Thanks again Aunt Beeb…she’s now commissioned me to write another 3 episodes of KEEPING THE WOLF OUT. A Cold War thriller with lots of goulash.
Leo Bill is cool and effective as Detective Bertalan. Andy Linden is his bastard of a boss. A man with bigotries to outrageous that he makes Donald Trump look like – look like – actually let’s not go there. He’s a bastard through and through.
And the wondrous Clare Corbett plays Bertalan’s wife Franciska. Who will, I predict, since this is how I’m writing it, become ever more important to the stories as Series 2 develops.
Way back then, in the 1960s, the countries on the other side of the Iron Curtain truly feared America. They feared its wrath, its power, and they feared its imperial ambitions. Now, with a new President-elect in place, we have even more reason to – no no! Let’s STILL not go there. Too much reality.
This show of mine has been nominated for a BBC Audio drama award. Clare Corbett is also nominated as Best Supporting Actress for her playing of Franciska.
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Have just caught this series on R4 – altho I missed some of the first episode. Really enjoyed it: fresh, original, great characterisation and some cracking dialogue. Thank you!
Excellent series. Really enjoyed it. Love the music the charaterisation, the plot, the atmosphere all of it!
Just caught this on bbc radio 4 today. Great characters and actors and loved the dialogue, very engaging so will definitely be following this series.
Thoroughly enjoying this on R4. Cracking series with excellent dialogue, plot and pace. Good female roles too – love Franciska! Love all the characters tbh.
Thank you.
Thank you – Clare is so wonderful as Franciska!
Absolutely hooked on this fantastic production.
The dialogue is superb, it’s atmospheric and when I’m listening I can actually visualise it.
Truly wonderful.
Thanks so much for those kind words, Steve. Hoping there may be another series next year!
I certainly hope so Philip.
It’s enthralling.
I love both series of Keeping the Wolf Out. The tension and the paranoia that must have existed at that time in Hungary is captured so perfectly. I think this is one of the best things I have heard on R4, and I have been listening all my life. Is there a novel version of this story, or plans for one? I love the radio play format, but my husband prefers to read. I know he would love this. Keep up the excellent work.
I’ve just binge listened to this series after hearing the first episodes a little while ago. Thank you PP for this wonderful new pulp audio fiction. I’ll have to check out your other works until you write more Keeping the Wolf Out, if that is possible! Inspiring!
Just listened to Keeping the Wolf Out. Brilliant, really loved it.
I do hope there will be more to come.
Another 3 eps have just been commissioned! Thank you…
No plans for a novel though I hope the BBC release it as a box set. 3 more eps have just been commissioned
The new series for 2020 has just been commissioned. Thank you!
Really loved this series and would very much like to listen again. Will that be possible? Also looking forward to the next series.