https://radiopublic.com/radio-drama-revival-jGERgW/s1!f43c0 Bronzeville is a story of the Great Migration: it follows Jimmy Tillman (Larenz Tate), a papermill worker from Arkansas who kills a strikebreaker and flees to Chicago to find a new life for himself, tracing the steps of millions of Black Americans who migrated from the rural South to the urban North in the mid-20th century. Jimmy makes his way to Bronzeville, the legendary Black neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, where he falls … [Read more...] about Bronzeville – Episode 1 & Interview with LaRon and Lahmard Tate
Historical Fiction
Tumanbay – ‘A Head Start’ & Interview with John Dryden
https://radiopublic.com/radio-drama-revival-the-fred-year-WwRR4L/s1!4568e Validation code - 895729 Tumanbay, the beating heart of a vast empire, is threatened by a rebellion in a far-off province and a mysterious force devouring the city from within. Gregor (Rufus Wright), Master of the Palace Guard, is charged by Sultan Al-Ghuri (Raad Rawi) with the task of rooting out this insurgence and crushing it. Epic saga inspired by the Mamluk slave-dynasty of Egypt. Featuring TUMANBAY Episode … [Read more...] about Tumanbay – ‘A Head Start’ & Interview with John Dryden
The Weather Looks Grim Up North – From BBC Radio Cumbria
https://radiopublic.com/radio-drama-revival-the-fred-year-WwRR4L/s1!dd09a In case you thought that getting several feet of snow dumped on you was bad, we remind you that the plight of the Roman soldier in AD126 was way, way worse. This cheeky tale, "It's Grim Up North," is a historic radio sitcom about the plight of Rome's men manning Hadrian's Wall, specifically, life at Milecastle 17 - Drizzlewort. Widely considered to be the worst posting of all for those Romans soldiers … [Read more...] about The Weather Looks Grim Up North – From BBC Radio Cumbria