Mike Walker is one of the UK's leading radio dramatists and is also a feature and documentary writer and published author. He received his training in the theatre by working as a stage hand and scene painter at the Royal Court Theatre in London. His awards include the Drama Award (World Service) in 2001's Sony Radio Awards for his original playAlpha, the 1991 Sony Award for Best Original Script and most recently a Sony Silver Community Award for the drama, Oxford Road. As well as writing original plays, Mike has adapted numerous books for Radio 4, both contemporary and classic, including War and Peace, David Copperfield and One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. He was part of the Westway writing team for several years and wrote the script for The Dark House - BBC Radio 4's first foray into interactive drama - which was broadcast in September 2003 and won a BAFTA interactive award. He has written several books, most recently Bad Company published by Anderson Press.
Plays[]
- Willit & Scrope (26.01.79)
- Cold Earth Travelling (05.04.79)
- Peace Games (21.04.79)
- Running Down (29.02.80)
- A Long Way Home (21.02.81)
- The Dragon in Heaven (28.05.81)
- Broken Wing, Bright Stars (23.10.81)
- The Young Man of Providence (10.09.83)
- Dull Sun, Darkened Moon rpt. (02.03.85)
- Fallen Leaves, Dead City rpt (09.03.85)
- Spoiling Egypt (11.03.85)
- Blood Rains (27.10.86)
- Campaneros (11.01.88)
- Kid Lightning (26.03.88)
- Butterscotch Icecream (21.05.88)
- Texas and the Poppy Fields (1989)
- True Believers (08.09.90)
- Something Happened (19.09.90)
- Different States (12.11.90)
- The Ipcress File (1990)
- The Rabbit Hunt (25.03.91)
- Seaside (30.06.91)
- Something Happened (1991)
- Fields of Grey, Marching (16.03.92)
- Orphans (1993)
- Jaw Law (09.03.94)
- Staying Still (01.10.94)
- The Lucan File (05.11.94)
- Act or Die (1994)
- White Jazz (1996)
- Last Orders (10.02.97) dramatization
- The Sound of Fury (02.03.96)
- The Making of Napoleon (13.04.96)
- American Faith (30.09.96)
- Search & Destroy (10.11.97)
- War and Peace (16.11.97) co-writer with Marcy Kahan
- 2025 (05.01.98)
- Up & Down in Silvertown (19.02.98)
- Under One Roof - Under Pressure (29.06.98)
- What's Inside a Girl? (06.07.98)
- The Tin Drum (07.03.00)
- J.Edgar Hoover-Red Scare (26.03.99)
- J.Edgar Hoover-Public Enemy (02.04.99)
- J.Edgar Hoover-They call him Bobby (09.04.99)
- J.Edgar Hoover-Private & Confidential (16.04.99)
- Nicholas Nickleby (25.10.99)
- The Cloud Chamber (15.11.99)
- Henry & William James (03.12.99)
- Alphabox (14.12.99)
- Three Divided by Two (1999)
- The Singapore Grip (2000) Dramatization
- Bound Feet & Western Dress (27.03.00) Dramatization
- Crime & Punishment (11.06.00) Dramatization
- Tunnel under the World (22.12.00)
- The League of Gentlemen (29.12.00)
- Antonia (2001)
- Uncertainty (2001)
- Buried by Glass (15.02.01)
- Games (17.02.01)
- 23 Years (02.03.01)
- Island of the Day Before Yesterday (09.03.01)
- The African Queen (10.03.01) Dramatization
- Alpha (06.07.01)
- Crossing the Water (21.07.01)
- Omega (2002)
- Who Goes There (24.01.2002) dramatization
- I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream (31.01.2002) dramatization
- Philomel Cottage (14.01.02) Agatha Christie dramatization
- Swan Song (Agatha Christie) (28.01.2002)
- Enemy in my Mouth (18.01.02)
- Black Train (01.02.02)
- Magnolia Blossom (Agatha Christie) (04.02.02)
- Uncertainty (25.02.02)
- Paths of Glory (07.09.02)
- The Officers' Ward (09.11.02)
- The Old Curiosity Shop (23.12.02)
- Waterloo Bridge (28.12.02)
- In a Glass Darkly (24.02.2003) Agatha Christie dramatization
- The Dressmaker's Doll (10.03.2003) Agatha Christie dramatization
- The Case Of The Perfect Carer (17.03.2003) Agatha Christie dramatization
- One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (06.04.03)
- Caesar! - Meeting at Formiae (20.07.03)
- Caesar! - The Arena (27.07.03)
- Caesar! - Peeling figs for Julius (03.08.03)
- The Dark House (23.09.03)
- The Ipcress File (17.01.2004) Len Deighton dramatization
- They Say I Shot a Man and Killed Him (10.04.04)
- The Biggest Secret (05.06.04)
- The Woman in Black (02.10.2004)
- Oxford Road (2004)
- Caesar! - The Best of Mothers (17.07.2005)
- Caesar! - The Glass Ball Game (24.07.2005)
- Caesar! - Citizens In A Great City (31.07.2005)
- The Razedsky March (09.10.2005)
- To Throw Down God (2005?)
- David Copperfield (2005)
- Lord Arthur Savile's Crime (26.02.06)
- Kipps (07.05.06)
- Last Call (10.05.06)
- Hooligan Nights (18.02.2007)
- Caesar! - Empress In The West (25.02.2007)
- Caesar! - The Maker Of All Things (04.03.2007)
- Caesar! - An Empire Without End (11.03.2007)
- Dickens Confidential - Railway Kings (02.05.07)
- Dickens Confidential - Darker than you think (09.05.07)
- The Veldt (22.05.07)
- Dickens Confidential - Foundry (30.05.2007)
- Dickens Confidential - Innocence (06.06.07)
- Five Days in July (02.07.2007)
- Avoid London - Area Closed - Turn On Radio (07.07.07)
- Drowning (07.09.07)
- Babel's Tower (30.09.2007)
- Dissident (26.10.07)
- Dombey & Son (26.11.07)
- Slaughterhouse 30,000 (14.12.07)
- The City Speaks - I Am Not You Are Not Me (19.03.08)
- Yara(16.05.08)
- Dickens Confidential - Gangs Of London (09.06.2008)
- Dickens Confidential - The Man Who Robbed The Bank Of England (16.06.2008)
- Dickens Confidential - Murder In The Red Barn (07.07.2008)
- Dickens Confidential - Why Are We In Afghanistan? (14.07.2008)
- It's Better with Animals (31.07.08)
- The Good Doctor (20.09.2008) drama-documentary
- The Crash (20.10.08)
- On The Beach (02.11.08)
- The Gun (2009) not yet produced?
- Rendezvous with Rama (01.03.2009)
- A City Killing (02.03.2009)
- Darger And The Detective (21.06.2009)
- Assassins(03.08.2009)
- Our Mutual Friend (09.11.2009)
- Scumdog Millionaires (14.12.2009)
- Plantagenet (14.02.2010)
- No Highway (22.08.10)
- The Road Home (2010) ' 'not yet produced?
- Life and Fate (2010) 'not yet produced?
- A Tale of Two Cities rpt 2004
- At Home with the Hensons not yet produced?
- Tide Race not yet produced?