Ed Hime Radio Plays
WE OUTNUMBER YOU....2010
23 Apr 10. Horror story by Ed Hime, starring Kenneth Cranham. Friday Play, 55m. A businessman opens a new zoo, with catastrophic consequences. Producer Jessica Dromgoole. Repeated 25 Nov 11, Friday Play.
RT blurb: ...reconstructed from amateur recordings after the event, reliving the huniliation of a major oil company at the gala opening of their new zoo.
LISTEN TO THE WORDS....2009
R4, 18 Jun 08, 45m. Afternoon Play. Tim has a problem with empathy and justifies tapping fellow student Sophie's phone as the only way to understand her. When it all goes horribly wrong; he books the media room of the secure unit where he is being held and creates a broadcast for his college radio station. Armed with one 1991 compilation album; several illicit recordings and a script he has redrafted 43 times; he sets about telling his story.
Cast: Tim ...... Joe Dempsie, Sophie ...... Lizzie Watts, Damon ...... Sam Crane, Stella ...... Lisa Stevenson, Derek ...... Nyasha Hatendi, Dr Susan ...... Helen Longworth, Bill Keyes ...... Ben Crowe, Clive ...... John Rowe, Zoe ...... Liz Sutherland, Lecturer ...... Stephen Critchlow, Toby ...... Dan Starkey. Producer Jessica Dromgoole. Repeated R4, Feb 2010.
FROM FACT TO FICTION....2007
24 Nov 07.Series where writers create a fictional response to the week's news. Featured author is playwright Ed Hime. 15m. (No other details).
THE INCOMPLETE RECORDED WORKS OF A DEAD BODY....2007
31 Mar 07 R3; no other information at present.
Nigel Deacon / Diversity website
Above plays known to exist in VRPCC collections
