70 years of the BBC Radio Drama Company

In The Stage, Nick Smurthwaite celebrates an acting institution that will be familiar to many radio writers.

In these days of stringent cutbacks and downsizing, it is a minor miracle that the BBC’s Radio Drama Company - better known to most actors as “the Rep” - is still going. Although not quite the mighty beast it was in its heyday, it still offers training to young actors out of drama school and the opportunity to work with some of the country’s top actors.