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Almost Tangible @almost-tangible.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Featuring Sam Swann, Geoffrey Lumb, and Lily Bevan. Written and directed by Simon Scardifield, with sound design by @jonnicholls.bsky.social. Produced by @chloesackur.bsky.social, executive produced by Charlotte Melén. An Almost Tangible production for BBC Radio 4. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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BBC Radio 4 - Drama on 4, The School Run

When Gareth heads out on a jog, he discovers his past has caught up with him.

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Jon Nicholls @jonnicholls.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Arthur Darvill plays almost everyone with ‘tremendous elan ‘in a ‘tour de force’ (Radio Times). Pick of the week in the RT, Guardian, Times & Daily Mail.

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Jon Nicholls @jonnicholls.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... Celebrate the opening of the World Cup by spending 45 surreal minutes inside the feverish head of Albert Camus as he navigates self-doubt, the offside rule and various intrusive helpful / unhelpful major philosophers during a critical match. 2.15pm today on BBC Radio 4.

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BBC Radio 4 - Drama on 4, The Goalkeeper’s Guide to Absurdism

Albert Camus meets his dream team, a funny, emotional and philosophical glance at football

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Jon Nicholls @jonnicholls.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Just noticed Our Friends In The North, on which I was a very happy part of the sound design gang, is having another outing on Radio 4 at the moment; catch ep3 at 2.15 today. Adapted for radio by the original writer Peter Flannery and produced by Mel Harris.

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Jon Nicholls @jonnicholls.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Great piece overall, and especially love this: 'I frown upon people who frown upon audiobooks. Such people are not, despite their best efforts, better than the rest of us.'

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Jon Nicholls @jonnicholls.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

For those who might have missed it in the West End or in cinemas, #othello from Chris Harper Productions is now streaming on Marquee Arts TV. With Caitlin Fitzgerald, David Harewood, Toby Jones & Vinette Robinson; dir. Tom Morris; designed by Ti Green; sound design by me; music by PJ Harvey with me

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Jon Nicholls @jonnicholls.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Delighted this evening's Illuminated: Voices From the Beach is pick of the week in the Radio Times. Apparently Saili Katebe, Monica Whitlock and I have made a 'lyrical wave of audio' (I see what they've done there...). 7.15pm on Radio 4 then @bbcsounds

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Jon Nicholls @jonnicholls.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Coming soon to BBC Radio 4 ! Albert Camus fends off strikers, self-doubt and a nasty cough, whilst fielding not-entirely helpful suggestions from a whole gaggle of famous philosophers who seem somehow to have invaded the pitch (no Monty Python jokes please..). With Arthur Darvill & Cecilia Appiah.

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Jon Nicholls @jonnicholls.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

That's a wrap! Back from a few lovely days not-in-the-studio with the mighty @almost-tangible.bsky.social recording The School Run: new drama coming soon to BBC Radio 4. Props to the cast for amiably running continuously in 30C heat while wearing a bewildering array of microphones.

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Noir Haunted Shack ♬ @noirbeachshack.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Sonny Rollins plays his saxophone on the Williamsburg Bridge, 1966 📷 David McLane

Sonny Rollins plays his saxophone on the Williamsburg Bridge (Photo by David McLane/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images) 1966

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Jon Nicholls @jonnicholls.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Just about got all the sand out of my recorder by now...coming soon to BBC Radio 4, made in collaboration with the brilliant Saili Katebe.

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Jon Nicholls @jonnicholls.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... Eps 1 & 2 of Don Quixote, starring Jason Watkins & Mackenzie Crook, are now up on BBC Sounds. The music is an especial treat - recorded in Castile on traditional Spanish medieval instruments played by the amazing Paco Díez. Sound design, music production and mix by me.

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BBC Radio 4 - Drama on 4, Don Quixote, Episode 1

Jason Watkins and Mackenzie Crook star in Cervantes’ classic story dramatised for radio.

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Jon Nicholls @jonnicholls.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Gorgeous. And one of the greatest albums ever made.

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Jon Nicholls @jonnicholls.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... Delighted to have been reunited with Afonica Productions for series 2 of psycho-myco-horror epic Spores by @mazkirkbride.bsky.social - out now on BBC Sounds!

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BBC Radio 4 - Limelight, Spores: Series 2, Episode 1. False Hunter

The supernatural horror returns set amid the mysterious world of mycelium.

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Jon Nicholls @jonnicholls.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

You can still hear Aidan Gillen, Daniel Mays & Michelle Fairley in Brian Friel's marvellous Faith Healer on BBC Sounds - I was lucky to work with some wonderful musicians on the score for this one: Joni Fuller (violin) and James Marchese (clarinet). on.soundcloud.com/0x3vSWY6jo3e...

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Faith Healer

Music for Brian Friel's modern classic Faith Healer, produced by Hooley Productions for BBC Radio 4. Musicians: Joni Fuller (violin) / James Marchese (clarinets) / Jon Nicholls (piano). Copyright Jon

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Jon Nicholls @jonnicholls.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

A delight composing for this wonderful production and a treat to work with such terrific musicians; huge thanks to Joni Fuller (violin) and James Marchese (clarinet). Directed & produced by @jassicrea.bsky.social & @marypeate.bsky.social - listen now on BBC Sounds! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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BBC Radio 4 - Drama on 4, Faith Healer

Friel's poetic masterpiece about loss, the creative mind and the subjectivity of memory.

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Jon Nicholls @jonnicholls.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Thrilled In Dark Corners series 2 has received a Prix Europa nomination; v proud to have been part of the team telling this story.

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Jon Nicholls @jonnicholls.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Anita Sullivan's meticulously researched hugely powerful drama about the infected blood scandal and almost equally shocking compensation scandal, with Christine Bottomley, Mat Fraser and Amanda Wilkin. Prod. Polly Thomas, sound design JN. Now available on BBC Sounds.

