Articles published in December 2009:
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Month Roundup: November 2009
Simon Pitt |
Tuesday 1st
December
2009
A brief overview of everything that happened in the media in November 2009. The month in which the Gruffalo became the nation's favourite children's book, Judy Dench went to the dentist in period costume and the town of Darlington appointed someone as village Tweeter.
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The State of the Afternoon Play
Simon Pitt |
Sunday 6th
December
2009
Simon examines what BBC commissioners are looking for when they commission radio plays and begins an investigation into the current state of the Afternoon Play.
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Review: Zero Degrees of Separation
Simon Pitt |
Monday 7th
December
2009
The first in a series of reviews of radio plays considering the current state of the Afternoon Play. Simon is unimpressed by the first Afternoon Play of the week; a mismash of three short plays by 'community writing groups' (putting the 'ew!' into 'New Writing').
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Review: Winter Storm
Simon Pitt |
Tuesday 8th
December
2009
The second in a series of reviews of radio plays considering the current state of the Afternoon Play. After a dissapointing start yesterday, Simon's faith in the Afternoon Play is restored by this bleak but haunting tale or words and snow.
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Review: One in a Million
Simon Pitt |
Wednesday 9th
December
2009
The third in a series of reviews of radio plays considering the current state of the Afternoon Play. One part maths whodunnit, one part tale of brotherly sacrifice and one part blatant documentary. Simon examines a rather mixed bag of a play.
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Review: Getting to Four Degrees
Simon Pitt |
Thursday 10th
December
2009
The fourth in a series of reviews of radio plays considering the current state of the Afternoon Play. Today's afternoon play is another play that isn't really a play but leaves Simon thinking after it's finished.
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Review: Number 10 Immortality at Last
Simon Pitt |
Friday 11th
December
2009
The fifth in a series of reviews of radio plays considering the current state of the Afternoon Play. Like this review, today's play was the last of a five part series. But with no series stacking and no way of hearing the first four parts now that they're gone, how will this episode fair?
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Audio Identities: Radio station themes
Robert Weedon |
Wednesday 16th
December
2009
Despite the increase of musical branding on the visual medium of television, on UK national radio, the opposite seems to be happening. Robert speculates about what's happening, and for nostalgia's sake looks at some old station musical themes.
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