News Update: New live event in Birmingham, new music release announced and radio drama broadcast

It has been another busy few weeks for announcements connected to Quatermass and the work of Nigel Kneale so here is a round up.

Almost seventy one years to the day since it was first heard on the radio a new version of Kneale's long-lost play You Must Listen aired on BBC Radio 4 on 20th September. Produced by Simon Barnard for Bafflegab Productions the play starred Toby Jones, Caroline Catz and Reece Shearsmith and was recorded to mark the centenary of BBC Radio Drama.

Originally broadcast in September 1952 You Must Listen is set in a solicitor's office that has a new phone line connected, but the staff keep hearing a woman's voice on the phone. Engineer Frank Wilson is called to fix the problem, and gradually the disturbing story of the woman starts to emerge.

Follow the link below to listen to this production
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001qmdp

The Stone Tape - Analysing A Ghost By Electronic Means is a new compilation of electronic music inspired by Kneale's 1972 play The Stone Tape. The sixteen track tape compilation which blends reimagined theme tunes and Radiophonic incidental motifs with dark ambience and hauntological synth explorations. The artists involved in this release come from some of the finest electronic and experimental labels currently operating in the UK, such as Wayside & Woodland, Clay Pipe, Castles in Space & Spun Out Of Control.

The release comes in a limited edition tape format along alongside downloadable digital format. For more details and to stream some tracks go to
https://hiddenbritain.bandcamp.com/album/the-stone-tape-analysing-a-ghost-by-electronic-means

Jon Dear, who recently co-produced the 70th anniversary reading of The Quatermass Experiment at Alexandra Palace in London, has announced a new Quatermass event at the MAC in Birmingham. Both existing episodes of the TV version of The Quatermass Experiment and will be introduced by Quatermass experts Jon Dear and Toby Hadoke (the latter currently penning a book on Quatermass) and hosting a panel afterwards to discuss the show’s fascinating production and the huge legacy of Nigel Kneale’s work. For more details and to book a ticket the click the link below.

https://macbirmingham.co.uk/event/the-quatermass-experiment-70th-anniversary