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Helen Quigley
@soundliness.com
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Audio Producer/Director in the birthplace of wireless. Mainly does audio drama, podcasts and voiceovers. Dabbles in comics. Also fond of gin, comedy and folkloric oddness. Ex-Teessider. HQvoice.com
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Helen Quigley @soundliness.com · Nov 29
Our story of radio’s first dramatist is scheduled - on the 103rd anniversary of the play’s performance! Better late than never…

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Drama on 4, The Truth About Phyllis Twigg
A light-hearted Christmas drama about giving credit where credit’s due.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Ridiculously pleased with myself for positing the theory months ago that this series of The Traitors would have a “sleeper” traitor (rather than secret). Though in my version the main three wouldn’t know about the fourth one!
#TheTraitors
January 1, 2026 at 10:35 PM
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Listen to our Vaun!

Features guest appearances from the mighty @michaelspicer.bsky.social and the divine @bobfischer.bsky.social !
December 29, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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I’ve had a busy few months for being on podcasts, but this one was a riot. Listen to Chelmsford’s Are you Creative podcast with Nick Hearne and Sangita Mittra and me. Apologies for the dolphin impression. Or monkey. They’re interchangeable.

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EP53 - VOICE ARTIST AND CREATIVE AUDIO PRODUCER - Helen Quigley - Are You Creative?
Podcasts, audio drama, recording, editing, mixing, Helen does it all! And is in the studio judging us! Helen’s voice is YouTube famous because she narrates a school sex education film - in the style J...
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December 29, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Looking for some good audios to listen to this Christmas Eve?

Samuel Barnett’s Unknown is back for a Christmas special:

pod.link/1850303958

And ‘The Truth About Phyllis Twigg’ on radio 4 is an absolute joy. A radio drama about the first ever radio drama!

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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December 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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If you enjoyed “The Truth About Phyllis’s Twigg” you can hear cast and crew interviews and interviews with Phyllis and Arthur’s’ descendants on the latest episode of Paul’s podcast:

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#111 The Truth About The Truth About Phyllis Twigg: From the First Radio Drama to the Latest
Podcast Episode · The British Broadcasting Century with Paul Kerensa · 24/12/2025 · 54m
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December 24, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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A short interlude from promoting Phyllis Twigg now; a ghost story with an excellent cast, simple and effective execution and genuinely unsettling. Don’t turn out ALL your lights…
gralefrit.bsky.social Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 8d
Christmas Eve. The perfect time for ghost stories…

TOND

A one-off story from the Broken Veil channel.

Patreon.com/brokenveil

(or wherever you get your podcasts.)
December 24, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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The story of the very first radio drama is not what you may think. The Truth About Phyllis Twigg, written by @paulkerensa.bsky.social & directed/produced by @soundliness.com is on BBC Radio 4 Christmas Eve 2.15pm Find out more on the @radioacademy.bsky.social #podcast audioboom.com/posts/881976...
The Truth About Phyllis Twigg
The story of the very first radio drama is not what many people think; it was actually a children’s drama and was written by a woman. The Truth About Phyllis Twigg (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0...
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December 23, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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I’m feral without my handbag.
b7media.bsky.social B7 Media @b7media.bsky.social · 10d
“Thank you for calling B7 Media. Our offices are closed for the Christmas holidays. To reach @amsewell.bsky.social on his mobile, please visit 1922. @soundliness.com is unavailable at this time, but the office radio is missing and her handbag is still here. If you see her, do not approach!”
December 22, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Hey! Who loves a “behind the scenes” story? Writer @paulkerensa.bsky.social has kindly written about his experience with @b7media.bsky.social and radio drama in “The Truth About The Truth About Phyllis Twigg”

www.b7media.com/the-truth-ab...
The Truth About The Truth About Phyllis Twigg – B7 Media. Publisher of Audiobooks and Audio Drama
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December 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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This was a really lovely event - and a proper celebration for a radio drama pioneer. Very much looking forward to The Truth About Phyllis Twigg on Christmas Eve.
#JusticeForTwigg
#RadioDrama #AudioDrama #BBCRadio4
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
December 19, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Lovely interview in the Northern Echo with Aja Dodd, who plays Jenny in @b7media.bsky.social’s “The Truth About Phyllis Twigg” on BBC Radio 4 this Christmas Eve. Shoutout to @bobfischer.bsky.social and @mulgraveaudio.bsky.social who found her first! 😁

www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2570055...
The young Darlington woman playing a part in radio history on Christmas Eve
The surprise message that led to a Darlington woman’s starring role in a new Christmas Eve drama on BBC Radio 4. PETER BARRON reports
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk
December 20, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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The exquisite @michaelspicer.bsky.social (The Room Next Door) and the luxurious Bob Fischer (@hauntedgeneration.bsky.social ) have a part to play in ‘Clopper’!
Which is our special sketch in the Xmas eve special of ‘Listen Through the Brown Window’!
December 19, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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As if I haven't got enough audio stuff on air this Christmas Eve, I'm in this too. Featuring special guest @michaelspicer.bsky.social
frasergeesin.bsky.social Fraser Geesin @frasergeesin.bsky.social · 13d
TIME FOR CHRISTMAS TIME TIME

Listen Through The Brown Window on Christmas Eve.
December 19, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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This is lovely. The darkly weird comedy podcast - with whom I have now been officially inducted as one of the troupe - has received a 5 brains review from Podcast Geek. At least, I hope they're brains.

