The Future of Radio 

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The Future of Radio

Comedy: Satire

Comedy series making fun of technology and radio.

Comedy series making fun of technology and radio, written by Jerome Vincent and Stephen Dinsdale

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William Beck

Emma Kilbey

Lizzy Watts

David Brett

Chris Stanton

Jessica Carroll

Jerome Vincent

Stephen Dinsdale

David Blount

The Future of Radio: Series 2: Bad Continuity

Bad Continuity

Series 2

BBC Radio 4 - The Future of Radio, Series 2, Bad Continuity

Audio boffins create an algorithm to put radio announcers out of work.

Scientists explore how to make humans redundant. Secrets of the Institute of Radiophonic Evolution. With Lizzy Watts. From 2016.

These programmes reveal the secret work of the Institute of Radiophonic Evolution in South Mimms - drawing on conference calls, voice notes and life-logs, to tell a compelling and strange story of the technological lengths to which the researchers will go to push forward the boundaries of the emerging digital technologies.
 
Each week a jiffy bag of sound files arrives at BBC Radio 4. We listen to the contents to discover what backroom boffins Luke Mourne and Professor Trish Baldock (ably assisted by Shelley – on work experience) have been up to.
 
In this episode, they develop an algorithm to replace continuity announcers – resulting in industrial unrest and ‘easy listening’ on every BBC radio network – which is fine if you’re a James Last fan.

Luke..................William Beck
Trish..................Emma Kilbey
Shelley...............Lizzy Watts
Felix....................David Brett
Colin..................Chris Stanton
with Jessica Carroll
 
Written by Jerome Vincent and Stephen Dinsdale

Producer David Blount

A Pier production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in February 2016.

The Future of Radio: Series 2

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