MUCKERS
Sun 8th Dec '24, 10:30am
A dragon can change your life; if you can survive long enough to meet one. Fiery short story from Jane McGowan read by Sparkle Menzies.
Programmes
Have a look through our past programmes to listen or watch again. You can even filter the results to find the kind of programmes you're particularly interested in.
DRINKING WITH DAVID FOSTER WALLACE
Sun 8th Dec '24, 11:15am
Writer and tennis obsessive Christopher R. Moore explores the complicated legacy of David Foster Wallace's
VIC LEESON
Sun 8th Dec '24, 12:00pm
Vic is a writer and therapist working throughout Yorkshire with groups and individuals. She talks about her love for the work she does and how it has evolved.
A NEW SELF AT 70
Sun 8th Dec '24, 1:00pm
Old friends Clare Wigzell and Ruth Steinberg track Clare’s journey towards a fuller sense of herself through motherhood, creativity, shame and anxiety.
UNDER THE LAMMAS MOON
Sun 8th Dec '24, 2:00pm
Poet and novelist Cora Greenhill reads her sensual and lyrical tale of a young man enchanted by the sea, unable to grow up
POETRY OF AMELIORATION
Sun 8th Dec '24, 2:45pm
‘Find inner strength, ask for help, accept change’. Healing and heartening poetry from East Leeds writer Lisa Forte
TOWER OF SONG
Sun 8th Dec '24, 3:00pm
Nicky and Carl host ‘Recovery’-inspired songs showcasing the creativity of the songwriters who perform at their monthly Tower of Song nights.
RECOVERY CHAIR
Sun 8th Dec '24, 5:00pm
For the duration of the festival, Chapel FM has hosted The Recovery Chair. We hear poems and stories written by writers inspired by it.
I WANT TO GO HOME
Sun 8th Dec '24, 5:30pm
A gifted musician re-lives the time he contracted polio as a child. His recovery is dependent on finding his newfound power as The King of Sound.
THEATRE OF THE OPPRESSED
Yesterday, 11:30am
Short documentary feature from the Recovering Power workshop last weekend which re-imagined power relationships in our unequal world
WREN ASTER
Yesterday, 12:00pm
Poetry and short fiction by Wren Aster from our twin city Dortmund in Germany, anticipating Chapel FM’s international orientation next year.
PASS THE VERSE (AGAIN)
Yesterday, 12:15pm
Jaimes Lewis Moran and Gareth Rhodes exchange lines and images in this surreal poetry conversation.
THE NATURE OF NATURE
Yesterday, 12:45pm
Nature is often a powerful element in the recovery story. Hear from someone who knows.
MUSEUM OF RELICS
Yesterday, 1:00pm
Tony Macaluso with bookstore owner Giovanni Spadaccini from Reggio Emilia, Italy, and his collection of curious objects recovered from old books.
FORTIFIED SPIRITS
Yesterday, 2:00pm
Treadlight Theatre presents this funny and touching play about love and loss by Spike Marshall.
NOBODY TELLS YOU IT DROPS WHEN YOU STOP CHASING
Yesterday, 3:15pm
Josh's gambling addiction has cost him his livelihood and his home life. Recovery’s going well. Until it isn’t. Impactful audio drama by Sam Lawrence.
THE FORGERY.
Yesterday, 4:00pm
1905: Colonel Gascoigne from Lotherton Hall is visiting a friend in London when a telegram dramatically alters his plan. Brian Hull dramatises a local true story.
SOUNDING THE WORD JAM
Yesterday, 5:00pm
Music from the workshop with Laura Sutcliffe played for the very first time in the radio theatre.
TAKING THE SUN, THE MOON, AND THE STARS
Yesterday, 5:45pm
When a girl unwittingly releases the sun, moon and stars, it has life-changing consequences. Gripping story from Vickie Orton with music and song.
SPORTS TALK SPECIAL
Yesterday, 6:30pm
Sports Talk profiles Gaelic Football team John F Kennedy's, who last season failed to win a match and this season got to two Cup Finals.
CLEAR OUT YOUR CLOSET (W.O.A 2024)
Yesterday, 7:30pm
Another vibetastic night of big-hearted poetry and music presented by the COYC collective presented by Michelle Scally Clarke.
FIRST STORY SPECIAL
Fri 6th Dec '24, 10:30am
First Story places writers in schools throughout the UK. Young writers from residencies in W.Yorkshire schools read their work.
ALEC CLEGG AND THE EXCITEMENT OF WRITING
Fri 6th Dec '24, 2:00pm
Children’s poetry and the sharpness of their perceptions. Tribute by Jimmy Andrex to the unjustly forgotten West Riding Educationalist.
THE WRITE STUFF
Fri 6th Dec '24, 3:00pm
Writers from The University of The Third Age return with funny and vivid responses to the festival theme.
ANOTHER CONVERSATION
Fri 6th Dec '24, 4:00pm
A sequel to Mally and Phil Harvey’s beautifully written dialogue from last year about love and sex in old age.
GETTING CLEAN
Fri 6th Dec '24, 4:15pm
Lenny Flint talks to Getting Clean, a project that promotes personal growth and social change for people in recovery from addiction, one bar of soap at a time.
MISSING MEDIA – THE ROGUE TO RECOVERY
Fri 6th Dec '24, 12:00pm
Recovering, restoring, retrieving, reclaiming, repairing: the lost, forgotten, decaying: data, films, tapes. What can be recovered?
ADDRESSING ADDICTION
Fri 6th Dec '24, 5:15pm
Discussion with the world's first-ever Professor of Addiction and Recovery, and powerful music and poetry from people in recovery
TYKE-LIPPED
Fri 6th Dec '24, 7:30pm
Dynamic performance blazoning the importance of local Yorkshire dialect in matters of identity and heritage, hosted by Keith Fenton
CROSSING LINES, Ep 3
Fri 6th Dec '24, 1:00pm
Elite triathletes Becky and Natalie are prepared to give everything to be World No.1. But what if this affects their health forever? Drama by Jacky Burton.