A Celebration of Stories told Through Sound.

  • Dispatch from Down Under

    << Back to Newsletter Contents Page The last two Sydney events have worked closely with FBi’s All the Best. In this recording of the Q&A at the St Stephen’s Church, Mike Williams talks to All The Best’s Jesse Cox about the programme. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Unfortunately we cannot post up the […]

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  • Poetry of Radio Competition!

    << Back to Newsletter Contents Page We have a winner! Professor Emeritus Seán Street kindly donated a copy of his brand-new book to share with his fellow Friends, and we devised a little competition. It’s now closed, as we have a winer (Wait! We’ll tell you… soon). Feel free to try your hand at the […]

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  • The Mystery of the Invisible

    << Back to Newsletter Contents Page Sean Street shares an extract from his forthcoming book: The Poetry of Radio – The Colour of Sound In its earliest manifestations, ‘wireless’ transmissions were greeted with a sense of awe by maker and audience alike. On Christmas Eve, 1906, the Canadian inventor Reginald Fessenden conducted an experiment from […]

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  • [Audio] Spotlight on Czech Radio

    << Back to Newsletter Contents There’s nothing more fun than making new radio friends! That’s what I learned when, in October, I was invited to go to the Czech Republic for the Jihlava Documentary Festival – a celebration of creative documentary. For the first time, the festival had dedicated a series of slots to radio […]

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  • In The Dark Listening Room @ BBC Fast Train, 7th February

    On 7th February In The Dark will be hosting a small all-day listening room as part of the BBC Fast Train event. The day will be jam packed full of top notch free training for radio professionals, a great opportunity to meet other radio people and be inspired. And for those who enjoy a more […]

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  • In The Dark’s founder Nina Garthwaite hosts a new series on Radio 4!

    Happy New Year! And to kick things off In The Dark’s Nina Garthwaite will be presenting a new series on Radio 4 showcasing just the kind of radio In The Dark holds dear in a programme called Short Cuts, produced by the brilliant Falling Tree Productions. Tune in every Tuesday at 3.00pm for the next […]

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