 On 25 March 1946 Kneale made his first broadcast on BBC Radio , performing a live reading of his own short story " Tomato Cain " in a strand entitled Stories by Northern Authors on the BBC 's North of England Home Service region . Later that year he left the Isle of Man and moved to London , where he began studying acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art ( RADA ) . He made further radio broadcasts in the 1940s , including a reading of his story Zachary <unk> 's Angel on the BBC Light Programme , broadcast nationally on 19 May 1948 . He also had further short stories published in magazines such as Argosy and The Strand . He began using the name " Nigel Kneale " for these professional credits , but continued to be known as " Tom " to his family and friends up until his death . 
