Cornucopia Radio Podcast
60 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAn open platform for original audio drama and comedy from writers and performers across the world
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Mary and Jean - Written By Alisdair Adams
March 11, 2024 17:18 - 24 minutes - 25.7 MBTwo very good friends Mary and Jean are visiting Sheffield Cathedral, listening to the church organ music, viewing the medieval art and enjoying their sandwiches. But what is Jean going on about? Illuminati Ham? Vajazzling? King Tutankamun’s Chiropodist? They’re soon joined by two other ladies and the conversation gets even stranger, including a story about a tragic accident involving triangular chocolate. It’s just another crazy day in the middle of the steel city, as you join us for our ver...
The Call Out By Phil Ryan
October 30, 2023 11:21 - 14 minutes - 13.9 MBHe had been at Fast Kill for six years and had already learnt so much about pest eradication. Including making plans, setting traps, laying bait and establishing kill zones. So he was confident in quitting to start his own pest control company. He soon discovered his first day working for himself would involve a potential cockroach infestation. He thought it would be easy. He was wrong. The Call Out is a new horror Halloween audiobook for 2023. So get ready for a skin crawling tale about tho...
The Killer Mine - Hammond Innes - Remake of Escape OTR
August 07, 2023 07:24 - 42 minutes - 49.8 MBJim Price has been blackmailed by a criminal gang and forced to work deep underground. A half mile from shore and protected by only 20 feet of rock that he will soon be drilling and blasting. All he can do is pray to God that it does not cave in until he is long on his way out. But he is not alone down here... "The Killer Mine" is based on the crime thriller novel of the same name by Hammond Innes. It was originally adapted into an episode of the 1951 CBS OTR radio series "Escape". It has b...
Hellstream: Like, Comment and Kill
November 01, 2022 10:17 - 24 minutes - 39.2 MBHumanity is under attack. Monsters born from the darkest depths, crawl the wretched streets day and night, killing and devouring all they find. But there is hope. There is entertainment. Because every night a select band of heroes around the world ride the great elevators to the surface. To battle the horde. To defeat the demons. This is. The Hellstream. Created in partnership with 11thhouraudio.com Warning: This production includes intense scenes of violence.
Cornucopia Radio Podcast 70: A Season of Changes
October 08, 2019 16:04 - 43 minutes - 40.4 MBJames sits alone in his flat dreading the things that lurk outside. Margaret silently considers how much time she has left as a machine rhythmically measures her heartbeat. Kathy slowly worries about what she has lost and Jane tries to come to terms with what she now has to cut away. It is a season of change for all four of them and that's when the lightbulb flickers for a brief moment before the filament breaks at its weakest point and everyone is left in darkness. We all know it's only temp...
Cornucopia Radio Podcast 69: Fading Down The River
April 15, 2019 23:03 - 30 minutes - 28.5 MBThe future comes for us all eventually. No matter how many times we have fought the good fight. So on the morning of September 1838, the HMS Temeraire, known as the ‘Fighting Temeraire’, was towed down the Thames to her final destination. On that day, the artist William Turner looked upon the scene and immortalised it in what was later to become the nation’s favourite painting.But there was more to this story than just a painting, but perhaps it is not the story you were expecting… "Fading D...
Cornucopia Radio Podcast 68: The Exhibit
November 23, 2018 11:23 - 21 minutes - 20.4 MBThe gavel slams onto its pedestal and the audience burst into applause. All around them, the gallery is buzzing with conversations from its many occupants, who mingle amongst the different paintings, photographs and sculptures that reside in this beautiful and luxurious endless white room. At the back, beaming with pride; stands Oscar Johansson. He is the artist behind all of this work... even though most of it was created by ‘something’ else.‘The Exhibit’ is our new Scripted-Podcast written ...
