Malli Rees, Therapist ... Nic Howden.

More information about the New Creatives can be found on the BBC Arts website.

~New Creatives Dramas was presented by Rebecca Jones.

Producer: Peter McHugh for BBC Radio 4 Extra.

BBC Arts and Arts Council England have joined forces to give 500 emerging artists the chance to tell the stories they want to tell. New Creatives are aged between 16-30 - and their work is featuring on BBC TV, online and radio.

BBC Radio 4 Extra is the place to hear the very best dramas from these writers new to radio. And the writers themselves tell us what inspired them to explore the world of sound.

In this episode we first enter the slightly alarming world of Ivan Uncovers, written and starring Theo Watkins. After that, teenage pupil Samuel must come to grips with a new world of education in Ghana, in Dem Times written by Jacob Roberts- Mensah and Rhys Reed-Johnson.

written by Theo Watkins.

Ivan Gallows ... Theo Watkins; bin man/jingle announcer ... Tim Wells; Karen ... Sasha Bigwood; Razorthump ... Ben Young; Tom Barker ... Ed Drewitt; Steve Yabsley as...himself; voiceover recordist ... Noah Feasey-Kemp

A Calling the Shots production New Creatives which is supported by BBC Arts and Arts Council England.

Samuel ... David Omor; Dad / Mr Anash ... Andy Sarfo; Mum/Mrs Ampofo ... Harriet Eshun; Belinda ... Wini Opoku; Tiwa ... Samuelle Durojaiye; Derrick ... Kobby Parker; Nll ... Julian Ossei-Gerning; Theme song written and performed by Joshua Kyeot

An ICA Production for New Creatives which is supported by BBC Arts and Arts Council England.

More information about the New Creatives can be found on the BBC Arts website.

~New Creatives Dramas was presented by Rebecca Jones

Producer: Peter McHugh for BBC Radio 4 Extra

BBC Arts and Arts Council England have joined forces to give 500 emerging artists the chance to tell the stories they want to tell. New Creatives are aged between 16 and 30 - and their work is featuring on BBC TV, online and radio.

BBC Radio 4 Extra is the place to hear the very best dramas from these writers new to radio. And the writers themselves tell us what inspired them to explore the world of sound.

In this episode, a man looks back to a fateful day in Black Boys Cry, written by Prince Taylor. In the second story, we enter a bright future in New Coal, written by Stacie Woolsey. And in Waves, written by Scott Brummitt, a teenager looks for solace in the radio.

voice artist: Kwame Asiedu

A Calling the Shots production for New Creatives which is supported by BBC Arts and Arts Council England.

featuring the voices of: George Wilson, Julie Marsh, Sophie Marsh

An ICA Production for New Creatives which is supported by BBC Arts and Arts Council England.

written by Scott Brummitt.

Sam - Eliot Sayers

DJ - David Hooper

A Tyneside Cinema production for New Creatives which is supported by BBC Arts and Arts Council England.

More information about the New Creatives can be found on the BBC Arts website.

Presented by Rebecca Jones

Producer: Peter McHugh for BBC Radio 4 Extra

BBC Arts and Arts Council England have joined forces to give 500 emerging artists the chance to tell the stories they want to tell. New Creatives are aged between

16-30 - and their work is featuring on BBC TV, online and radio.

BBC Radio 4 Extra is the place to hear the very best dramas from these writers new to radio. And the writers themselves tell us what inspired them to explore the world of sound.

In this episode, enter the world of an all female halal butcher shop, in the darkly comic world of Chop Chop, written by Afshan D'Souza Lodhi. And in another story of what might lie beneath, we explore a world of time travel conspiracy theories in The Experiment, by Kitty Clark.

Written by Afshan D'Souza-Lodhi.

feautring: Marian ... Sharma Walfall; Ameena. ... Shobna Gulati; Taz ... Carla Henry; The Inspector ... Murray Taylor;

male customer ... Sushil Chudasama

A Tyneside Cinema production for New Creatives which is supported by BBC Arts and Arts Council England.

written by Kitty Clark.

Voices of Scott Fortney and Mary Smith

An ICA Production for New Creatives which is supported by BBC Arts and Arts Council England.

More information about the New Creatives can be found on the BBC Arts website.

~New Creatives Dramas was presented by Rebecca Jones

Producer: Peter McHugh for BBC Radio 4 Extra

BBC Arts and Arts Council England have joined forces to give 500 emerging artists the chance to tell the stories they want to tell. New Creatives are aged between 16 and 30 - and their work is featuring on BBC TV, online and radio.

BBC Radio 4 Extra is the place to hear the very best dramas from these writers new to radio. And the writers themselves tell us what inspired them to explore the world of sound.

In this episode we have an investigation in sound - into events that happened in the United States over 90 years ago.

