Is the new Controller of Radio 3 seeking to make savings in 'drama' ? The last remaining slot on Sam Jackson's network for thespians and their fans is Sunday evening. The next three plays on offer are repeats. The Third Programme and Radio 3 have a remarkable place in supporting new and challenging drama, featuring and nurturing over the years Samuel Beckett, Dylan Thomas, Joe Orton, Harold Pinter and more, and the Sunday slot is longer than any currently on offer on Radio 4.
In the modern BBC, Jackson reports to Lorna Clarke, as Director of Music, while drama lies with Mohit Bakaya, Director of Speech (as well as Minder of Radio 4 and 4Extra).
As well as drama, speech on Radio 3 is dotted some evenings in the filler "Between The Ears"; gives you 50% of "Words And Music"; runs most weekday evenings in "The Essay", and precedes the Sunday drama in "The Sunday Feature". Producers are worried there's some 'rationalisation' thinking at the top.
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