Cornucopia Radio Podcast 67: Sink With Me
August 16, 2018 14:37 - 18 minutes - 21.2 MBDeep underneath the waves of the ocean, two young women are on an adventure to see what hides within these hidden dark depths. Yet, danger lurks within this alternative steampunk world and soon Evie and Savannah realise that their submersible might also become their permanent tomb.So as the lights slowly fail and the air becomes cold, the only thing left between these two best friends are hidden secrets and forgotten emotions…‘Sink With Me’ is our new emotional ‘steampunk audiodrama’ written ...
Cornucopia Radio Podcast 66: Accelerator
June 25, 2018 17:49 - 12 minutes - 15.7 MBDeep underground, in a secret location; a team of engineers and scientists are about to embark on a breakthrough experiment which could change our fundamental understanding of science and physics. But do these people actually understand what it is they are attempting and are they really correct in ignoring the dire warnings? They say monsters could be unleashed and that the timestream might even start collapsing backwards upon itself... But that could never happen... could it?
Cornucopia Radio Podcast 65: Pod to Pluto
February 08, 2018 14:51 - 13 minutes - 13.7 MBToday is going to be the last day for Jemima working as a UK space engineer. Once she’s finished this final job on adult satellite hugemongouswowwows.com , she’s taking the engineering-pod back to Command & Control for her leaving party. It’s going to be glorious. She’s going to make a funny yet poignant speech. People will cry and tell her that they’re going to miss her. She’ll be showered with gifts and then she’s going to Exeter with her boyfriend to start a new life! She’s forgotten to pu...
Cornucopia Radio Podcast 64: Lonnie Taylor's Bigfoot Encounter
January 01, 2018 10:29 - 19 minutes - 18.2 MBLonnie Taylor is not a man given to sudden whims or flights of fancy and doesn’t believe in most things until they can be proven to him. But one day in 2002, while deer hunting on Hayden Ridge in Lytle County. He suddenly found himself a true believer in Bigfoot. A creature he’d never previously given any thought to.‘Lonnie Taylor's Bigfoot Encounter’ is our new scripted documentary (narrated by 'Harper the Fox') about how the things we search for externally, can often be the truths we want t...
Cornucopia Radio Podcast 63: Luck
December 03, 2017 19:55 - 20 minutes - 19 MBI’ve never had any luck. Infact, my entire life has been plagued by bad luck. It just follows me around like a bad smell. I was born unlucky, and it’s followed me around ever since. Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not bitter and I wouldn’t swap my life for the world, but couldn’t I have just a bit of what other people have?Luck is our brand new comedy audiodrama about living with badluck and even worse weather...
Cornucopia Radio Podcast 62: Reluctant Genius By Henry Slesar
September 15, 2017 16:19 - 9 minutes - 13.9 MBIt is said that life crawled up from the slime of the sea bottom and became ‘Human’ because of some inherent greatness that was bred into us before the dawn of time. But perhaps this urge was not as formless as we might have first thought…For this experimental production we had three different people read out the same short story in its entirety. We then edited/mixed these voices together; creating this unique multicast recording.Please note: This work was originally written for the January 1...
Cornucopia Radio Podcast 61: The Origins of Comic-Book Boy
July 13, 2017 19:44 - 11 minutes - 13.4 MBThey are stories of heroism, strength and of courage. Stories in which one person can stand up against the darkness that surrounds us, and say with total conviction and self-belief; that they are the ‘light’. We see pages full of colour and life, in which kinetic action moves across the panels. Dancing in front of our eyes, filling our imagination with endless possibilities...Comics are a way of life for so many people, but do we truly understand their power? More importantly; if that power w...
Cornucopia Radio Podcast 60: One Last Time
April 01, 2017 20:43 - 17 minutes - 16 MBWhile a backyard tree bellows silently in the wind; Barbara Knox attends her husband David’s crematorium service. Naturally she is sad but also secretly, a little angry. You see, there are unresolved issues between the two of them and questions that still remain unanswered.However as we will soon discover in our new audiodrama; David's story isn't yet over. He needs her help and somehow he finds a way to turn back to Barbara. For one last time...
