The audio examples below give an example of some of the programmes and reports I have produced or presented. They span a range of formats, treatments and subjects.
Click on any of the titles to hear a short extract from that programme.
Lysistrata
Ninety minutes of filthy Greek comedy! An audio version of Aristophanes' classic satire.
- Starring: Racquel Cassidy, Annette Badland, Angela Bruce, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Carol Macready, Angela Pleasance, Geoffrey Whitehead, Mike Hayward, Sam Donovan, Mark Benton, Geoffrey Beevers.
- Director: Nick Balneaves
Changing Lives
Part of a series of four in-depth features that I made for the Open University, dealing with issues in social work. The programmes will form the audio side of an OU course for the next five years.
- Presenter: Nick Balneaves
- Producer: Nick Balneaves
Change For The Better
A short programme I made for the NHS highlighting new ways of working during a major change programme. It was delivered to NHS staff across Scotland.
- Presenter: Pennie Taylor
- Producer: Nick Balneaves
Edinburgh Bites
A series of 31 comedy shorts broadcast every day during August 2006, featuring comedians appearing at the Edinburgh Fringe.
- Presenter: N/A
- Producer: Nick Balneaves
Earth In Crisis: Science and Policy
An Open University programme exploring the relationship between science and policy making in one of the most fraught areas of modern politics.
- Presenter: Prof Andy Blowers
- Producer: Nick Balneaves
Stranger Than Fiction
An extract from an edition of the weekly science series I presented for BBC Radio Scotland. This edition was about the science of plants. What does a leaf do?
- Presenter: Nick Balneaves
- Producer: Richard Kent