Famous Voices
We Are The BBC Follow-up to the hugely popular We Are Not The BBC, featuring Nicholas Parsons and Stephen...
We Are Not The BBC An Am-Dram group attempt a Mike Leigh-inspired radio play with the help of a visiting...
The Youth of Old Age Prunella Scales at her ‘dragon tongued’ best as the matriarch, determined her heir should not...
Stage Fright A savagely funny satire on celebrity and theatre that garnered 5 star reviews at its...
Shared Patricia visits the grave of her recently deceased husband, Richard, only to find his mistress.
Life at Death’s Door 2B Award winning documentary about Western attitudes to death and dying. Brian Blessed and Jo Brand...
Life at Death’s Door 2A Award winning documentary about Western attitudes to death and dying. Brian Blessed and Jo Brand...
Life At Death’s Door 1B Award winning documentary about Western attitudes to death and dying. Brian Blessed and Jo Brand...
The Springheel Saga
SHJ – S3E3 – The Secret of Springheel’d Jack – The Lords of the World Jonah Smith must fight to fulfil his destiny and finally discover the secret of Springheel’d...
SHJ – S3E2 – The Secret of Springheel’d Jack – The Tunnels of Death Jonah Smith must join forces with an old enemy in his search for Springheel'd Jack
SHJ – S3E1 – The Secret of Springheel’d Jack – The Peril of the Empires UK, 1877. Aldershot Barracks is attacked by a flame wreathed 'Night Terror'
SHJ – S2E3 -The Legend of Springheel’d Jack A runaway train speeds towards it’s explosive destination.
SHJ – S2E2 – The Legend of Springheel’d Jack Hunted by the police and stalked by a sinister new enemy, Jonah Smith risks all.
SHJ – S2E1 -The Legend of Springheel’d Jack – The Terror of London. Folly Ditch, 1845. When a fire-breathing maniac kills 13-year-old Maria Davis, Springheel Jack is blamed
SHJ – S1E3 – The Strange Case of Springheel’d Jack -The Face of the Fiend Smith and Charlotte must escape the villainous Lord Wayland and solve the mystery of Springheel'd...
SHJ – S1E2 – The Strange Case of Springheel’d Jack – The Crypt of Evil Smith’s desperate race to capture the mysterious Springheel'd Jack before he strikes again sends him...
SHJ – S1E1 – The Strange Case of Springheel’d Jack – The Ghost of Clapham Common Multi Award Winning Fantasy Audio Drama, based on the Victorian legend of Springheel'd Jack.
SHJ – The Springheel Saga – Series Finale Trailer The final trailer for the last-ever episode of Wireless Theatre's hit SciFi/Fantasy audio drama series,...
SHJ – Springheel’d Jack Super Trailer – [Fantasy Trailer] A bumper trailer for all 3 series of multi-award winning audio series The Springheel Saga....
SHJ – The Springheel Files – File #1: Look Back, Leap Forward File #1, Look Back, Leap Forward Narrated by Cameron K. McEwan, investigates the world of...
SHJ – The Springheel Files – File #3: All The Fun Of The Fair The Springheel Files, narrated by Cameron K. McEwan, investigates the world of Wireless Theatre’s The...
Guest Productions
Revolution, Murder and Traffic Wardens – 1 Revolution is in the air and Mike is at the helm to overthrow the mighty...
Holy Smoke The Brewery have installed their worst landlords to run the Belfry into the ground. They...
Five Kinds of Silence A family living under the power of the vicious Billy, who physically, emotionally, and sexually...
Subterranean Sepoys Winter 1914: Stalemate on the Western Front. In the blasted trenches of France, an Indian...
The Coast of Coromandel : In Search of Edward Lear Edward Lear has somehow become separated from his creations. They have no option but to...
The Student Underworld – Alcohol Lifting the lid on why student drinking has become so dangerously excessive
Black Spartacus Episode 3 The Slave Uprising consumes the Caribbean colony of St.Domingue, redefining the terms “master” and “slave”
Binaural Audio Plays
The Passenger / The River A couple pick up an apparently injured man in the New Forest, with sickening results....
The Cask of Amontillado 3D Audio Horror. Edgar Allan Poe’s masterpiece, recorded on location in ancient vaults as a...
Audio Dramas for Education
Daphnis and Chloe Hattie Naylor’s adaptation of Longus’s ancient Greek story of young lovers beset by pirates, and...
When You’ve Got No Socks As part of the Wireless Theatre In Education programme the HND Students from West Thames...
Shakespeare Key Scenes – Much Ado About Nothing Key scenes from Much Ado About Nothing, related to the theme of 'love and language'.
