Shadow World: Breakin’ the Cycle is a gripping new six part podcast series that tells the remarkable story of two violent East London gang leaders who attempt to leave behind a life of crime by making a hit movie despite having absolutely zero experience of filmmaking.
Author: Axel Kacoutié
Between the Ears in miniature returns with new short works themed around Midsummer Dreaming. Airing in the run up to our dream-like night of adventurous radio, featuring treasures from the BBC Radio 3 archives from sunset until sunrise on the summer solstice.
Even the sun stands still. In a world designed constantly to produce, where we’re exposed to the daily paralysing effects of doomscrolling and healed by the small joys of the everyday, producer Axel Kacoutié invites us to reflect on how the Sun’s movements can remind us to slow down.
Featuring Georgina Walker, Emily Lucienne and Sol, Aaron Edwards, Mary Letera, Buitumelo Kotekwa, Shadé Joseph, Tiwin Aji, Makella Ama Kededzi, Paul Nataraj, Keyari Page, Eleanor Penny, Baudelaire Ceus, Tasneim Zyada, Fabien Maturin and Somatic Space-Holder, Folk Wizard and Freedom Companion, Jae Gibbs.
Produced by Axel Kacoutié
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 3
Ed is the grandson of footballing legend Gordon Banks. He was a national icon, the only goalkeeper ever to win the soccer World Cup for England. But Ed’s heard a rumour: that in 1970, while defending the title, his granddad, his hero, was poisoned… by the CIA. All part of a Cold War plot to bolster a military dictatorship in Latin America, supposedly. Could this possibly be true? Banks did get ill in Mexico in 1970 with food poisoning. And England crashed out, marking the start of decades of hurt. Ed enlists the help of investigative journalist Gabriel Gatehouse. Together they embark on a journey into the bewildering world of Cold War espionage, a journey that threatens to unravel 60 years of sporting history; or possibly… to knock Ed’s granddad off his pedestal.
Renowned Australian artist Emily Kam Kngwarray (c.1914–1996) created compelling, powerful works that reflect her extraordinary life as an Anmatyerr woman born in Alhalker in the Sandover region of the Northern Territory of Australia.
Created in collaboration with the National Gallery of Australia (NGA), this will be the first large-scale presentation of Kngwarray’s work ever held in Europe and a celebration of her extraordinary career as one of Australia’s greatest artists.
‘If you close your eyes and imagine the paintings in your mind’s eye, you will see them transform. They are real—what Kngwarray painted is alive and true.’
—Jedda Kngwarray Purvis and Josie Petyarr Kunoth, June 2023
Exhibition organised by Tate Modern, and the National Gallery of Australia based on an exhibition curated by Kelli Cole, Warumungu and Luritja peoples and Hetti Perkins, Arrernte and Kalkadoon peoples. Emily Kam Kngwarray at Tate Modern is curated by Kelli Cole.
Poetry magazine presents Wake, Butterfly, a series of intimate portraits that invite listeners to keep creating. The series is produced by Rachel James with sound design by Axel Kacoutié.
A Non-Playable-Character (NPC) pays the ultimate price after getting locked out of his livestream.
“Ecce Homo” is written, produced, and directed by Axel Kacoutié
The executive producers are James Kim and Taylor Chicoine
Erica Huang is the producer
Diego Perez is the lead sound designer
Daniel Martinez is the sound mixer
Matthew Wang is the composer
Theme music by Ryo Baum and Robert Garrova
Podcast artwork by Justin D. Lee
The episode was recorded at Sonica Studios, UK
Robbie Swan plays Timothee Smith
Alexander Lester plays the Sentinel
The Recording Engineer is Paul Clark.
You Feeling This 2 is a production of iHeartRadio and Overtones Media
Modern | Smooth | Cool | British English | French
~ Commercial Demo
~ Natural Read, Conversational, Radio
~ Audiobook (Children) #1 – English
~ Audiobook (Children) #2 – French
~ Audiobook (Adult)
Video
A bold, dynamic re-imagining that’ll transport you to the centre of the Harlem Renaissance. Gatsby In Harlem is a love story, a Jazz story and the quintessential American Dream story.
Cast:
Malachi Kirby (Nick Carraway)
Ncuti Gatwa (Jay Gatsby)
Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Daisy Buchanan)
Chiké Okonkwo (Tom Buchanan)
Michaella Moore (Jordon Baker)
Ako Mitchell (George Wilson)
Harmony Rose Bremner (Myrtle Wilson)
Moya Angela (Stephanie St Claire)
Sam Dale (Dan Cody)
Tom Glenister (Klipspringer)
Vigs Otite (Catherine)
Joseph Mydell (Mr Greene)
Other parts played by:
Tom Alexander, Tayla Kovacevi-Ebong, Finlay Paul and Romario Splatt
Director & Casting: Celia De Wolff
Executive Producers: Tom Billington and Nathan Freeman
Assistant Producer: Eleanor M.
Runner: Greg Birks
Sound Design: Andreina Gomez Casanova, Axel Kacoutié and Nathan Freeman
Dialogue editor and engineer: Matt Bainbridge.
Additional editor: Lucinda Mason-Brown.
Original music: Emily Tran
Music Supervisor: Ben Burrell
Musical Director: Gary Crosby OBE
Performers for Tomorrow’s Warriors:
Gary Crosby OBE and Tom Sheen on Bass
Will Gibson on Sax and Clarinet
Mark Kavuma on Trumpet
Sarah Tandy on Piano
Rod Youngs on Drums
Arrangements by Mark Kavuma and Emily Tran
Producer for Tomorrow’s Warriors: Fish Krish
Music sound-engineer: Luc Saint-Martin
All dialogue and music recorded at Confetti Institute of Creative Technologies London, part of Nottingham Trent University.
With special thanks to Head Of Operations Glenn Middleditch
🎥 Making Of Video
Videographer: Aaron Rauf Qureshi
Editor: Clint Trofa
Art Director: Jay Stephen
Social Assets: Tom Davies
When James Baldwin died at his home in the South of France in December 1987, the world lost a towering intellect and one of America’s literary giants. He was buried in New York a few weeks later. But what remained in France, and still to this day, are thousands of personal and professional effects connected to Baldwin. Journalist Tony Phillips travels to Provence to discover why these items are stored in an Englishwoman’s home on the Côte d’Azur.
Produced by Tony Phillips and Axel Kacoutié
Sound Design by Axel Kacoutié
Original TX: 30/07/2024
The police tell us they are here to protect us. But what if their original purpose was something else altogether? Peabody Award-winning host Chenjerai Kumanyika takes listeners on a journey to uncover the hidden history of the largest police force in the world – from its roots in slavery, to rival police gangs battling across the city, to everyday people who resisted every step of the way. As our society debates where policing is going, Empire City: The Untold Origin Story of the NYPD explores where the police came from.
From Wondery, Crooked Media and PushBlack.
Awards
The Ambies 2025 – Best History Podcast
Webby Awards 2025 – Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging (Limited-Series & Specials)
Signal Awards 2025 – Best Sound Design (Gold), Best Original Score / Music (Silver), Best History Podcast (Silver)
