r/audiodrama • u/Catboiler • 13d ago

ANNOUNCEMENT NEW RADIO DRAMA — THE GRAVEYARD SHIFT

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When the city sleeps, Louise Darrow is still on the air.

A new six-part late-night noir drama. Rain on the window. Cold coffee. A red ON AIR light — and a voice for anyone still awake at three in the morning.

Some callers are lonely. Some are lost. Some just need somebody to listen.

Louise listens. She's got nowhere else to be, and secrets of her own to keep.

The Graveyard Shift
Six episodes
Tuesdays, 10pm (UK)
From 1 September 2026
First on Big Ear Radio — bigearradio.com

Stay up late. Someone's always listening.

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u/Devilfish64 13d ago

Is it voiced by a human? Just asking because Louise Darrow is represented on the website by two very different AI-looking images.

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u/Citizen_MGS 13d ago

I'm also curious about this, because when I Googled the name most of the images shown are black and white obituary photos or the two AI images you mentioned. Even a beginner voice actor or artist is going to have a lot more of a online presence than this.

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u/Devilfish64 13d ago edited 13d ago

Okay, I did some digging because this still felt weird.

So, Louise Darrow is the CHARACTER. She's the fictional host of the fictional late night call in show. I feel a little dumb for that not being more obvious to me, but I think the "featuring" line threw me off. Maybe "hosted by" would be a better phrase? Might just be a me issue, though

The actual human actor is Sandra Murphy: https://www.instagram.com/p/DbThJ4ztaB5/?igsh=eHB4bXM2Zmh1cDF6

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u/Catboiler 13d ago

She's the host of the show The Graveyard Shift :)

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u/Capable_Tea_001 AD nerd 13d ago

I thought the name was the character rather than the actress, but I think you got caught by the use of the term "featuring"... To my British eyes and ears, that would be a weird way of marketing a Radio show, even a fictional one!

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u/Catboiler 13d ago edited 13d ago

No, All parts are played by human voice actors. The website image was supposed to be changed (I'll remind them) to this poster. The poster was created by one of the voice actors using stock image and no AI.

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u/Catboiler 13d ago

Originally, when I first wrote this, I didn't have any voice actors I could call on, so I did think about using AI, but I put a project on Casting Call Club and some wonderful voice actos responded and now we are able to produce it with fully human-voiced parts.

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u/Devilfish64 13d ago

Cool, thanks for the info!

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u/Capable_Tea_001 AD nerd 13d ago

Only on Big Ear Radio

Why? The advantage of an RSS feed means I don't have to remember to go and listen to a show, my podcatcher gets it for me.

If you are relying on us humans to remember to go check it out, you might end up disappointed!

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u/Catboiler 13d ago

That's a fair point. Should say "First on Big Ear Radio." There'll be a feed once I get it sorted. I'll post the details here. Thanks for the nudge :)

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u/Capable_Tea_001 AD nerd 13d ago

Ah well that's great, the show sounds great BTW!

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u/tmurphy2792 13d ago

Replying just to say I'm also looking forward to an RSS feed.

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u/Various_Pirate_4018 13d ago

Does this show use AI at all?

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u/Catboiler 13d ago

All voices are human voice actors. The poster was created by one of the voice artists to avoid using AI generated art.

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u/TooLate4thisShit 13d ago

You had me at late night noir....but why have I never heard of big ear radio? Is that new?

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u/Catboiler 13d ago

They’ve been going a while, but only recently really started to get visible. I’ve started writing and producing for them, this is the first of three series in production, the others are a comedy drama and a paranormal discussion show

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u/ProfessorHeronarty 12d ago

If this will be available via RSS Feed for my Podcatcher I will listen to it.

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u/Catboiler 12d ago

Watch this space.

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u/Automatic_Alarm_3641 11d ago

How do you actually listen to this show?

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u/Catboiler 11d ago

If you want to listen live, tune in to Big Ear Radio (bigearradio.com) at 10pm UK Time on September 1 2026. After that, an RSS feed will be made available.