10 Lime Street is written by Myrto Farmaki and is developed from original transcripts from the Society for Psychical Research archive. It reimagines extracts from a series of séances that famously took place in the house of Margery Crandon. The wife of a Boston surgeon, Margery claimed to be a medium, able to channel the spirit of her dead brother, Walter. She was visited by the rich, the famous and the scientifically incredulous.

Features voices of Brent Whitted and Rebecca Crankshaw

An ICA Production for New Creatives which is supported by BBC Arts and Arts Council England.

More information about the New Creatives can be found on the BBC Arts website.

Presented by Rebecca Jones

Producer: Peter McHugh for BBC Radio 4 Extra

Part of BBC Introducing Arts supported by BBC Arts and Arts Council England.

BBC Arts correspondent Rebecca Jones presents two thought provoking short dramas from the next generation of dramatists.

Pearl by Emma White

Written in memory of the Emma's mother who passed away in 2016.

The processes of losing a loved one can sometimes feel like being under water. Pearl draws threads between the submerging feeling of grief and the waters of birth, reflecting on the cyclical nature of life and the hope that comes with new beginnings.

Featuring the voices of Lou Conran, Liz Kettle and Emma White.

Composer: Simeon Walker.

Sound design: Martyn Harries

Script mentor: Rachel Lambert

Producer: Anna Campbell and Paul Dodgson

A Rural Media Production

A.S. Amara by Fargo.

Adam is Amara's neighbour. When he discovers Amara makes ASMR (autonomous sensory meridian response) videos he is intrigued and persuades her to let him into her online world. Then he makes the mistake of being openly critical during a livestream.

Featuring the voices of Saffron Coomber and Jack Hammett.

Also featuring Holly Stevens, Dominic Parker, Kizzie Tims, Leila Glen and Lily Baron.

Music and sound design: Andy Jenks

Script mentor: Grant Black

Producers: Anna Campbell and Paul Dodgson

Series theme music by Pete Judge

Producer Paul Dodgson

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra.

Thought-provoking short drama from the next generation of storytellers.

Part of BBC Introducing Arts supported by BBC Arts and Arts Council England.

BBC Arts correspondent Rebecca Jones presents two thought provoking short dramas from the next generation of dramatists.

Angel of the North by Maxine Davies

A poignant drama about mothers, grief and guardian angels set in Newcastle upon Tyne. Daisy and her Mam are struggling to come to terms with the death of Nana Joan as they sort through her belongings, when they discover that they both had the same strange dream about her the night before.

Featuring the voices of Jackie Lye, Patricia Jones and Eve Shotton.

Producers: Tony Churnside and Eloise Whitmore

A Naked Production for Tyneside Cinema

Footfall

The stories of a fledgling community on a suburban new-build housing estate.

Writer and director: Taylor Jack Smith:

Narrator: Emma Howarth

Music: East Anglia Records

Broadcast Assistant: Nina Semple

Sound Design: Andre Jacquemin

Executive Producer: Alison Vernon-Smith

A Pier Production for Screen South

Series theme music by Pete Judge

Producer Paul Dodgson

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra.

Thought provoking short drama from the next generation of storytellers.

Part of BBC Introducing Arts supported by BBC Arts and Arts Council England.

BBC Arts correspondent Rebecca Jones presents two thought provoking short dramas from the next generation of dramatists.

Detente by Cassiah Joski-Jethi

The reunion between a father with a hidden past and his daughter. The father, Malcolm, a business executive turned politician who didn't know until recently that his daughter existed, and the daughter, Violet, a young student who was always told that her father chose to leave her.

Featuring the voices of Radika Aggarwal and Anton Saunders

Sound design by Martyn Harries.

Producers: Anna Campbell and Paul Dodgson

A Rural Media Production

Two by Two by Hannah Tookey

Two elephants with outrageous French accents bicker about how to cross an unexpected ocean. Where did the water come from? Nearby, a young family find themselves the last remaining humans on Earth. With the buildings around them on the brink of collapse, they must figure out how to survive.

Featuring the voices of Sally Hodgkiss and Alex Mungaioni

Producer and Dramatist: Hannah Tookey

Writer and Director: George Want

Sound Design: Daniel Pyke

Story Researcher: Will Barker

A Pier Production for Screen South

Series theme music by Pete Judge

Producer Paul Dodgson

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra.

Thought provoking short drama from the next generation of storytellers.

Part of BBC Introducing Arts supported by BBC Arts and Arts Council England.

BBC Arts correspondent Rebecca Jones presents two thought provoking short dramas from the next generation of dramatists.

The Close by Kat Rose-Martin

A tale of companionship and belonging. Bruiser lives on The Close and has done for 17 years. He and Lola, his beloved cocker spaniel, reside in Number 2 and make it their business to know everyone's comings and goings: the-up-all-nighters, the early morning sore-sighters, the barkers and the biters.

And of course, ‘Ar Lass from next door who's rushed off her feet as guardian to three young grandkids–which doesn't stop her from dropping in to number 2 with some slightly sub-standard scones every few days.