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Drama on 4 - Red Gold - BBC Sounds

Original drama inspired by the infected blood scandal. Can money compensate for injustice?

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Jon Nicholls @jonnicholls.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Thinking of Tom Lehrer happily poisoning pigeons in a celestial park somewhere

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Jon Nicholls @jonnicholls.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

A truly humbling experience being involved in telling this shocking story still affecting thousands of lives. Powerful meticulously researched new drama from Anita Sullivan, with Mat Fraser, Christine Bottomley and Amanda Wilkin; dir. Polly Thomas, sound design by me. TX 29.7.25 on BBC Radio 4.

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Jon Nicholls @jonnicholls.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Arvon calling...for anyone wanting to develop their writing into audio, come and join audio fiction gurus Polly Thomas and @danrebellato.bsky.social (and me!) at @arvonfoundation.bsky.social in September. www.arvon.org/writing-cour...

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Jon Nicholls @jonnicholls.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

A snapshot of the intolerable working conditions I had to endure while making this...

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Jon Nicholls @jonnicholls.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Illuminated: A Walk In Time is now up on BBC Sounds; take a walk through human and geological time on the beaches of the Jurassic Coast. Co-produced by myself and Monica Whitlock, with music and sound design by me.https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002cz8y

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BBC Radio 4 - Illuminated, A Walk in Time

Human time meets earth time on the Jurassic coast of Dorset.

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Jon Nicholls @jonnicholls.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Delighted to have had a sonic hand in this brilliant film from Imogen Lea & Joe Carver - out now

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Jon Nicholls @jonnicholls.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Jury comments: 'This gripping audio drama reimagines the sci-fi classic with powerful storytelling, immersive sound design, and a fresh take on an alien’s descent into a fractured world. A standout achievement in narrative radio.'

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Jon Nicholls @jonnicholls.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Back from two inspirational days at #thepodcastshow2025 to the lovely news that #themanwhofelltoearth (@bafflegabble.bsky.social for BBC Radio 4) won a Grand Award at #newyorkfestivalsradioawards! This was a really special one to sound design - 'A standout achievement in narrative radio.'

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Jon Nicholls @jonnicholls.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Delighted to have my first production credit in Radio 4's #illuminated series. Music, location recording & sound design JN; co-produced by myself and Monica Whitlock. TX 1.6.25. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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BBC Radio 4 - Illuminated, A Walk in Time

Human time meets earth time on the Jurassic coast of Dorset.

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Jon Nicholls @jonnicholls.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Delighted to have collaborated with Imagineear and Atlantic Theater Company on the dramatised audio companion pieces for visitors to the quite extraordinary Saya Woolfalk: Empathic Universe exhibition at NYC's Museum of Arts and Design, running to the end of September. madmuseum.org/exhibition/s...

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Saya Woolfalk: Empathic Universe

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Robin Rimbaud - Scanner @scannerdot.com · 24/04/2025

Farewell to Australian composer Alan Lamb (1944-2025), whose works explored the magical resonances of singing wires. Hearing them is an eerie and unsettling experience. Wonderful sounds indeed. His classic works are now available on @room40.bsky.social room40.bandcamp.com/album/night-...

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Night Passage, by Alan Lamb

3 track album

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Jon Nicholls @jonnicholls.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

riverrun, past Eve and Adam's, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation

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Jon Nicholls @jonnicholls.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Tom Morris' production of Missy Mazzoli's extraordinary opera Breaking The Waves has been touring globally since it took the Edinburgh International Festival by storm in 2019 and is due to open at Houston Grand Opera later this month. Designed by Soutra Gilmour, lights Rich Howell, sound design JN.

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Jon Nicholls @jonnicholls.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Delighted two of 2024's projects shortlisted at the New York Festivals Radio Awards! The Man Who Fell To Earth prod. @bafflegabble.bsky.social for BBC Radio 4 (sound design JN) and Lonely No More from @audiama.bsky.social by @sebbyb.bsky.social dir. @jassicrea.bsky.social (sound design & music JN)

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Jon Nicholls @jonnicholls.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a... Looking forward to catching up with pals and colleagues at the #BBCAudioDramaAwards2025 - fingers crossed for Song From Far Away (up for best sound), Love & Information (best adaptation) and Kate O’Flynn (up for best actress / Spores). Good luck to everyone nominated!

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BBC Radio 4 - BBC Audio Drama Awards - The 2025 Finalists

Details of the finalists in the 2025 BBC Audio Drama Awards

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Jon Nicholls @jonnicholls.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Repost with one of the greatest villains in cinema history…

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

" I believe there are many who forget all the tragedy women face in Afghanistan, that is why I use my paintings as a mean to remind the people" - Shamsia Hassani Afghan Artist #InternationalWomensDay

Mural featuring a woman in blue hijab standing holding a keyboard to her chest while a row of ominous looking men with guns in black stand in a row behind her

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Falling Tree Productions @fallingtreeprod.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

“But the small single play that allows a writer to be themselves or rather – crucially – to become themselves is increasingly rare. A writer’s loss is an audience’s loss too…” www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

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BBC radio drama is in grave danger. Without it we may lose the next generation of writing talent

Hundreds of hours of original plays have been cut from the corporation’s programming in recent years. If the trend continues, a valuable training ground for writers will be lost

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Jon Nicholls @jonnicholls.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Thrilled that *three* of my sound design / music projects are finalists at #BBCAudioDramaAwards2025 - Song From Far Away (Best Use Of Sound), Drama on 3: Love & Information (Best Adaptation) and Spores (Best Actress -Kate O’Flynn)

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