Alternative Stories and Fake Realities
Alternative Stories and Fake Realities is the anthology podcast of the spoken-word audio production company Alternative Stories.
Working with poets, novelists and dramatists we tell stories and share the work of writers including radio plays, short fiction, book excerpts and writer interviews. We also explore the things that inspire writers including folklore and mythology as well as sharing content from other podcasts produced by Alternative Stories.
With almost 150 podcasts to choose from we hope there'll be something here to enjoy if you're into literature, books and the spoken arts.
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Alternative Stories and Fake Realities
A Blue Plaque Mystery: An Audio Drama by Brian Hipkin
There are hundreds of Blue Plaques on buildings around London commemorating the famous people who lived there at some time in the building’s history . But only one building has three plaques for three different people who lived in the building at the same time. Chiltern Court on Baker Street was home to novelists HG Wells and Arnold Bennett and composer Eric Coates in the early 1930s.
In this new audio drama by Brian Hipkin we imagine a pivotal meeting between the three in December 1930 and a modern day investigation into events from the 30s.
In A Blue Plaque Mystery by Brian Hipkin you heard
Ewan Bailey as Arnold Bennett
Jon Glover as HG Wells
Zephryn Taitte as Eric Coates
Charlie Richards as The Concierge
Grace Savage as Cassie
Ria Knowles as Sunday
Tom McEnery as Voice on the recording
Maya Cohen Gregory as Phyllis Coates
And Samira Ahmed as herself
A Blue Plaque Mystery was directed by Chris Gregory
It was produced by Brian Hipkin and Chris Gregory and recorded at Orpheus Studio in London by Richard “Orpheus” Campbell
Production sound-design and editing were by Chris Gregory
The studio assistants were Holly Hughes and Maya Cohen Gregory
The music tracks in this production are
Saint James Infirmary Blues by Cab Calloway
By a Sleepy Lagoon by Eric Coates
You can find out more about Brian Hipkin and his work by following him on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/brianhipkin/
To find out more about Alternative Stories, listen to our other dramas and contact us you can find all our links here https://linktr.ee/AlternativeStories