Featuring the voices of Sue Devaney, Duncan Preston and Kat Rose-Martin

Producers: Tony Churnside and Eloise Whitmore

A Naked Production for Tyneside Cinema

In Future History Archive by Joel Blackledge

An archivist from the future takes us on a walking tour of Birmingham, and reflects on how the city will changeover the next 130 years. That includes Spaghetti Junction becoming a revered monument.

Featuring the voices of Ellie Darvill and Dominic Thomson

Music and sound design: Kate Thompson

Producers: Anna Campbell and Paul Dodgson

A Rural Media production.

Series theme music by Pete Judge

Producer Paul Dodgson

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra.

Thought provoking short drama from the next generation of storytellers.

Part of BBC Introducing Arts supported by BBC Arts and Arts Council England.

BBC Arts correspondent Rebecca Jones presents two thought provoking short dramas from the next generation of dramatists.

Things We Never Said by Sam Obigbesan.

What is it like traveling without sight? On the road to a memorial party a man tries to come to terms with grief as well as navigate the world as a blind person.

Featuring the voice of Douglas Walker

Script mentor: Kate McAll

Producers: Anna Campbell and Paul Dodgson

A Rural Media production

The Caretaker by Salman Shaffi

When Alia reluctantly returns home for her estranged mother's funeral, she finds herself confronted by childhood memories and nightmares. Now she is finally home again, will she have a second chance to save the little sister that was lost long ago?

Featuring the voices of Richard Hand, Bhasker Patel, Payal Mistry and Rani Moorthy

Composer: Louis Palfrey

Producers: Tony Churnside and Eloise Whitmore

A Naked Production for Tyneside Cinema

Series theme music by Pete Judge

Producer Paul Dodgson

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra.

Thought provoking short drama from the next generation of storytellers.

BBC Arts correspondent Rebecca Jones presents two thought-provoking short dramas from the next generation of dramatists.

Company by Lucy Walters.

Meet Priya, the chirpy, nosy robot assistant who is far more complicated than she looks. A poignant, uplifting take on finding friendship in the unlikeliest of places.

Featuring the voices of Jenny Funnell, Esme Scarborough and Sarah Vevers

Director: Lucy Walters

Sound Designer: Andre Jacquemin

Executive Producer: Caroline Raphael

The Cupboard by Sophie Diver.

It's a difficult day. Iris is moving out, but where is she? With her family's misguided attempts to help, she seeks solace in a rather unusual place. A tender story of loss and unlikely comforts.

Featuring the voices of Marc Danbury, Jessica Dennis and Barbara Flynn

Sound Design: Martyn Harries

Composer: Richard Dunn

Producers: Anna Campbell and Paul Dodgson

A Rural Media Production

~New Creatives Dramas is presented by Rebecca Jones

Producer Paul Dodgson

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra

Thought-provoking short drama from the next generation of storytellers.

BBC Arts correspondent Rebecca Jones presents two thought-provoking short dramas from the next generation of dramatists.

Consumer Luxuries by Alice Wilson.

Pip makes daydreams for other people, and she hates it. Overworked and underpaid, she starts trying to improve her life, but she immediately comes under threat from her manager, and faces an ultimatum.

Featuring the voices of Sophie Cottle, Marc Danbury, Saskia Portway and Lucy Tuck.

Music and Sound Design: Andy Jenks

Producers: Anna Campbell and Paul Dodgson

A Rural Media Production

Apocalypse Meow by Bradley Brown

Humanity has been extinct for the last 3000 years. The Earth is now ruled by Animals.

After waking up from a deep slumber, a man named Alex is greeted by a mysterious figure named Doc, who tells him he is the first human to be brought back from the dead, and they need him to advance their technology to the next level. But Alex is not the expert they thought he would be. Now faced with dangerous enemies that want him dead, Alex must escape for his life before the inhabitants of this dystopian new world get their hands on him in this comical sci-fi adventure.

Graeme Hawley is best known for Coronation Street (2016), Peaky Blinders (2013) and England Is Mine (2017).

Bradley was born in 1992 in Oldham, Manchester, England. He is an Animator and Voice Actor who works at ABF Pictures.

A Tyneside Cinema/Naked Productions collaboration for New Creatives.

~New Creatives Dramas is presented by Rebecca Jones

Producer Paul Dodgson

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra.

Thought-provoking short drama from the next generation of storytellers.

BBC Arts correspondent Rebecca Jones presents two thought-provoking short dramas from the next generation of dramatists.

The Thing About Harper Swift by Sophie Sparham.

What happens when a superfan breaks into her favourite writer's house?

Featuring the voices of Sophie Bloor and Very Straker.

Sound Design: Martyn Harries

Producers: Anna Campbell and Paul Dodgson

A Rural Media Production.

Scarfe Point by Noah Feasey-Kemp is based on a novel by Joe Baxter.

The drama is set in the landscape of an old hotel crumbling into a windswept, barren beach on the coast. The guests have long departed and the days merge into weeks without change.

