Drama of the Week
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Not enjoyable
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“So many of these plays are so noisy and chaotic, the back round sounds drown out characters dialogue. 10 minutes is all I can take on most.”
belladarcy via Apple Podcasts · Australia · 12/29/23
Mix
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“There is a great mixture of different stories which is great. My one moan is I can never find the second parts of the multiple episodes.”
TracySmith2771 via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 11/03/23
Incomplete and misleading.
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“The episode says, and I quote, “ To hear the series in full, just search for Gaslight in BBC Sounds. “ But it’s not there. What a total shame, as I used to love BBC dramas more than anything. Do you think the BBC even cares about these reviews?”
HappyGenny via Apple Podcasts · Canada · 11/03/23
Peking Noir
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“Extraordinary life lived through “ interesting times”…..and beautifully dramatised. I will seek out his book, Thankyou.”
quarrycrow via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 09/01/23
Kitchen Dramas re 11 August
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“Where the best entertainment”
ch26do via Apple Podcasts · South Africa · 08/12/23
exposure
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“I keep hoping sooner or later a good drama will appear. ‘Exposure’ this week reached a new low. A modern topic whose darkness and pain could have been explored with the right story. Instead this was all over the place virtue signalling as it stumbled and fumbled to its conclusion ( which seemed...”Read full review »
Panamascot via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 08/09/23
Pick up your next series from here
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“I use this as an overview of what radio dramas are available from BBC sounds.”
thehappynugget via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 05/08/23
Plane Speaking
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“What’s with all the “Goddamns”? What’s the point of sprinkling them in nearly every conversation? Whether or not you find them offensive, they certainly lose their effect after the first three. Cheap shot and disappointing writing. You can do better.”
Janith via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 04/08/23
What happened to good drama?
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“There is so much trash on BBC sounds and Drama used to be something I looked forward to but now? Absolute rubbish. Podcasts? Mostly rubbish with a few excellent exceptions but most of them are made by people who talk loudly, and laugh at themselves even though they’ve barely managed to complete a...”Read full review »
Annoyingme65 via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 02/02/23
Great Addition
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“Great to make this accessible by podcast. Audio frame is its own art form, at odds in our 3 second culture. So rewarding once found. Thank you BBC.”
ipaul321 via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 12/20/22
Bored
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“I can’t remember the last time I enjoyed one of these dramas. It’s not coz it’s woke, as some have said. I like diversity & issues, but only when they are well done. I know it’s a thing to start mid-action, but if I don’t have something to anchor me in a story or care about the characters I...”Read full review »
everynameistaken😡 via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 08/26/22
Super!
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“I used to like radio plays when I was a kid. This is the same but much better because you not only enjoy listening, but also expose yourself to English in a fun way. Good job, folks! Please keep on”
Guzel1776 via Apple Podcasts · Russia · 08/20/22
BBC podcasts no longer play
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“I used to love listening to BBC dramas, but none of them will play anymore here in the US. I don’t understand why they’re showing in the library if we’re not allowed to listen to them.”
SBrentnall via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 07/31/22
Rubbish
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“The BBC has completely lost the plot with producing good drama.”
Nekoma01 via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 05/05/22
افضل طريقة لتعلم اللغة الانجليزية
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“افضل طريقة لتعلم اللغة الانجليزية وانت في الزحمة بالطريق او انتظار بمكان اسمع واستفيد”
Mraisl via Apple Podcasts · Saudi Arabia · 04/09/22
Ok w
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“Was we tw”
Mark your ball via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 02/09/22
I love it
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“Please keep going and updating a new one. I really do appreciate your work with my whole heart. Thanks x”
James Hodor via Apple Podcasts · South Korea · 01/26/22
Frustrating
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“Really frustrating how all episodes of a particular drama are not included so often often there’s no point listening as you’ll never hear the end.”
Radionoush via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 12/29/21
Superb !
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“The tragic story of the Penlee lifeboat was told with profound dignity and compassion towards the victims of this tragic incident . The memories of the family members of the victims were very moving! The story make me smile,cry and hope that memories of the victims will never faith away ! Calm is...”Read full review »
minigoofy2011 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 12/25/21
Lack of parts
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“It seems as though they only put a single part of certain plays on here, so you can never finish the story…unless you manage to find it on BBC Sounds”
LibbyB68 via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 12/17/21
Some of the best writing
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“What she said ^”
Sarahcraft1 via Apple Podcasts · Canada · 09/18/21
Woke lecturing
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“Stop listening to bbc drama because of its constant inclusion of woke lecturing shoehorned into every story!”
sonic spangle via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 06/12/21
Timely Uploads
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“I look forward to the drama of the week. What's happening with the upload? It is no longer occurring reliably on Fridays. This is an easy fix.”Read full review »
RegalBeagle2 via Apple Podcasts · Canada · 04/03/21
Enjoy
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“Could do with episodes more often”
headofaorange via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 03/19/21
Murmuration
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“Superb Storyline After a hectic few minutes as the introduction to the story unfolds you soon become entwined as the story unfolds Excellent acting and very well written Thank you.”
