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nakedprods.bsky.social @nakedprods.bsky.social · 1h

Congratulations to those shortlisted for the @EditorsUK Media Freedom Awards 2025!

We're excited that Marianna in Conspiracy land 2 for @BBCRadio4 is up for #podcastoftheyear.

If you missed it, the final episode is out now:

🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Sound by Naked.

nakedprods.bsky.social @nakedprods.bsky.social · 4d

The conclusion of Marianna in Conspiracyland 2 is available now.

It’s been more than a year since Paloma Shemirani died after rejecting chemotherapy in favour of alternative methods. Could Paloma have been saved?

🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Sound by Naked.

nakedprods.bsky.social @nakedprods.bsky.social · 6d

👜 Coming on October 14th to @BBCRadio4 : The Door to Door Poet

✒️ Rowan McCabe travels the streets, knocking on doors, asking if people would like a poem written about them.

Produced by Reform Radio, mixed by us. Stay tuned for more.

nakedprods.bsky.social @nakedprods.bsky.social · 9d

Tonight! Ep 4 of the latest series of #theskewer.

Jon Holmes mashes up the news into an award-winning comedy concept album. This week - Peacemaker Trump, How to Be PopuLABOUR and David Lammy crosses the streams.

📅 Tonight
⏲️ 23:15
🎧 @BBCRadio4

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nakedprods.bsky.social @nakedprods.bsky.social · 15d

Love Across the Ages.

Shahid Iqbal Khan’s afternoon drama tackles love between two Muslim men in 815 through to modern-day Bradford using classical poet Abu Nuwas as our guide, our Cupid.

Nominated for an Aria 'Best Drama' Award in 2023.

📅 Today!
⏲️ 14:15
🎧@BBCRadio4

nakedprods.bsky.social @nakedprods.bsky.social · 16d

Tonight! Ep 3 of the latest series of #theskewer: Supercalifragilisticexpibraggadocious.

Jon Holmes mashes up the news into an award-winning comedy concept album.

This week - Donald Trump is Supercalifragilisticexpibraggadocious.

📅 Tonight
⏲️ 23:15
🎧 @BBCRadio4

nakedprods.bsky.social @nakedprods.bsky.social · 18d

Our 2022 drama, Love Across The Ages, is back.

A drama about gay love through the ages inspired by poet Abu Nuwas.

⭐️ Raad Rawi, Esh Alladi, Darren Kuppan, Nadia Emam.

✒️ Shahid Iqbal Khan, dir: Nickie Miles-Wildin, prod: Polly Thomas

🎧 @BBCRadio4
📅 25th Sept
⏲️ 14:15

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nakedprods.bsky.social @nakedprods.bsky.social · 18d

The final episode of The Great Influencer Experiment is available now.

Emily, Alun and Danyah dive deeper into the experiment, facing the pressures of attention, scrutiny and authenticity. Can they endure the emotional cost of being seen?

🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - The Great Influencer Experiment, A Catch 22

The experiment’s participants face scrutiny, burnout and the pressure to appear authentic.

www.bbc.co.uk

nakedprods.bsky.social @nakedprods.bsky.social · 22d

The current affairs comedy concept album where world events meet popular culture, #theskewer, is back!

This week - Back, Sack and Crack, Nigel's House Party, and An American Idiot Abroad.

An unusual production for @BBCRadio4, sound by Naked, Produced by Jon Holmes.

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nakedprods.bsky.social @nakedprods.bsky.social · 28d

🏅The #britishpodcastawards2025 is taking place at the 02 on 2nd October, and we've got some great projects in the mix:

#theskewer
Money Gone
Strangers on a Bench
Jon Holmes Says The C Word

👋 Congrats to all nominees! We can't wait to see you there.

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nakedprods.bsky.social @nakedprods.bsky.social · Sep 9

👉 Out now on @bbcsounds.bsky.social.

🌏 Crossing Continents: Galicia’s wild horses in peril

🐎 Europe’s largest herd of wild horses, in north-west Spain, is under threat. John Murphy is in Galicia to find out why.

🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

🔊 by Naked.

#CrossingContinents ⁦

BBC Radio 4 - Crossing Continents, Galicia’s wild horses in peril

Europe’s largest herd of wild horses, in north-west Spain, is under threat. Why?

www.bbc.co.uk

nakedprods.bsky.social @nakedprods.bsky.social · Sep 8

Available now!

