Radio Dramas
The Colour of Milk

Nell Leyshon's play, The Colour of Milk, adapted from her novel, was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2013 Set in 1830. A farmer's young daughter is asked to care for the vicar's sick wife, and live in. The invalid gradually deteriorates and dies, ...
Iron Curtain

As part of the series Writing the Century, The Iron Curtain is a five-part series broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2011 Nell Leyshon's "The Iron Curtain" is inspired by the diaries of Paula Kirby, who went to teach English in East Germany in the ...
Jess’ Story

The pressure on teenagers to succeed in school exams is greater now than ever before — especially for girls. Nell Leyshon created her drama Jess' Story for Children in Need with young people facing mental health challenges who attend a School which has special facilities ...
Black Dirt

Adapted from Nell Leyshon's novel, the radio drama Black Dirt was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in 2006 Synopsis Frank Lovell lies ill in bed, attended by his mentally handicapped son and his daughter and son-in-law. As the morphine enters his bloodstream, suppressed memories of ...
Soldier Boy

Soldier Boy was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2005 Synopsis John returns a day early from Iraq on leave to his pregnant wife, young son and their home in army barracks. Claire soon realises that something is wrong. As their two worlds, ...
The House In The Trees

The House In The Trees was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2004 Synopsis Mary lives alone with her father in a house with an eccentric garden he has made, which is open to the public. Teased at school for being "the garden girl", ...
Glass Eels

Glass Eels, adapted from Nell Leyshon's stage play, was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003. Synopsis During a heady, hot summer, a young girl's sexual awakening is coloured by shadows of her early childhood. Sixteen-year-old Lily lives on the Somerset levels. Lonely, harbouring ...
The Home Field

The Home Field, a drama documentary using poetry and prose to examine the current state of farming in Somerset was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in July 2003 Synopsis Compton Dundon, a village on the edge of the Somerset Levels, was steeped in dairy farming ...