''The Chain Gang'' is a British radio series broadcast on the digital radio station

BBC 7 BBC Radio 4 Extra (formerly BBC Radio 7) is a British digital radio station from the BBC, broadcasting archived repeats of comedy, drama and documentary programmes nationally, 24 hours a day. It is the sister station of BBC Radio 4 and the p ...

. There have so far been two series, the first in 2004 and the second in 2007. The format of the series is that the first episode is scripted by the production team and ends with a

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. Listeners are then invited to write further episodes. The best submission is then recorded and transmitted and again ends with cliffhanger, after which listeners can submit further suggestions. The first series was entitled ''Amnesia'' and had six episodes. The second was entitled ''Picture This'', with the initial and final script supplied by

Rob Shearman Robert Charles Shearman, sometimes credited as Rob Shearman, is an English television, radio, stage play and short story writer. He is known for his World Fantasy Award-winning short stories, as well as his work for '' Doctor Who'', and his ass ...

better known as a script writer for the television series ''

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''. The second series consisted of thirteen episodes and three alternate endings.

BBC7 ''Chain Gang'' Series 2 ''Picture This''. April 2007 to June 2007.

Episode 1, by

Robert Shearman Robert Charles Shearman, sometimes credited as Rob Shearman, is an English television, radio, stage play and short story writer. He is known for his World Fantasy Award-winning short stories, as well as his work for ''Doctor Who'', and his asso ...

Episode 2, by Ian MacKenzie Episode 3, by Ric Treval Episode 4, by Tom Johnstone Episode 5, by Dave Wilner Episode 6, by Christopher Stanners Episode 7, by Phil Girdlestone Episode 8, by Jennifer Moore Episode 9, by David Hutchison Episode 10, by Jayne Clements Episode 11, by Jon Radlett Episode 12, by Phil Kurthausen Episode 13, by

Alternate Ending 1, by Jacqueline Saville Alternate Ending 2, by Steph May Alternate Ending 3, by Jon Radlett The episodes were available on the BBC7 Chaingang webpage in audio and written formats until the website was restructured. The series was awarded a Bronze in the Sony Radio Academy Awards' ''The Competition Award'' category.

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* 2004 radio programme debuts BBC Radio 4 Extra programmes {{BBC-radio-stub