Ukmichael via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 03/03/21
Drama of the week
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“Once again, thank you! I listened to Murmuration, genius story, writing and acting. A whole world of emotions in 40 minutes. Well done for real entertainment. Excellent.”
MSR45 via Apple Podcasts · Austria · 02/28/21
First Out
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“Had to switch off after 10 mins and unsuscribe. Not the first time this podcast has brought in Covid 19 to a storyline. Can't we get away from this pandemic, just for half an hour? Where has creativity gone to? First Out seemed intent on adding to already existing pandemic scaremongering....”Read full review »
Sara in Australia via Apple Podcasts · Australia · 02/10/21
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“Excellent podcast!!”
Chun Kee Kok via Apple Podcasts · Hong Kong · 01/19/21
Good but disappointing
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“The quality of the dramas is excellent, but why is only 1 episode provided? Why would anyone read just one chapter of a book? No other podcast does this. BBC Radio, please reconsider this policy.”
JanfromCan via Apple Podcasts · Canada · 01/18/21
Christmas by the lake
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“A real joy thank you”
Addiction to word games via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 12/26/20
One episode only!!!
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“Such brilliant produce delivered in such an appealing manner....”
Swiss2636 via Apple Podcasts · Australia · 11/13/20
Amazing
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“This podcast is amazing each drama makes me travel to dreams world☁️💜”
Dima20000 via Apple Podcasts · Jordan · 11/10/20
Confused
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“Why is this podcast still in existence? The stories aren’t frequent enough and are not a full story in each episode. I think this needs to be either deleted or revamped.”
Nina&nastasia via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 11/08/20
Incomplete series
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“I have been listening to this podcast for years, and have experienced truly outstanding radio dramas. In the past year, I’ve mostly stopped listening. The two reasons are: 1) because only the first podcast in a series is ever released, meaning they are incomplete, and 2) because they are...”Read full review »
Former player zzxxyyp via Apple Podcasts · Canada · 10/18/20
Amazing
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“It was very good but I would like more longer and interesting podcast. I would like more to. Could they do more 🧐 Please write this message if you agree with me ?! Bye ✌️”
jessica.bam via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 10/11/20
Politically correct sh_te
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“It’s rare there is an episode that doesn’t have sodomites, lesbians, racism, climate change or so called “refugees”. Used to be great with stories that reflected the vast amount of society. I’m done. Last weeks Hotel was excellent- but a rarity with BBC.”
Mizerbrit via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 10/09/20
DJ
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“These have been getting better and better in recent weeks. Thanks for sharing them on the podcast”
djsheppa via Apple Podcasts · Canada · 10/09/20
Podcast review
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“I love listening to the drama of the week but I agree with a lot of other listeners I’d love to listen to all in a series of a story not just one. The BBC should do better to improve on this and also found one I particularly liked but can no longer get it to save I can only listen to it online...”Read full review »
Taffy 1970 via Apple Podcasts · Canada · 10/06/20
Podcasts keep disappearing.
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“I've tried to sync my iPhone with my MacBook to get my saved episodes. For a couple of days I was happy I got my favorite episodes back. All 148 of them. This evening, I'm alarmed to see that they've all disappeared again leaving me just 9 episodes! How come POD Bedroom and POD...”Read full review »
Marcdedawods via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 09/15/20
Do they not want listeners?
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“Once again another trailer for a Sounds only podcast, followed by a wonderfully cast but badly written play. Is this the truly the best drama that the BBC has to offer?”
Coburt via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 09/07/20
Yeet
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“Yeet”
Roberto Caldero via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 08/30/20
RIP Roy..
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“Lovely conversations between the two.”
No way there's another cookie via Apple Podcasts · Portugal · 07/17/20
Why?
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“Why don’t we get all the episodes in a drama.. That’s why I stopped listening. Makes no sense whatsoever.”
soon to be fotmer listener via Apple Podcasts · Canada · 07/16/20
A run in the park
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“Really enjoyed episode one of this but am a bit confused that the other episodes do not seem to be available to download. Any help appreciated.”
Brother Johnno via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 06/06/20
A run in the Park
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“David Parks writing is beautiful. I experienced many different emotions listening to this play. Intrigue, sadness, possibilities and hope.”
Christine Chabert via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 06/04/20
Zig zag
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“The podcasts are very well done. However; they do not seem to be updated in a proper sequence. What I would have rated as 5 stars is downgraded to 2 stars as episode sequences are quite discombobulated.”
leeyoging via Apple Podcasts · Canada · 06/04/20
BBC Sounds
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“Worst app ever and deserves minus stars. Have you never heard the saying If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it? iPlayer Radio was anything but broken, but oh no, you had to get rid of it and upset millions of regular listeners. And now, when if ever there was a time when more people than ever want the...”Read full review »
despairing of dorset via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 05/29/20
I agree
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“With previous review ,the podcast seems to be all over the place,so sad I LOVE the BBC radio drama,top notch,but very hard to follow on this podcast now, it did not used be like this,keep past plays PLEASE”
una gato via Apple Podcasts · Canada · 05/12/20
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