05/03/2026

Available for 29 days

Join Adam Crowther for Upload, showcasing poetry, storytelling, crime, history and creativity from across the West. Wiltshire based writer Julie Silcox is featured with her reflective poem 'A Different Grey', imagining a life transformed by leaving the city behind. JP Paradise and his audio drama 'Bless Me Father, For I Have Sinned' which is a gripping tale of guilt and confession. We hear from MasterChef’s Poppy O’Toole on creativity in the kitchen, before Elsie Rhymes paints a wintry Somerset scene in 'Surf and Turf'. Varosha talks to Adam about the launch of Our Place Poetry, a new supportive open‑mic night, and Lucy Andrew shares her Jane Austen-inspired cosy crime novel 'A Very Vexing Murder'. Simon Entwistle brings a ghostly Bristol legend to life with 'The Llandoger Trow', and Jonathan P Dovey’s thoughtful Mendips‑set piece 'The Birthday Picnic – Three Score and Ten'. Upload now and get on air - bbc.co.uk/upload