Cornucopia Radio Podcast 59: Dylan and Blod
January 12, 2017 14:03 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MBDylan and Blodwyn are sat on a welsh mountainside about to start their weekly picnic. However the picnic basket remains closed and we can only but guess what they’ve brought along to eat. Who knows, perhaps they’ve forgotten to bring anything at all?It’s happened before...They’ve been sat in silence for some time now. The sky remaining overcast and the air hanging heavy and thick. Suddenly, Blodwyn recalls the question she wanted to ask. The question she knew she had to ask. She turns to Dyla...
Cornucopia Radio Podcast 58: Stone
December 08, 2016 19:17 - 41 minutes - 38.5 MBLong ago when the universe was young. Alicia Harker, the Twelfth Daughter of Destiny, took the mettle of a dead god and forged it into a bronze hand. That hand would bestow good fortune on anyone who owned it. She then discarded it by a roadside, where it might be found and passed from person to person, bringing good fortune to those who’d done nothing to deserve it.And once every hundred years, she sets out on an adventure to discover it and see what its latest beneficiary’s made of a luck s...
Cornucopia Radio Podcast 56: Unrespected
December 08, 2016 19:03 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBFrom the legendary ‘City of Steel’ comes a little stripped down radio satire. Tackling the big issues of the day with wit, wisdom and an old radio sound-effects LP from 1982 that we found at a car boot.Join us as we take a deeper look at a beleaguered NHS and Rail Network. Visit the island of a crazed TV obsessed scientist and try to live life without modern technology. We'll also discover more about a certain 'Messiah Dinosaur', take a quick visit to a charity shop and lastly go for a trip w...
Cornucopia Radio Podcast 57: Spring Poetry Collection
April 19, 2016 16:01 - 14 minutes - 16.7 MBSpring is a magical time of year; when bountiful possibility appears in front of us and everything is reborn anew. So to celebrate the start of the season, we’ve created a lush soundscape of classical spring poetry, sounds of nature and amazing instrumental musical pieces. It’s all designed to take you to a place more magical than this...We also encourage you to listen to this while walking about in whatever local nature surrounds you. Wherever you are in the world, we hope this podcast can h...
Cornucopia Radio Podcast 55: The Legend Of Nic and Joe - Christmas Special
December 16, 2015 12:26 - 53 minutes - 37.1 MBNic and Joe are dead and Merlin the storyteller must try to rescue their legend from the mists of time, with one last story and a little help from a few familiar faces, like thingy and whatsit.The epic finale to the interminable series, tells of a Christmas miracle, which sees Nic and Joe come face to face with a new friend - in the vague snow-based shape of Dave Benson Phillips. What could possibly go wrong...?
Cornucopia Radio Podcast 54: Last Gambit in Lisbon
November 29, 2015 13:41 - 44 minutes - 50.5 MBDuring World War Two, Portugal remained neutral. Many of the people who found themselves there had little choice as to where they might live, work and even survive. Among those who had had little choice but to be in Portugal was Alexander Alekhine, the World Chess Champion.Alexander is a man looking for a life away from sitting alone in his hotel room with nothing but a chess board on a table and dinner in his lap. He is looking for inspiration, looking for his muse and ultimately, a way to ...
Cornucopia Radio Podcast 53: Welcome to Budley
July 23, 2015 13:18 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBWelcome to Budley. Although not visible on any map or satnav, this village is home to sporting champions, failed soap stars, fitness innovators and a whole host of unique characters who once met, are never forgotten. Also whilst we want you to enjoy your stay in Budley, we accept no responsibility for financial loss and damages to person or property, including crimes committed by gnomes.So enjoy your stay and best of luck trying to find your way out.
Cornucopia Radio Podcast 52: Unglued
June 07, 2015 13:15 - 26 minutes - 30.5 MBLike all relationships it was based on a commonality. A relational glue that binds two people together. For Beth and Stew it was their daughter Holly. That was the glue that held the relationship together. But what happens to that relationship when the glue goes away? Did they ever really know each other? Can they survive a personal tragedy such as this? Unglued is a brand new audio drama from playwright Paul Kenny, about the death of a couple’s daughter and how they try to cope with the loss.
