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#TheDarkIsRising is our special, mid-winter audio drama - a gripping journey through a frozen landscape... and an unending, epic battle against the forces of the Dark. Start your audio journey here ⬇️ bbc.in/48mB10q

Some news. We’re releasing the trailer for U.Me: The Complete Musical. It’s a film animation with Book by me and ⁦Theo Jamieson⁩ and animation by ⁦Dan Masterton⁩ bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0h…

Our new musical. Two young strangers meet and fall in love online during the pandemic. And afterwards… how are we all? Book by me and Theo - t3.gg.jamieson Narrated by mr story @stephenfryactually Starring brilliant @anoushkalucasmusic and @martinsarreal_

Fascinating legal story theguardian.com/global-develop…

Interesting news story about a David and some tech Goliaths

Join U.me, the love story of Rose and Ryo who connect online across the world's time zones. Narrated by Sir Stephen Fry. The complete musical visualisation now available on YouTube 📺 bbc.in/3wgS4mL

Stephen Fry is the voice of U.Me: The Complete Musical – a new audio musical by the BBC World Service that tells the story of two strangers who meet online and fall in love during lockdown 📻 Listen here: bbc.in/48uggjd

Highly significant yet small news story in The Sun - They may have backed Keir Starmer but he has immediately guaranteed future of BBC. All the terrible politics of threat and doom around the corporation are over for years to come.... rejoice!

How did anyone in sport think this is ok? theguardian.com/sport/article/…

I'm selling tickets to Bleachers in London (face value) twckts.com/XTz3 #Twickets

Laurie was on @BBCWorldService's 'In the Studio,' offering a front row seat as she put the finishing touches on her new album, 'Amelia,' at Miraval Studios in southern France, with sound engineer Damien Quintard: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…

Ian Hislop in ⁦Private Eye Magazine⁩ on his encounter with the unrepentant Justin Welby

One of the greatest ever British filmmakers is Michael Powell. Extraordinary and imaginative and, very un-British in many ways. Here’s an old doc I made that the bbc just put up for a month bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

And so it starts again. Listen with us from December 20th. And hope against hope. bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/w…

Here’s a time-bending drama series. It’s about the 442nd battalion, the bravest of the brave, and the most decorated military unit in the history of the USA. They were a segregated unit of 2nd gen Japanese-Americans fighting Nazis for democracy. 🎧 🎧 🎧 bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3c…

The Purple Heart Warriors: in WW2, a Japanese American troop was one of the most decorated army units in US history. 🎧 Hear the events that have shaped our world through the eyes of the people who were there bbc.in/3VwA9lX

“When the dark comes rising, six shall turn it back…” It’s 20 Dec—Winter Solstice Eve—& the day Susan Cooper’s great, cult novel The Dark Is Rising opens. Simon McBurney & I co-adapted a 12-part audio-drama of Susan’s novel. You can listen along, an ep a day, here, via

It’s winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere & 20th Dec is when #thedarkisrising opens. The longest night. Susan Cooper’s novel follows Will, a boy about to turn 11. He should be excited, its Christmas too. But there’s something deeply wrong in the world. 👂 BBC Sounds

Wishing you a peaceful 2025 from all at BBC World Service! 💫 Thanks for being a follower!