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The Zinoviev Letter - BBC Radio 4
Scheduled to broadcast:
BBC Radio 4
2:15pm Tuesday 29th October 2024
The very first Labour government came to power under Ramsay MacDonald promising economic and social reform and normalisation of British/Soviet relations. But there were many who saw this as a radicalising of the British working class that must be crushed. Within the year it was the victim of false news.
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Four days before the ensuing 1924 general election, The Daily Mail published and sensationalised a document called the Zinoviev Letter. This was allegedly a directive from Grigory Zinoviev, the head of the Communist International in Moscow ordering the Communist Party of Great Britain to pursue a Bolshevik-style revolution. Only problem is, it was a fake.
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Directed by Gemma Jenkins
Starring Mark Bonnar, Sam Troughton, Max Bennett and Jonathan Coy
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FEATURED WORK
The Waiting - Teatro Belli, Rome
Theatrical play 'The Waiting' - performed at Teatro Belli, Rome - 23rd-26th November 2023
The Waiting was staged for the XXII edition of TREND - new frontiers of the British scene. Rome's annual festival devoted to contemporary British theatre
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Director: Alessandro Di Murro
Cast: Matteo Baronchelli, Jacopo Cinque, Alessio Esposito, Laura Pannia
Assistant director: Tommaso Emiliani
Costumes: Michela Caccavallo
Organising director: Bruna Sdao
Graphic design: Cristiano Demurtas
Translation by Natalia di Giammarco
Production: Compagnia della Creta / Factor K
In agreement with Arcadia & Ricono Ltd
Festival and theatre links here:
Franklin - BBC Radio 4
Based on a true story, 'Franklin' is about joining the fight when you're not sure it's your fight. Doing the right thing when that might cost you everything.
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Following the assassination of Martin Luther King, Harriet Glickman, a high school teacher in California, writes to Charles M Schultz, creator of the USA's most widely published comic strip, 'Peanuts', about the possible inclusion of a 'Negro character' in the strip.
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What she suggests appeals to Schultz, but he also finds it morally troubling...
First broadcast:
BBC Radio 4 - Tuesday 3rd November 2020
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'...a surprisingly potent and poignant meditation on the creative process, the politics of representation, race in America, and the power of comics and pop culture...a quiet, modest story about small decisions and small victories that can help change the world for the better'
COMMENTS
What people have said about...
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The Un-Gone
…the uniqueness of the concept and the execution of the content was outstanding.
Festival Director
Hollywood DV Festival
Hive Mind BBC Radio 4
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…exactly the way to create a political, eco justice, drama that the average listener is likely to become engaged in and Bovey accomplishes a masterful turn in this one.
The Iceman BBC Radio 4
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…strong plot,
plenty of suspense, and lots of surprisingly fascinating details about the Victorian ice trade.
…clever, creepy, and concise
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Fantastic Fest, Austin, USA
Excellent series with great characterisation.
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Very imaginative and thought provoking.
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Radio Choice Daily Mail
Mountain of Light BBC Radio 4
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…enjoyable period heist...pacy and fun.
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PREVIOUS WORK
A few examples...
Theatrical play 'Testimony' performed at Teatro Belli, Rome - 20th-23rd October 2022
Testimony opened the XXI edition of TREND - new frontiers of the British scene. Rome's annual festival devoted to contemporary British theatre
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Director: Armando Quaranta
Cast: Jacopo Olmo Antinori, Giulio Forges Davanzati and Maurizio Mario Pepe
Design and costumes: Nicola Civinini
Light design: Alessio Pascale
Translation by Natalia di Giammarco
Khora Theater production in collaboration with The Shape of Water
In agreement with Arcadia & Ricono Ltd
RAI TV news coverage of TREND and Testimony
The UnGone
UK Film Council/Screen West Midlands
8 mins short film
Writer / director
Starring Stephen Billington, Damien Thomas and Linette Beaumont
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Matter transporters are a reality, and the Trans-Trip Corporation, controllers of this technology, provide the gateway to a new life for Julian Salinger and his wife Maya. But this apparent golden age of travel without boundaries has its shadow side. And when the system malfunctions, Salinger discovers the dark truth behind the corporate facade.
Voice of God
BBC Radio 4 Extra
5 x 30 mins original serial
Directed by Marc Beeby
Starring Matthew Dyktynski, Clare Corbett, David Thorpe and Geoffrey Beevers
In a remote region of Australia, Britain is developing the ultimate weapon. Their aim, a silent war, over before the enemy knows it has begun. But according to Aboriginal dreamtime, it’s Armageddon.
Sargasso
BBC Radio 4
45 mins single drama
Directed by Marc Beeby
Starring Robert Lonsdale, Emily Wachter, Ian Gelder and Stuart McLoughlin
April on the River Severn is gold rush country, a living gold of eels. And men will shed blood to get them.
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ABOUT ME
I’ve been immersed in story for thirty years, working for film, television and radio for companies in both Europe and America. Stories are important. They tell us who we are and what we care about.
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As a director also in theatre and film I’ve been lucky enough to bring those words to stage and screen, and have international success gaining awards and distribution.
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When I’m not writing I’m educating others in the way of all things narrative on the Film Production degree course at Worcester University; from games to writing a feature film, from radio to comic book adaptations. Story passed on to the next generations.
