Downloads

This page contains all of the downloads available of Ian's work. All audio files are in MP3 format. In all cases the copyright belongs to IQK or the host.

Voices of the Vale website & download

Commemorative half-hour piece commissioned by Castle Vale Housing Action Trust for the benefit of local residents (5.1MB) - go to their page here and scroll down to find the download, in which the residents tell the area's story in their own words. 600 CD copies were produced and distributed and the CD was praised by government Minister Lord Rooker (Office of the Deputy Prime Minister).

Telling the story of the transformations of this remarkable housing estate in Birmingham, these eye-opening three-minute features (compiled by Ian for BBC WM from his three-part documentary for Castle Vale Community Radio) include studio interviews with key figures and residents of the estate and some remarkable stories. A CD copy of the full documentary, with introductions by Carl Chinn, is available on request from enquiries@iqkennedy.co.uk

1. After time as a Second World War airfield and Spitfire factory, and a rural spell, the coming of the estate (3.6MB)
2. The estate in decline (3.3MB)
3. Bringing change to Castle Vale (3.2MB)
4. Beginning the regeneration of the estate (3.3MB)
5. The achievement of Castle Vale, and a brighter future (3.6MB)

Download the ten-minute sampler compilation (9MB), which featured in the series' successful Radio 1 Student Radio Awards entry and promotional CD. You can also download the full episodes from the BBC's Lenton Boulevard website, at www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/students/lenton_boulevard/

Extracts on the compilation (9MB):

1. FRICTION among the housemates (Episode 03)
2. The STUDENT JAPE to end all student japes (17)
3. EARLY MORNING in Lenton (13)
4. DOCUMENTARY introduction to show (Autumn season)
5. ROB'S NARRATION on student life (04)
6. English professor's ESSAY ADVICE (10)
7. Trip to Leeds, and TERI'S CONCERN (07)
8. Philosophy in STUDENTS' UNION BAR (12)
9. Landlord LOCKED IN BATHROOM (05)
10. Passing the time, WATCHING TV (05)
11. For whom THE BELL TOLLS (17)

Also available: press releases for our Launch promotion (Word, 20KB), and Student Radio Award (Word, 31KB)

An introduction to Ian's work prior to turning professional, made in 2003. Available in 6 minute (5.4MB) and 3 minute (3.4MB) versions, and featuring work in Lenton Boulevard, news and discussion, music, and the Haze play soundtrack.

Ian's writing

All are in PDF format - requires Adobe Acrobat Reader, free from www.adobe.com

• Television drama: Shock (239KB)
  
• Radio drama: Rivals (159KB)
  
• Plays: One-way Battle of the Sexes (or, How Men Get Away With It) (57KB); Artifis - Opening (48KB)
  
• Novels: A Mortal Universe - Actuality - Opening (60KB)
  
• Poems: Happiness (45KB), False Villanelle (57KB), It seems we have discovered poetry (59KB), To die in your arms (39KB)
  
• Prose: Grief (45KB), Commons (60KB), Cromwell (60KB), Dreamer (64KB)
  
• Reviews: The Onion's 'Our Dumb Century' (96KB)

Ed Doolan Programme

In September 2005, Ian made a brief appearance in the studio to remove a bug that had put Ed's production team into a flap, on this very popular regional daytime programme on BBC WM. That may not sound especially exciting - but listen to what happened next, it's very funny. (MP3, 4.9MB)

• Haze (2003 Edinburgh Fringe Play) (Word, 30KB)