ABOUT PAUL DODGSON

I have a new album out now. Hope is the Horizon is available on vinyl and streaming. My songs have been streamed more than 100k times and my music has been played on BBC national and local radio stations. Find out more about my music HERE and listen on Spotify HERE.

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On The Road Not Taken: a memoir about the power of music was published in 2019 by Unbound Books.

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I have taught at Exeter and Falmouth Universities, appeared at literary festivals across the UK and run writing workshops around the world. I was a Royal Literary Fund Writing Fellow at the University of Bristol from 2020-2024.

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​For BBC television I have written Eastenders, and have been a script consultant on drama documentaries including Monsters We Met and Patagonia: Earth’s Secret Paradise.

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I have written over twenty plays and stories for BBC Radio 4 and directed and produced many more. These have included autobiographical plays such as Home,  a retelling of the folk tale, The Mermaid of Zennor and the comedy musical Binge Drunk Britain

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In theatre, my work includes an adaptation of the Robin Hood story for a cast of 60 young people and music and lyrics for Alice Though the Looking Glass at Tobacco Factory Bristol and The Nutcracker for Theatre Royal Bath.  Most recently, the play Inked was produced in association with Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch in 2025. 

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I recently presented and produced four series of New Creatives Dramas on BBC Radio 4Extra.  I have produced over 500 programmes for all BBC Radio networks. 

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