Shakespeare Key Scenes – Romeo and Juliet Key scenes from Romeo and Juliet, related to the theme of 'Loves destructive power'.
Shakespeare Key Scenes – Macbeth Key scenes from Macbeth, on the theme 'How does power change people?'
Science Fiction
Red Moon : Phase 6 : Darkside On a remote American airbase in Northern England, the fate of the world hangs in...
Red Moon : Phase 5 : Transit Sloper and Madison travel from London to Cumbria in an attempt to thwart a terrifying...
Red Moon : Phase 4 : Eclipse Sloper and Madison’s trajectories overlap in their search for the truth
Red Moon : Phase 3 : Syzygy MI5 has warned him off the case, but unseen forces bring Sloper into alignment with...
Horror/Thriller
The Woman on the Bridge Chatsworth House during the Second World War. The Devonshire family make way for an evacuated...
Stage Fright 2013 Once again Wireless Theatre were thrilled to open the London Horror Festivalby recording, live at the...
Stage Fright 2012 3 short horror plays submitted as part of londonhorrorfestival.com‘s first ever STAGE FRIGHT competition, followed...
Phonophobia A phonophobic history student makes a dangerous discovery in a dusty old book. Will he...
Medusa on the Beach A perfectly ordinary, past-its-best English seaside town where everyone there has been turned to stone.
The Grimm of Stottesden Hall Based on the works of Edgar Allen Poe and recorded in front of a terrified...
The Cask of Amontillado 3D Audio Horror. Edgar Allan Poe’s masterpiece, recorded on location in ancient vaults as a...
Blood and Stone Based on the true story of prolific mass murderer Countess Elizabeth Bathory, bricked up in...
Crooker’s Kingdom, Part One Recorded on Halloween night, 2015, on location at Cromford Mills. Locals warn Sir Richard Arkwright...
A Very Grimm Christmas – The Piper And Musicians of Bremen A horror adaptation of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale. Part of A Very Grimm Christmas...
A Very Grimm Christmas – The Brave Little Tailor Horror. A dark adaptation of the Brother’s Grimm tale, not intended for children. part of...
A Very Grimm Christmas – The Fearless Youth Horror. A dark adaptation of the Brother’s Grimm tale. performed live as part of A...
A Very Grimm Christmas – The Maiden Without Hands Horror. A dark adaptation of the Brother’s Grimm tale. Not aimed at children. several audience...
A Very Grimm Christmas – The Robber Bridegroom Audio Horror. A dark adaptation of the Brother’s Grimm tale. Not intended for children. Part...
Night of the Orchid A contemporary Gothic drama of desire and death, and of love and vengeance beyond the...
Comedy
The History of England A musical comedy about early English history. Join Professor Thorney Buckshaft and the writer and...
We Are The BBC Follow-up to the hugely popular We Are Not The BBC, featuring Nicholas Parsons and Stephen...
We Are Not The BBC An Am-Dram group attempt a Mike Leigh-inspired radio play with the help of a visiting...
The Youth of Old Age Prunella Scales at her ‘dragon tongued’ best as the matriarch, determined her heir should not...
The Importance of Shoes Shoe addicts, collectors, sellers and naysayers. A Belfast based story of shoes.
The Fun Tom Menace Musical Sketch Comedy “These guys are the Southpark of Radio Drama” Radio Drama Revival
The Oxy Show The exciting sketch show that answers the question 'Why are there not more plays about...
The St Valentine’s Day Murder Events take an unromantic turn when one of the members of a dating site is...
The Trial of Sherlock Holmes A brand new comedy adventure from the writers of our number one download – Sherlock...
Stage Fright A savagely funny satire on celebrity and theatre that garnered 5 star reviews at its...
Sherlock Holmes Strikes Back For one night only The Wireless Theatre Company resurrected the world’s greatest detective partnership
Radio Hoo Hah Radio Hoo Hah. Audio sketch show. A Radio Four spoof from Mackenzie & McGuire. Described...
Pig in Boots – Alternative Pantomime by Richard O’Brien Comedy. Pig In Boots is a quirky, non-formulaic audio pantomime written by Richard O'Brien. Alternative...
Mr Ten Days Andy never has relationships longer than ten days, then he meets Emma, trainee marriage counsellor...
Mince Pie Murder – A Christmas Audio Comedy Christmas themed comedy. The Grobbenthwaites aren't bothered when wealthy aunt Myrtle gets bymped off with...
Leaves in Autumn Gentle comedy drama starring Josephine Tewson (Keeping up Appearances), Hazel Douglas (Harry Potter) and Hugh...
