I would like too see the return of audio drama

Cafe Society
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Forget Netflix and streaming i have been listening to vintage radio dram ex. george gracie allen, dragnet i rather see a return of this format then what"s playing nowadays

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There are, in fact, a lot of “drama podcasts” out there now – rather than being the typical podcast format (one or more hosts talking about stuff), they’re using the podcast format to produce actual storytelling.

A few lists of top “drama podcasts”:

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BBC radio has been producing audio drama (including some great comedy series) all along.

And Audible.com has been producing a few audio dramas lately.

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There have been a few comparatively recent detective/crime dramas featured on the Sirius XM radio network. But nothing beats the true classics.

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Moved to CS (from IMHO).

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Thanks for these! One nice thing about being an artist is that I can listen to audiobooks (and a lot of radio dramas) while drawing. I’m always looking for ‘old time radio’ and I’m working my way through Casey, Crime Photographer.

Appreciate the post referencing John Finnemore’s Cabin Pressure (Benedict Cumberbatch, and Roger Allem from Endeavour, make a hilarious pair of pilots).
BBC4 also produced John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme. Most of it is just really funny, clever sketches, but Season 9 is all intertwined with flashbacks etc. There are even blogs devoted to how to listen to it and keep track of which character/year it is.

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To add to the list of possibilities:

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Can I shock you? Alan Partridge is way ahead of you and tried to boost interest in radio drama and even produced his own which appeared on his Mid Morning Matters radio show.

Pt 1- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz7QGT4qs2s

Pt 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMB-Jaw2EvY

Lovely stuff!

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Stephen King’s The Mist was given a really decent “radio play” adaptation back in the mid-80s. There is maybe one minor mis-step in the presentation, but overall an excellent way to kill 75 minutes. Plus, IT’S IN 3-D SOUND!

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If you want to (re)-discover the classics, my NPR station has a dedicated show:

The Big Broadcast | WAMU

I like “Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar” and “Dragnet”