About Sara Parker, producer of The Ballad of John Axon

Sara Parker is an award-winning independent producer, mainly for BBC Radio. Her montage style gives voice to individuals and communities, often covering hard-edged social issues from prostitution and pornography to teenage violence and suicide. She is the daughter of pioneering producer Charles Parker, who along with Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger produced the ground-breaking Radio Ballads for the BBC in the 1950's.

Below you'll find links to more information about the Radio Ballads:

> Read more about the original Radio Ballads on the BBC's website.

> Read about the BBC's modern Radio Ballads, produced in 2006.

> Read an essay about the Radio Ballads by Ewan MacColl, on Peggy Seeger's website.

> Order Peter Cox's book about the Radio Ballads, Set Into Song.