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New Creatives Dramas

Series 3

3. The Thing About Harper Swift & Scarfe Point

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Fresh storytelling from first time writers and producers as part of BBC Introducing Arts supported by BBC Arts and Arts Council England.

BBC Arts correspondent Rebecca Jones presents two thought-provoking short dramas from the next generation of dramatists.

The Thing About Harper Swift by Sophie Sparham.

What happens when a superfan breaks into her favourite writer’s house?

Featuring the voices of Sophie Bloor and Very Straker.
Sound Design: Martyn Harries
Producers: Anna Campbell and Paul Dodgson
A Rural Media Production.

Scarfe Point by Noah Feasey-Kemp is based on a novel by Joe Baxter.

The drama is set in the landscape of an old hotel crumbling into a windswept, barren beach on the coast. The guests have long departed and the days merge into weeks without change.

Writer and Narrator: Joe Baxter
New Creative Artist and Sound Designer: Noah Feasey-Kemp
Composer: John Matthias
Producer: Jay Auborn
Executive Producer: Jeremy Routledge
A DBS Production for Calling the Shots

New Creatives Dramas is presented by Rebecca Jones

Producer Paul Dodgson

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