Latest Gripping Podcast Episodes

The Claire Witch Project

Manx Radio Dramas - October 31, 2023 13:22 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Join our comedy team for a satirical, spooky treat for Hop tu Naa. 

The Railway Children

Manx Radio Dramas - December 25, 2022 19:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
The Railway Children, a new radio drama adapted from and based on the much loved novel and film. Featuring an all-Island cast and produced by Bob Harrison for Manx Radio.  

The Atholl Paper Plays

Manx Radio Dramas - July 13, 2022 09:27 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
These short plays, produced by Manx National Heritage, are based upon some very engaging and little known stories discovered within the Dukes of Atholl archive. They relate to the Atholls’ administration  of the Isle of Man between 1736 and 1830. The Dukes of Atholl archive is currently being ca...

Suddenly at Home

Manx Radio Dramas - July 05, 2022 19:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
A theatre of the mind, painting aural snapshots of a remembered Manxness from another time

A Garden of Teeth and Claws

Manx Radio Dramas - December 27, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Our favourite intrepid duo, Hally and Kelly, are back in their newest adventure, ‘A Garden of Teeth and Claws.’ From the pen of Alex Duncan comes the next breakneck thrill ride straight to your radio. In 1920 something, on the Isle of Man, Captain Hall and Joyce Kelly face their most dangerous c...

Cronk Beg Carnival

Manx Radio Dramas - January 01, 2021 14:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Manx Radio brings you a special radio drama mini-series, Cronk Beg Carnival. Written by Lisa Creighton and voiced by Juan Bridson, Lisa Creighton, Toby Smith, Jackie Hawkes, Tom Cain, Chris Caine, Sophie Rudge, Alexandra Batty, Máıre Stephens, and Jenny Davies, all of the Service Players. Produce...

The Monkey's Paw

Manx Radio Dramas - November 16, 2020 15:07 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Manx Radio brings you a dramatisation of the supernatural tale by W.W. Jacobs, adapted for radio by Bob Harrison and produced by Bob Harrison and Marc Tyley

After the War

Manx Radio Dramas - May 15, 2020 08:48 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
It’s 75 years since the end of World War Two and to mark the event on Manx Radio; an original drama from the award-winning playwright - Tony Perrin. One of Coronation Street’s principal writers for several decades, he’s also supplied many a script for BBC Radio - and television series like Crown...

The Isle of Man Celebrates VE Day

Manx Radio Dramas - May 07, 2020 16:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Three unique radio productions created by Manx National Heritage and Labyrinth History in Action Players. Manx National Heritage had been working on a theatrical production to be performed at the Grove this weekend, but the hard work has been repurposed into three radio broadcasts instead. Using ...

Final Words

Manx Radio Dramas - December 26, 2019 08:30 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
What happens when two couples travel to London for the final of the UK Scrabble Challenge? First broadcast on Manx Radio on 26th December 2019.

Whistle Once More for Jinny

Manx Radio Dramas - October 31, 2019 16:50 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
A bold new beginning for radio drama in the Isle of Man. From the pen of Alex Duncan, author of ‘Fynoderee’ and ‘The Versatiles’, comes ‘Whistle Once More for Jinny!’ a classic chiller to terrify and delight you as the dark nights draw in. It is a love letter to the joyous melodrama of...

Sorry Wrong Number

Manx Radio Dramas - April 16, 2019 09:31 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
On Monday 22nd April 2019, director Bob Harrison and producer Marc Tyley bring you the Manx Radio Production of Lucille Fletcher's 1943 radio play 'Sorry Wrong Number'.

For the Fallen

Manx Radio Dramas - March 19, 2019 09:58 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
A original radio play commemorating the Isle of Man’s role during the First World War. Based upon true stories and letters from the period, the play was written and directed by John Young and performed by local actors and actresses. It was first performed as a stage work in April 2018, then produ...