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'The New World Order' by Ben Jeapes. Part 1: 1645
URY's national award winning team presents our most ambitious drama to date, available to hear worldwide at www.ury.org.uk, with two feature length Episodes over two consecutive weeks! ‘England, May 1645: The civil war that has torn England apart between King Charles I and Parliament is nearing its bloody conclusion — and in the English countryside, a stranger seeks his old love and finds there is a son whom he has never seen...’ You would be excused, perhaps, for thinking that this is the introduction to a thrilling historical drama. And you'd be dead right. Yet this is not the history you know, for the world has turned on to a new and deadly path. With breath-taking imagination, Ben Jeapes has wrenched the familiar flow of English history out of its course and made it into something else, something entirely other. There is a third force, an entirely alien force — the Holekhor — who have martial powers of their own, their own religious leaders who command mysterious and strange forces, and who bring with them technology that should not have been seen in England for another three hundred years... Prepare to be astounded. History will never be the same again.’ Described by the Sunday Times in 2004 as "Without doubt the best science fiction book of the year”, the national award winning drama team at University Radio York has the privilege of the first ever dramatization of this incredible novel. With an incredible cast of around 30 talented student actors and a specially composed score recorded by an ensemble fine student musicians this two part feature length drama brings you, through the power of radio, scenes to rival Hollywood epics as well as an intimate portrait of historical figures and beautifully crafted characters in a world turned on its head. NOTE: This production is only going to be broadcast once and will not be available on our on demand service.
Georgie and Angie's Book Corner

Love literature? Want to find out more about all your favourite reads? Join us for the latest literary updates, exclusive interviews with local authors and much more!


Fiction Burn

Can't sleep? Neither can we,  so we've got a story for you that'll have you nodding of in seconds! It's amazing,  even our campus renowned program controller Naomi certainly thinks so... "yeah,  whatever.  Everyone will be asleep anyway" 


Speech Showcase: Wasteland

Speech Showcase series presents the newest and best fiction material appearing from URY! Tune in for your fix of drama, comedy and something inbetween

 

Wasteland: 

The wasteland spans the country that used to be Britain. The people within are no longer British. Rather they are Galli, slavers, traders, NEM and rebels. War rages, touching every part of the wastelander’s lives. But will they be able to make something of this forlorn world, or will the wasteland swallow them whole?
 
This show is written and directed by Hannah Fitzgerald, produced by Connie Blach and Hannah Fitzgerald.
Starring Thomas Cornell as Watcher (ROB), Jessica Bellamy as Brenna, Sam Pittman as Frank, Abel Kent as Hal and Jessica Schofield as Click. Also featuring Geo Craig as Greg, Filippo Del Bo as Fosforillion and Al Dixon, Zoe Pavey and Adam Forsythe as background.
 
 

Speech Showcase: Footings

Speech Showcase series presents the newest and best fiction material appearing from URY! Tune in for your fix of drama, comedy and something inbetween

 

Footings: In the town of Footings-Apon-Tye, Roy Gloop is a farmer letting out his field to American archeologist Dr Lydia Marks. Todd Harris, a local reporter, starts to snoop around the dig site to find a story he desparately wants to be true.

This show is written by Saul Devlin and Danielle Turner, directed by Saul Devlin and produced by Saul Devlin and Connor Sanders.
Starring David Hemingway as Roy Gloop, Hesandi Jayasekara and Saul Devlin as Todd Harris. Also featuring Jessica Schofield as Jenn.

Into the Ether

It's Sunday night, and Eloise can't sleep. Join in as she picks a topic to ramble about in the late hours, with some gentle acoustic tunes to drift off to.


The Last Eight Hours

It's Saturday. It's 8 in the morning. What's happened these last eight hours? Listen and find out.

 

Note: This show is purely a work of fiction.


Melodifestivalen 2024: It’s Like Eurovision, but More Scandinavian

Marks and Ronnie (two known Eurovision affictionados) discuss the Melodifestivalen final results, and Eurovision 2024 as a whole.