Duncan McLarty
Duncan is currently the Assistant Editor at BBC Radio Berkshire but has also worked at BBC Radio Drama where he was part of the development team responsible for bringing more unusual ideas for radio drama to fruittion. Since then Duncan has done a great deal of work pioneering the development of Radio Drama on BBC Local Radio. This work includes award winning community based drama like Oxford Rd - The Story, a community-soap based in Reading and The Plot, set on an allotment in Chalvey, Slough which won a Gold at the Sony Radio awards.

Mike was an enthusiastic judge and speaker when he attended a Slough Writers meeting to announce the result of the competition. "I enjoyed judging the competition and talking to and with the group last year," he said.

Mike's awards include the Drama Award (World Service) in 2001's Sony Radio Awards for his original play ALPHA, the 1991 Sony Award for Best Original Script and most recently a Sony Silver Community Award for the drama OXFORD ROAD. As well as writing original plays, Mike has adapted numerous books for Radio 4, both contemporary and classic, including WAR AND PEACE, DAVID COPPERFIELD, A DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN DENISOVICH and a number of Agatha Christie titles. He was part of the WESTWAY writing team for several years and wrote the script for THE DARK HOUSE - BBC Radio 4's first foray into interactive drama - which was broadcast in September 2003 and recently won a BAFTA interactive award. He has written several books, most recently LONG WAY HOME about a real life convict escape story, published by Wiley.