Radio 3 attracts top writers

New plays by critically acclaimed writers Charlotte Jones, Mike Bartlett, Simon Stephens and Gary Mitchell are part of a new season of drama on BBC Radio 3.

Dramas inspired by coincidences, the terrorist attacks on London and the long-lasting love affair between a poet and an artist form part of the New Year line up on Drama On 3.
Charlotte Jones's In The Absence Of Geoff, is a new play commissioned by Radio 3, and tells the tale of Geoff played by West End theatre star Adam Godley.
Mike Bartlett's The Steps is a new play specially written for Radio 3 and follows an elderly lady, Rosie, who lives in an old people's home.
And there is provocative writing from playwright Simon Stephens with a radio transfer of his new play Pornography, which made its UK debut at the Edinburgh Festival in 2008.
[b]The full Drama On 3 schedule is below:[/b]
Sunday 4 January: In The Absence Of Geoff by Charlotte Jones
Sunday 11 January: The Steps by Mike Bartlett
Sunday 18 January: repeat (to be confirmed)
Sunday 25 January: Pornography by Simon Stephens
Sunday 1 February: The Deep Blue Sea by Terence Rattigan
Sunday 8 February: Echoes Of War by Gary Mitchell
Sunday 15 February: Alone Together by Neil McKay

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