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Dragnet, the popular American radio series airing from 1949-1957, is arguably the most famous and influential police procedural drama in media history. Enacting the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday and his partners gave audience members a feel for the boredom and drudgery, as well as the danger and heroism, of police work.

A serial storytelling podcast, in which author Frank Burton fictionalises his own life.The latest nine-part series is called Endless Impossible. The blurb:Who is Eileen Angel? Why does she claim to be from another planet? And why do her followers believe her? Endless Impossible is an epic mystery story, spanning thirty years, featuring an obsessive investigative journalist, a bookshop that isn't really a bookshop, and a boy trying his best to make sense of an increasingly odd world.  The accompanying series of novels begins with the books Everything I Am, Getting Away With It, and ...

I Like The Sound is a podcast about the sound of things. It’s a work of creative non-fiction, incorporating interviews, stories, poems, jokes, songs, audio experiments and all kinds of wonderful sounds.  Check out https://www.frankburton.co.uk/.Connect on Twitter and Instagram @ragbagpresents Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Frank And Claude Are Following You is a big-hearted audio sitcom about two men and their obsessive pursuit of life’s minor mysteries. In the midst of a midlife crisis, author and podcaster Frank Burton has decided to record all of his conversations with his recently-retired uncle, Claude. The result is a hilarious and unique series of low-stakes adventures, from lost keys and misplaced sheep to a four thousand mile trek to a burger restaurant. It’s a story about an unlikely friendship, and an exploration of the minutia of modern living. Weird character comedy at its best. (This is a ...