In The Meantime – Part One Audio comedy sketches from Nicholas Parsons' favourite comedy troop. "Great Sketches, Beautifully Executed" - Tim...
Gullibility Factor Peter Yates’s original, quirky and highly comic take on our Gullible Society. This production ran...
Diary of a Madman Gogol’s black comedy sees the clerk Poprishchin sharpening endless quills for his boss while fantasising...
Davis and McQuillan Welcome to the tale of Hoight Flagrin and Jack Else, two musical forces destined for...
Country Life Retired, sedate country life is disrupted, leading to blackmail, robbery and possible murder.
Chocolate Orange Biscuits 4 radio plays from Lisa Parry which all feature chocolate, oranges or biscuits.
Cross Party Debut political comedy from Carolyn Harris and Parliamentary Member for Glasgow South Tom Harris.
Bert and Dave’s Big Break Where is reality TV going? What extent will people go to to realise their dreams?...
Apocalypse Slough – Silly Audio Comedy Silly audio comedy exposing the dangers of post-apocalyptic world orders led by Dr Karl Kennedy...
Adam and Eve and Eric – Audio Comedy Edinburgh Festival The unexpected outcome when upset Eric met irate Eve was then to define relationships for...
Adolf Hitler vs Henry Ford A (sort of) true account of when Henry Ford met Adolf Hitler in a nightclub...
Ariadne and Leonora Meet Leonora, the mentally abusive Australian life coach and Ariadne, the Greek Footballers wife
A Tale Told By An Idiot When the King of Scotland gets his ticket punched it’s up to fictional detective Justin...
Burke and Hare Part Two The story of the infamous 19th Century Scottish Grave-robbers who weren’t Scottish and didn’t rob...
Burke and Hare Part One The story of the infamous 19th Century Scottish Grave-robbers who weren’t Scottish and didn’t rob...
Gino Ginelli – 3 – Gino Ginelli Lives It looks like Charles and Ollie are finally going home if their mother played by...
Gino Ginelli – 2 – Gino Ginelli’s Still Dead Charles and Ollie are still in Swanborough and their father, Gino, is still dead.
Purdy and Chase Episode 2 Private investigating duo and best friends Pen Purdy and Daisy Chase are mystery shoppers at...
Window of Opportunity Three strangers become fixated and entranced by something they see. What is it?
Purdy and Chase Episode 1 New private investigating duo and best friends Pen Purdy and Daisy Chase negotiate the heady...
Gino Ginelli – 1 – Gino Ginelli’s Dead Charles and Ollie Ginelli haven’t seen their father for over twenty years, when out of...
Drayton Trench – Episode 6 [Audio Comedy] Our heroes have escaped the clutches of the Countess, but Nathaniel Swan has gone to...
Drayton Trench – Episode 5 [Audio Comedy] In pursuit of the fiendish Nathaniel Swan, our heroes have travelled to Transylvania and accepted...
Drayton Trench – Episode 4 [Audio Comedy] Jason Davis is an ordinary man whose uncle – Sir Percy Price, archaeologist and disgraced...
Drayton Trench – Episode 3 [Audio Comedy] Drayton has tracked kidnapped archaeologist Sir Percy Price to the Hotel Addison, but an encounter...
Drayton Trench – Episode 2 [Audio Comedy] Renowned archaeologist Sir Percy Price has been kidnapped and Drayton Trench is on the case!...
Drayton Trench – Episode 1 [Audio Comedy] GREAT CEASAR'S GHOST by David K. Barnes Jason Davis is an ordinary man who’s just...
Drama
DELETE Episode 2 Sue is dating. Mostly men with beards. Sue is Tanya’s parole officer. Tanya needs to...
DELETE Episode 1 Sue is dating. Mostly men with beards. Sue is Tanya’s parole officer. Tanya needs to...
Wild Elusive Butterfly Act III John and Peter surprise the Furies with an invitation and shocking suggestion
Wild Elusive Butterfly Act II Tom finds life after death on a South Sea Island, and Jill confronts the unexpected...
Wild Elusive Butterfly Act I Cargo vessel Turmoil prepares to set sail for the Southern Ocean. A tornado is approaching...
The Ballad of C3.3 Oscar Wilde wrote The Ballad of Reading Gaol during his incarceration, but wasn't initially identified...
Silver Wedding Barbara is determined to celebrate her anniversary in style, and no-one will be allowed to...
Shared Patricia visits the grave of her recently deceased husband, Richard, only to find his mistress.
