The Good Old Days?
Sun 29 Nov 2009, 22:00, Radio 3 - Sunday Feature
160/44; 61 MB; sound quality excellent
The image of Victorian music hall has suffered from the cosy nostalgia of the long-running TV series The Good Old Days. Singer and songwriter
Einstein's Fiddle
First Broadcast Sun 9 Dec 2007 14:45
BBC Radio 4
Duration 15 minutes
Physicist Brian Foster explores the role of music in the life of Albert Einstein.
Although best known for his towering scientific achievements, Einstein was a fine a
Fallout from the Shore
Broadcast Tue 24 Nov 2009, 11:30
160/44; 32 MB; sound quality excellent
Libby Purves considers the impact of On the Beach, Stanley Kramer's groundbreaking film which 50 years ago reduced cinema-goers to tears with its bleak vi
The Digitisation of a Radio Station
Broadcast Fri 30 Oct 2009, 11:00, Radio 7
Celebrating Maida Vale at 75, Peter Reed discovers how the BBC's mammoth tape archive arrives on Radio 7, via the former home of the Radiophonic Workshop.
Amongst the intervi
Encore!
Broadcast Thursday 1 October 2009 11:30
160/44; 32 MB; sound quality excellent
Elbow singer and BBC 6 Music presenter Guy Garvey explores the development of the musical encore, from the spontaneous demand for a repeat performance to the predict
Bluestockings: The Remarkable Story of the First Women to Fight for an Education
by Jane Robinson
abridged by Miranda Davies
read by Miriam Margolyes
Broadcast Monday 10 to Friday 14 August 2009 (Book Of The Week)
160/44; 79 MB; sound quality excellent
Bl
BBC Radio 4, Saturday Play
22nd August 2009
Black comedy by David Pownall following events of August 1939, when the British and French were seriouslyout-maneuvered by Stalin and Hitler when they unexpectedly agreed to sign a non-aggression pact.
Read more…It Was A Dark and Stormy Night Broadcast Thu 26 Nov 2009, 11:30 160/44; 32.3 MB; sound quality excellent Ian Peacock reveals the dark and gothic life of the Victorian writer Edward Bulwer-Lytton, who coined the archetypally gothic opening line, 'I
Read more…Britain's Other Music Hall: The Story of the Blackface Minstrels Tue 10 Nov 2009, 11:30 Musician Tony Etoria explores the strange world of blackface minstrelsy, the Victorian forebear of the Black and White Minstrel show, and its continuing impact
Read more…He's Not The Messiah, He's A Very Naughty Boy Radio 2, Tue 1 Dec 2009, 22:30 160/44; 65 MB; sound quality excellent When Monty Python's Life Of Brian was released in 1979, it was denounced by many around the world as blasphemous - and was an insta
Read more…Our Country's Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker adapted by John Foley Director/David Hitchinson 15 October 2005, 6.30-8.00pm BBC World Service Play of the Week 128/44; 81 MB; sound quality very good Set in the early days of penal settlement, Our Coun
Read more…Chaos and Creation Sun 7 Jun 2009, 21:40, BBC Radio 3 (Duration: 45 minutes) 192/44; 61 MB; sound quality excellent A reflection on the mythology, the science and the religious and political significance of the origins of the universe. With contri
Read more…To Err is Human Monday 11 August 2008, 9.00-9.30pm Phil Hammond explores human error in the medical profession. Thousands of patients die each year because doctors and nurses, although technically skilled, are not alert to the risk of a potentially
Read more…Between Ourselves Olivia O'Leary presents the series which brings together two people who have had profound and similar experiences, to hear their individual stories and compare the long-term effects on each of their lives. Wed 5 Aug 2009 Olivia t
Read more…The Many Lives of Roald Dahl Sat 23 May 2009 - Archive on 4 Sophie Dahl looks at the life, writing and passions of her grandfather, the children's author Roald Dahl. By turns acerbic, funny, inventive and clever, what made him the writer he became
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