Trailblazers Audio

york civic trust & makeityork Summer 2024

Four Wheel Drive were commissioned to produce three audio dramas and three supporting interviews in a podcast style as part of the York Trailblazers project. The produced audio materials provided teaching resources to local schools, encouraging engagement with a heritage trail around the city created by York Civic Trust, MakeitYork and supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

  • EPISODE 1 Annie Coultate: A Suffragette’s Stand (Audio Drama)

  • EPISODE 2 A Fight for Suffrage: An Interview with Catherine Djimramadji

  • EPISODE 3 The Luddites: Rebellion in the Loom (Audio Drama)

  • EPISODE 4 The Luddites: An Interview with Joanna De Groot

  • EPISODE 5 Roman York: The Ivory Bangle Lady (Audio Drama)

  • EPISODE 6 Migration in Roman York: An Interview with Eva Mol

Listen to the final episodes

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Behind The Scenes…

Credits

As part of York Trailblazers brought to you by Make it York and York Civic Trust, Supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund

Audio Dramas

Written by Bridget Foreman

Performed by Alice May Melton, Claire Morley, Jacob Ward and Oliver James Parkins (photographed)

Directed by Anna Gallon 

Sound Design and Editing by John Ricketts

Photos by Levi Kemp 

With thanks to XR Stories

Interviews

With thanks to the Creativity Lab (University of York Library), Catherine Djimramadji, Joanna De Groot and Eva Mol

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