Ask The Industry Podcast

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 mainstrea