Talk:Radio drama

message: Visit any major book shop in Germany and you will see shelves full of 'Hoerspiele'. Be it Rankin, Mankell or Camilleri - the selection of sophistically produced radio dramas is stunning. If one considers all German speaking countries then it's fair to say that a radio drama is aired every day.
In the age of MP3 players radio dramas are becoming much more popular and the huge repertoire which can be found on (state) radio recordings is being complemented by a rising number of private productions which are usually marketed by book publishers.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.62.4.10 (talk) 11:57, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No there aren't any substantial differences. --81.173.182.193 12:56, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Radio Drama in German

message: In reading the description of Hörspiel, it seems like Hörspiel is radio drama with "more music."  Perhaps that is compared to "old-time" radio drama.  Modern radio drama and audio theatre are often much like movies for radio.  If someone who is familiar with modern radio drama and can understand German were to listen to some Hörspiel he could tell us if there are any substantial differences -- other than the language.
William Alan Ritch 21:50, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No there aren't any substantial differences. --81.173.182.193 12:56, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: About the proposed merge

message: This proposal does not seem to have been followed up with any discussion here. 
I oppose. See my arguments at Talk:Audio theatre. -- Picapica 20:33, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: There seems to be some confusion as to what constitutes "radio drama" and what constitutes an "audio book" or "audio theatre".  Someone has inserted a number of pulp men's adventure novel series (eg. The Destroyer, The Executioner, etc.), but most of these were never radio dramas although they are available as audio books or audio dramas.  IMO, they don't belong here, they belong in the audio drama article. --Canonblack 22:08, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed merger with Audio theatre 

message: As this article is on the English language version of Wikipedia, I propose the article be edited to refer to Radio drama from english speaking countries, and the material on Japanese radio drama be spun off into its own topic, and the proposed African radio drama be started as a separate topic, both with links from a "Radio Drama around the world" link section. -- Bubbas Brain
:I concurr.  A brief mention of Japanese affect on radio drama as a whole is enough, with a link to another page.  The garbled text makes the page look bad.  Rugz 05:55, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Radio Drama around the world 

message: Examples of radio drama with the article's body should be used sparingly.  I (personally) don't mind an extended links section (as discussed below), but I recently removed a link that reported to be an example of podcast radio drama.  The example seemed to be there just to promote the (obscure) site.  This might be a great show - but that is irrelevant. Besides, since we have draw a big line in the sand between radio drama and audio theatre (which I disagree with - but that is another discussion) this podcast is more the example of the latter, since it is not actually on ANY radio station -- even XM.
-- William Alan Ritch 18:19, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Examples within the body 

message: There seems to be a conflict beginning about what qualifies as an External Link for radio drama.  It should be discussed here before drastic changes are made..  —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Rugz (talk • contribs) 23:04, 27 Sep 2006  (UTC)
:This may be aimed towards me.  Either way the criteria I use is firstly that Wiki is about content not links.  As such links need to prove validity.  Equally I tend to refer to WP:EL, {{WP:SPAM]] & WP:NOT - if you see any instance where you & I and a link don't agree (!) feel free to let me know.  Regards --Nigel  (Talk) 06:58, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: What criteria was used to select the links in the "Listen to" section? Right now it seems rather arbitrary, especially when compared to the links from before. I understand about not wanting to be a link directory, but allowing some content providers to have links and others not strikes me as being biased. Raveler1 03:03, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm replacing the "Listen to" links. We went through all this at Talk:Old-time radio. I don't know whether the remover is a vandal or really believes this is spam. But access to audio is no different here than an audio aid to pronounce a word in an online dicitionary. Further, how can it be "spam" if it's not a commercial site? Pepso 16:36, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  External Links - Criteria 

message: I would love to see what the folks above feel about this section as well.  I'm surprised not to see some of the leading radio drama showcase podcasts (Radio Drama Revival, Sonic Society) mentioned here, but as I have a conflict of interest I do not feel in a position to add it.  Some of these long-running serial podcasts have done a much more in-depth job exploring and showcasing new audio drama than the directories listed here.
Fgreenhalgh (talk) 02:20, 19 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  On-line audio drama 

message: In the "Programs/series" list Deathstalker, The Destroyer, The Executioner, Mack Bolan, Not From Space, Outlanders, The Pond, Red Rock Mysteries and Stony Man definitely need to be vetted.  If these are, or were, actual radio shows I've never heard of them, nor do the hypertext links here provide any proof of their existence. --Kirkland user, June 23, 2006  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.112.37.40 (talk) 13:54, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: In the passage about TV shows getting radio drama revivals, I am moving the "dubious - discuss" tag from The Tomorrow People to Thunderbirds, as the first show's article describes such an incarnation in detail, but the latter does not so much as imply anything of the sort. --Tbrittreid (talk) 21:43, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Vetting article content

message: There appears to be a need for a fuller entry on British radio drama; perhaps a separate section -- even a new entry 'BBC Radio Drama', though this could, perhaps, go with the existing BBC Television Drama. Also what about other English language radio drama, including the CBC? Furthermore surely radio and television drama and the theatre are closely related.Rwood128 (talk) 15:03, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: BBC RADIO DRAMA

message: I have removed the external link to dramapod as its now owned by a domain squatter -Murdats (talk) 05:05, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  dramapod 

message: The introduction is overly long. In the second paragraph there is an extended quote about the playwright Seneca that is interesting but should be in the history section.
Also it seems that this should be a starting point for a category of articles about radio drama/audio drama/audio theatre/audio theater - whatever you want to call it.  Think about a single article that would cover "TV drama".  Instead we have many articles.
William Alan Ritch 23:41, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleanups needed 

message: Is it possible to have a modern photo, for instance recording of the BBC' s The Archers?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.145.176.254 (talk) 07:51, 24 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Modern Photo? 

message: I boldly removed the external links to shows. The policy on Linkfarms says "...excessive lists can dwarf articles and detract from the purpose of Wikipedia." I think that it doesn't add to a great understanding of the topic and has become a place for promotional accounts to dump their links. Is there any feedback?--Adam in MO Talk 00:47, 22 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed external links to other shows 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Radio play more accurately describes this article and its content. Radio drama does not accurately describe these radio plays.
Radio play is the predominantly used word in the English language for a show with a plot written by a professional. Radio plays often retain a copyright using the phrase "radio play" to this day. It is analogous to a screenplay. While I concede that "Radio drama" does have widespread usage, it is not as popular as "Radio play" which carries the most widespread usage both currently and longitudinally.
*"radio play" About 5,620,000 results google.com 
*"radio drama" About 2,570,000 results google.com
Moreover, the modifier "drama" attaches a narrow definition to radio plays and ignores the vast number of non-dramatic and/or non-theatrical works. Let's change this. 71.191.62.196 (talk) 23:57, 15 April 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Isn't a "radio play" a play written specifically to be broadcast, while radio drama also includes plays originally written for the stage. Perhaps some clarification is needed in the lead? I also note that the broadcasting of musical theatre, including opera, is largely ignored here. Rwood128 (talk) 10:56, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Radio play" vs "Radio drama" 

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