Writer and Narrator: Joe Baxter

New Creative Artist and Sound Designer: Noah Feasey-Kemp

Composer: John Matthias

Producer: Jay Auborn

Executive Producer: Jeremy Routledge

A DBS Production for Calling the Shots

~New Creatives Dramas is presented by Rebecca Jones

Producer Paul Dodgson

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra.

Thought-provoking short drama from the next generation of storytellers.

BBC Arts correspondent Rebecca Jones presents two thought-provoking short dramas from the next generation of dramatists.

Re-Play by Matthew Wright.

A dilemma in the future as we are taken inside Memory Lane – a place where the past comes back to life.

Featuring the voices of Tom Berkeley, Amy Clifton, Caroline Hunt, and Eoin Slattery.

Sound Design: Martyn Harries

Composer: Jacob Stevenson-Adcock

Producers: Anna Campbell and Paul Dodgson

A Rural Media Production

5 Years from Now by Amelie Edwards.

A dystopian vision of the future as twelve scientists struggle to save the human race.

Featuring the voices of Konal Amin, Amelie Edwards, Omar Khan, William E Lester and Foss Shepherd.

Director: Natalia Hinds

Executive Producer: Alison Vernon Smith

A Pier Production for Screen South

~New Creatives Dramas is presented by Rebecca Jones

Producer Paul Dodgson

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra.

Thought-provoking short drama from the next generation of storytellers.

Train of Thought by Ren Scott-Bridge.

Exhausted medical student Kieran is on a psychiatric placement. On his commute between hospital and home he revisits past conversations - writing them down as poetry. He works hard to make sense of his patients' complex mental health needs, but will he get lost in his own troubled thoughts along the way?

Featuring the voices of Sabina Arthur, Tom Bevan, Alan Leith, Sian Webber and Rick Yale

Director: Ren Scott-Bridge

Sound Designer: Mike Woolley

Editor: Lamia Dabboussy

Broadcast Assistant: Ben Sivyer

Executive Producer: Alison Vernon Smith

A Pier Production for Screen South

A man falls in love with an elephant and they escape from the zoo, but life in the suburbs is full of surprises both grim and incredible -

Featuring the voices of Tom Powell and Saffron Coomber

Composer and Sound Designer: Madison Willing

Producers: Anna Campbell and Paul Dodgson

A Rural Media Production

~New Creatives Dramas is presented by Rebecca Jones

Producer Paul Dodgson

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra.

Thought-provoking short drama from the next generation of storytellers.

Writer, musician and broadcaster Paul Dodgson presents two thought provoking short dramas from the next generation of dramatists.

The Pitmen Flappers is written and directed by Louise Marie Powell. In the dead of night, at the ‘flapping' or unlicensed greyhound racing track of Wheatley Hill, ex-miner Jimmy meets local loan shark Big Phil. Jimmy defaults on his debt and receives a grim ultimatum: either pay back Big Phil by midnight, or watch his greyhound Tyson's legs get broken.

The Pitman Flappers stars Tony Neilson, Jacqueline Phillips and Jonathan Keeble. It is a Naked Production for Tyneside Cinema.

Post Cocktail Party is created by Neil Cullen.

The Cocktail Party Effect is the phenomenon of the brain's ability to focus one's auditory attention on a particular stimulus while filtering out a range of other stimuli, as when a partygoer can focus on a single conversation in a noisy room.

Post Cocktail Party is an immersive spatial audio play set amongst a busy gathering of American high society and follows two agents attempting to gather information key to their covert mission. It stars Ashley Johnson, Spence Moore II and Clarke Peters and is produced by Nikita Mohammadi. It is an ICA Production.

Presented and produced by Paul Dodgson for BBC Radio 4 Extra

Paul Dodgson presents new drama from the next generation of storytellers.

Writer, broadcaster and musician Paul Dodgson presents two thought provoking short dramas from the next generation of dramatists.

Self-Checkout by Bridie Squires. At the supermarket, Cath always puts the heavy bits in first. When she's faced with a tin-of-broad-beans anomaly at the self-checkout, things go a bit west. She meets shelf-stacking Billy, who leads her on an adventure she's not sure she'll ever come back from, or that she even wants to. The pair cause a ruckus in a pub before Billy reveals his glovebox stash of stolen goods in the middle of a car wash and launches Cath into outer space.

Starring Radhika Aggarwal, Eoin Slattrey and Bridie Squires. Sound design by Martyn Harries. Original music by Chris Reed. Produced by Anna Campbell and Paul Dodgson

‘Night Comes On' is written and directed by Simon Wade. This play is a thriller set in real time. It centres around Sarah, a mother, who is plunged into a living nightmare when her son Matt calls to tell her he has been involved in a hit and run. Sarah is then forced to confront her own morality in order to help her son in his time of need.