Purple Moon The intense and shocking life of perhaps Spain’s greatest modern poet, Federico Garcia Lorca
Lie Detector A suspect is questioned by a secret service agent using sophisticated polygraph equipment with surprising...
Karen’s Town Spanning six decades, Karen’s Town takes us from 1960′s London, through the turbulent 1980′s, the...
Jacker and Baker Two students became lifelong friends when they were unexpectedly chosen to represent Britain at the...
I’m Waiting for Father Christmas Christmas Audio Drama. It's Christmas Eve, and Ellen has finished all the family Christmas preparations....
His Most Obedient Servant Set in late-Victorian England, this drama explores the tragic effects of Victorian attitudes to homosexuality
Carried 66 years. 35,000,000 Words. 180 film and TV adaptations. 79 novels. One unstoppable writer. One...
Battle Cries A woman's perspective on the Arab Spring, referencing the traditional tribal poetry of pre-Islamic Arabia
A Gentleman of My Own Making Laura Dillon gave herself over to the first gender reassignment surgery, becoming Michael, and changing...
Angels in the Dark Innovative new mystery drama starring Kim Durham (Matt Crawford in The Archers). Listen in the...
Omega episode 4 Newly qualified Police Officer PC Gifty Zahra has at last fulfilled a lifelong ambition to...
Omega episode 3 Newly qualified Police Officer PC Gifty Zahra has at last fulfilled a lifelong ambition to...
Written by Marty Ross
The Woman on the Bridge Chatsworth House during the Second World War. The Devonshire family make way for an evacuated...
Medusa on the Beach A perfectly ordinary, past-its-best English seaside town where everyone there has been turned to stone.
Blood and Stone Based on the true story of prolific mass murderer Countess Elizabeth Bathory, bricked up in...
Short Stories and Poetry
The End of Gray’s Malaise It’s been ten million, two hundred and forty eight thousand, four hundred and eighty seven...
We Can All Dream, Can’t We? Mary’s husband always said she had too much imagination. Well it doesn’t do any harm…...
Fred Strangebone’s Weird Pub Crawl Oddball Fred takes us on a weird and wonderful pub crawl… in his mind.
A Normal Night Simon's filled with desire for his girlfriend's sister, and tonight she's staying over.
Short Story – 147 The world’s first Tourettes Snooker player – and he’s in the world final. Short story...
Saki Short Stories Two darkly comic stories by Saki. Mrs Packletide's Tiger and The Jesting of Arlington Stringham
Elektric Poetry Elektric would like to educate, excite and embrace you all with good music and poetry.
Owen Teale and Mark Lewis, Part Two Collection of prose and poetry by Mark Lewis read by Owen Teale and Mark Lewis
Family Friendly
Twenty Six Miles Dorando Pietri, an Italian marathon runner, in the 1908 London Olympics, collapsed, missing his medal,...
A Christmas Carol – Abridged AudioBook A Christmas Carol audiobook. An adaptation of Charles Dickens' most famous novella, A Christmas Carol,...
The Tale Of Tommy O’Quire, Part Two [Children’s Audio Story] A Wireless Theatre Kids Production The Tale Of Tommy O'Quire by Craig Jordan Baker Read...
The Tale Of Tommy O’Quire [Children’s Audio Story] A Wireless Theatre Kids Production The Tale Of Tommy O'Quire by Craig Jordan Baker Read...
Help, I’m A Prisoner In A Toothpaste Factory, P2 – Radio Drama [Children’s] Part 2 of classic radio drama written by John Antrobus and recorded live at The...
Rumplestiltskin – Radio Drama [Children’s] New drama of the classic story, Rumplestiltskin read by Grace Bishop, Tom George and Stephen...
The Hand – Audio Story [KS3 Halloween Audiobook] The Hand, a spooky tale written by Guy de Maupassant in 1885. A gothic classic...
Female Writers
We Are The BBC Follow-up to the hugely popular We Are Not The BBC, featuring Nicholas Parsons and Stephen...
We Are Not The BBC An Am-Dram group attempt a Mike Leigh-inspired radio play with the help of a visiting...
Stage Fright A savagely funny satire on celebrity and theatre that garnered 5 star reviews at its...
Radio Hoo Hah Radio Hoo Hah. Audio sketch show. A Radio Four spoof from Mackenzie & McGuire. Described...
Leaves in Autumn Gentle comedy drama starring Josephine Tewson (Keeping up Appearances), Hazel Douglas (Harry Potter) and Hugh...
Karen’s Town Spanning six decades, Karen’s Town takes us from 1960′s London, through the turbulent 1980′s, the...
Five Kinds of Silence A family living under the power of the vicious Billy, who physically, emotionally, and sexually...
