Bird in the Sky: The radio play made under a duvet

The story of how Bird in the Sky, a new BBC Radio 4 docu-drama, was performed, directed and recorded from home, with its radio workshops still shut, is one of skill, inventiveness – and a large dose of perseverance.
 
The run through has only just started, but in the hot broom cupboard somewhere in the French Alps, actress Julianna Jennings’ computer is already starting to overheat and to hum its discontent.
 
Julianna’s flushed face backs away from the Zoom camera as she squeezes out of her claustrophobic closet to let in some air. Her mic’s pop shield, which she made herself from a pair of old stockings, a sieve and a hanger, judders a little as she spits out a swear word.