Kacey Ainsworth: Sarah

Brenock O Connor: Matt

Simon Wade: Writer/Director

James N Mabbett: Composer

Alison Vernon-Smith: Executive Producer

Iain Hunter: Sound Design

~New Creatives Dramas is presented and produced by Paul Dodgson for BBC Radio 4 Extra

Paul Dodgson presents new short drama from the next generation of storytellers.

Writer, broadcaster and musician Paul Dodgson presents two thought provoking short dramas from the next generation of dramatists.

Of Wessex by Saskia Black is a magical time-hopping drama exploring the effects of grief and the nature of sisterhood. When Scarlett discovers she can travel back in time, she retreats to one of the happiest moments of her childhood: up on St. Catherine's Hill in Winchester with her sister and dad, searching for the sleeping wizard Merlin. The play stars Laura Hanna, Samantha Hudson and Steve Newman. The composer is Nick Murray The co-producer is Antosh Wojcik and the executive producer is Jeremy Routledge. Of Wessex is a Calling the Shots production.

Grandma's Home tells the story of two grandchildren who go in search for their Grandma in the middle of the night, discovering a magical world that teaches them the harsh truth of their ancestry. A brutal journey reveals a magic that grows from self-belief and confidence in identity.

George Morgan: Writer / Director

Hannah Zoé Ankrah: Jayda

Anni Domingo: Grandma & Warrior

McMillan Ngwenya: Malachi

Kathryn Roth: Colony of Bees

Paul Bassett Davies: Trader

Sound Designer: Iain Hunter

Executive Producer: Sara Davies

Grandma's home is a Pier Production

Presented and produced by Paul Dodgson for BBC Radio 4 Extra

Paul Dodgson presents new short drama from the next generation of storytellers.

Writer, broadcaster and musician Paul Dodgson presents two thought provoking short dramas from the next generation of dramatists.

Platform Edge by Lucy Holligan is a comedy set on a Midlands railway station. The rumour of a celebrity visit pushes a neurotic station manager into overdrive. But while she seeks an opportunity to shone in front of management, a lacklustre colleague pushes her to breaking point. Starring Buffy Davies and Annette Badland with original music by Richard Dunn. The sound designer is Martyn Harries and the script editor is Laura Major. The producers were Paul Dodgson and Anna Campbell. Platform's Edge is a Rural Media production.

Homecoming is written and directed by Junior Akinola. Ade is a Manchester native who has struggled with his identity throughout his life. Now he is about to travel to Nigeria for the first time to attend a family wedding. A missed flight and a whirl of events force him to confront his deep-rooted identity issues head-on. Homecoming stars Lamin Touray, Junior Akinola, Carla Henry, David Fleeshman, and Graeme Hawley. The producer is Eloise Whitmore and it is a Naked Production for Tyneside Cinema.

Presented and produced by Paul Dodgson for BBC Radio 4 Extra.

Paul Dodgson presents new short drama from the next generation of storytellers.

Writer, broadcaster and musician Paul Dodgson presents two thought provoking short dramas from the next generation of dramatists.

Hotdogs and Hashtags by Vicky Wild and Aryana Ramkhalawon. When ex-reality TV star, Jessica Jennison ends up selling hotdogs back in her home town of Skegness, her real life takes an unfiltered turn. Hotdogs and Hashtags explores the aftermath of fast fame and the impact it can have on mental health. Starring Vicky Wild and Aryana Ramkhalawon with Buffy Davis. The sound designer is Martyn Harries, the producer is Kate McCall and it is a Rural Media production.

The Blackwater Mermaids by Scott Hurran: a mash up of estuary life and the underground garage music scene in this epic Essex-‘tail.' Terry, an oyster fisherman in West Mersea, has been obsessed his whole adult life about the mermaid he once saw out in the water. Every year on that same day he ventures back out to see if he can find her. And then he does -

Scott Hurran: Writer/Director

Anne Odeke: Michelle/Lindsey

Sam Swainsbury: Terry

Tom Foskett-Barnes: Music

Chris Warner: Producer/Sound Design

Sue Bowerman: Executive Producer

A Screen South production

Presented and produced by Paul Dodgson for BBC Radio 4 Extra

Paul Dodgson presents new short drama from the next generation of storytellers.

Writer, musician and broadcaster Paul Dodgson presents two thought provoking short dramas from the next generation of dramatists.

Burn your Wishes by Zia Holloway. The future is suddenly uncertain as old friends gather for their annual tradition of setting off fireworks.

Written by Zia Holloway and starring Elle Meadows, Luke Rees-Oliviere, and Andrea Martinez. The script editor was Mike Akers and the executive producer was Jeremy Routledge. A Calling the Shots production.

Burp by Skot Wilson. Will has got a plan to save the planet–and the UK farming industry. He's discovered a way to tackle one of our worst greenhouse gases: methane. But the source of the gas isn't what you might expect...

Written and directed by Skot Wilson and starring Stanley Eldridge and Geoff Leesley. Sound design by Clifford Steven Jones, original music by Tingying Dong. The producer was Kate Jones and it was a Calling the Shots production.