Cornucopia Radio Podcast 51: Radio Fore Extra
April 02, 2015 14:01 - 44 minutes - 41.2 MBWelcome back to the continuing story of “Radio Fore”; the secret, long forgotten mothballed sister station for ‘Radio 4′. It was supposed to be a fresh start, a bolder, less middle-class approach to talk radio, but it all went terribly wrong. Now, in the basement passages of Broadcasting House stalks a lumpen, ghoulish, benighted creature, once known as ‘Radio Fore’, the ill-shapen bastard offspring of its elder sibling. However, some of the recorded shows occasional leak into the public domain…
Cornucopia Radio Podcast 50: Budge and Sundance
January 20, 2015 15:20 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MBAcross the galaxy, a great evil empire has arisen. One which threatens the existence of every living creature in the entire cosmos. Never before has there been such a need for heroes to stand up and make a difference, as only those most noble of heart and strong in spirit can turn back the tide.And this story tells the tale of the two greatest heroes of them all. Two simple small Budgerigars, on a small insignificant little blue planet known as Earth, who are about to embark on an epic advent...
Cornucopia Radio Podcast 49: Bits and Bobs
September 23, 2014 15:44 - 15 minutes - 28.1 MBJeannie is an American citizen who relocated to Sheffield with her family several years ago and whose US driving license expired shortly after arrival. However with 20 year of driving experience under her belt she felt confident about obtaining a UK license. That is until she had to take the test. Until she meet her instructors.
Cornucopia Radio Podcast 48: Your Life in Our Hands
August 17, 2014 21:20 - 14 minutes - 13 MBImagine a world without consequence. A world in which your actions no longer lead directly to your death. A world in which our specially trained team monitor you every minute of every day and if we think you are about to have an accident, we freeze time, fill out the required paperwork, charge you a standard high rate premium fee, restart time and place you back just out of harms way.
Cornucopia Radio Podcast 47: The King of Rome
May 10, 2014 13:40 - 44 minutes - 51.4 MBA pigeon race as every fancier knows begins with a basket. But with a hundred different finish lines, each one a backyard loft. When does a pigeon race end? In 1913 Charlie Hudson entered one of his pigeons in a race from Rome to England. On the day of the big race, a storm blew in and a thousand birds were swept away and never seen again. Apart from one.
Cornucopia Radio Podcast 46: True Colours
February 16, 2014 23:08 - 15 minutes - 13.9 MBHave you ever stopped and wondered about the colour of the things that surround you? For example, have you ever wondered why an orange is called an orange? Was it named after the colour, or was the colour named after the fruit?Chances are you might not consider the colour of the life that surrounds you as very important, but it wouldn't take much to shift your reality around. It wouldn’t take much at all...
Cornucopia Radio Podcast 45
January 18, 2014 17:46 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBThis month we feature a collection of short comedy, drama and poetry that we have recently produced but has not yet been broadcast on the podcast. Featuring Wild Bill Hickok at the JobCentre, a different form of internet piracy, poems from the 'Rother Valley poetry collective' and a new radio play in which a young woman discovers that sometimes having the right answer does not always lead to the correct choice.
Cornucopia Radio Podcast 44: Flood
December 16, 2013 18:02 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MBJenny is standing in her bedroom cleaning a pair of walking boots. She is in her underwear. There is a mirror, a small table, a rail of clothing and a double bed. A long nighty is on top of the bed and underneath it sits a small cardboard box. She patiently waits for her husband to return while outside the rain continues to fall as it has done all day. It is 2007 and the Sheffield flood has just started.
Cornucopia Radio Podcast 43: Radio Fore
December 16, 2013 17:31 - 1 hour - 59.4 MBIn the winter of 2007 under conditions of utmost secrecy. BBC managers created a now mothballed sister station for Radio4. Supposed to be a bolder and less middle-class approach to talk radio. It all went terribly wrong and the vast range of commissioned shows has never been heard by the pubic to this day. Until now...
