Julie is currently working on A Shoebox Of Snow, an Afternoon Play commission for Red Productions for BBC Radio 4.

The play was shortlisted for the Nick Darke Award 2010 (when it was a work-in-progress entitled God Save). She also has another radio play in  development, called
A Perfect Echo.

Her radio play Stopgap, produced by Jeremy Mortimer for BBC Radio 4 and starring Liz White, was a pick of the day in Sunday Times Culture, Daily Mail Weekend and The Independent when it was broadcast in September 2010.

A Shoebox Of Snow
Producer – Justine Potter for Red Production Company

23 old-78 vinyl records.
A wind-up gramophone. Good working order.
Various assorted hearing aids. Without batteries.

Albert and Renie Grace have lived in their high-rise council flat for 55 years - and now the tower block is being demolished. Christopher Schmitt from the Housing Department must help the Graces clear out their hoards of trinkets, knick-knacks, doodads, thingamajigs and whatnots. Christopher is expecting to fill a few bin bags and then be on his way, but is it that easy to throw away your past?

A Perfect Echo
A radio play with sea shanties

Clare’s husband Frank is away on the boats and Clare is all at sea. With two small children to look after, she’s navigating squally waters and has lost all sight of the land. Then Clare receives her very own ‘most beautiful sign’, just like the one that led her best friend Fiona to join a closed order of nuns. If only Clare knew what her sign actually meant...

Stopgap
Producer - Jeremy Mortimer for BBC Radio 4

Maxine isn’t really an office temp, she’s a war reporter in waiting. Ian isn’t really doing the photocopying, he’s preparing to wow the crowds at a New York jazz club.  And Emma isn’t really, well, Emma. Don’t judge a person on first appearances. Let Stopgap take you on an emotional mystery tour through the “funny little head” of that person who sits opposite you in the office.

Praise for Stopgap

"brilliantly funny"
Jane Thynne, The Independent

"especially good on the exquisite awfulness of office life"
Elisabeth Mahoney, The Guardian
Read the full review here >