Presented and produced by Paul Dodgson for BBC Radio 4 Extra.

Paul Dodgson presents new drama from the next generation of storytellers.

Writer, broadcaster and musician Paul Dodgson presents two thought provoking short dramas from the next generation of dramatists.

Safari by Ryan Walker-Edwards. A tale about a young black British Brummie from the suburbs, who goes with his mum to pick up food Sunday's dinner. What should be a straightforward journey to the city centre leads to a crisis of class, race and identity.

Starring Ryan Walker Edwards, Doña Croll, Lawrence Walker and Adaya Henry. Script mentoring by Rachel Lambert, original music by Bailey Ibbs and Sound design by Martyn Harries. Producers Anna Campbell and Paul Dodgson. A Rural Media production.

Asystole Belgravia written and directed by Angus Harrison. Memories resurface and regrets pile up on the glistening roads of London after-dark. Based on interviews with real life first responders, an off-duty medical worker considers work and life.

Starring Michael Balogun. Music and sound design by Emma Barnaby. Executive producer Martha Pazienti Caidan. An NTS production for ICA.

~New Creatives Dramas is presented and produced by Paul Dodgson for BBC Radio 4 Extra

Paul Dodgson presents new short drama from the next generation of storytellers.

Writer, broadcaster and musician Paul Dodgson presents two thought provoking short dramas from the next generation of dramatists.

Canopy by Nick Havergal. A young man logs into a digital memorial of his mother for the first time.

Starring Reece Evans, Annette Chown and Sarah Buckland. Sound design by Jake Wittlin, script mentoring by Mike Akers, producer and director Anna Lea. Executive Producer Steve Gear. A Calling The Shots production.

Normstock 2 by Matthew Ingram. In July 2002, a quarter of a million people people turn up for a free party on Brighton beach and one partygoer faces a crisis.

Starring Chris Brett, Alyssia Jarvis and Graeme Hawley. Produced by Tony Churnside and Eloise Whitmore. A Naked production for Tyneside Cinema.

~New Creatives Dramas is presented and produced by Paul Dodgson for BBC Radio 4 Extra

Paul Dodgson presents new short drama from the next generation of storytellers.

Writer, broadcaster and musician Paul Dodgson presents two thought provoking short dramas from the next generation of dramatists.

Not That Deep is written and directed by Charles Verni. A diver risks life and limb to capture a mysterious sea creature. Starring Florence Warner and Matilda Tjäder. A Dazed production for ICA.

163 Days is written, directed and performed by Hannah Hodgson, a poet and writer with a life limiting illness. In 2015 Hannah spent six months in hospital. This piece is based on her experiences and is made of poetry and doctor's notes. Also starring Raj Ghatak, Erin Shanagher and Chris Brett. A Naked Production for Tyneside Cinema.

~New Creatives Dramas is presented and produced by Paul Dodgson for BBC Radio 4 Extra

Paul Dodgson presents new short drama from the next generation of storytellers

Writer, broadcaster and musician Paul Dodgson presents two thought provoking short dramas from the next generation of dramatists.

Bud is written and performed by Darcey Ball. A moving drama about a young woman's struggle to care for her mum. Also starring Elaine Claxton with sound design by Matthew Collington, script mentoring by Mike Akers and produced by Kyla Goodey and Laura Giles. Executive producer Jeremy Routledge. A Calling The Shots production.

Just like Riding a Bike is written, performed and composed by Will Ford. A failed 80's indie singer appears as a sort of cosmic mentor to two twenty-somethings, and tries to get them to talk about their feelings. Also starring Beth Lilly and Max Cadman. Sound design by Jamie and Andre Jacquemin. The director was Alison Vernon Smith and it was a Pier Production for Screen South.

Presented and produced by Paul Dodgson for BBC Radio 4 Extra

Paul Dodgson presents new short drama from the next generation of storytellers.

Presented by writer, musician and broadcaster Paul Dodgson.

COCOON is written and directed by Caitlin McLeod. Train... Night... A young nurse witnesses something between two strangers. A kiss, an exchange; an underground movement using a weapon: the ‘Cocoon'.

Starring Hermon Berhane, Lois Chimimba, Rosina Carbone, Alexandra Mathie, David Crellin and Richard Hand.

Produced by Eloise Whitmore. A Naked production for Tyneside Cinema.

GRAHAMSTON by Willian Aikman is an audio documentary and ghost story inspired by the forgotten village in Glasgows City Centre which was destroyed to make way for Central Station in the late 1870s.

Starring Simone Low, Stephen Smart, Heidi Coghill and Lucy Duncombe.

A LUX Scotland production for Now & Next supported by Creative Scotland and BBC Arts

Presented and produced by Paul Dodgson for BBC Radio 4 Extra.

Paul Dodgson presents new short drama from the next generation of storytellers.

Presented by writer, musician and broadcaster Paul Dodgson.

