The Written World
Monday 02nd - Friday 06th January 2012 (an In Our Time Special)
Time: 09:00 to 09:30
Melvyn Bragg presents five programmes devoted to the written word, and how it has shaped our intellectual history
Part 1 - How making sig
Read more…Journey of the Magi
Broadcast Sun 2 Jan 20, 2011 Adventures in Poetry
160/44; 32.2 MB; sound quality excellent
"A cold coming we had of it, / Just the worst time of the year / For a journey, and such a long journey ..." TS Eliot's poem for Epiphany,
The Tale of 'A Tale of Two Cities'
Broadcast Thu 29 Dec 2011, 11:30
160/44; 32.5 MB; sound quality excellent
Crime novelist Frances Fyfield takes us into the heart of Dickens' creative process: his handwritten manuscripts.
When Dickens wrote 'A
The Horror at Bly
by Neville Teller
First broadcast on Radio 3, 19 September 1978
Rebroadcast on Radio 4 Extra, 11 November 2011
160/44; 45.1 MB; sound quality excellent
An investigation of Henry James's novel 'The Turn of the Screw'. In the y
Number One Forensic Detective Agency
Broadcast Wed 26 Oct 2011, 11:00
160/44; 31.5 MB; sound quality excellent
The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency returns to BBC Radio 4 shortly. The stories, of course, are set in Botswana. But did you know that this
Bad Nature
Jo Brand asks wildlife presenters what makes their flesh creep. Highlights include David Attenborough dishing the dirt on rats and Alan Titchmarsh letting rip at the cockroach. Michela Strachan, Steve Leonard and Mike Dilger all share t
Do I see Dead People?
Presenter Jackie Bird explores the world of mediumship, from the Hamilton Spiritualist Church she visited as a child to mediums like Gordon Smith who fills concert halls across the country. With contributions from sceptic magic
Read more…Don't Mention the War For 60 years, radio and TV programmes, films and books have made comedy out of the Second World War, and recently, the German ambassador to the UK criticised our continuing obsession with it. Paul Jackson investigates the war'
Read more…Life at 24 Frames a Second
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David Thomson, author of the Biographical Dictionary of Film, takes a highly personal journey through how cinema has changed both him and us.
Film has changed us. It is all too easy to forget what a shock the coming of
Character Assassins
BBC Radio 4
14 Sept 2010
The death of fictional superstars by pen, pencil or type lies, quite literally, in the hands of their creators.
At the Harrogate Crime Writing Festival 2010 Fiona Lindsay conducts a forensic cross-examinati
Rockin against Racism Mark Steel revisits the days of Rock Against Racism, the 1970s movement formed to combat the National Front with a heady mixture of violent confrontation and groundbreaking musical alliances. Contributors include Terry Hall, T
Read more… The Vampire is dead, Long live the Zombie. Natalie Haynes investigates our contemporary obsession with Vampires and Zombies from Buffy to the Walking Dead. She examines the various anxieties they express about food, addiction, sex and disease and
Black Roses: The Killing of Sophie Lancaster
by Simon Armitage
with an interview with Sylvia Lancaster
Broadcast Fri 11 Mar 2011, Afternoon Play
A drama documentary in which Sophie tells her own story through a series of poignant poems written by the aw
In the group Sherlock Holmes, there is a Documentary thread. Here is a link to these posts for the Documentary fans that do not normally visit The Sherlock Holmes group but do enjoy documentaries and history no matter the subject matter.
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Depictions of Christ from Dorothy L Sayers to James Frey
Broadcast Fri 22 Apr 2011, Front Row
160/44; 32.6 MB; sound quality excellent
Mark Lawson examines dramatic and literary portrayals of Jesus Christ, from Dorothy L Sayers' landmark radio drama
John O'Farrell - An Utterly Impartial History of Britain - BBC Radio
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(or 2000 Years of Upper Class Idiots in Charge)
Many of us were put off history by the dry and dreary way
The Mystery of Father Brown: Ann Widdecombe Investigates
BBC Radio 4
Tue 10 May 2011
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2011 marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of The Innocence of Father Brown. Ann Widdecombe goes on the trail of G.K.Chesterton's crime solving prie
