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Jackie Curthoys
Lively & literate F, 40ish, would-be radio producer, AM, FM, DAB, loves great ideas and striking features (size not important). WLTM audience w/eclectic tastes, for LTR & exciting future in audio. Format not important, but good listener essential.
Favourite broadcasters: Danny Baker, Rhod Sharpe
Favourite station: BBC Radio London (aka GLR RIP)
Broadcasting interests: Anything which gives a new perspective or engages the imagination,
but esp community/local radio. Favourite things: Crystal Palace Football Club, red wine, Marlboro Lites.
Listen to Jackie’s audio biography:
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Kwik Classics Presents… Wuthering Heights!
How can today’s ADHD-ridden, i-Pod toting youth be expected to read anything longer than a text message? Here’s the answer – all you ever need to know about Emily Bronte’s romantic masterpiece in just five minutes.
Kwik Classics – Great Literature in the time it takes to make a Pot Noodle…
Written and produced by Jackie Curthoys. Alex Leam: Announcer, Heathcliff, Cathy, Derek Acorah and too many others to mention… Dave Dodd: Narrator, Barry Norman, lead Kate Bush impersonator.
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Won Gold for Best Comedy at the Student Radio Awards, 2007
Letter from the Terminus – A Trip to the Island
Although the actual distance between Weymouth and Portland is short, the metaphysical journey between the cosy mainland and the seemingly remote island is considerable. Revisiting the trip reminds me of the gulf between my familiar home town and the enigmatic peninsular which lies beyond it.
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My Funeral
“The trouble with funerals is there’s not much you can do about it once you’re dead.” Alan Burgess explains why it’s important to plan ahead, and plays some of the beautiful music he’s chosen to accompany his final farewell.
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Investigators Inc
Did you think being an investigator was all Columbo-style raincoats, dark glasses and divorce cases? Morris Chase are one of the UK’s leading corporate investigation firms, and they’re presently recruiting. If you’d like to hear more about an unusual career opportunity, let Mick Morris tell you what the world of the corporate investigator has to offer.
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How do you want me? Dispatches from the Acting Front
You may well have seen Gary Bakewell’s or Nick Holder’s work. On that mayonnaise advert perhaps, or on a daytime TV series, even in the odd movie….But what about the parts that got away? What about the humiliation, the rejection and the sheer capriciousness of the casting process? Welcome to the real life of jobbing actors and the filthy business of auditions…
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Father’s Day
Would you give up the 7.42 to Waterloo for Thomas the Tank Engine? Dave Evans opted to stay at home at look after his two young daughters. Hear what his day is like on a typical Father’s Day.