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Australian audio comedy series snapped up by the BBC

A half-hour narrative sci-fi comedy series originally crowdfunded for digital download will soon air on BBC Radio 4.

25 Mar 2019 12:00

Richard Watts

Writing and Publishing

Promotional image for season one of Night Terrace. L-R: Ben McKenzie as Eddie Jones, Jackie Woodburne as Anastasia Black, and Petra Elliott as “Sue”.

After the success of their podcast series Splendid Chaps, a celebration of Doctor Who’s 50^th anniversary in 2013, podcasters John Richards and Benjamin McKenzie decided to raise the bar for their next audio project.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts