Sparklab Productions

I've spent most of my working life writing for newspapers, but love radio too. I got to combine the two in this @BBCRadio4 series I've produced/presented. Kind of a love letter to local news reporters and it starts today at 1.45pm, just before the Archers. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Starts today: a kind of love letter to local reporters and local news by journalist Ian Wylie: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

@TheWoofWorld This is such a cool clip

@____B_S____ Brilliant! xx

@Laughs_4_All The collies have it - always. Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow xx

@____B_S____ OMG! Brilliant!

@ruslandvalley @BBCRadio4 Thanks so much !

@SparklabProds @BBCRadio4 I was hoping it would be on today. Really enjoying it.

'Our Friends in the North' continues today at 14:15 on @BBCRadio4. In Episode 5, it’s 1974. The 3-day working week begins, Nicky campaigns for the Labour Party & Geordie plans revenge on Benny Barratt. The series resumes with Ep 6 on 12/05/22 bbc.in/3iOBv7L

@Dr1Jn @BBCRadio4 Thanks John!

Episode 4 of 'Our Friends in the North' airs today, at 14:15, on @BBCRadio4. It's 1970. Nicky is intent on bringing down the government and the circles closes in on corrupt coppers in the Metropolitan Police force... A @SparklabProds for @BBCRadio4. bbc.in/3iM1LQ2

Just one week after publishing, the Open Letter on the future funding for the @AudioFund has over 200 signatures 😎👍 If you haven't, please add your name now and encourage others to do so - anyone can sign, freelancers, company employees and individuals audiocontentfundfuture.org

@reillyusa @manairport It’s not like that at T2. We’ve been queuing for 2+hrs and getting nowhere. I’m trying to get an unaccompanied teenager on a flight to Tblisi. No explanations, no one in charge. A world class international airport?!?

For anyone planning to travel out of @manairport in the coming days, the queues are nowhere near as bad as the media would have you believe. It’s around 1 hour to get through check-in and security - given that it’s the Easter holidays, isn’t too bad at all. Good work everyone.

Ep 3 of our new @BBCRadio4 drama 'Our Friends in the North' airs today at 14:15! Opening in 1967, Nicky turns his back on the Labour Party, Mary and Tosker’s new flat is crumbling and Scotland Yard’s Dirty Squad come up with a solution... bbc.in/3uILwc2

Superb & compelling radio: Our Friends In The North @bbc4drama by Peter Flannery, directed by Melanie Harris @SparklabProds first of episodes today. Great voices & cast, muscular & witty drama, the story is so relevant to our unlevel society right now.

I was nervous about this, but it’s perfect … bravo ⁦@SparklabProds⁩ bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/…

Listen back to 'Banding: Love, Spit and Valve Oil' tinyurl.com/MG-banding @Martin_Green__ explores the phenomenon that is modern brass banding, asking, what continues to draw people in? 🎺 Prod @becca_gaskell & @Martin_Green__ A @LepusArts & @SparklabProds co-production

We love Lepus! Making a 3-part R4 series with them...

We're very sorry to hear of the passing of #PiersPlowright - many thanks to @sewell7 for drawing our attention to this interview

3pm on @BBCRadio4, 'The Last of England' is a darkly comic drama by Neil McKay. On an overnight ferry to Santander, 3 friends try (and fail) to come to terms with life, death and Brexit. Starring @fayemckeever, @heresaclue2, @georgebukhari, Anthony O'Donnell & Gary Lewis

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