NO PLACE LIKE HOME Is written and directed by Adam Bennett-Lea. Freddie, a selfish and idealistic drag queen, is forced to leave his hedonistic life in East London and return to his conservative Northern hometown, to care for his terminally ill mother. The two have had a turbulent relationship since Freddie came out as gay. If they're going to reconcile their relationship in the time that Sarah has left, Freddie will have to let go of the grudges he holds against both his mother, and his hometown. Starring Matt Greenwood, Cherylee Houston, Eve Shotton, Sushil Chudasama and Jonathan Keeble. Producer: Tony Churnside

A Naked Production for Tyneside Cinema.

THE BUZZER by Jessica Syposz. Lina can't stop listening. Her favourite radio station only transmits a single, eerie buzzing noise. The sound makes her feel safe. The more she listens, the easier it is to forget the world around her, or to feel like it's even real at all...'The Buzzer' is a surreal journey into obsession and our desire to be part of something bigger than ourselves.

Starring Radhika Aggarwal. Sound Designer and Producer Paul Dodgson.

A Rural Media Production.

Presented and produced by Paul Dodgson for BBC Radio 4 Extra.

Paul Dodgson presents new short drama from the next generation of storytellers.

Presented by writer, musician and broadcaster Paul Dodgson.

MY NEVER DAYS by Joanna Maxwell and Ade Slack. Working in a supermarket might sound like it's all stacking shelves, checkout beeps and customer queries, but there's more to Tom than a name badge and a corporate uniform. Caught in middle of his parents' break-up, he navigates his way through early adulthood.

Starring Bronte Alice-Tadman, Fiona Bruce, Joshua Ellershaw, Matt Jamie and Oliver Westlake. Sound design by David Thomas. Executive producer Alison Vernon-Smith. A Pier Production for Screen South.

ARTHUR is written and directed by Phillipa Carew. Arthur is a kitten and the runt of the litter. He is abandoned by his family and swept away to the city where he embarks on a search for a loving home.

Starring Claudia Adlam, Nisha Anil, Chris Beaumont, Shak Benjamin, Nina Kristofferson and Marlon Roberts. The sound designer is Lou Brown, the composer Matthew Williams, and the producers Abhi Arumbakkam and Amanda Dorsett.

A Resource Production for Screen South.

Presented and produced by Paul Dodgson for BBC Radio 4 Extra.

Paul Dodgson presents new short drama from the next generation of storytellers.

Presented by writer, musician and broadcaster Paul Dodgson.

MIND-FULL-NESS is written and performed by Izzy Fitzgerald. Come and join Diane in a guided meditation which will clear your mind and relax your body. Just try not to pay any attention to the dog barking, the phone ringing and the fact that Diane just isn't very good at this whole ‘relaxing' thing.

Sound designer Duncan Chave. Produced by John Wigzell. Executive Producer Steve Gear.

A Calling the Shots Production.

2122 by Eleanor Catherine Smart. Riley is alone and the world is ending, but a tape recorder and an unexpected guest keep her company while she waits. Performed by Talia Grant. Sound designed by Martyn Harries. Producers Anna Campbell and Paul Dodgson.

A Rural Media Production.

SKIN AND PEARL by Sienna. Two black woman navigate a friendship rocked by toxic femininity & colourism.

Starring Loren and Nzilani Franq. Sound design by Xana. Executive Producer Bec Evans.

An ICA production.

Presented and produced by Paul Dodgson for BBC Radio 4 Extra.

Paul Dodgson presents new short drama from the next generation of storytellers.

Presented by writer, musician and broadcaster Paul Dodgson.

PLUMPTON VILLAGE KAZOO ORCHESTRA is written and directed by Alf White. Dan is making a documentary for his final degree piece and its outcome hinges on the cooperation of a group of pensioners from a small Sussex village. It's just a case of visiting the Plumpton Village Kazoo Orchestra, talking to a few of them and editing it all together. Easy...

Starring Jason Forbes, Chrysanthe Grech, Katie Pritchard and Rich Wilson. Sound designer: David Thomas. Executive producer: Alison Vernon-Smith.

A Pier Production for Screen South.

STOMA: THE MUSICAL by Scott Hurley. Tells the story of a gay man, Joe, and his stoma which is called Colin. After hiding from the dating scene because of his disability, Joe finally plucks up the courage to give it a go.

Starring Louis Maskell and Emile Clarke with musical supervision by Tom Crossley-Thorne. Producer: Tom Brennan. Executive producer: Steve Gear.

A Calling the Shots production.

Presented and produced by Paul Dodgson for BBC Radio 4 Extra.

Paul Dodgson presents new short drama from the next generation of storytellers.

Presented by writer, musician and broadcaster Paul Dodgson.

TECTONIC by Dan Mitchell.

A young man is pulled between worlds as his epilepsy forces difficult decisions to be made. Difficult decisions are forced as he is pulled between realities. Will his mum's frantic attempts to anchor him succeed?

