Wireless listeners across the world! Thank you for eschewing other more social pursuits in favour of tuning in at the ungodly hour of 11.30pm to our very first episode of our own very first radio show, The Penny Dreadfuls present: The Brothers Faversham. As well as all you loyal Brits, we have at least one confirmed listener in the Upper West Side of New York who listened to the pursuits of Horatius Faversham, Victorian Britain’s greatest war hero.
There are four episodes in total and we can confirm that development for the second series is already underway.
If you missed the first episode, click here to go to BBC’s excellent Listen Again service and scroll down to 11.30pm, or listen via iPlayer.
The next episode follows the life of Horatio’s brother Theseus, Victorian Britain’s greatest detective, which will air on Friday 18th of January at 11.30pm.
In the run up to our first radio series with the BBC (a four-part series broadcast Fridays at 11.30pm on BBC7), have a read of the Dreadfuls’ interview with the BBC. Here’s a tiny excerpt:
“We ended up spending a load of time in Travelodges doing impressions of the Tory front bench – Howard and Letwin specifically – and one thing lead to another…”
Click here for the whole interview and pictures.
Tune in to the Dreadfuls debut radio series on BBC7, “The Brothers Faversham”, documenting the adventures of the four brothers Leonidas, Horatius, Augustus & Theseus.
Part 1: Friday 11th January, 11.30pm
Part 2: Friday 18th January, 11.30pm
Part 3: Friday 25th January, 11.30pm
Part 4: Friday 1st Feburary, 11.30pm
(all times are GMT)
If you miss it, you can catch it again after broadcast through their excellent Listen Again service here.
The Penny Dreadfuls debut four part series of The Brothers Faversham recorded in front of a live studio audience at the BBC Radio Theatre, London for BBC7 has been duly recorded. The series will be broadcast in January 2008.
Click over the picture below to see more pictures from the recording.
January 12, 2008