Going for Gold - Spiteful Puppet at the New York Radio Awards 2016 ...

I'm delighted to announce that SPITEFUL PUPPET have been nominated THREE TIMES in the NEW YORK FESTIVALS RADIO & AUDIO AWARDS which celebrate the world of radio programming on a global scale. Nominated programmes come from as far a field as Afghanistan to Australia and South Korea to the United Kingdom.

This year they have been nominated TWICE in the same category BEST AUDIO BOOK for the last two audio adventures of  the 'HOOD' series as well as picking up a nomination for BEST SPECIAL DRAMA for 'MAGNA CARTA: LEGACY', a one-off dramatisation recounting the origins of the Magna Carta which last year saw the 800th Anniversary of it's signing. 

I am very proud to be have in all three audio dramas with wonderful casts across them all ... The nomination for 'MAGNA CARTA:LEGACY' will be particularly poignant for us all with the recent sad loss of 'BLAKE'S 7' star GARETH THOMAS who voiced the lead role of Elias of Dereham in the drama. If 'MAGNA CARTA:LEGACY' was to win, it would be surely a fitting tribute to a fine actor in one of his last roles ... You can listen to it here for free ...

BBC AUDIO DRAMA AWARD Winners - SPITEFUL PUPPET came away with TWO BRONZE MEDALS last time at the 2015 Awards. I'm sure this time they'll be going for gold!!

'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!

Spiteful Puppet - Double Winners in New York.

Spiteful Puppet's spectacular year continues with two awards from New York.

"We feel hugely honoured and humbled to be featured amongst some of the best radio talent in the world and have been spurred onto achieve even greater success." - Iain Meadows writer & director at Spiteful Puppet with a special News Blog exclusive comment.

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2015 BBC Audio Drama Award winners Spiteful Puppet have done it again! This time they've come back with TWO AWARDS from the prestigious New York Festivals World's Best Radio Programs ceremony.

New York Festivals International Radio Program Awards for The World's Best Radio Programs, honours radio programming and promotions in all lengths and formats from radio stations, networks and independent producers from around the globe.

They were nominated in TWO CATEGORIES for 'HOOD: THE SCRIBE OF SHERWOOD'; Best Audio Book (Fiction) and Best Drama Special, coming away with BRONZE in both categories.

Iain Meadows and Matt Hopper from Spiteful Puppet at the New York Festivals World's Best Radio Programs ceremony in New York and the winning audio drama 'HOOD: THE SCRIBE OF SHERWOOD'.

This is fantastic news for my friends and colleagues at Spiteful Puppet with whom I worked with on 'HOOD: NOBLE SECRETS' playing BROTHER TUCK. Ironically I was not involved on their award-winning 'HOOD: THE SCRIBE OF SHERWOOD' but I will be back in the next two instalments of 'HOOD' to be released later this year.

Iain Meadows again; “We’re just overwhelmed by this recognition on a world stage at our first time of being nominated. We know the level of expertise represented internationally and that makes these wins even more special. We’re just in the process of finishing the next HOOD chapters, so maybe we’ll have to come back and have a go for the gold!”

The ceremony itself was held on the 22nd June 2015 at “The Manhattan Penthouse”, New York, USA.

2015 BBC Audio Drama Award winners Spiteful Puppet have released the cover art and trailer for their brand new 'HOOD' adventure.

Cover art for the new audio adventure 'HOOD - WARRIORS' HARVEST' from Spiteful Puppet.

I'm delighted to announce that Spiteful Puppet Ltd who won this years BBC Audio Drama Award for the Best Online or Non-Broadcast production 'HOOD - SCRIBE OF SHERWOOD' have just released news of a BRAND NEW 'HOOD' adventure. 'HOOD - WARRIORS' HARVEST' will star as ever 'INSPECTOR GEORGE GENTLY' actor Lee Ingleby. 

The trailer for the new adventure has also been released ...

Here's what Spiteful Puppet have to say about the upcoming story:

"The rains have come and Phillip De Nicholay, Lord High Sheriff of Nottingham, has a famine on his hands. Increasingly desperate in his efforts to keep the Shire alive, Phillip finds that old enemies have been gathering both their strength and their forces and now circle, eager to reap a harvest of their own. Before long, he will face his enemies in a fight that will cost him that which he values most..."

