Square Dog Radio LLP

Welcome to the home of Square Dog Radio LLP, formed in 2007

by award-winning producers Mark Whitaker and Mike Hally as founding partners

--- current production ---

Britain on the Bottle; Alcohol and the State
- a 'narrative history' in 10 parts

BBC Radio 4, Mon-Fri 3.45pm, July 19-23 and 26-30

Hogarth's print 'Gin Lane'

The story of how British governments, ever since the 'Gin Craze' of the early 18th century, have struggled to deal adequately with the social harm caused by alcohol.

1 King James 1
2 The Gin Act 1736
3 The Beer Act 1830
4 The 1872 Licensing Act and the Challenge of Temperance
5 Political Thinkers and the Drink Question
6 ‘Habitual Drunkards’ and the Asylum
7 The Central Control Board
8 The Improved Pub
9 The Doctors Take Over
10 The ‘Drink Question’; Past and Present

The series is written, presented and produced by Mark Whitaker, with readings by Paul Green, Angela Mounsey and Roy Carruthers (actors represented by RBA Management)

1. The Crop, by Gamal el-Ghitani ; read by Essam Edriss.
An Egyptian farmer is dazzled by a proffered deal from a glitzy international hotel : his sons don’t trust it at all.

New York Festivals 2009
Runner-up Best Environmental Programme
Mike Hally & Hermione Cockburn for
"Clair Patterson -
Scourge of the Lead Industry"

Society of Environmental Journalists 2008 award for "outstanding in-depth reporting, radio"
Mark Whitaker for
"Danger Fuels"

Sony Silver Award 2004
Mark Whitaker
''Land of the Oval Ball''

European ''Best Writing for Radio'' Award 2007:
Mike Hally
(various programmes
for Radio 4)

British Environment and
Media Award 2007:
Mark Whitaker for ''Danger Fuels'' (World Service)
- special commendation

Bar Council Legal
Journalist of the Year
1999 and
Medical Journalism
Silver Award 1994
Mark Whitaker
both ''File on 4''

All pictures on this site are copyright Mike Hally unless otherwise indicated

Site last updated 28 June 2010