Breakfast in Brighton
BBC Radio 4 afternoon play
a Pier Production starring Stephen Tompkinson
Drama-documentary adapted from the book, weaving interviews with real people into a fictional narrative featuring certifiable psychics and resting actresses. A Radio 4 ‘Pick of the Week’.
“..has the elusive and subtly sinister quality that permeates Graham Greene’s Brighton Rock.”
Chacabuco
BBC Radio 4 afternoon play
a Sweet Talk production starring Euan Bailey
A jaded newspaper hack, Dan Miller, journeys back to hope with the help of two little girls – one his own and one, Rebequita, who lies buried in an abandoned cemetery in Chile’s Atacama Desert.
The Disappearing Island
BBC Radio 4 afternoon play
a Sweet Talk production starring Mark Heap
Based (very) loosely on the life of the 19th-century opium-eater and essayist, Thomas De Quincey. Fighting cannabis psychosis, Tom, a schoolteacher, retreats to the Lake District to become a ‘writer’.
The Gateways Club
BBC Radio 4 drama series
a Sweet Talk production starring Imelda Staunton and Barbara Flynn
Five-part series in the Woman’s Hour drama slot. Uses a collage of drama, archive and interviews with people who were there to tell the story of the lesbian club made famous by the film The Killing of Sister George.
The Gargoyle Club
BBC Radio 4 documentary series
produced by Simon Coates
Five-part documentary series based on the book Dog Days in Soho. Debunks the lazy view of 1950s Soho as enviably bohemian and effortlessly inspirational. Interviewees include Maggi Hambling and the late George Melly. Another Radio 4 ‘Pick of the Week’.
“This splendid series … is proving a marvellous way to spend a 15-minute afternoon break.”