Clara Glynn's radio drama A World Elsewhere has been selected as pick of the week by journalist and documentary maker, and this week's Radio 4 host, Sarfraz Manzoor.
Manzoor described A World Elsewhere as 'intelligent and necessary drama'.
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Tune in to Radio 4 on Tuesday 30th June at 14:15 to hear Clara Glynn's bold new drama about the radicalisation of a young woman from Glasgow.
Rida is a Glasgow teenager. Like a lot of teenagers she argues with her mum, stresses about exams and spends too long on her computer. But as a young Muslim the pressures that she faces in her life, and the escape that she dreams of online, may contain dangers she has yet to imagine.
This innovative radio drama all takes place in Rida's online world - the place where she feels she can most be herself. We listen to the YouTube clips she finds, her instant messaging with friends and the bloggers she reads.
A WORLD ELSEWHERE is a sensitive portrayal of one girl's path to radicalisation.
Clara Glynn's three part series Behind Closed Doors will be airng on BBC Radio4 next week. Lawyer, Rebecca Nyman takes on a sexual discrimination case in the first episode One of the Lads on Wednesday June 12th, 14:15. Tilting the Odds on Thursday 13th features a vet who might be struck off for doping a racehorse. And Safe House, Friday 15th, is a Closed Material Procedure terrorism case taking place partly in secret.
We are delighted that Tilting the Odds has been selected for Drama of the Week, and will be available to enjoy as a download.
Writer: Clara Glynn, Producer/ Director: David Neville
Starring Claire Rushbrook as Rebecca
Find more details and tune in here.
BBC Radio is celebrating 90 years of broadcasting this week, and we can't think of a better way to showcase the relevance of radio than exciting radio drama Enquirer! Based on the recent scandals that rocked the newspaper industry, Enquirer is based on real interviews with over 40 journalists. Get the insider's perspective, tune into Radio 4 at 9pm!
Edited and directed by Vicky Featherstone and John Tiffany, co-edited by Andrew O'Hagan, the Enquirer cast includes Maureen Beattie, John Bett, James Anthony Pearson, Gabriel Quigley and Billy Riddoch. Produced for Hopscotch Films by Clara Glynn and Carolynne Sinclair Kidd.
Blending fact, anecdote and passionate opinion, Enquirer is a rapid response to the unfolding events in the newspaper industry. It is based on interviews with over forty journalists and was first performed in June as a site-specific piece of theatre performed in an empty media office block in Glasgow. Hopscotch Films are proud to have produced Enquirer for Radio 4 and it will be aired on Friday 16th November at 9pm. The Telegraph have chosen it as their highlight of the week here.
Enquirer, BBC Radio 4, 16 November, 9pm
Enquirer is produced by Clara Glynn and Carolynne Sinclair Kidd in association with the London Review of Books and the National Theatre of Scotland. Edited and directed by Vicky Featherstone and John Tiffany, co-edited by Andrew O'Hagan, the Enquirer cast includes Maureen Beattie, John Bett, James Anthony Pearson, Gabriel Quigley and Billy Riddoch.