EP64 - Julia McKenzie - What are BBC Radio 4 looking for?

Julia Mckenzie (@juliaamckenzie) is the Executive Editor of BBC Radio Comedy (part of BBC Studios). She makes comedy shows for Radio 4 and 2. Julia has produced many radio comedies, including The Jason Byrne Show, Ian D Montfort Is: Unbelievable and French & Saunders for Radio 2 and Party, Mark Steel's in Town, Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section and The Penny Dreadfuls Presents, for Radio 4.I got her on the podcast to talk about - How the BBC picks the ideas it commissions.Does BBC radio have the same quotas for gender / ethnicity that the TV arm has?Does the cliched joke of what a Radio 4 audience “is” stack up in their stats of who is listening?What challenges does radio produce for writers and comedians.Her thoughts on the future of radio with digital and technology developments impacting the medium.AND MORE!This podcast would be useful to anyone interested in writing for radio (specifically the BBC) as well as any podcasters looking at transferring their show to a mainstream audience. You can stream the podcast here (with show notes) - http://simoncaine.co.uk/ATI/JuliaMcKenzieOr get it on iTunes here - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/ask-the-industry-podcast/id946220937Or stream it on YouTube - https://youtu.be/qCrVH5UkOeMIf you enjoyed it please consider supporting the podcast by becoming a Patron for only $1 (80p) per episode! https://www.patreon.com/AskTheIndustryPodcast Please buy a ticket or three to my Edinburgh Fringe 2019 show - https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/simon-caine-every-room-becomes-a-panic-room-when-you-overthink-enoughOr come see me on tour - http://simoncaine.co.uk/PanicRoomEvery little bit helps! Alternatively you can support the show by giving it a review in iTunes or just by sharing the episode with a friend or two!Thanks,SixWant more content from me? Why wouldn't you!Please check out my other podcast - The Audio Time Capsule. In each episode a guest comes on, leaves 20 questions, then a year later comes back on and answers them. I then edit it so they're talking to their past self.Here are the links -iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-audio-time-capsule-podcast/id1303205943Webstream - http://simoncaine.co.uk/AudioTimeCapsulePodcastYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHFZ_FLH1XqrCZysA1nFISwFacebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1008996252556647/?ref=br_rsTwitter - https://twitter.com/audiotimetravelSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/asktheindustry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.