BBC Sounds has revealed it’s looking for blockbuster podcasts, “to rival the Avengers”.
According to Jason Phipps, Commissioning Editor for Podcasts, the BBC is on the hunt for a new storytelling trend – “hopepunk.” This is detailed, diverse characters, who aren’t afraid to be fighting for something, choosing hope even when things are bad.
Phipps points to the successes of Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy and Sense8, also Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse and Black Panther.
“You can see its undeniable appeal. It addresses the reality of younger people in the modern world, whose lives are precariously close to dystopic visions but who need to tell and hear stories of triumph in adversity, not defeat by cruelty,” he explained.
He added that while there’s a golden era of television drama, there’s also a growth in the genre for podcasts:
“Podcast drama today is an intoxicating mix of brilliant upstarts and big-screen hitters. Hugely imaginative DIY creators are…
