Manx Radio Dramas

A one act play written and adapted for radio by Lisa Smith. Ben loves a roast dinner . . . but all is not as it seems . .

Join our comedy team for a satirical, spooky treat for Hop tu Naa. 

The Railway Children, a new radio drama adapted from and based on the much loved novel and film. Featuring an all-Island cast and produced by Bob Harrison for Manx Radio.  

These short plays, produced by Manx National Heritage , are based upon some very engaging and little known stories discovered within the Dukes of Atholl archive. They relate to the Atholls’ administration  of the Isle of Man between 1736 and 1830. The Dukes of Atholl archive is currently being catalogued at the Manx Museum, with papers dating from 1630-1839. The plays were written and p...

A theatre of the mind, painting aural snapshots of a remembered Manxness from another time

Our favourite intrepid duo, Hally and Kelly, are back in their newest adventure, ‘A Garden of Teeth and Claws.’ From the pen of Alex Duncan comes the next breakneck thrill ride straight to your radio. In 1920 something, on the Isle of Man, Captain Hall and Joyce Kelly face their most dangerous case yet as a beast returns to terrorise the island. The Mordhey Dhoo is back! Will they surv...

Manx Radio brings you a special radio drama mini-series, Cronk Beg Carnival. Written by Lisa Creighton and voiced by Juan Bridson, Lisa Creighton, Toby Smith, Jackie Hawkes, Tom Cain, Chris Caine, Sophie Rudge, Alexandra Batty, Máıre Stephens, and Jenny Davies, all of the Service Players. Produced by Bob Harrison and Marc Tyley

Manx Radio brings you a dramatisation of the supernatural tale by W.W. Jacobs, adapted for radio by Bob Harrison and produced by Bob Harrison and Marc Tyley

It’s 75 years since the end of World War Two and to mark the event on Manx Radio; an original drama from the award-winning playwright - Tony Perrin. One of Coronation Street’s principal writers for several decades, he’s also supplied many a script for BBC Radio - and television series like Crown Court and Play for Today. ... His play concerns a couple of plumbers from the North West of England who...

Three unique radio productions created by Manx National Heritage and Labyrinth History in Action Players. Manx National Heritage had been working on a theatrical production to be performed at the Grove this weekend, but the hard work has been repurposed into three radio broadcasts instead. Using the Manx Newspapers as source material the three programmes focus on how VE Day was marked and celebrat...

What happens when two couples travel to London for the final of the UK Scrabble Challenge? First broadcast on Manx Radio on 26th December 2019.

A bold new beginning for radio drama in the Isle of Man. From the pen of Alex Duncan, author of ‘Fynoderee’ and ‘The Versatiles’, comes ‘Whistle Once More for Jinny!’ a classic chiller to terrify and delight you as the dark nights draw in. It is a love letter to the joyous melodrama of Hammer Horror, the irreverence of Ealing Comedy and the ghost stories of M R James and Nigel Neale. More than thi...

On Monday 22nd April 2019, director Bob Harrison and producer Marc Tyley bring you the Manx Radio Production of Lucille Fletcher's 1943 radio play 'Sorry Wrong Number'.

A original radio play commemorating the Isle of Man’s role during the First World War. Based upon true stories and letters from the period, the play was written and directed by John Young and performed by local actors and actresses. It was first performed as a stage work in April 2018, then produced for Manx Radio in association with the Isle of Man Arts Council.