Chocolate Orange Biscuits 4 radio plays from Lisa Parry which all feature chocolate, oranges or biscuits.
Battle Cries A woman's perspective on the Arab Spring, referencing the traditional tribal poetry of pre-Islamic Arabia
A Gentleman of My Own Making Laura Dillon gave herself over to the first gender reassignment surgery, becoming Michael, and changing...
Ariadne and Leonora Meet Leonora, the mentally abusive Australian life coach and Ariadne, the Greek Footballers wife
Angels in the Dark Innovative new mystery drama starring Kim Durham (Matt Crawford in The Archers). Listen in the...
The Coast of Coromandel : In Search of Edward Lear Edward Lear has somehow become separated from his creations. They have no option but to...
We Can All Dream, Can’t We? Mary’s husband always said she had too much imagination. Well it doesn’t do any harm…...
A Very Grimm Christmas – The Brave Little Tailor Horror. A dark adaptation of the Brother’s Grimm tale, not intended for children. part of...
A Very Grimm Christmas – The Maiden Without Hands Horror. A dark adaptation of the Brother’s Grimm tale. Not aimed at children. several audience...
A Very Grimm Christmas – The Robber Bridegroom Audio Horror. A dark adaptation of the Brother’s Grimm tale. Not intended for children. Part...
Purdy and Chase Episode 2 Private investigating duo and best friends Pen Purdy and Daisy Chase are mystery shoppers at...
Elektric Poetry Elektric would like to educate, excite and embrace you all with good music and poetry.
Over the Rainbow A binaural short radio drama Over the Rainbow is an alarm signal regarding the contemporary...
Purdy and Chase Episode 1 New private investigating duo and best friends Pen Purdy and Daisy Chase negotiate the heady...
A Very Grimm Christmas – Hansel and Gretel Fairytale audio horror. A dark adaptation of the Brothers Grimm tale. Recorded live as part...
Omega episode 4 Newly qualified Police Officer PC Gifty Zahra has at last fulfilled a lifelong ambition to...
Omega episode 3 Newly qualified Police Officer PC Gifty Zahra has at last fulfilled a lifelong ambition to...
Interviews and Extras
Wireless Theatre Audio Drama Montage, 2017 It was high time we updated our Wireless Theatre Audio Drama montage, so we've put...
SHJ – Springheel’d Jack Super Trailer – [Fantasy Trailer] A bumper trailer for all 3 series of multi-award winning audio series The Springheel Saga....
Wired Up Theatre Talk, Episode 1 – Podcast The Wireless Theatre Company have started their very own theatre talk podcast. Join us for...
Director David Beck talks about recording Ibsen We recently recorded 3 Ibsen plays in just 6 days for Audible. A Doll's House...
Interview with Cherry Cookson – BBC Radio Drama Producer Cherry Cookson is a multi award-winning radio producer and director with over 35 years experience...
Richard O’Brien Sings ‘The Time Warp’ Live Richard O'Brien was the judge for our live recording of three shortlisted audio plays to...
Wired Up Theatre Talk, Episode 3 – Podcast Comedians Mark and Ollie are back again to discuss all things theatre. This episode goes...
Wired Up Theatre Talk, Episode 2 – Podcast Mark and Ollie review theatre pubs and their value for money, getting pretty drunk in...
SHJ – The Springheel Files – File #1: Look Back, Leap Forward File #1, Look Back, Leap Forward Narrated by Cameron K. McEwan, investigates the world of...
Interview with our patron – Nicholas Parsons Our patron, Nicholas Parsons has been the host of the BBC Radio 4 panel game...
SHJ – The Springheel Files – File #3: All The Fun Of The Fair The Springheel Files, narrated by Cameron K. McEwan, investigates the world of Wireless Theatre’s The...
SHJ – The Springheel Files – File #2: If All The World’s A Stage The Springheel Files, narrated by Cameron K. McEwan, investigates the world of Wireless Theatre’s The...
SHJ – Springheel’d Jack – Series 2 Trailer The full trailer for the second series of The Springheel Saga - The Legend Of...
Stephen Fry – This Is A Download Music to our ears. Legend Stephen Fry uttering our favourite words "This is a download...
Bloopers – Angels In The Dark Archer's star KIM DURHAM and the cast of ANGELS IN THE DARK and some of...
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Wireless Theatre have been creating radio drama since 2007. Now also known as audio drama or scripted podcasts, Wireless Theatre are proud to be at the forefront of modern audio drama, and hope you enjoy our original modern audio plays. We also produce plays for BBC Radio, and Audible.