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THE NINE DAYS QUEEN

Afternoon Play charting the tumultuous rise and fall of Lady Jane Grey, who reigned as Queen of England for nine days in 1553 and paid with her life for the plotting of others. Cast includes Loo Brealey, Emma Stansfield and Helen Schlesinger. Radio Pick of the Day in The Guardian, Sunday Times, Daily Mail and The Observer. Produced in London by Luke Fresle. February 2009.

Katherine Dow-Blyton plays Kate in BBC Radio Four's Bollywood Jane. Photo: Keith Pattison.

BOLLYWOOD JANE

This magical stage play is now a BBC Radio Four Woman's Hour serial. Jane is uprooted by her feckless mother Kate and made to start a new life on Leicester's Belgrave Road. When she stumbles into a Bollywood cinema, Jane escapes into a world of sequins and saris. Produced in Birmingham by Kate Chapman, it features Joanna Froggatt and Katherine Dow-Blyton. March 2008.

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BE MY BABY

Ten years after its first production, this hit stage play becomes a powerful Afternoon Play drama-documentary for BBC Radio Four. Set in a 1964 mother and baby home, the play is interwoven with interviews from adopted children who traced their birth mothers. Produced in Birmingham by Kate Chapman and Sara Conkey. February 2008.

Katharine Rogers (Glad) and Kate Rawson (Mae). The Wills's Girls, 2002. Photo: Zuleika Henry.

LADIES DAY

Popular stage play adapted for radio and reset at the Cheltenham Gold Cup. Produced in Bristol as as an Afternoon Play by Sara Davis. June 2009.

THE WILLS'S GIRLS

Adaptation of the 1950's tobacco industry stage play for BBC Radio Four Woman's Hour. The five-part serial featured Katharine Rogers, Louise Howells, Kate Rawson, Giles Fagan and Devon Black. Produced in Bristol by Sara Davis. December 2004.

AMATEUR GIRL

One-woman drama written for a BBC Radio Four Woman's Hour series on the Minimum Wage. Follows the career of Julie, a nurse turned amateur porn star. Katharine Rogers plays Julie. Produced in Bristol by Sara Davis. December 2006.

THE ROAD TO ABOLITION

Drama-documentary charting the slave trade abolition movement for BBC Radio Three. Produced in Bristol by Sara Davis. March 2007.

HAVE YOUR CAKE

Amanda Whittington writes episodes 3 and 4 of this new BBC Radio Four series. February 2008.

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