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HOSIPROG

Drama and features for free use by hospital radio stations, audio magazines for the blind and community radio stations.

Members: 47
Latest Activity: Jan 6


Hosiprog was founded by the late Dennis Rookard to create and provide drama and features for hospital radio, audio magazines for the blind and community radio stations.

Essex Audio Theatre and the Old Court Radio Theatre Company continue to produce and record original material for Hosiprog, with John Rhodes as recording engineer. We are also moving the Hosiprog archive to this site.

Anyone is welcome to listen to the recordings, or to download them, and they may be broadcast freely by voluntary and community-run radio stations.

Enjoy!

Roger Johnson
("Magersfontein")

Discussion Forum

TWO EMMA TOC - WRITTLE by Tim Wander & Dennis Rookard 3 Replies

In early February 1922, from a small ex-army hut in a field just outside the village of Writtle near Chelmsford, a small team of pioneering wireless engineers working for the Marconi company established Britain’s first regular radio broadcasting station. The call sign was 2MT (“Marconi Transmitter”), or as it soon…Continue

Started by Magersfontein. Last reply by Steve Kostelecky Nov 25, 2012.

OPEN GARDEN WARFARE by Colin Hume 2 Replies

Susanna is proud of her garden, so proud that she wants to open it to discriminating members of the public – and she sticks to the rule that has served her throughout ten years of marriage: Susanna knows best. After a good deal of hard work by her rather erratic handyman, she waits eagerly for the Open Gardens Society’s…Continue

Started by Magersfontein. Last reply by Robert Jul 21, 2012.

"Mr Humphreys and his inheritance", a ghost story by M R James 5 Replies

"Shortly before his death I asked him what he really thought on the subject, since he had written better ghost-stories than any man living. He answered: 'Depend upon it! Some of these things are so, but we do not know the rules!'" --- Shane Leslie on M.R. James. Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936), Provost of King's College, Cambridge, and later of Eton, was a noted mediaeval scholar, antiquary, and expert on Bible apocrypha. Although he was a great scholar in his day, he is now most remembered…Continue

Started by Magersfontein. Last reply by JakeTucker Jun 3, 2012.

WAVING TO A TRAIN by Martyn Read 3 Replies

 It's late June, in 1953. Two weeks ago, despite the torrential rain, the Coronation went off perfectly. Now, the skies are blue, the grass is green, and  the sun is shining. This is Midsummer the way it should be - Midsummer as we'll always remember. There's time for a family picnic, and time to wave to the last train…Continue

Started by Magersfontein. Last reply by JakeTucker Jun 2, 2012.

THE FALL OF THE ROMAN UMPIRE 5 Replies

 It wasn’t just the Dome and the London Eye, you know. As the new Millennium approached, people in every city, town and village were meeting to decide how they were going to mark the great event. In the little Essex village of Midsummer Laver, all sorts of ideas were discussed, argued and even fought over before the one brilliant plan was agreed. But we all know what happens to the best-laid plans of mice and men, don’t we? The link will take you to the Hosiprog store. Left click on the title…Continue

Started by Magersfontein. Last reply by Robert May 19, 2012.

THE FITLOW MANGLE by Bill Farrow 1 Reply

 Remember the great Mangle War and the part played in it by the Mangle Boys with their song “The French Can’t Make Mangles Like We Can”? In time, of course, Eddie Fitlow and Ernie Turpin retired, but the fate of the famous Fitlow Mangle was a mystery for many years – until eventually it was discovered in the most…Continue

Started by Magersfontein. Last reply by Anson (Bob) Roberts May 16, 2012.

No. 2 DING STREET by Bill Farrow 4 Replies

 A home for retired variety artistes should be a quiet haven after the excitement of their career, but the aged entertainers at this particular refuge have no intention of giving up showbiz! They get their chance again when young Clayton Seymore inherits a theatrical agency. Little does he know what is in store for…Continue

Started by Magersfontein. Last reply by Magersfontein Apr 25, 2012.

ALL IN THE BLOOD by Bill Farrow 2 Replies

 The spirit of the Mangle Boys lives on! Remember them - Eddie Fitlow and Ernie Turpin? They were big, back in the golden days of the Music Hall! Both were stars in their own right, each topping the bill at theatres throughout the country. But their double act, the Mangle Boys - that was something else. Together, they were…Continue

Started by Magersfontein. Last reply by Magersfontein Apr 25, 2012.

CUCKOOS DON'T CUCKOO IN DAGENHAM, DO THEY? by Tony Phillips 3 Replies

 Jack is an old time rocker who is going to sing one more time. But will his dysfunctional family back him up, or will it all end in tears? The link will take you to the Hosiprog store. Then click on the title to listen or download.http://sdrv.ms/UEOUiAContinue

Started by Magersfontein. Last reply by Magersfontein Feb 18, 2012.

FENCHURCH by Dennis Rookard 2 Replies

 When her evil brother swindles the cantankerous Lady Caroline Tipstandley out of house and home, her butler Fenchurch, realising that she is now broke, and so can’t afford to pay his wages, shows his loyalty by dumping her. Whilst hunting for a new position, his butlers’ employment agency tells him about a TV production…Continue

Started by Magersfontein. Last reply by Mike Jan 19, 2012.

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Comment by Elaine on August 31, 2010 at 8:43am
So good!! Thank you very much.
Comment by Magersfontein on August 1, 2010 at 6:38pm
Thanks to Robert for allowing me to do so!

Roger
Comment by Anson (Bob) Roberts on August 1, 2010 at 2:54pm
Thanks for sharing all these wonderful shows!
Comment by Magersfontein on July 24, 2010 at 5:17pm
Nice one, Katy!

Roger
Comment by katydidit on July 24, 2010 at 8:58am
Hi Roger: Came across this cartoon and thought of your new group.


Cheers, katy
Comment by cath bailey on July 24, 2010 at 3:44am
Thanks for letting me join, great audio.

Cath
Comment by katydidit on July 20, 2010 at 9:23pm
Hi Roger:

Many thanks for sharing these wonderful radio plays from the Hosiprog archives.

katy
Comment by Douglas Johnstone on July 5, 2010 at 12:23pm
Thanks for the invitation!
Comment by Estleman on June 30, 2010 at 1:37am
Thanks for the invitation!
Comment by Magersfontein on June 29, 2010 at 5:37am
Wonderful! Let's get going...
 

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