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The Manhattan Bee Testimonials

Wednesday 20 March 2013, 14:40

Joby Waldman
Producer

This is the story of the search for the Manhattan Bee Man - a guy who apparently lives in New York with 250,000 bees in his apartment and is completely oblivious to the discomfort. Is he real or is he a just another bogie man? It's also about Alphabet City, and the truly amazing people who live ...

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What does a giant sound like? Making the new series of Pilgrim

Monday 18 February 2013, 09:50

Marc Beeby

Marc Beeby, the producer of fantasy series Pilgrim, explains how to create a radio giant using a bass drum, a chain, and some audio reverb.

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Pilgrim - the final episode: Hope Springs

Thursday 23 September 2010, 16:38

Marc Beeby

Editor's note: Marc Beeby is Co-Producer of Radio 4's dark, myth-inspired drama series Pilgrim. He's been keeping a production diary. And it has a happy ending - SB. The cast is blessed by two more extraordinary actors: Jamie Foreman, who has taken time out from developing a film to play Puck f...

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Pilgrim, episode three: The Lady in the Lake

Wednesday 15 September 2010, 09:51

Marc Beeby

Editor's note: Marc Beeby is Co-Producer of Radio 4's dark, myth-inspired drama series Pilgrim. He's keeping a production diary. Here's part three - SB. A difficult start to episode three. One of our actors has been forced to drop out for personal reasons. Fortunately, Claire Price, who was in ...

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Pilgrim, episode two: The Lost Hotel

Tuesday 07 September 2010, 11:24

Marc Beeby

Editor's note: Marc Beeby is Co-Producer of Radio 4's dark, myth-inspired drama series Pilgrim. He's keeping a production diary. Here's part two - SB. We begin the recording of episode 2. This is a very different world from episode one - more urban, more obviously modern, touching on concerns l...

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Pilgrim, a dark fantasy drama for Radio 4

Tuesday 31 August 2010, 12:36

Marc Beeby

Editor's note: today we start a four-part series of posts about a chilling fantasy drama called Pilgrim which you can hear in the Afternoon Play slot starting today at 1415 and for the following three weeks. Producer Marc Beeby has been keeping a production diary - SB To the drama studio in Br...

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