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The bad old days - THE PODCAST GEEK
Revisit an alternate childhood viewed through the nicotine stained lenses of a surreal band of hauntological misfits. This is my Listen Through The Brown Window review.
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December 17, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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More first radio dramatist stuff! #JusticeForPhyllis
December 17, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Really UNIT? All those brilliant minds on the team and not one person thought to pop the thing that LITERALLY LOOKS LIKE A CARTOON BOMB through a simple airport security scanner before heading to the middle of the Atlantic?!
December 14, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Really hoping to do gooderer at sums this Christmas if I’m given a pretty ladycalculator.

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Math… For Her: Shoddy Goods 074
A calculator for women? Really?
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December 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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I can now say I shared being in a Christmas Radio Times with Wallace and Gromit.
And I’ll very happily take “a charming tale of creativity and optimism”!
paulkerensa.bsky.social Paul Kerensa @paulkerensa.bsky.social · 24d
A lovely preview in Who Do You Think You Are mag:
"The perfect festive treat to listen to while you're peeling your vegetables... a charming tale of creativity and optimism."
Christmas Eve, 2:15pm, R4. Tune in! (or click buttons/ask Alexa, whatever you kids do nowadays with your newfangled gizmos)
December 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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johnfreeman.bsky.social
The latest B7 Media audio drama for BBC Radio 4, The Truth About Phyllis Twigg, is something of a Christmas treat and a bit of a BBC origin story too. Airing on BBC Radio 4 on Christmas Eve, it’s a…

https://downthetubes.net/the-truth-about-phyllis-twigg-lifts-the-lid-on-secrets-of-early-bbc-radio/
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December 3, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Need a present for the 1980s fantasy fan in your life? Give our @mulgraveaudio.bsky.social play 'Fellfoul' a go... written by @andreworton.bsky.social, starring Aja Dodd and with music by Belbury Poly, it's a love letter to classic swords and sorcery. 10" vinyl comes with John Ridgway comic artwork!
December 2, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Started watching my new Blake’s 7 season 1 enhanced FX box set last night. Couldn’t help thinking that if these were the enhanced FX the originals must have been even more shonky than I remembered.

Of course I hadn’t toggled the new FX on in the menu had I? Idiot.
November 30, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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This is fascinating.
dhanendran.co.uk Anthony Dhanendran @dhanendran.co.uk · Jul 2
Nine years ago Mike Fitzgerald wrote up an extraordinarily fascinating breakdown of the differences between the Tom Stoppard shooting script and the original Jeffrey Boam draft of Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade.

It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: Learning from Stoppard By Mike Fitzgerald, June 13, 2016 Comparing two drafts of a script can be hugely instructive, revealing point-by-point how a writer went about improving the story. When I stumbled upon an earlier draft of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, I discovered a dazzling, glittering trove of lessons as nourishing as eternal life itself. Well, nearly so. Last Crusade was written by Jeffrey Boam, from a story by George Lucas and Menno Meyjes. So say the opening credits. Boam’s final draft, dated March 1, 1988 (ten weeks before production) differs drastically from the published script which reflects the released version of the film. Differences come as no shock, but with Last Crusade they aren’t just a few deleted scenes and some line changes. Whole sections of the Boam draft were reimagined, major set pieces were added, and the pacing and tone were markedly transformed. Whoever made these changes possessed a profound grasp of story craft. Screenshot from https://www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jones-and-the-last-crusade-learning-from-stoppard/
November 30, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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Our story of radio’s first dramatist is scheduled - on the 103rd anniversary of the play’s performance! Better late than never…

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Drama on 4, The Truth About Phyllis Twigg
A light-hearted Christmas drama about giving credit where credit’s due.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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Very kind of @edgamblecomedy.bsky.social to humour me with this ridiculous photo this evening. Also thanks to Ed Gamble. #traitorsuncloaked
November 26, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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A key piece of radio history given its due finally
@b7media.bsky.social @soundliness.com @amsewell.bsky.social @neilkbrand.bsky.social
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The Truth about The Truth About Christmas
No matter what you may have read, the first BBC audio drama was actually broadcast on Christmas Eve 1922 – and it was genre-adjacent. The Truth About Christmas was written by Phyllis Twigg, a…
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November 26, 2025 at 9:42 AM