The Menin Gate
Sunday 9 November 2008, 11:45-12:00
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The Menin Gate, in the small Belgian city of Ypres, stands as an extraordinary symbol of
Lennon's Private Passion - Cape Wrath
Sun Oct 12, 2008, 2:45-3:00 PM, Radio 4
John Lennon is usually associated with either Liverpool or New York, and few know of his love for Cape Wrath, a wild and beautiful corner of the Scottish Highlands where
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Round Ireland With A Fridge
Written and read by Tony Hawks
First broadcast from 19980608 to 19980612
Repeated 19990126 to 19990130
Repeated on BBC7 several times
In 1997, as a result of a drunken bet, Tony Hawks hitchhiked his way around Ireland wi
Performing To The Red Light
Terence Curran goes behind the scenes to experience the recording process as different classical performers prepare for the studio. Among them is the pianist Kathryn Stott. There are also interviews with notable performer
Radio Sales
Last broadcast on Mon, 16 Mar 2009, 15:00 on BBC Radio 4.
SynopsisRadio presenter Brian Hayes examines some of the best and worst of independent radio - the adverts.
He looks back over the last 80 years of advertising on radio in the U
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Historical Fiction is taking a microcosm of a certain time and creating a fictionalization of it. Lost Empires does that and more.It is 1913, just scant years away from The Great War when episode 1 of this serial begin.
1
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Roy Kendall - Marlowe's Diaries
BBC World Service: Play of the Week
Broadcast: Sunday 30th May 1993
This week's play has been specially written by Roy Kendall to commemorate the life of one of England's finest poets and playwrights,
Christopher
The Marx Brothers on Radio
The Original Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel
In 1932, Groucho and Chico Marx made their radio debuts in a series called Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel. The scripts, long thought lost, turned up in the late 1980s and were t
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Benny Goodman
Tue 24 Mar 2009, 13:30 (Ken Clarke's Jazz Greats)
Ken Clarke MP profiles great jazz musicians of the 20th century.
Clarinettist and bandleader Benny Goodman became known as the King of Swing. Brought up in extreme poverty in the Jewi
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Not Letting It Be
Matt Lucas presents a lively overview of pop parodies through the years.
Tue 12 May 2009, 22:30, Radio 2
160/44; 65 MB; sound quality excellent
When The Rutles 'documentary' All You Need Is Cash was released in 1978, it revived
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Hallelujah
Broadcast 7th April 2009, repeated 14th June 2009
Composer Jocelyn Pook celebrates the music and meaning of the word Hallelujah through history and creates a new composition inspired by the word. This exuberant exclamation of joy and gra
Kitty Wilkinson by David Pownall
with Maureen O'Brien, John Rowe, Helena Breck and Robert Glenister
Songs composed and sung by Maddy Prior (words by D.Pownall)
Directed by Martin Jenkins
Broadcast 30 May 1992 (Saturday Playhouse)
repeated 14 June 1
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Bad Habits
Comedian and writer Richard Herring explores some of the bad habits and personal failings which directly or indirectly affect all of us in our daily working lives.
Workaholism
Richard explores the rising problem of workaholism. He talks
Rock's DNA - Portrait Of A Guitar Chord Produced by Alan Hall
Broadcast November 17, 2007, Radio 3 (Between The Ears)
Embedded in the riffs to Purple Haze & Foxy Lady there's a guitar
chord that's saturated in the blues, that's jazz-inflected and
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The New Galileos
BBC Radio 4
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The New Galileos - e01 - James Webb Space Telescope - 2009.04.30 [192-44-S]
21:00-21:30 The New Galileos
Episode 1
1/2. Andrew Luck-Baker meets
the scientists behind the
James Webb S
70 Years of Cool BBC Radio 2
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70 Years of Cool - e01 - 2009.05.01 [192-44-S]
19:00-19:30 70 Years of Cool
Episode 1
1/3. Jamie Cullum tells the
story of Blue Note Records
and the rise of modern jazz.
70 Years
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Beyond the Vortex is a series of audio documentaries broadcast on BBC7, following the BBCR audio adventures of the Eighth Doctor and Lucie Miller.
1-3 of 8
Tarantino's Jukebox 11-07-2009 - 18-07-2009
Composer and film music historian Robert Ziegler talks to American film-maker Quentin Tarantino about the music he has used to soundtrack his films.
Music plays a key role in Tarantino's films, including
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