Cornucopia Radio Podcast 42: Pot Noodles and Knickers
July 13, 2013 13:36 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBDave thought it seemed like a good idea at the time. An invigorating hiking trek across the peak district with his best friend Kevin. It would help him take his mind off all the relationship, family and work problems which had seemingly overwhelmed him of late. But unfortunately, the trip which awaited him would only contain injuries, secrets, lies, ramen style instant snack foods and incredible clumsy metaphors.
Cornucopia Radio Podcast 41: The Wires are Down
May 09, 2013 16:42 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MBAdam and Suzanne are in love but a question about their sexual past leads to jealousy and mistrust which they must overcome if the relationship is to survive. However the specter of Thatcherism casts a long shadow across the decades and highlights the class divide between them. Somehow they will both have to come to terms with their own expectations from life and each other.
Cornucopia Radio Podcast 40: We Dream Ourselves Each Day
January 17, 2013 17:03 - 10 minutes - 9.52 MBSarah sits in the empty white room, staring blankly at the wall. She doesnt know why she is here and she doesnt know what they want. All she does know, is that out there, somewhere, her family is waiting and that she will do anything to find a way back to them. She will do whatever it takes.
Cornucopia Podcast 39: Christopher Walkens Xmas Storybook
November 18, 2012 11:36 - 11.7 MBOur story takes place the night before Christmas, outside the magical and wondrous structure that is Santas Workshop. It is a scene of busy preparation and anticipation, as a years worth of hard work finally comes to fruition. So as Santas little helpers run around checking every final detail, and Santa himself suits up for a night of delivering presents to children across the world, the Reindeer find themselves preparing for the trip ahead in their own special way.
Cornucopia Radio Podcast 38: A Mothers Love
September 12, 2012 14:07 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBWhen her son Tony, a comprehensive school Teacher, is sent to prison for abusing one of his 14 year old female pupils, his mother Christine is plunged into a nightmare. Set against the backdrop of her visits and letters post sentence, her confusion soon turns to anger as she is forced to examine her true feelings for her only child as his denial and minimisation brings with it a realisation that their relationship must change if it is to survive the sentence and beyond....
Cornucopia Radio Podcast 37
July 31, 2012 14:26 - 30 minutes - 28.4 MBOnce again we return to the world of podcasting with three new short productions that all deal with that thing we lovingly call life. We start by exploring the highs and lows (plus the nail polish) of a local temping agency. We then jump back 70 years and listen to a surprisingly prophetic women hiding within the London underground during the blitz. Finally, we are introduced to Kaz and Donna, two young women who have nothing but their makeup, UggBoots and bus tickets to help them make it thr...
Cornucopia Radio Podcast 36: The Tight Ann Hic
April 02, 2012 11:57 - 16 minutes - 15.5 MBDeclan Deck has invented something which he feels will change the very nature of what we consider standing and what we consider sitting. He calls it an easy-to-erect-and-collapse-one-size-fits-all-canvas-covered-chair (although he’s flexible on future name changes).He thinks that perhaps a soon-to-be-launched, metal-clad, yet unsinkable boat (featuring four funnels, five decks & one lifeboat), will be the perfect place to demonstrate his new sessio-esque device. But somewhere, out in the Mid-...
Cornucopia Radio Podcast 35: Three Moments
March 13, 2012 13:57 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBMoments can occur when you least expect them, existing for only the briefest of instances; often leaving you wondering if such an experience could ever happen again. They might find you alone, happy, excited or regretful. But remember, they will find you...Rita Fosdyke is in her early sixties and sits alone in a room. She’s dressed very elegantly, sitting in front of a mirror and applying the final touches to her make-up. A beautiful vase of flowers sits upon her desk and nearby, a hat waits ...
Cornucopia Radio Podcast 34
February 23, 2012 17:11 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBIn this months podcast we’ll check out the latest breakthrough in artificial intelligence, have a go at restarting the cold war, see if pressing a button could really get you a cool million dollars and finally, we'll ask what would have happened if Juliet had settled down and married Romeo.It’s all here on the “Cornucopia Radio Show Podcast”: The Home of Imagination!
