WHOSE MILK IS IT ANYWAY?
Sun 22nd Feb '26, 10:30am
Barbara complains about her husband leaving the milk out, but the relationship went sour long before the milk. Audio drama by Jan Ruppe.
Programmes
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MOTHER NATURE’S WHISPERS
Sun 22nd Feb '26, 11:00am
What happens when the natural world and the human world interact with each other? Lighthearted and reflective poems from Mandi Lynsdale.
LESSONS FROM AN ACCIDENTAL STAND UP
Sun 22nd Feb '26, 11:30am
A midlife adventure story by Laura Graham.
THE FINAL WHISTLE
Sun 22nd Feb '26, 12:00pm
Live in-studio reading of an audio play by Jacqueline Everett about love, betrayal and the 1966 World Cup, set in communist Hungary.
YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU
Sun 22nd Feb '26, 1:00pm
If we are the sum of our parts, what becomes of the pieces we leave behind? Live performance from Huw Parlor.
AFTERNOON TEA
Sun 22nd Feb '26, 1:30pm
Afternoon tea is important to Angie Smiles, but not because of the food. Live sketch.
CROSSING THE THRESHOLD
Sun 22nd Feb '26, 1:45pm
In Michael Hassell’s comedy, three engaged couples try to win their Dream Wedding on a TV Gameshow. Will anyone make it to the altar? Live drama reading.
WATER AND FIRE
Sun 22nd Feb '26, 2:45pm
Documentary about the volunteer fire watchers who kept watch over the rooftops of The Leeds Library in World War Two.
RIGHT HERE WITH YOU
Sun 22nd Feb '26, 3:00pm
Live drama from Dales Ball that welcomes you into a world where everyone feels seen, heard, and cherished in their own neighbourhood.
SPONTANEOUS RADIO ERUPTION
Sun 22nd Feb '26, 3:45pm
In the absence of the scheduled show, musicians & poets improvise a radio performance at five minutes notice. Why? Because we're Chapel FM!
BEOWULF
Sun 22nd Feb '26, 4:45pm
Four storytellers. One ancient tale. A thousand interpretations. Live theatre performance of this thrilling, darkly comic retelling from Treadlight Theatre.
OZYMANDIAS AND OTHER LONG GOODBYES
Sat 21st Feb '26, 10:00am
Helped by some old statues, Leonard Cohen and Taking Back Sunday, Christopher R. Moore considers what it really means to let go.
TONY HARRISON: GLOBAL LINKS
Sat 21st Feb '26, 11:00am
How the great Leeds poet, who died last year, used art to transcend borders from Nigeria to Eastern Europe, Brazil to Japan.
OVER THE THRESHOLD
Sat 21st Feb '26, 12:00pm
Alice had long gone over the threshold,but never imagined she could cross this one. Monologue from Gaia Sequoia, plus discussion with health professionals.
STEP IN, LOOK UP!
Sat 21st Feb '26, 12:45pm
At the former entrance to Leeds General Infirmary there are medicinal plants at the tops of columns. Why? With Emma Storr and Barry Strickland-Hodge.
DAWN CHORUS
Sat 21st Feb '26, 1:30pm
Have you ever really listened to the dawn chorus? Hear it differently in this audio drama from Sophie MacWhannell.
BEYOND THE GATE
Sat 21st Feb '26, 1:45pm
A child stands poised at the entrance to the abandoned garden. Will she step into this world of wildness, beauty and wonder? Story from Madeleine Wuidart.
WHEN POETRY TAKES WING
Sat 21st Feb '26, 2:00pm
Hannah Stone explores the threshold between poem and song as alumni from Leeds Song read poems and discuss the craft of writing for composers.
THE WAKE
Sat 21st Feb '26, 3:30pm
30 years after leaving school a group of forty-somethings undertake a walk across the North Yorks Moors. But who is with them?
SHOT THE LOT
Sat 21st Feb '26, 4:30pm
A dairy farmer in despair. Lost everything. Chris Berry reads his own story written in 2020 when the milk price was well below production cost.
THE ACCIDENT
Sat 21st Feb '26, 5:00pm
Car in a ditch. In this mystery thriller, each passenger has a different version of events. Who’s telling lies? Live drama reading from Aberford Authors Drama Collective.
IDYLLS OF THE KING (Part 1)
Sat 21st Feb '26, 5:45pm
Tennyson’s epic cycle of poems about loyalty, truth, and political turmoil read in three parts by Ibrahim Knight.
LEEDS-DURBAN
Sat 21st Feb '26, 6:00pm
Did you know Leeds is twinned with Durban, South Africa? Find out more with Steve Whitby and Tony Macaluso.
GRIDLOCK
Sat 21st Feb '26, 7:00pm
Tallulah Howarth and Carrieanne Vivianette explore the threshold between poetry and sound in this live reading of Tallulah’s grid poems.
WHAT IS OUR LANGUAGE OF NOW?
Sat 21st Feb '26, 7:30pm
Peat bogs, marshes: thresholds. Anne Caldwell presents two award winning short films and launches her new collection of prose poetry from Valley Press.
MINUTES FROM THE REVOLUTION
Sat 21st Feb '26, 8:30pm
They’re out on the streets. It’s all starting. But is it in the minutes? Comedy satire audio drama from Freya Jackson.
MURDER IN 1960’s YORKSHIRE
Sat 21st Feb '26, 9:30pm
Ian Walker/Jon Mason reveals how his involvement in the search for the victims of Brady and Hindley, the Moors Murderers, affected his writing thereafter.
ANTHOLOGY LAUNCH
Fri 20th Feb '26, 7:00pm
Welcome the 3rd Chapel FM Anthology, and the 10th Writing On Air festival, across the threshold with a fabulous night of poetry and music.
Love The Words 332: Changing The Narrative (Part 2)
Tue 17th Feb '26, 4:00pm
What’s domestic abuse really like for victim-survivors? And what are the harmful narratives that need to be changed? LDVS Voices project reflect.
Leeds and Lille Collaboration Radio Cabaret
Tue 17th Feb '26, 7:00pm
Come join us as we broadcast live from Lille, France in this special radio cabaret event with our friends from Tire-Laine