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80 Points
Let's get "Audio Drama" added as a category
Radio Drama is a popular entertainment format in the UK - radio plays are 45/60 minutes long, are broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and 4, and often feature very high profile names..
I have also performed in a number of radio plays for the BBC, but found there is no option to select Audio Drama as a category when adding a new title as a credit for my filmography. The Archers has been a hugely beloved radio series in the UK for more than 70 years, but has had to be listed as a "podcast series", and there is no option to correctly categorise the single radio plays.
I believe it is one of the reasons why producers here don't load the work onto the database, which means that as an actor who has worked a lot in audio, most of my work remains invisible on the platform.
I emailed the helpdesk, and they suggested I should post here to gauge interest. It's a tricky one, though, because I'm not sure anyone outside of the Radio Drama industry would care, but it is a huge, historic and flourishing industry, and the fact it's missing from the options list means there are a number of actors, directors and writers that aren't getting the credit they deserve.
It feels like an easy fix to me. Would you mind commenting, so that it stands a chance of being added to the To Do list?
eboy
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69.2K Points
11 months ago
Adding radio dramas/serials would mean a HUGE amount of productions. Pretty much all the way from the ”dawn of radio” (from the 1920s). This is probably something that IMDb has to carefully consider, since it’s a very big decision.
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JohnnyRuff
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60 Points
10 months ago
I have produced or written nearly 50 original dramas for the BBC, and as Leah the original poster described you can build a career on them. I'd suggest every British actor and screenwriter has done one at some time. Having them on IMDB as podcasts - absolutely not the same thing - does not do the work justice.
Big names among the writers include Tom Stoppard, Joe Orton, Caryl Churchill, Harold Pinter, Samuel Beckett, and John Mortimer. there's literally no point listing the performers as you can start at Sir Ian McKellen and Dame Judi Dench and work down from there.
So - Audio Drama, yes please.
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