Tim Crook has written, directed and produced a number of international award wining radio plays, series and documentaries. He is the Head of Radio at Goldmsiths College, University of London, and the author of International Radio Journalism.

List of plates, Acknowledgements, Part I: PRACTICE MEETS THEORY, 1. A New Media History Perspective through Audio Drama, 2. Radio Drama as Modernity, 3. The Electrophone or Théâtrophone: broadcasting audio drama before the radio, 4. The Six Ages of Audio Drama and the Internet Epoch, 5. From Sound Houses to the Phonograph Sound Play, 6. A Technological Time-line, 7. A Culturalist Approach to Internet Audio Drama, Part II: SOUND THEORY AND PRACTICE, 8. Radio Drama is Not a Blind Medium, 9. Sound Design Vocabulary, 10. The Cinematic and Musical Inspiration, Part III: THE NEW RADIO DRAMA FORM: SKITS AND LIVE IMPROVISATIONS, 11. Blurring Fiction with Reality, 12. Radio Drama Panics: a cross-cultural phenomenon, 13. Moving from Burlesque to Propaganda and News, 14. The War of the Worlds Effect: Spoonface Steinberg?, 15. Spoonface Steinberg: constructing the Holocaust as a means of identification, Part IV: THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF WRITING AUDIO DRAMA, 16. The Writing Agenda for Audio Drama, 17. Creating the Character and Effective Use of Characterisation, 18. Writing Dialogue, Part V: CONSTRUCTING THE RADIO DRAMA/DOCUMENTARY FEATURE, 19. The Phantom Distinction, 20. Making the Documentary Feature, Part VI: THE PRACTICE AND THEORY OF DIRECTING AND PERFORMANCE, 21. Directorial Responsibility, 22. Managing the Production, 23. Experimental Direction and Performance, Notes, Audio drama bibliography, Index