Manx Radio Dramas
A series of different radio dramas and productions produced for Manx Radio.
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Episodes
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The Claire Witch Project
Tuesday, 31 October 2023
Join our comedy team for a satirical, spooky treat for Hop tu Naa.
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The Railway Children
Sunday, 25 December 2022
The Railway Children, a new radio drama adapted from and based on the much loved novel and film. Featuring an all-Island cast and produced by Bob Harrison for Manx Radio.
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The Atholl Paper Plays
Wednesday, 13 July 2022
These short plays, produced by Manx National Heritage, are based upon some very engaging and little known stories discovered within the Dukes of Atholl archive. They relate to the Atholls’ administration of the Isle of Man between 1736 and 1830. The Dukes of Atholl archive is currently being catalogued at the Manx Museum, with papers dating from 1630-1839. The plays were written and performed by Labyrinth: History in Action players.
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Suddenly at Home
Tuesday, 5 July 2022
A theatre of the mind, painting aural snapshots of a remembered Manxness from another time
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A Garden of Teeth and Claws
Monday, 27 December 2021
Our favourite intrepid duo, Hally and Kelly, are back in their newest adventure, ‘A Garden of Teeth and Claws.’ From the pen of Alex Duncan comes the next breakneck thrill ride straight to your radio. In 1920 something, on the Isle of Man, Captain Hall and Joyce Kelly face their most dangerous case yet as a beast returns to terrorise the island. The Mordhey Dhoo is back! Will they survive? Will they uncover the secrets of the beast? Will they find a good cup of tea? Tune in to find out!
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Cronk Beg Carnival
Friday, 1 January 2021
Manx Radio brings you a special radio drama mini-series, Cronk Beg Carnival. Written by Lisa Creighton and voiced by Juan Bridson, Lisa Creighton, Toby Smith, Jackie Hawkes, Tom Cain, Chris Caine, Sophie Rudge, Alexandra Batty, Máıre Stephens, and Jenny Davies, all of the Service Players. Produced by Bob Harrison and Marc Tyley
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The Monkey's Paw
Monday, 16 November 2020
Manx Radio brings you a dramatisation of the supernatural tale by W.W. Jacobs, adapted for radio by Bob Harrison and produced by Bob Harrison and Marc Tyley
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After the War
Friday, 15 May 2020
It’s 75 years since the end of World War Two and to mark the event on Manx Radio; an original drama from the award-winning playwright - Tony Perrin. One of Coronation Street’s principal writers for several decades, he’s also supplied many a script for BBC Radio - and television series like Crown Court and Play for Today. ... His play concerns a couple of plumbers from the North West of England whose lives, like many others, are being permanently reshaped ... AFTER THE WAR
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The Isle of Man Celebrates VE Day
Thursday, 7 May 2020
Three unique radio productions created by Manx National Heritage and Labyrinth History in Action Players. Manx National Heritage had been working on a theatrical production to be performed at the Grove this weekend, but the hard work has been repurposed into three radio broadcasts instead. Using the Manx Newspapers as source material the three programmes focus on how VE Day was marked and celebrated on the Island in May 1945.
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Final Words
Thursday, 26 December 2019
What happens when two couples travel to London for the final of the UK Scrabble Challenge? First broadcast on Manx Radio on 26th December 2019.
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Whistle Once More for Jinny
Thursday, 31 October 2019
A bold new beginning for radio drama in the Isle of Man. From the pen of Alex Duncan, author of ‘Fynoderee’ and ‘The Versatiles’, comes ‘Whistle Once More for Jinny!’ a classic chiller to terrify and delight you as the dark nights draw in. It is a love letter to the joyous melodrama of Hammer Horror, the irreverence of Ealing Comedy and the ghost stories of M R James and Nigel Neale. More than this, it is a love letter to our island, its people, its music and its stories. Bringing together many of the island's most skilled performers; Alex Duncan, Lisa Kreisky, David Dawson and C...
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Sorry Wrong Number
Tuesday, 16 April 2019
On Monday 22nd April 2019, director Bob Harrison and producer Marc Tyley bring you the Manx Radio Production of Lucille Fletcher's 1943 radio play 'Sorry Wrong Number'.
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For the Fallen
Tuesday, 19 March 2019
A original radio play commemorating the Isle of Man’s role during the First World War. Based upon true stories and letters from the period, the play was written and directed by John Young and performed by local actors and actresses. It was first performed as a stage work in April 2018, then produced for Manx Radio in association with the Isle of Man Arts Council.