Sunday links

11th October 2020

John Wyver writes: Regular readers of the blog might have noticed that tomorrow night, Monday 12 October, our documentary Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today is premiered on BBC Four. Preparations for that have been more

Making ‘Drama…’, 4. The Graphics

10th October 2020

John Wyver writes: With transmission on Monday evening (9pm, BBC Four, in case you're in any doubt) hurtling towards us I'm returning to this series of posts reflecting on the production process of our documentary about Play for Today, Drama more

Sunday links

4th October 2020

John Wyver writes: yet another weird week, and yet another more-or-less sensible list of links to stuff that interested or engaged me over the past seven days. My thanks, as always, to those that I follow on Twitter for their more

Making ‘Drama…’, 3. The Archive

1st October 2020

John Wyver writes: with Monday 12 October now confirmed for BBC Four's initial transmission of Drama out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today, I'm going to continue my series of posts about the making of the documentary. more

Sunday links

27th September 2020

John Wyver writes: another week, another clutch of links to articles and videos and the occasional Twitter feed that I have found of interest - as always, I compiled this from the online sites I visit regularly and from all more

‘Play for Today’: 50 years on [Updated 9/10]

23rd September 2020

John Wyver writes: with the 50th anniversary of the first Play for Today broadcast in 1970 fast approaching, and with our BBC Four documentary about the strand, Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today, scheduled at more

Sunday links

20th September 2020

John Wyver writes: welcome to another clutch of links to articles and videos and the occasional Twitter thread that have engaged me over the past week; thanks, as usual, to those in my social media timelines that selflessly share good more