 

I will be slipping into my monk's habit for 'HOOD - WARRIORS' HARVEST' once again. As ever it was a terrific few days in the studio, with the added bonus of a welcome addition to the cast (see below *) ... RELEASED THIS SUMMER ...

Most of the cast of 'HOOD - WARRIORS' HARVEST'. Photo courtesy of Ian Brooker.

Cast from left to right: Billy Miller, Damian Cooper, Sean Connolly, Peter Greenall, Sarah McKendrick, Lee Ingleby, Ian Brooker (*), Anthony Miles, and our glorious leader Iain Meadows (Writer/Director).

"AND THE WINNERS ARE ... Spiteful Puppet for 'HOOD - THE SCRIBE OF SHERWOOD'" - 2015 BBC Audio Drama Awards.

Spiteful Puppet were the winners of the Best Online or Non-Broadcast Award for their production 'HOOD - SCRIBE OF SHERWOOD'.

Massive congratulations to my friends and colleagues at Spiteful Puppet Entertainment for winning at last nights BBC Audio Drama Awards. The winners of this years awards were announced by actor and writer Lenny Henry at the ceremony in the Radio Theatre, BBC Broadcasting House. 

Announcing the winners last night at the BBC Audio Drama Awards was Lenny Henry alongside Rakie Ayola presenting the award to Iain Meadows.

Spiteful Puppet won the award for Best Online or Non-Broadcast production for 'HOOD - SCRIBE OF SHERWOOD'. It was their second consecutive nomination and this year they took the prize!

Consecutive nominations for Spiteful Puppet for the 2015 BBC Audio Drama Awards for 'HOOD - THE SCRIBE OF SHERWOOD'.

Spiteful Puppet Entertainment have been short-listed for the second consecutive year for the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2015. Following on from last years 'HOOD - NOBLE SECRETS', their next adventure 'HOOD - THE SCRIBE OF SHERWOOD' will once again fight it out in the Best Online or Non-Broadcast Audio Drama category. Although I wasn't in the cast for this adventure, I really hope they scoop the award this time after coming so close last year. 

# STOP PRESS # Whilst we await for the decision, I am delighted to announce that we are all going back into the studio to record two brand new adventures next week!! Strictly no tights allowed!!

Cover for 'HOOD - THE SCRIBE OF SHERWOOD' from Spiteful Puppet Entertainment.

This year’s winners will be announced at a ceremony to be held on Sunday 1st February 2015 in the Radio Theatre at BBC Broadcasting House in central London, hosted by Helen Boaden, Director of BBC Radio.

'HOOD - NOBLE SECRETS' by Spiteful Puppet nominated for BBC Audio Drama Awards 2014.

The previously mentioned, excellent audio re-working of Robin Hood - ‘HOOD (NOBLE SECRETS) PARTS 1 & 2’ by SPITEFUL PUPPET has been nominated for the 2014 BBC AUDIO DRAMA AWARDS. Fingers crossed for everyone involved. The ceremony is to be held on Sunday 26 January in the Radio Theatre at BBC Broadcasting House in central London. I hope to have news soon of further recordings involving BROTHER TUCK and the rest of the Merry Men with the uber talented guys at SPITEFUL PUPPET.

Sean 'TUCKS' in to a new audio 'Robin Hood' adventure ... 'HOOD (NOBLE SECRETS)' is released on CD & Download.

Robin Hood 're-booted' - an exciting new audio version of the classic British tale from Spiteful Puppet.

JUST RELEASED … I play Brother Tuck in this audio re-imagining of the Robin Hood tale in ‘HOOD (NOBLE SECRETS)' PARTS 1 & 2’ for SPITEFUL PUPPET. Starring Lee Ingleby (Inspector George Gently, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban). As well as Brother Tuck, I can be heard voicing; The Abbot of Newstead, Captain Henri and the Celtic Warrior Ked.

Digital copies can be bought via iTunes from 15th July and the CD is now available through Amazon. Listen to the TRAILER.