'HOOD - NOBLE SECRETS' - BBC Radio 4 Extra on Saturday 13th February 2016

Following on from SPITEFUL PUPPET'S nomination at the 2016 BBC Audio Drama Awards and their victory at the 2015 Awards, BBC RADIO 4 EXTRA is to broadcast ALL FOUR PARTS of the 'HOOD' series for the next FOUR SATURDAYS ...

The first feature length episode 'NOBLE SECRETS' will go out on Saturday 13th February at 6am and 4pm.

As a sneak preview here's me playing BROTHER TUCK, a role I reprise across the adventures.

 

Go on give it a listen, it's the ROBIN HOOD tale as you've never heard it before!

Midlands triumphant at BBC AUDIO DRAMA AWARDS ...

Well it wasn't to be for SPITEFUL PUPPET and 'HOOD: KING'S COMMAND', the award for Best Online Only Audio Drama went to 'THE KINDNESS OF TIME' by Deirdre Burton and Tom Davis, producer was ROSIE BOULTON. Congratulations to Midlands based producers MONTY FUNK PRODUCTIONS.

You can listen to the winning drama here ...

The full list of winners are: 

Best audio drama (adaptation)
The Master and Margarita, by Mikhail Bulgakov, dramatized by Lucy Catherine, producer Sasha Yevtushenko

Best audio drama (original single)
Cuttin’ It, by Charlene James, producer Jessica Brown

Best audio drama (series or serial)
Children in Need: D for Dexter, by Amanda Whittington, producer Mary Ward-Lowery

Best actor in an audio drama
Alfred Molina in A View from the Bridge

Best actress in an audio drama
Monica Dolan in Vincent in Brixton

Best supporting actor or actress in an audio drama
Susan Wokoma in Three Strong Women

Best debut performance in an audio drama
Karen Bartke in My Name Is…

Best use of sound in an audio drama
Fugue State, sound by Julian Simpson and David Thomas, producer Karen Rose

Best scripted comedy drama
In and Out of the Kitchen, by Justin Edwards, producer Sam Michell

Best scripted comedy with a live audience
Reluctant Persuaders Ep 3, by Edward Rowett, producer Gordon Kennedy

Best online only audio drama
The Kindness of Time, by Deirdre Burton and Tom Davis, producer Rosie Boulton

Imison award for best radio drama script by a new writer
30 Eggs by Eoin O’Connor

Tinniswood radio drama award for best radio drama script
Fugue State by Julian Simpson

Outstanding contribution
John Hurt

Lifetime achievement
June Whitfield

'HOOD: KING'S COMMAND' up for the BBC AUDIO DRAMA AWARDS 2016

Well tonight's the night when we shall find out whether SPITEFUL PUPPET can win their second successive BBC AUDIO DRAMA AWARD for the fourth instalment of their Robin Hood re-boot 'HOOD: KING'S COMMAND' ... 

The competition is as tough as ever ...

The Best Online Only Audio Drama Final Nominees are:

'Hood: King’s Command' by Spiteful Puppet Entertainment Ltd
'The Omega Factor: The Old Gods' by Big Finish
'The Kindness of Time' by Rosie Boulton

It's been such a privilege to play BROTHER TUCK throughout the series. Let's hope for one final huzzah!!

'HOOD' - BBC Audio Drama Awards Nominees for THIRD SUCCESSIVE year!

The complete collection of covers from the 'HOOD' audio adventures produced by Spiteful Puppet.

Exciting news for the fine fellows of SPITEFUL PUPPET and their 'HOOD' series of audio adventures. They have been shortlisted for the THIRD SUCCESSIVE time for the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2016. 

'HOOD: KING'S COMMAND' is once again competing in the Best On-Line Audio Drama category. Here's the complete list of nominees. Can they match last years WIN in the same category? We'll know the results on JANUARY 31st next year. 

I feel very fortunate to have played BROTHER TUCK throughout the series. Fingers crossed they make the finalist stage for January!