In this social experiment, presenter and reporter Osman Iqbal follows three passionate, but very offline people - a potter, historian and theatre performer - as they attempt to become online success stories.

🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

nakedprods.bsky.social @nakedprods.bsky.social · Sep 6

📢 Our 2024 doc Blast From A Megaphone is back on @BBCRadio4 this Monday evening, 23:00.

Poet Paul Farley wants to listen back through history to the megaphone’s many and various echoes, finding out where and when it’s been put to use.

...or listen now: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

nakedprods.bsky.social @nakedprods.bsky.social · Sep 4

Coming soon...

A potter, a historian and a performer seek success on social media. Their journey reveals both the promise and the personal cost of chasing attention online.

A social experiment with presenter and reporter Osman Iqbal.

📅 Mon 8th Sept
⏲️ 11:00am
🎧 @BBCRadio4

nakedprods.bsky.social @nakedprods.bsky.social · Aug 28

Listen to the latest episode Strangers on a Bench: The Best Man There Ever Was.

Tom Rosenthal approaches a stranger on a park bench and asks if he can sit down next to them and record their conversation.

This is what happened!

🎧 shows.acast.com/strangers-on...

nakedprods.bsky.social @nakedprods.bsky.social · Aug 24

Brand new two-part drama to feast on this bank hol!

Futurist billionaire Hennessy Peck is one of the richest tech-bros on the planet, but he’s decided this planet isn’t enough, and it’s time to leave it.

🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

nakedprods.bsky.social @nakedprods.bsky.social · Aug 22

🤽‍♂️Love Jaws?

To celebrate the golden anniversary of Steven Spielberg’s marine masterpiece, comedian and writer Jon Harvey presents a hilarious history of shark fiction.

🌊 Dive in now: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

🦈 A Naked production for BBC Radio 4

nakedprods.bsky.social @nakedprods.bsky.social · Aug 21

Our 2022 drama Rise is being repeated on @BBCRadio4 on Tuesday 26th August, 14:15.

Aimee, young looked-after black British teenager, finds inner strength from discovering her past.

By award-winning writer Lorna French and starring young talent Olivia Triste.

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nakedprods.bsky.social @nakedprods.bsky.social · Aug 14

Ep2 of Collapsing Orbits concludes our brand new not-quite rom com.

Ep2 Tech-bro billionaire, Hennessy Peck, has reached space. But the Mars Mission is going sideways and he just wants to come home.

📅 Today!
⏲️ 14.15
🎧 @BBCRadio4

nakedprods.bsky.social @nakedprods.bsky.social · Aug 13

Don't miss Ep1 of Collapsing Orbits.

Tech-bro billionaire Hennessy Peck has decided this planet isn’t enough, and he's leaving it all behind for Mars. But he’s not a genius. He’s not even much of a leader.

📅 Today!
⏲️ 14.15
🎧 @BBCRadio4

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nakedprods.bsky.social @nakedprods.bsky.social · Aug 9

Another British Podcast Awards 2025 nominee, Our 2024 @bbcradio4 #Limelight apocalyptic thriller #moneygone, written by Ed Selleck

Missed it? Don't miss out:

🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

#awards #podcasts

BBC Radio 4 - Limelight, Money Gone

Chaos descends on the UK when no one can access any money. An apocalyptic satire.

www.bbc.co.uk

nakedprods.bsky.social @nakedprods.bsky.social · Aug 5

We're looking forward to the #britishpodcastawards2025.

#ukarias winner #theskewer, one of the #nominees, with sound by us.

The news remixed. Headphones on. Catch up now!

🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

nakedprods.bsky.social @nakedprods.bsky.social · Aug 1

Collapsing Orbits - Coming soon!

Hennessy Kenlor, one of the richest tech-bros in the world, has had enough. He's leaving to set up the first human colony on Mars.

Our brand-new two-part drama by Ed Sellek.

📅 13th & 14th August
🕡 14.15
🎧 @bbcradio4

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nakedprods.bsky.social @nakedprods.bsky.social · Jul 30

Catch up on the final episode of Marianna in Conspiracyland 2.

Can people fight back against medical misinformation?

🎧 bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

A @BBCRadio4 collaboration with @BBCPanorama, sound by us.

nakedprods.bsky.social @nakedprods.bsky.social · Jul 24

🤪 We're so excited to be nominated at the #britishpodcastawards2025.

🎧 #theskewer, Money Gone, Strangers on a Bench and Jon Holmes Says The C Word are all up.

👏 Congratulations to all nominees!

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