Starring Eiry Thomas, Anja Conti, Hefin Williams and Jack Hammett.

Music composed by HMS Morris. Producer: Paul Dodgson. Technical producer: Jonathan Thomas.

Tectonic was written as part of a talent development scheme for new writers, called Ffolio. The scheme is run in partnership between BBC Cymru Wales, Arts Council Wales and Ffilm Cymru Wales.

A VERY LONG FLIGHT is directed, narrated and written by Soo Hyun Choi.

A narration-based sound piece that invites listeners inside a plane and tells a story of being locked down in flight for months on end. While being stuck on the plane, the narrator wonders about various types of boundaries between time zones, national territory, mind and body, leaving and arriving.

Starring Emma Topping, Kristian Byrne and Rowan Douglas.

Sound Design by David Alexander. Music by Pig7 and Erokia. Produced by Rory Bowens.

An ICA production.

Presented and produced by Paul Dodgson for BBC Radio 4 Extra.

Paul Dodgson presents new drama from the next generation of storytellers.

Presented by writer, musician and broadcaster Paul Dodgson.

THE LIFE & WORK OF VERONICA ST CLAUDE by Will Jackson.

A mockumentary art gallery audio experience. Step into the Hawthwaite Gallery for a comedic tour of the life and works of outrageous artist, Veronica St. Claude from humble beginnings to career-defining scandals.

Starring Len Gwyn and Divina de Campo.

Music by Tom Rackham.

Sound design by Martyn Harries.

A Rural Media production.

EN JUSTICE Christine Ubochi.

Welcome to TV's first legal system game show. Today you'll see 21 year old Sofia in a fight against her very close friend, John, the prosecutor. Here, you, the public, hold the judgement. So, what are you waiting for? Come along and see this En Justice!

Starring Daniel Abbot and Rebecca Allison, Celine Abrahams, Mark Oosterveen and Lelee Zhané.

Executive Producer Alison Verson Smith.

A Pier Production for Screen South.

Presented and produced by Paul Dodgson for BBC Radio 4 Extra.

Paul Dodgson presents new short drama from the next generation of storytellers.

Presented by writer, musician and broadcaster Paul Dodgson.

BLACKSTONE by Ben Stockdale and Lauren Key.

A podcaster of the paranormal gets more than she bargained for when she discovers a dark secret in a supposedly haunted house.

Starring Ewan Bailey, Laura Fleming, Jack Hammet and Alice Hoskyns.

Sound design by Martyn Harries.

Music composed by Chris Reed.

Produced by Kate McAll.

A Rural Media production.

NAVIGATOR by Callum Kilgarriff.

Manchester 1888. A horrific accident leaves Irish Navvy John Doherty tormented during the building of the Manchester Ship Canal. Will he find the strength to continue?

Starring Emmet Byrne, David Crellin, Richard Hand and Graeme Hawley.

Producer: Eloise Whitmore.

A Naked production for Tyneside Cinema.

Presented and produced by Paul Dodgson for BBC Radio 4 Extra.

Paul Dodgson presents new short drama from the next generation of storytellers.

Presented by writer, musician and broadcaster Paul Dodgson.

FALSE ALARM written and performed by Claire Sullivan.

Grappling with university while becoming an adult and experiencing severe health anxiety is anything but easy.

Sound Design by Matt Bainbridge.

Executive Producer: Celia Da Wolff

A Pier Production for Screen South.

TORMENT written and directed by Max Elgar.

A young homeless man has a supernatural encounter with Death, who forces him to confront his past.

Starring Steve Chusak, James Joyce, Irene Marot, Nina Semple, Ben Sivyer.

Sound Design by Andre Jacquemin.

Producer: Laura Elmer

Executive Producer: Alison Vernon Smith

Presented and produced by Paul Dodgson for BBC Radio 4 Extra.

Paul Dodgson presents new short drama from the next generation of storytellers.

Presented by writer, musician and broadcaster Paul Dodgson.

TREGOYNT COMMUNITY RADIO by Siân Esther Powell.

Tune into Tregoynt Community Radio for the latest updates from Cornish Fairy Folk. The show offers a glimpse into the daily life of the village's colourful and unpredictable characters and hears how they navigate the world around them.

Starring Edward Rowe and Mary Woodvine.

Producer: Simon Harvey

Executive Producer: Jeremy Routledge

A Calling the Shots production.

MYTHOPHOBIA by Ross Foster.

When Dr Michael Hawkins steps into his practice he expects a day like any other, but there's something in the air that threatens to bring his darkest secrets to the fore. Mythophobia is a story about the lies we tell, the secrets we keep, and how far we'd go to keep them.

Starring Ed Gaughan, Matthew Gravelle and Gemma Saunders.

Sound design by Martyn Harries.

Music by Chris Reed.

Producer: Kate McAll

Presented and produced by Paul Dodgson for BBC Radio 4 Extra.

Paul Dodgson presents new short dramas from the next generation of storytellers.