Cornucopia Radio Podcast 33: The Last Person in this Place
December 12, 2011 10:59 - 8 minutes - 8.24 MBHow simple is it to leave behind a place that you know so well? A place that you built with your own two hands? Even if everyone else had already given up and moved on; could you still allow yourself to just walk away and forget it was ever there?For Tom, that place was Myspace, and deep down he knew he'd never leave...
Cornucopia Radio Podcast 32: Bit of a Fairytale
November 20, 2011 16:36 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MBOutsiders might see the magic forest as an enchanted place; full of amazement and wonder. But for the people that have to walk these cobbles? Well, they see it all a bit differently. They know all to well that you don’t have to scratch very far to discover the criminal scum lurking behind every toadstool.So here we find ourselves; outside a little wooden cabin, deep within the magic forest. As unbeknownst to them, two law enforcement officers are about to crack the case of their lives...
Cornucopia Radio Podcast 31: The Bluff Cove Disaster
September 01, 2011 18:22 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MBThe ‘Bluff Cove Disaster’ is our new radio play; taking place during the end of the ‘Falklands War’. As one man's obsession leads to a mistake that no one will ever forget...
Cornucopia Radio Podcast 30: Green
July 25, 2011 18:32 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MBAfter vandalising a local bowling green; Michael, a young troubled teen is forced to help repair the damage he’s done and learn the implications of his actions. While there, he finds himself taken under the wing of ‘Ted’; who wants to help Michael get his life back on track. But life; like the game of bowls, isn’t as simple as it first seems.
Cornucopia Radio Podcast 29: Thanks to Harry
May 24, 2011 18:09 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBThanks to Harry, is a new production written by Phil Ryan from Storm-Productions and produced by the creative team here at Cornucopia Radio. It tells the tale of someone who uses his skills as a magician to help create a better life from himself, his friends and the woman he loves.Because remember, sometimes what you see isn't necessarily what you see...
Cornucopia Radio Podcast 28
May 08, 2011 21:19 - 32 minutes - 29.9 MBIf you’re reading this; then we’d like to give you a little bit of advice. You should really download this podcast. Yes granted, we’re not that impartial, especially considering as it’s our own product. But where else are you going to find a comedy sketch podcast featuring: interplanetary warfare, philosophy funk parties, Antarctic-treks, the damaged mind of Godzilla, time paradoxes and an exclusive relaxation mixtape by Michael Bay?Don’t bother answering by the way as we’re being rhetorical....
Cornucopia Radio Podcast 27: The Lost Tales of Sherlock Holmes
April 09, 2011 16:38 - 39 minutes - 36.1 MBSome might have thought these stories lost for an eternity, but we’ve found them! So we’re proud to present, a new selection of some of the most unusual and amazing adventures to befall our favourite pipe smoking detective: ‘Sherlock Holmes’. Written and performed by the ever insightful Christopher Bellamy.
Cornucopia Radio Podcast 26: Fractured Lives
March 01, 2011 19:18 - 1 hour - 57.2 MB‘Fractured Lives’ explores how the First World War literally fractured lives. The war’s many casualties were not just amongst the dead. There were the men maimed and disabled with scars that would blight the rest of their lives. The play also has resonance for the present day, as wars and international conflicts continue to fracture lives, leaving scars and injuries that can last a lifetime. Today men still return from war’s ‘theatre’ to play out new roles that they have not chosen.
Cornucopia Radio Podcast 25: Halloween Special
October 21, 2010 07:34 - 39 minutes - 27.3 MBHave you ever felt the hairs on the back of your neck stand up, the chills going up your spine until you feel like you have to shake this feeling off your back? No matter how silly it feels?Or how about those times when you feel like someone is looking over your shoulder? So much so, that you can almost feel someone breathing down your neck?Listening to this podcast, as you are right now; alone in a darkened room, the disturbing feelings become stronger than ever and so intense that you feel ...