#radio work

Some wonderful photos of Rupert Graves, Nicola Walker and Julian Simpson during the recording of the award-winning radio play Bad Memories in 2012.

Who is The First And True Inventor of Radio? History of Radio in India (1924 – Present).

If we talk about a few years ago, when very few people used to have television, or say that there was no television at all. Then the radio was the only option for the entertainment of the people. It was the only means of entertainment for the people at that time. Who is The First And True Inventor of Radio? Also, radio used to be a major medium of media transmission. All the news of the country,…

Kenneth Williams performing on a panel for the BBC Radio 4 show “Just a Minute”, 1982

© Original photos by Tim Roney / Radio Times

Dear Sir, With reference to your enclosed letter, my sincere regrets for not been able to reply sooner, but I have been away from my home for some time, on business connected with the decease of a relative. Please accept my apologies. My pre-service experience? None, as far as radio is concerned, for I was with the Tavistock Rep., and learned voice training with them. And as I have only been back in this country for a few months, I have done no regular work, as yet. Mr. Anderson [sic], all I am asking for is a chance to prove to you that I have a good voice for broadcasting, and that if you see, I promise I shan’t waste your time. This means everything to me, so please don’t cast my letter aside, but be immeasurably kind, and help me. Very sincerely, Kenneth C. Williams

Letter to BBC’s Drama Booking Manager, Mr. David Manderson, in 1948

In a remarkably short time Kenneth had gone from scratching around for the odd small part on air to overbalancing the budget of one the best-known comedies in broadcasting. He eventually appeared in many British radio programmes and  joined in the popular radio series ’Hancock’’s Half Hour’ (1954-59) with Tony Hancock, ‘Beyond Our Ken’ (1958-64) and its sequel ‘Round the Horne’ (1965-68), both starring Kenneth Horne. Furthermore, KW was a regular on the BBC Radio panel game ’Just a Minute’ from its second season in 1968 until his death in 1988.

“From a scriptwriter’s point of view, you knew whatever you wrote, Kenneth would find something to fit it. And if you listened in coffee breaks of the recordings and so forth, you’d hear him doing these extraordinary anecdotes, you’d make a mental note and then you’d write something that had that voice in mind. If I had one word to sum him up, it would be ’versatile’. You could give him anything to do, he could handle it. And handle it in one take.” - Barry Took, English writer, BBC comedy advisor & comedian - Co-writer for two series of ‘Beyond Our Ken’. Together with Marty Feldman, he created most episodes of 'Round the Horne’. Barry also wrote Kenneth Williams’s life story for the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography in 1996.

:^D I’m so happy to hear this? Thank you so much! For future reference I identify as a man but I go by he/they pronouns cause I try to define my own interpretation of masculinity to what I want it to be. I think it’s great that you had this talk with your sister because I know how hard it can be for some people. I hope you continue to watch/listen to my programs, past and present.

Plenty of lovely voice work from His Blakeness available on the BBC website now; with roughly a month to listen.

Flood Minimum - A brand new 45-minute drama starring (only) Blake and Lee Ingleby.

Billions - Originally from 2013, with Blake as the main character Mark.