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BBC World Drama

Unique, challenging and innovative BBC radio drama with an international edge.

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by year (34)

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    The Navigator

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    Available since Sat, 7 Jan 2012.

    A comedy about love, redemption and the surprising effects of in-car technology.

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    1. The Wild Neighbour And The Willing Coward

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      Available since Sat, 24 Dec 2011.

      Why being a good man and a good neighbour is not always the same thing.

    2. The Bid

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      Available since Sat, 17 Dec 2011.

      Dramatised account by Matthew Solon of England's failed bid to host the Fifa World Cup.

    3. Why Is The Sky So Blue?

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      Available since Sat, 3 Dec 2011.

      A play written especially for the BBC to mark International Women's Day (March 2011).

    4. Life After Life

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      Available since Fri, 25 Nov 2011.

      A drama documentary about the afterlife and what it means around the world.

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The International Playwriting Competition 2011

Lasha Bugadze from Georgia and Fernanda Jaber from China have won the two top prizes in this year's BBC World Service and British Council International Radio Playwriting Competition.

Fernanda Jaber from China won the English as a second language category with her modern moral fable, The Wild Neighbour and the Willing Coward, which the judges described as "full of wonderful surprise," "poignant" and a "deep play done with a beautiful light touch."

Lasha Bugadze from Georgia won the English as a first language category for his dark comedy The Navigator, translated by Maya Kiasashvili.

The judges thought this play was "enchanting," "authentic" and that it cleverly turns the subject of loneliness into "joyous listening."

The International Playwriting Competition website

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